III. Deliverables

3.1 Proposal Template and Clause-Linked Review Gates

3.1.1 Objective and Legal Charter All research proposals submitted under the Nexus Research Fellowship must conform to a clause-verifiable, RDF-linked structure ensuring traceability, reproducibility, legal defensibility, and sovereign-grade simulation compatibility. Proposals are governed under Canadian independent contractor law or Swiss ZGB equivalent, ensuring no employment relationship arises. Clause-governed review gates link simulation lineage, corridor jurisdiction metadata, and fallback DAGs with international compliance triggers. Contributor passport scoring—derived from simulation lineage integrity and ethics compliance metrics—directly informs eligibility for cross-track mobility, advancement to elevated contributor roles, and DAO token access for both governance and bounty rewards. All research proposals submitted under the Nexus Research Fellowship must conform to a clause-verifiable, RDF-linked structure ensuring traceability, reproducibility, legal defensibility, and sovereign-grade simulation compatibility. Proposals are governed under Canadian independent contractor law or Swiss ZGB equivalent, ensuring no employment relationship arises. Clause-governed review gates link simulation lineage, corridor jurisdiction metadata, and fallback DAGs with international compliance triggers.

(a) Proposals must clearly indicate their primary and secondary Nexus Track designations (I–V) and associated NE modules; (b) Each submission must include a detailed Statement of Work (SoW) with SPDX-compliant licensing, RDF-tagged output declarations, and clause-linked simulation lineage; (c) Legal compliance with multilateral frameworks—including TRIPS, GDPR, Sendai Framework, UNESCO Open Science, and SDG alignment—must be declared using SPDX/RDF crosswalk schemas; (d) Clause execution must include fallback simulation DAGs, ethics compliance tagging, corridor stress-response indicators, and DAO-verifiable contributor role segregation; (e) Proposals resembling employment relationships will be rejected or auto-quarantined unless restructured as ICA-aligned deliverable scopes; (f) Simulation lineage, DAG path validation, and contributor passport metadata must be included in metadata headers; (g) All contributor passports must reflect updated clause reputation scores, jurisdictional history, and ethics compliance footprint.

3.1.2 Governance Routing and Submission Protocols All proposals enter the Clause Router for jurisdictionally indexed routing based on corridor capacity, treaty density, simulation sensitivity, and DAG path stress-testing. Prioritization is determined through a weighted clause impact score matrix incorporating corridor urgency, treaty conflict heat maps, institutional request flags, and DAO quorum activation levels. During corridor-level emergencies or treaty conflicts flagged by GRF or NSF, Clause Router applies emergency escalation logic to pre-empt standard review queues. This includes:

(i) Automatic rerouting to GRF Emergency Simulation Hub; (ii) Notification triggers for corridor-specific arbitration clusters; (iii) Real-time reprioritization based on corridor DAG risk entropy and fallback strain metrics; (iv) Override of standard routing tiers for critical clauses tagged by NAC or GRF; (v) Public tagging of emergency-priority status within NCRL and contributor dashboards. All proposals enter the Clause Router for jurisdictionally indexed routing based on corridor capacity, treaty density, simulation sensitivity, and DAG path stress-testing.

(a) Proposals must use standardized GitHub/GitLab templates with RDF-wrapped clauses and simulation-DAG snapshots; (b) Review routing tiers include: Local (NWG), National (NAC), and Central (GRA/NSF/GRF), governed by clause impact scoring and corridor risk grade; (c) Clause ID consistency checks and contributor passport verification ensure DAO voting readiness and simulation compliance; (d) Financial disclosures, institutional partnerships, and sovereign affiliation declarations must be embedded in metadata; (e) Proposals with high clause-weight, corridor density, or treaty overlap are routed to simulation pre-clearance via NE Replay Engine; (f) Proposals misclassified by track, corridor, or contributor status are auto-quarantined and added to simulation rollback logs; (g) GRF may override escalation gates during treaty or ethics emergencies, with public ledger entries into NCRL dispute registry.

3.1.3 Clause Review Panels and DAG Anchoring Each clause-reviewed proposal is passed through a DAG-anchored pipeline of peer validation using NCRL registry checks and CID-indexed simulation records. Clause quarantine events and fallback simulations automatically affect the clause entropy thresholds and reviewer quota ceilings for DAO reputation scoring. Reviewers whose evaluations lead to recursive simulations or clause rollback sequences accrue penalty offsets in NCRL scoring unless mitigation reports are filed within five DAO quorum cycles. The Clause Router actively logs simulation instability patterns against reviewer decisions to recalibrate scoring weights in high-risk corridors.

(a) Reviews must include digitally signed comments, CID hashes, and IPFS-stored RDF metadata reflecting all reviewer interventions; (b) Track-specific clause reviews must be approved by Cluster Editors and routed through DAO-assigned Peer Review Architects; (c) All simulations undergo replay verification in NE under corridor-specific anomaly thresholds and clause entropy testing; (d) Clause segments failing verification enter fallback DAG execution or recursive simulation quarantine until cleared; (e) Reviewers are score-ranked in NCRL by decision accuracy, clause match, and ethics fault sensitivity; (f) Rejected proposals must include clause IDs with rationale, rejected DAG hashes, and peer review arbitration votes; (g) Clause Review Logs are permanently traceable and affect eligibility for DAO quota boosts and future cross-track elevation. Each clause-reviewed proposal is passed through a DAG-anchored pipeline of peer validation using NCRL registry checks and CID-indexed simulation records.

