Provider Governance Framework¶
This directory implements the Provider Governance Framework — a reusable standard family that governs every upstream platform provider Bluefly depends on.
The Framework¶
Every provider Bluefly consumes follows the same governance lifecycle:
Provider
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├── 001 Authority What the provider owns. What can never be locally replaced.
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├── 002 Modernization How consumers converge toward the provider's current capabilities.
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├── 003 Verification How conformance and ownership are independently proven.
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└── 004 Migration Receipts (optional) Permanent record of completed migrations.
These four levels are independently authoritative. Each owns its domain and must not duplicate or override the others.
The Provider Lifecycle¶
Every capability consumed from a provider moves through this lifecycle:
Authority Provider publishes the capability specification.
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Specifications Provider publishes the authoritative artifact format.
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Repository Consumer adopts the specification in source.
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Deployment Consumer deploys using the provider's toolchain.
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Runtime Consumer depends on the provider's runtime behavior.
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Verification Conformance and local ownership are independently scored.
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Operational Receipt Evidence recorded. Migration closed or escalated.
Level Definitions¶
Level 1 — Provider Authority¶
Question answered: What does this provider own?
| Owns | Must NOT Own |
|---|---|
| Capability inventory, upstream ownership model, authoritative specifications, provider lifecycle, upstream drift tracking, Provider Invariant | Modernization policy, migration strategy, CI rules, verification scoring |
Level 2 — Modernization Rules¶
Question answered: How do we converge toward the provider?
| Owns | Must NOT Own |
|---|---|
| Ratchet rules, migration records, acceptable technical debt definitions, modernization lifecycle, Net-Negative Ownership Delta formula | Provider capability catalog, CI implementation details, verification receipts |
Level 3 — Verification Gate¶
Question answered: How do we prove conformance and measure ownership?
Two independent gates — never conflated:
| Gate | Question | Measures |
|---|---|---|
| Provider Conformance | Are we using the provider correctly? | Deployment targets, API usage, toolchain conformance, signing, format compliance |
| Local Ownership | Did we unnecessarily replace the provider? | Custom reimplementations, duplicate capabilities, service locators, third-party substitutes |
| Owns | Must NOT Own |
|---|---|
| Evidence requirements, CI gates, MR checklist, Provider Conformance Score, Local Ownership Score, verification receipts | Modernization policy, provider capability catalog |
Level 4 — Migration Receipts (optional)¶
Question answered: What migrations have been completed and verified?
Permanent, immutable records of completed capability migrations.
Referenced by Level 2 migration records when status reaches complete.
Provider Invariant¶
This invariant applies universally to every provider standard family.
Every provider capability is assumed authoritative until direct evidence demonstrates that local ownership is required. Retention of a local implementation requires evidence. Replacement of a provider capability requires evidence. Duplication requires evidence.
Corollary — Temporary Ownership: A consumer may temporarily implement a capability that the provider does not yet offer. The moment the provider's capability satisfies the required operational characteristics, the local implementation is reclassified as technical debt and SHALL be evaluated for removal.
Corollary — Evidence Required for Retention: A pre-existing local implementation may be retained only if evidence is produced that the provider's current capability does not satisfy the operational requirement. Absence of evidence is not justification for retention.
Provider Family Roadmap¶
| Provider | Family | Status | Priority |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apple | APPLE-001 / 002 / 003 | ✅ v1.0 | — |
| Drupal | standards/platforms/drupal/ |
✅ Existing — align to pattern on next revision | High |
| GitLab | GITLAB-001 / 002 / 003 | 🔲 Planned | High |
| Gas City | GASCITY-001 / 002 / 003 | 🔲 Planned | High |
| OpenClaw | OPENCLAW-001 / 002 / 003 | 🔲 Planned | High |
| 1Password | 1P-001 / 002 / 003 | 🔲 Planned | Medium |
| Cloudflare | CF-001 / 002 / 003 | 🔲 Planned | Medium |
| Keycloak | KEYCLOAK-001 / 002 / 003 | 🔲 Planned | Medium |
| PostgreSQL | PG-001 / 002 / 003 | 🔲 Planned | Medium |
| Docker | DOCKER-001 / 002 / 003 | 🔲 Planned | Low |
| Kubernetes | K8S-001 / 002 / 003 | 🔲 Planned | Low |
Each family answers the same four questions: 1. What capabilities does the provider own? 2. What should Bluefly never reimplement? 3. How do we converge toward the provider's current capabilities? 4. How do we independently measure conformance and local ownership?
Apple Standard Family¶
The Apple family is the reference implementation of this framework.
| ID | Document | Level |
|---|---|---|
| APPLE-001 | Apple Provider Authority | 1 — Authority |
| APPLE-002 | Apple Modernization Rules | 2 — Modernization |
| APPLE-003 | Apple Provider Conformance Gate | 3a — Provider Conformance |
| APPLE-004 | Apple Local Ownership Gate | 3b — Local Ownership |
Conformance split: APPLE-003 (PCS) and APPLE-004 (LOS) are independent documents because conformance evolves with upstream releases (WWDC cadence) while local ownership evolves with engineering reduction (sprint cadence).
Contract version: 1.0 (Swift 6 / Xcode 27 / macOS 15 baseline) Next review: post-WWDC 2027
Current Scores — BLU Studio¶
| Score | Value | Document |
|---|---|---|
| Provider Conformance Score (PCS) | 56% | APPLE-003 §1 |
| Local Ownership Score (LOS) | 40% | APPLE-004 §1 |
These scores are orthogonal and independently tracked. A high PCS with a high LOS means: "We're using Apple correctly, but we still own far too much ourselves." A high PCS with a low LOS is the target state.
Universal Foundations¶
This family inherits from two universal standards in standards/core/:
| Document | Owns |
|---|---|
| capability-invariant.md | The universal rule: every capability converges toward its smallest stable authority |
| convergence-doctrine.md | The direction of travel: Bluefly composes providers, never reimplements them |
APPLE-001 §6 implements the Capability Invariant for the Apple provider specifically.
For protocol authorities (AG-UI, MCP, A2A, OpenTelemetry, OIDC), see standards/protocols/.