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3. Governance Model
The Supply Chain Data Exchange Standard (SC-DEX) Governance Model ensures the sustainability and continuous improvement of the standard. It establishes guidelines for managing the evolution of the SC-DEX, approving extensions, and ensuring diverse stakeholder representation. The governance model is managed by a multi-stakeholder steering board, with processes in place for regular updates and decision-making.
An interim advisory board is currently responsible for implementing the governance structure and overseeing the nomination and selection of a permanent board by March 2025.
The SC-DEX governance model addresses the standards and practices necessary to maintain a flexible, interoperable data exchange standard. It specifies:
| Governance Is For... | Governance Is Not For... |
|---|---|
| Which IDs are accepted for location and organization | Where the data is stored—SC-DEX is a data exchange standard, not storage |
| Metrics for approving acceptable IDs | Data formats—while the core schema is in JSON, other formats can be compatible |
| “Official” extensions and use cases | Licensing of the data exchanged through the standard |
| Publishing updates and setting update frequency | Who can use the core schema—this is open to all |
| Selecting new governance council members | Licensing of the standard itself |
An interim advisory board is currently in place, acting as the governance committee until a more permanent structure is installed in March 2025. This advisory board reflects the final governance structure as closely as possible and is responsible for managing the governance process during this initial period. The board will:
- Nominate and Invite Members: Propose candidates for the permanent governance committee.
- Selection Process: Establish the procedures for selecting and confirming new governance members.
- Governance Meetings: Oversee decision-making and the integration of community feedback.
The structure of the steering board is as follows:
| Core Seats | Initial Advisory Board Representative |
|---|---|
| 1) Civil society/NGO | Lisa Rende-Taylor, Issara Institute, Fiona Dragstra, WageIndicator |
| 2) Corporation/business | TBD, nominations welcome, please email [email protected] |
| 3) Public policy advisor | Christian Hudson, GIZ |
| 4) Data service provider | Peter Burrows, Worldly |
| 5) Location data standard representative | Kate Chapman, Open Supply Hub |
| 6) Organization data standard representative | Xiaodi Wang, GLEIF |
| 7) Affiliation data standard representative | Vasiliki Gkatziaki, Wikirate |
The governance board is intentionally split between 3 technical experts, typically representing different data standards to provide input on implementation feasibility, and 4 systemic impact experts, to understand how the data exchange standard encodes any bias, triggers, and/other ethical considerations.
The governance board will follow a structured decision-making cadence to ensure timely updates and community participation:
| Timeline | Process |
|---|---|
| Quarterly | Review and approve new IDs and extensions |
| Annual | Review core schema changes and elect new board members |
| Submission Phase (Weeks 1-4) | Open for public submissions and review of discussion topics |
| Governance Session (Week 5) | Decision-making session by the board |
| Publication (Weeks 6-7) | Publish decisions and feedback |
We welcome feedback on the governance model and encourage comments, suggestions, and questions. Please visit the Google document to review the draft and submit your input. The current version of the model is open for review until October 31st, 2024.
For more information or to submit your feedback, feel free to contact Shuya Gong at [email protected].