Part I: The Origin of AIFC
38. Schemas and Metadata Registry
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The first practical building block of the agent-actionable layer is the Schemas and Metadata Registry.
This registry defines how key artefacts look:
- decision records,
- change proposals,
- feedback signals,
- agent permissions,
- AI-NDA Boundaries,
- compliance assessments,
- audit events,
- classification records,
- workflows,
- skills,
- ghost risk assessments.
It solves the early problem that started the whole journey:
AI-generated knowledge becomes chaotic when it lacks structure.
The registry prevents every agent and every project from inventing its own format.
The principle:
Structure knowledge enough for agents. Keep it readable enough for humans. Validate it enough for trust.
This completes the circle.
The journey began with Markdown files becoming hard to trust.
It arrived at a standard for structured, human-operable, agent-usable knowledge.