(a) Reviews must include digitally signed comments, CID hashes, and IPFS-stored RDF metadata reflecting all reviewer interventions; (b) Track-specific clause reviews must be approved by Cluster Editors and routed through DAO-assigned Peer Review Architects; (c) All simulations undergo replay verification in NE under corridor-specific anomaly thresholds and clause entropy testing; (d) Clause segments failing verification enter fallback DAG execution or recursive simulation quarantine until cleared; (e) Reviewers are score-ranked in NCRL by decision accuracy, clause match, and ethics fault sensitivity; (f) Rejected proposals must include clause IDs with rationale, rejected DAG hashes, and peer review arbitration votes; (g) Clause Review Logs are permanently traceable and affect eligibility for DAO quota boosts and future cross-track elevation.

3.1.4 Ethics, Treaty, and Simulation Compliance Logic All proposals must be compliant with corridor-linked ethics protocols and jurisdiction-bound treaties. Clause-level enforcement is delegated to NSF and GRF Treaty Observatories. In cases where treaty obligations overlap or conflict—such as GDPR’s data erasure mandates versus TRIPS’ archival and retention requirements—the Clause Router invokes overlay modeling to resolve simulation paths. These overlays are embedded with lineage annotations, treaty compliance graphs, and simulation parity validators to ensure legal reconciliation during fallback DAG execution. Conflicts unresolved through automation are escalated to GRF/NAC arbitration panels, where simulation precedence is assigned based on corridor risk priority and DAO quorum weightings.

(a) Compliance tags must identify impacted treaties—TRIPS, GDPR, Paris Agreement, Nagoya, UNDRIP, UNESCO—and corridor alignments; (b) NXS-Core simulations must validate outputs for ethics anomalies, treaty violations, and biosafety triggers; (c) Proposals affecting sensitive populations (e.g., Indigenous, migrant, underage) must include augmented informed consent logic, disclosure DAGs, and corridor-specific narrative safeguards; (d) Risk-linked proposals must submit fallback insurance DAGs, clause-bond staking plans, and simulation risk premiums; (e) NSF triggers DAG deployment during clause ethics breaches or treaty inconsistencies, with fallback governance routed to GRF/NAC peer tribunal; (f) Conflicting obligations (e.g., GDPR’s erasure rights vs. TRIPS retention clauses) must be modeled in clause overlays with lineage annotations and simulation parity validators; (g) Observability and risk dashboards log all compliance variances, and unresolved breaches restrict DAO token or bounty access for contributors. All proposals must be compliant with corridor-linked ethics protocols and jurisdiction-bound treaties. Clause-level enforcement is delegated to NSF and GRF Treaty Observatories.

(a) Compliance tags must identify impacted treaties—TRIPS, GDPR, Paris Agreement, Nagoya, UNDRIP, UNESCO—and corridor alignments; (b) NXS-Core simulations must validate outputs for ethics anomalies, treaty violations, and biosafety triggers; (c) Proposals affecting sensitive populations (e.g., Indigenous, migrant, underage) must include augmented informed consent logic, disclosure DAGs, and corridor-specific narrative safeguards; (d) Risk-linked proposals must submit fallback insurance DAGs, clause-bond staking plans, and simulation risk premiums; (e) NSF triggers DAG deployment during clause ethics breaches or treaty inconsistencies, with fallback governance routed to GRF/NAC peer tribunal; (f) Conflicting obligations (e.g., GDPR’s erasure rights vs. TRIPS retention clauses) must be modeled in clause overlays with lineage annotations and simulation parity validators; (g) Observability and risk dashboards log all compliance variances, and unresolved breaches restrict DAO token or bounty access for contributors.

3.1.5 Versioning, Resubmission, and Audit Trail Requirements Proposal lifecycle events are linked to clause lineage graphs, DAO merge gates, contributor scorecards, and treaty compliance checkpoints. Rejected proposals and clause forks automatically generate independent simulation audit hashes and are appended to rollback logs for DAO quorum observability scoring. These records are made publicly auditable via IPFS-indexed trace ledgers and are weighted in contributor passport assessments and reviewer quota thresholds. Proposal lifecycle events are linked to clause lineage graphs, DAO merge gates, contributor scorecards, and treaty compliance checkpoints.

(a) Resubmissions must cite clause rejection logs, NCRL reviewer IDs, and clause justification files in RDF diff format; (b) Material changes require DAO peer quorum for validation and NE-based replay simulation under corridor stress-test conditions; (c) Forked clauses must retain DAG ancestry, clause fingerprint, and contributor lineage with publicly reviewable RDF histories; (d) Contributor progression is scored using proposal audit trails, observability logs, reproducibility metrics, and DAO simulation trace accuracy; (e) Final archival is governed by GRF with clause-level fallback identifiers for NE reuse, treaty validation, and open access indexing; (f) Simulation ethics flags automatically block archival and notify GRF Arbitration Panels and NSF Certification Registries.

3.2 Simulation DAG for Research Lifecycle (Design → Peer Review → Archival)

3.2.1 Overview and Legal Basis All research proposals conducted under the Nexus Fellowship must adhere to a formally codified, clause-governed Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG) architecture governing their entire lifecycle. This simulation-linked structure guarantees sovereign-grade traceability from initial proposal drafting to final peer-reviewed publication, with clause observability anchored in GRF, NSF, and GRA regulatory pathways. Each DAG path is mapped to a clause ID, contributor passport, corridor-specific treaty overlays, and simulation lineage hashes. These anchors ensure conformance with legal obligations such as GDPR, TRIPS, Sendai, Nagoya, and the Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights.

(a) Cross-jurisdictional fallback: The DAG includes simulation fault domains capable of switching treaty layers in response to corridor-level discontinuity (e.g., data sovereignty violations, internet shutdowns, or legal embargo).

(b) Verification signature chain: Each DAG proposal registers treaty anchors using SPDX+RDF composite hashes linked to GRIX ratings.

