Authorship note and how to engage.
Status: early-stage proposal for public critique. Not a formal standard, and not affiliated with a regulator, vendor, or consortium.
The author works at the intersection of systems, governance, and data, with experience spanning technology, public-interest work, and organisational decision-making.
This proposal emerges from practical exposure to how intent is inferred, reconstructed, and contested across complex systems — particularly where automation and AI are involved.
The Declared Intent Layer is published independently as a conceptual contribution, not as a product, position, or claim of authority.
This manifesto is published independently by its author to propose and test a conceptual gap observed in current governance approaches, particularly in relation to AI systems.
It does not represent the views of any employer, organisation, regulator, standards body, or commercial entity, nor does it claim consensus or endorsement.
The Declared Intent Layer is intentionally presented as an early-stage, non-proprietary proposal. Its purpose is to invite open critique, cross-domain discussion, and refinement prior to any consideration of formal standards, implementations, or institutional adoption.
The proposal is published with the aim of inviting scrutiny, challenge, and refinement in public, rather than behind closed doors.
If you have feedback on the framing, structure, operational constraints, interactions with regulation, or potential failure modes — I would value it.
Read the full call for critique
Email: feedback@declaredintent.org