Commitment templates

Summary

Asking potential adopters to sign-up and give their support to the standard.

Description

Draft commitments are templates for adopters to copy or adapt before signing and making public. By providing a draft, a standard can ensure that adopters are aware of what they are expected to commit to at the start of the process, and by providing a path of least resistance to a high bar of adoption, a standard organisation can ensure that there is less risk of implementers crafting their own, lower, commitment to adoption.

Prioritisation Factors

• If a standard requires a relatively high level of commitment to be useful

• If a standard is targetting public sector organisations that are keen to formally launch commitments

• If a very early-stage standard requires commitment in principle before development begins