(c) GRF/NSF observability layer: Enforces treaty-level observability hooks and public traceability of simulation DAGs. This includes real-time alerting through the NXS-EWS module, clause execution monitoring, CID-tagged audit trail snapshots, and integration with clause replay mechanisms within NXS-DSS dashboards. Joint enforcement by GRF and NSF ensures clause breaches trigger formal audits, simulate rollback conditions, or route arbitration to DAO oversight when trust corridor thresholds are violated. Enforces treaty-level observability hooks and public traceability of simulation DAGs, enforcing mutual recognition clauses.

3.2.2 Lifecycle DAG Node Classification Each research proposal advances through standardized DAG nodes, each with technical and legal implications:

(a) Design Nodes — Encode the clause-tagged Statement of Work (SoW), corridor and simulation corridor tags, insurance fallback declarations, and treaty anchor metadata; (b) Submission Nodes — Log GitHub commits, SPDX compliance proofs, RDF clause lineage, and DAG simulation entry conditions; (c) Review Nodes — Orchestrated by Peer Review Architects via Clause Router/NCRL quota engines; (d) Revision Nodes — Include version delta snapshots, rollback triggers, and entropy threshold anomalies; (e) Verification Nodes — Link simulation lineage, fallback risk ranges, ZK attestations, and treaty overlay validation; (f) Approval Nodes — Gate passage to DAO voting, NAC co-certification, GRA quorum enforcement, and GRF review; (g) Archival Nodes — Lock Zenodo CIDs, RDF indices, SPDX licenses, and enforce open access publication logic.

3.2.3 Simulation Routing and Entropy Calibration Simulation DAGs are governed by real-time entropy thresholds, corridor metadata, and treaty weighting:

(a) Clause entropy is computed via clause failure history, simulation volatility, and corridor-level signal congestion; (b) Simulation DAGs that exceed threshold entropy are escalated to NAC or GRA fallback resolution; (c) DAO quorum weights adjust simulation prioritization based on contributor passport scores and ethical lineage anchors; (d) Forked DAGs contribute to entropy redistribution logs, which are captured in the contributor audit index (NCRL).

3.2.4 DAO Review Thresholds and DAG Escalation Protocols Each simulation output is evaluated for compliance, entropy integrity, and treaty compatibility:

(a) DAGs with incomplete simulation finality or unauthorized treaty deviation are quarantined via clause-triggered rollback; (b) Quarantined DAGs initiate automated DAO/NAC arbitration if entropy is exceeded for 3 consecutive forks; (c) Clauses rejected by quorum trigger rollback lock, blocking archival progression for up to 3 voting cycles; (d) Ethics breaches activate emergency GRF override, which forces DAG freeze and initiates clause audit replay.

3.2.5 Clause Conflict Arbitration and Treaty Overlay Conflicting obligations—such as GDPR's right to erasure vs. TRIPS’ patent logging—are modeled via overlay DAGs:

(a) Overlay DAGs simulate best-fit compliance paths under corridor stress; (b) Treaties are weighted by jurisdictional supremacy (e.g., Swiss fallback law overrides local if NAC-certified); (c) Clause resolution paths are approved by GRF legal board and logged in the Nexus Treaty Ledger (NTL); (d) Unresolved overlays are referred to NAC or the UN-recognized neutral arbitration mechanism with CID-tagged audit logs.

3.2.6 Public Audit Hooks and Contributor Scorecards Each DAG segment contributes to contributor passport progression, clause observability, and DAO transparency:

(a) Public dashboards (via DSS and NCRL) display clause forks, entropy breaches, and DAG audit logs; (b) Contributor scorecards are recalibrated based on ethical lineage scores, simulation verification accuracy, and fallback behavior; ethics certification violations are weighted more heavily for demerits, while sustained simulation fidelity and reproducibility under corridor stress conditions result in scoring boosts; (c) Repeated quarantine triggers reduce DAO governance privileges until successfully appealed or overridden by NAC; (d) Scorecards are integrated with DAO bounty routing and eligibility for fellowship-to-founder transitions. based on ethical lineage, clause entropy, and simulation accuracy; (c) Repeated quarantine triggers reduce DAO governance privileges until successfully appealed or overridden by NAC; (d) Scorecards are integrated with DAO bounty routing and eligibility for fellowship-to-founder transitions.

3.2.7 Integration with NE Modules and Simulation Engines Each DAG execution maps to corresponding NE modules and legal enforcers:

(i) NXS-Core: Clause-execution on secure enclaves; (ii) NXSQue: DAG orchestration engine with event-driven clause triggers; (iii) NXSGRIx: Simulation corridor stress score calibrator; (iv) NXS-EOP: Simulation audit, ethics validation, and clause hypothesis tuning; (v) NXS-DSS: Real-time observability dashboards and contributor audit logs; (vi) NXS-AAP: Clause fallback and anticipatory risk modeling; (vii) NXS-EWS: Clause-based early warning trigger for corridor-linked hazards; (viii) NXS-NSF: Smart contract enforcer for DAO bounty and treaty-based finance deployment.

3.2.8 Redundancy and Fault Tolerance Each simulation DAG is redundantly routed and mirrored:

(a) Clause rollback DAGs preserve simulation state and contributor lineage across parallel corridors; (b) DAGs exceeding entropy thresholds for more than 48 hours initiate automatic fallback node activation under NSF oversight; (c) Zenodo CID forks are held in escrow under Nexus Clause Registry, enforceable via SPDX lock signatures; (d) In cases of geopolitical failure or digital blackout, DAGs revert to local corridor forks as emergency pathway.

3.2.9 Finalization and Open Access Indexing Research outputs reach final archival state when:

(a) DAG integrity is verified by a three-tier observer system (NSF, GRA, GRF), and confirmation is based on multi-factor criteria including: (i) Consensus across simulation replay hashes from independent enclaves; (ii) Time-based consistency validation over at least three independent audit cycles; (iii) Layered simulation fidelity thresholds met across fallback corridors under active treaty overlays. (NSF, GRA, GRF); (b) Zenodo archival is CID-locked and RDF/SPDX-tagged for public reuse; (c) Clause execution hash and simulation tags published to Nexus Clause Registry; (d) DAO cooling-off period expires (3 cycles or 10 days, whichever longer); (e) Dual-host citation standards confirmed (e.g., GitHub-Zenodo-RDF and NCRL).

3.2.10 Governance Traceability and Legal Compliance Each DAG path is encoded with:

(a) Treaty traceability logic (Sendai, TRIPS, GDPR, Nagoya); (b) Corridor-specific ethics validation modules; (c) NCRL-linked contributor dispute index and performance history; (d) Simulation anomaly logs for fallback prediction and clause quarantine; (e) Arbitration outcome CID logs (with DAO weight adjustment); (f) DAG replay rights bound to contributor class (e.g., Reviewer, Cluster Editor, Principal Fellow); (g) Simulation risk ledger updates for DAO-wide replication governance; (h) Role-scoped Git lineage logs for forking governance and ecosystem reuse.

3.3 Data Collection and RDF Anchoring Requirements

3.3.1 Scope and Legal Obligations All data collected under the Nexus Fellowship Research Track must comply with national and international data protection, ethics, and access frameworks. These include but are not limited to: GDPR, HIPAA, PIPEDA, OECD Privacy Guidelines, the African Union Convention on Cyber Security, and corridor-specific indigenous and environmental sovereignty frameworks. Data stewardship obligations must align with FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable), CARE (Collective Benefit, Authority to Control, Responsibility, Ethics), and OCAP (Ownership, Control, Access, Possession) principles.

(a) All human-subject data must be ethically approved and embedded with consent schemas linked to clause provenance; (b) Environmental and observational datasets must be geospatially tagged, corridor-classified, and carry documented field deployment lineage; (c) Submissions must include SPDX license hashes and RDF schema validation receipts from the Nexus Metadata Validator (NMV), including timestamped compliance anchors; (d) Any dataset derived from sensor, IoT, or edge intelligence must also include secure enclave attestation metadata; (e) Jurisdiction-specific fallback clauses must be embedded in the RDF structure, enabling emergency protocols for data subject protection. These include corridor-based overrides, GRF Ethics Assembly guidance metadata, and zero-trust triggers for simulation quarantine when a treaty-based conflict is detected during cross-jurisdictional data flows.

3.3.2 RDF Metadata Structuring and Clause Integration RDF schemas must adhere to W3C standards and be fully clause-integrated with simulation state logs and jurisdictional metadata anchors:

(a) Each clause output must be assigned a unique CID, SPDX license, and RDF namespace, traceable to contributor passport and simulation DAG lineage; (b) RDF metadata must tag datasets by classification (biosafety, climate, spatial finance, etc.) and embed clause execution context; (c) Subgraphs representing simulation DAG nodes must be linked through RDF triples referencing policy corridor codes, treaty overlay levels, and simulation audit hashes.

3.3.3 Consent, Ethics, and Rights Metadata Each dataset must include verifiable metadata encoding its ethical provenance:

(a) Informed consent objects must define temporal/geographic bounds, methodology, revocability, and data controller identity; (b) Risk classification must include Nexus GRIX values, biosafety indexes, and clause entropy scores; (c) Each record must include a clause-level rights-of-use contract specifying attribution schema, commercial scope, embargo rules, and non-discrimination clauses; (d) An embedded clause audit hash must link each rights metadata set to DAO verification trail; (e) Revocation of consent must automatically propagate updates to RDF structures, triggering clause DAG rollback, output quarantine, and alerts to Cluster Editors and GRF Ethics Assembly. The update must reflect in the Contributor Passport and initiate a real-time treaty compliance review based on corridor-specific enforcement overlays.

3.3.4 Corridor-Specific Anchoring and Treaty Compliance RDF data structures must embed compliance declarations relevant to corridor jurisdictions:

(a) SDG, Sendai, and COP treaties must be referenced within data schema overlays for relevant data domains; (b) Protocols like Nagoya, Aarhus, Escazú, and UNESCO Open Science must be flagged in RDF schema via clause-tagged treaty nodes; (c) For indigenous data, compliance with OCAP/CARE and inclusion of GRF Ethics Assembly consent must be pre-verified.

3.3.5 NE Module Compatibility and API Anchors All datasets must be deployable across NE modules via standards-compliant APIs:

(a) Data must expose CID or GraphQL endpoints compatible with DSS, AAP, GRIX, and EOP modules; (b) Clause metadata must signal required simulation triggers and data condition flags; (c) Contributor passports must include audit logs of API and RDF validation calls.

3.3.6 Versioning, Verification, and Simulation Fork History To ensure reproducibility and transparency:

(a) All datasets must embed Git commit hashes, DAG tags, fork ancestry, and mutation lineage; (b) RDF history must persist rollback logic and failed simulation archives, stored on IPFS and mapped in Nexus Audit Registry; (c) All forks must cite clause of divergence, timestamp, original author, and peer-review approval; (d) Divergence forks must be scored within the Contributor Passport Ledger, with positive or negative impact on DAO reputation metrics based on whether the fork resulted in successful peer-reviewed improvements, policy-aligned innovations, or disallowed replication errors. Scoring weight must be traceable via entropy delta, ethics certification impact, and GRF Ethics escalation outcome logs.

3.3.7 Licensing, Attribution, and Third-Party Data Use No third-party data may be used without legally sound provenance:

(a) Contributors must cite SPDX licenses or furnish formal written permissions for any reused datasets; (b) External APIs used in simulations must be sandboxed and fallbacks encoded into clause DAGs; (c) Derivative works must be clause-certified and subject to periodic audit for data origin and licensing compliance.

3.3.8 Repository Submission and Observability Indexing Public-facing datasets must support verifiability, traceability, and open science indexing:

(a) All datasets must be submitted to Zenodo under Nexus Reports DOI structure, with RDF-indexed citation trees; (b) GitHub and GitLab repositories must tag datasets with clause ID, SPDX metadata, and RDF integrity hashes; (c) Datasets must be indexed in the Nexus Clause Registry with entropy tracking, jurisdictional overlays, and observability thresholds.

3.3.9 Contributor Role-Specific Responsibilities Contributor obligations must align with their designation:

(a) Research Fellows are required to ensure full RDF annotation and corridor tagging; (b) Cluster Editors verify treaty compliance, DAG reproducibility, and entropy balance; (c) Peer Review Architects must validate RDF schema logic, metadata completeness, and treaty clause linkage.

3.3.10 Governance, Escalation, and Arbitration Pathways All RDF non-compliance triggers define governance and dispute logic:

(a) Clause metadata failures trigger auto-quarantine of related outputs and notify Cluster Editors; (b) DAO DAGs may escalate unresolved data conflicts to GRF or NAC via arbitration templates; (c) Clause correction records must link to rollback DAGs and GRF Ethics verdicts, and their arbitration decisions must be encoded into simulation audit trails, forming retrainable vectors within clause compliance models; (d) Contributors retain the right to rebuttal via Contributor Passport Simulation Logs and may appeal to GSB for cross-jurisdictional redress. Arbitration outputs must be logged with entropy differential and compliance weight, influencing Contributor Passport scoring and clause revalidation priorities across future DAG cycles.

3.3.11 Simulation-Driven Indexing and Reproducibility Weights Simulation histories must serve as indexing vectors:

(a) Each dataset must be linked to its clause simulation path, entropy signature, and fallback performance log; (b) Foresight and AAP modules must log simulation weights per dataset, with results made public in Nexus Insight Panels; (c) Dataset significance weights must adjust contributor passport scores and DAO ranking indexes.

3.3.12 Machine Learning, AI, and Prompt Dataset Anchors RDF schemas must include explicit flags for AI training eligibility:

(a) Clause prompts derived from dataset must carry ZK-proof tags and RDF lineage; (b) NLP, vision, or tabular datasets intended for model training must include model-specific schema declarations; (c) All AI-eligible datasets must comply with clause memory laws and include retrain permission levels; (d) Clause memory laws must differentiate between short-term adaptive model updates and foundational retraining. Short-term adaptations—such as fine-tuning or prompt realignment—must reference ephemeral RDF anchors and decay tags for rollback reversibility. Foundational retraining, by contrast, requires GRF Ethics Assembly approval, persistent RDF hashes, contributor consent verification, and corridor jurisdiction overlays with traceable lineage; (e) Simulation DAG checkpoints must log whether a dataset contributed to adaptive or foundational training layers, and trigger downstream observability adjustments in GRIX and AAP module interfaces.

3.3.13 Commons, Licensing, and Institutional Interoperability Dataset licensing must reflect GCRI public-good status:

(a) All data should default to CC-BY 4.0 or ODC-By unless overridden via treaty conditions; (b) Institutional MOU datasets must reference agreement codes and license override rules; (c) Commons license metadata must embed clause fallback, embargo, and treaty opt-out metadata.

3.3.14 Zero-Trust, Fallback, and Corridor Simulation Compliance All RDF objects must comply with zero-trust and simulation DAG logic:

(a) Fallback RDF anchors must be included for every mission-critical clause; (b) Simulation corridors must validate RDF triggers before clause execution; (c) Entropy routing logic must enforce corridor-tier prioritization based on geopolitical and treaty risk overlays.

3.4 Nexus Reports Publishing Standard on Zenodo

3.4.1 Purpose and Institutional Recognition The Nexus Reports framework is the primary mechanism for legally recognized, simulation-verified, and clause-compliant publishing of research outputs under the Nexus Fellowship. Each report published on Zenodo must carry an RDF-tagged Nexus Reports DOI, integrating provenance, jurisdictional traceability, and compliance with UNESCO, WIPO, ISO, OECD, and Nexus-specific frameworks.

(a) Nexus Reports are programmatically registered in the Nexus Clause Registry with NSF-issued clause certification tokens; (b) RDF metadata must anchor each report to its simulation lineage, SPDX license, and contributor passport record; (c) Clause ID must be interoperable with treaty-linked foresight libraries and corridor-based policy overlays; (d) Recognition protocols must accommodate dual-indexing across academic repositories, DAO dashboards, and treaty-recognized metadata standards.

3.4.2 Accepted Output Categories Recognized output categories include:

(a) Clause-linked foresight simulations, Earth system science modeling, and corridor-specific scenario reports; (b) Verifiable AI evaluations, synthetic data audits, and zero-trust clause calibration studies; (c) DAO-policy enactment logs, ethics violation analytics, and governance foresight triggers; (d) Reproducible datasets and field-lab reports mapped to RDF-CARE-OCAP standards; (e) DRF/DRI-aligned risk briefs and early warning model validations with rollback traceability.

3.4.3 Submission Workflow and Compliance Hooks Submissions must conform to a clause-governed verification pipeline:

(a) All files are submitted via GitHub/GitLab with SPDX, RDF, and DAG-indexed lineage; (b) Submissions are routed through the Nexus Metadata Validator (NMV) for clause certification; (c) Contributor Passports must pass simulation integrity, ethics, and jurisdictional validity checks; (d) DAO-signature hashes and timestamped lineage proofs are embedded at final Zenodo release.

3.4.4 Citation Trees and Version Traceability All Nexus Reports must maintain citation tree integrity and traceability:

(a) Citation metadata must include clause ID, DAG hash, simulation entropy score, and SPDX tag; (b) Forks must include mutation lineage, parent clause references, and entropy delta; (c) Contributors must submit changelogs, rollback rights, and jurisdictional updates as RDF schemas; (d) Verified simulations must log output hashes in DAG audit registers and DAO-ledger mirroring.

3.4.5 RDF-Backed Licensing and Distribution Licensing is governed by sovereign clauses and corridor-specific restrictions:

(a) Standard license is CC-BY 4.0, unless overridden by treaty or corridor compliance policy; (b) RDF metadata must log export rights, embargo policies, reuse restrictions, and fallback triggers; (c) Reuse must preserve SPDX clause hashes, contributor ID, and jurisdiction of origin; (d) Redactions must include rollback DAGs, GRF logs, and updated RDF lineage.

3.4.6 Contributor Role Attribution and Passport Integration Structured attribution is mandatory for DAO governance and passport scoring:

(a) Contributor Passport metadata must include simulation score, ethics cert hash, and jurisdictional overlay; (b) Role tags must differentiate Research Fellow, Cluster Editor, Principal Investigator, and DAO Delegate; (c) Entropy-weighted outputs must log funding origins, task scope, and governance impact; (d) DAO token eligibility is based on publication impact, clause entropy, and rollback score.

3.4.7 Integration with DAO, GRA, and NSF Reporting Each report must integrate with institutional and DAO governance workflows:

(a) DAO observability layers must ingest RDF payloads for contributor dashboards and simulation voting; (b) GRA Treasury must register token-weighted deliverables and cluster scorecards; (c) NSF-certified reports must be interoperable with GRF foresight libraries and ethics review overlays; (d) Clause output must synchronize with NE modules (GRIX, EOP, DSS) for downstream use.

3.4.8 Dispute, Redress, and Revision Mechanisms A clause-verified escalation pipeline must handle all report corrections:

(a) Errors initiate rollback simulations, redress voting, and fallbacks under GRF oversight; (b) Zenodo DOI lineage must reflect correction DAGs and contributor passport updates; (c) Appeals and disputes must reference clause mutation history and simulation audit forks; (d) Emergency withdrawals are governed by corridor triggers and public GRF audit releases.

3.4.9 Multi-Jurisdictional Recognition and MOU Linkage Reports must document cross-jurisdictional legitimacy and treaty compliance:

(a) RDF overlays must include applicable MOUs, corridor opt-ins, and joint authorship rights; (b) Clause tags must confirm adherence to Nexus, TRIPS, GDPR, Nagoya, and UNESCO-OS frameworks; (c) Host institutions must be embedded with RDF fallback jurisdiction and contributor transfer rules; (d) GRF must validate multilateral adoption eligibility via simulation logs and institutional anchors.

3.4.10 Commons Archival and Long-Term Reproducibility All Nexus Reports are commons-governed and simulation-resilient:

(a) Redundant IPFS mirrors must carry simulation DAG history and contributor attestation logs; (b) GRIX and DSS modules must cross-index clause compliance, entropy rating, and treaty compatibility; (c) UN SDSN, World Bank, UNESCO, and WIPO commons integrations must be logged as RDF exports; (d) Clause resilience scoring must quantify reusability, DAG stability, and rollback durability under sovereign corridor logic.

3.5 Co-Author Credit and Multi-Track Collaboration Rules

3.5.1 Purpose and Governance Anchors This section establishes the procedural, legal, and simulation-verified standards for granting co-author credit within and across research tracks of the Nexus Fellowship. All attribution must be RDF-compliant, clause-indexed, and verifiable by DAG simulation lineage. DAO transparency, Contributor Passport scoring, and GRF ethics thresholds must be enforced to ensure equitable co-authorship.

(a) Recognition is anchored in clause ID-tagged contributions validated through simulation DAG checkpoints and passport observability metrics; (b) Valid Contributor Passport and ethics certification are prerequisites for co-authorship recognition; (c) All RDF metadata must document dominant and collaborative track participation for DAO auditing.

3.5.2 Legal Definitions and Attribution Rights Co-author status conveys sovereign non-employment-based recognition under a clause-governed DAO structure, and is enforceable across jurisdictions:

(a) All contributors are legally governed under Canadian independent contractor law or Swiss functional equivalents, ensuring no implied employment status; (b) Attribution is programmatically tracked via SPDX-tagged commits, clause entropy scores, and simulation observability lineage; (c) Co-authors are entitled to citation rights, DAO token eligibility, and escalation privileges under the Nexus Contributor Ledger (NCL).

3.5.3 Multi-Track Interoperability Criteria Multi-track collaborations must conform to strict compatibility and compliance overlays:

(a) Contributions must declare interoperability intent and map all relevant NE modules and RDF contexts; (b) Simulation validation must originate from at least two distinct track engines, with clause-validated fallback scenarios; (c) Treaty conflicts (e.g., GDPR vs. TRIPS) must be resolved through clause-weighted jurisdictional routing logic.

3.5.4 Clause-Based Role Classification Roles must be assigned via clause evaluation outputs and tagged in RDF metadata:

(a) Contributor designations include Researcher, Developer, Architect, Operator, or Policy Analyst; (b) Role weighting is calculated through entropy-weighted magnitude, corridor impact index, and DAG replay fidelity; (c) Metadata alignment to NE modules (e.g., GRIX, AAP, DSS) must be signed and simulation-indexed.

3.5.5 Passport-Weighted Recognition Rules DAO scoring and funding logic is governed by Contributor Passport scoring mechanics:

(a) Clause-level scoring integrates simulation entropy, DAG integrity, and observability lineage; (b) Jurisdictional overlays and SDG-linked priority tiers amplify or adjust final scores; (c) Dual recognition (academic and professional) is reflected in RDF metadata and simulation DAG replay logs.

3.5.6 Rights to Fork, Republish, or Extend All co-authors retain legally-encoded rights to fork, extend, and republish prior works:

(a) Clause ancestry and RDF hashes must be retained during forks; (b) Republishing and extension require simulation score stability above defined thresholds and GRF-triggered ethics verification; (c) All derivative outputs must log new clause IDs and simulate downstream impact across modules.

3.5.7 Fallback, Redress, and Conflict Mechanisms Governance escalation and conflict resolution pathways include:

(a) Redress triggers generate simulation fallback and rollback DAGs with arbitration paths; (b) GRA-led quorum processes, supplemented by GRF advisory findings, govern resolution decisions; (c) Arbitration outputs are logged into simulation training datasets, updating clause compliance vectors.

3.5.8 Cross-Institutional MOUs and Commons Compliance Collaborations with external entities must conform to commons governance and treaty compatibility:

(a) MOUs must define RDF-bound IP ownership and attribution rights; (b) GRF-approved commons licenses are required for all dual-institutional outputs; (c) Institutional clause SDK embeddings must be logged in contributor passports with simulation scores validated under corridor-jurisdiction overlays.

3.5.9 Ethics Review, Simulation Weight, and Governance Role Elevation Role elevation to DAO delegate or Cluster Editor is dependent on verifiable co-authorship integrity:

(a) ≥3 simulation-verified co-authorships are required to qualify for elevation; (b) DAO token weight increases are directly proportional to simulation observability compliance and treaty-aligned integrity; (c) Clause entropy and rollback logs must demonstrate contributor reliability, jurisdictional awareness, and SDG alignment.

3.5.10 DAO Recognition, Incentive Eligibility, and Publication Impact DAO-led recognition integrates Nexus Reports performance and simulation integrity:

(a) Incentives and token distributions must log co-author share, clause contribution weight, and RDF-linked simulation lineage; (b) DAO performance ledgers reflect impact multipliers for simulation integrity, reuse, and rollback prevention; (c) Top-tier contributors are eligible for nomination to GRF foresight councils, NSF research funding rounds, and GRA DAO leadership roles.

3.6 GitHub/GitLab for Research Code Repositories with DOI Linkage

3.6.1 Repository Compliance Standards All research code repositories must operate within a standardized legal, technical, and governance architecture governed by Nexus Ecosystem protocols. GitHub and GitLab are mandated as the primary hosting platforms, and all repositories must adhere to SPDX licensing, clause ID tagging, RDF metadata anchoring, and DOI publishing. Each repository acts as a node in the verifiable DAG lifecycle that governs clause execution.

(a) Repositories must include DOI linkage per published release via Zenodo or equivalent scholarly indexing platforms, ensuring long-term archiving and discoverability; (b) All commits must carry cryptographically signed clause IDs, contributor passport hashes, SPDX tags, and simulation fingerprint metadata; (c) The GRF must maintain observer-level access to enforce compliance reviews, rollback audit trail snapshots, and ethics violation escalations; (d) Repository README files must include a governance block citing clause lineage, DAO access terms, and simulation verification thresholds.

3.6.2 Clause Metadata in Version Control Systems Clause-governed commits must carry fully traceable metadata fields mapped to RDF structures, simulation DAG lineage, and contributor role classification.

(a) Contributor dashboards must expose clause-linked commit metadata, entropy signatures, and fallbacks as JSON-LD or Turtle entries; (b) All validation checkpoints must be created as automated CI/CD issues, governed under DAO voting thresholds or NSG arbitration triggers; (c) GitHub Actions or GitLab pipelines must validate clause execution integrity, fallbacks, RDF alignment, and training-data inheritance boundaries; (d) Forked contributions must preserve clause ancestry, governance role weight, and repository-level scoring impacts on Contributor Passports.

3.6.3 Simulation DAG Validation Logs Simulation DAG logs define the lineage, observability, and rollback triggers of all research outputs. Their structure must enforce jurisdictional routing and treaty fallback compliance.

(a) DAG execution metadata must be logged in verifiable formats such as JSON-LD, RDF/XML, or TriG, enabling machine-readable auditability; (b) Clause-triggered simulations must carry ZK-proof signatures and fallback arbitration logic encoded per corridor jurisdiction; (c) Any failed or incomplete DAG state must automatically generate rollback proposals, notify NSF and GRF observers, and initiate Contributor Passport scoring penalties; (d) Simulation logs must integrate entropy scores and SDG-treaty overlays, enabling ethics recalibration and priority tier assignment.

3.6.4 Interoperability with Nexus Modules All research code must structurally map to Nexus Ecosystem module requirements, enabling functional validation across GRIX, EOP, DSS, AAP, and NSF.

(a) Repository folder and file structures must conform to NXS-Core metadata schemas and module-specific documentation standards; (b) Repositories must declare corridor jurisdiction, treaty alignment (e.g., TRIPS, GDPR), and applicable simulation validators in their module manifest; (c) Each module-integrated repository must undergo simulation DAG tests across all dependency interfaces and fallback boundary nodes; (d) RDF annotations must include clause correlation IDs linking to DAO voting history, cluster editor review scores, and archival tags for Nexus Reports integration.

3.6.5 Contributor Passport and DAO Access Rights Contributor participation in research code development is gated by clause-verified access permissions, Contributor Passport scoring, and DAO reputation thresholds.

(a) Each pull request must trigger Contributor Passport updates based on merge success, simulation validation, and DAG integrity; (b) All repositories must implement Contributor Ledger integration, tagging role weight, ethics tier, and track assignment per contributor; (c) Clause-linked codebase disputes must initiate arbitration DAGs with rollback capacity, documented audit trails, and resolution triggers passed through GRA and GRF oversight; (d) DAO permissions, token access, and publication impact scoring must update in real time based on clause performance, rollback frequency, and simulation entropy metrics.

3.6.6 Foresight and Training Data Compliance Integration Repositories must also support lineage tracking for training data used in model-based clauses and simulation foresight routines.

(a) Datasets used in AI-driven code simulations must be RDF-indexed and clause-certified under GRF audit rules; (b) Contributions that feed simulation foresight or retraining loops must carry simulation hash proofs and lineage identifiers; (c) All AI-generated outputs must be marked with DAG-verifiable indicators of human oversight, treaty alignment, and fallback preparedness for sovereign corridors.

3.6.7 Public Transparency and Commons Replication DAO governance requires repositories to be open for public observability, forkability, and educational reuse under Nexus Commons principles.

(a) Repositories must include RDF declarations of reuse permissions, funding provenance, and DAO grant histories; (b) Each public fork must trigger clause re-indexing, contributor passport update, and simulation impact recalibration; (c) GRF observers may initiate commons audits or ethics redline alerts based on observability triggers or treaty noncompliance flags.

3.6.8 Failure Modes, Penalties, and Auto-Quarantine Clause-based triggers in GitHub/GitLab must initiate automated rollbacks or quarantine actions when violations occur.

(a) Repositories with repeated ethics breaches or clause scoring failures must be auto-quarantined and logged to NSF penalty registers; (b) Contributor roles in violation are flagged with passport demerits, rollback DAGs, and DAO token suspension; (c) Quarantined repositories must undergo external review from NSF-appointed auditors before reactivation under DAG protocol compliance.

3.7 Clause-Based Trigger for Milestone and Payment Unlocks

3.7.1 Milestone Definition and Clause Anchoring Each research milestone must be encoded as a clause-verifiable task, recorded in the DAG simulation graph and registered under the Contributor Passport ledger. Milestones are not arbitrary deliverables but formal, verifiable events backed by simulation fidelity, jurisdictional RDF tagging, and treaty-aligned metadata.

(a) All milestones must be defined prior to project initiation, embedded within the contributor's Statement of Work (SoW), and approved by the relevant Cluster Editor; (b) Each clause must carry a unique clause ID, fallback rules, verification simulation type (observational, experimental, applied), and scope of output (e.g., code, publication, data); (c) DAG checkpoints must be automatically generated at each milestone and routed through Nexus simulation validators and DAO scoring layers.

3.7.2 DAO-Linked Escrow Payment Mechanism Contributor compensation shall be released through DAO escrow smart contracts upon clause-verified milestone completion. GCRI does not issue direct payments and assumes no employment relationship.

(a) Funds are held by DAO escrow contracts initiated by GRA or designated fiscal sponsors; (b) Clause completion triggers must include simulation DAG success, ethics certification, and rollback clearance logs; (c) DAO review quorum or pre-delegated GSB/NSG authority may approve or reject milestone unlocks based on DAG scores, lineage violations, or unresolved dispute flags.

3.7.3 Multi-Stage Contribution Recognition Protocol Each milestone is part of a progressive contribution ladder, triggering eligibility for further roles, residency invitations, or Founder Track transitions.

(a) Contributions are logged into the Nexus Contributor Role Ledger (NCRL) upon approval; (b) Successful DAG completion triggers updates to Contributor Passport scoring across ethics, jurisdiction, track depth, and entropy exposure; (c) Cumulative performance unlocks invitations to become Cluster Editors, Principal Fellows, or GRF-affiliated peer reviewers.

3.7.4 Clause Quarantine and Escalation Milestones may be quarantined if clause violations are detected through simulation failure, fallbacks, ethics score drops, or jurisdictional mismatches.

(a) Quarantined clauses are tagged in the contributor ledger and moved to rollback staging under NSF/NSG/GSB oversight; (b) Contributors may appeal milestone rejections through DAO review or arbitration protocols embedded in fallback simulation logic; (c) Clause quarantine affects passport access, payment unlock delay, and public reputation score.

3.7.5 Milestone Typology and Payment Weighting Different classes of milestones trigger weighted compensation and DAO incentive scoring.

(a) Observational milestones (e.g., data documentation, dashboards) are weighted less than simulation-authenticated experimental or applied DAGs; (b) Co-authored multi-track contributions (e.g., Research + DevOps or Research + Policy) gain higher entropy values and payment bonuses; (c) Nested milestone chains (e.g., 3 linked clause IDs across time phases) are rewarded via higher composite scores and DAO token grants.

3.7.6 GRF, NSF, and DAO Oversight Functions All milestone verification events and unlock mechanisms are monitored by GRF (deliberative observability), NSF (compliance enforcement), and DAO (fund disbursement).

(a) GRF observers may issue redline alerts, initiate simulation audits, or enforce treaty ethics recalls; (b) NSF triggers mandatory rollback upon ethics score breach, missing clause fallback, or jurisdictional nonalignment; (c) DAO has final disbursement control but must log justification in Contributor Ledger, simulation hash tree, and RDF proof anchors.

3.7.7 Integrated Clause-Based Proposal Logic All grant proposals, pitch decks, and research project templates must encode clause logic into milestone architecture from inception.

(a) Clause fields must define jurisdiction, SDG alignment, simulation type, expected entropy load, and fallback routing; (b) DAO reviewers may reject proposals missing clause compliance, simulation scoring gates, or cross-track compatibility fields; (c) Approved clause-based proposals are published to GitHub/Zenodo with SPDX licensing and RDF-indexed DAG structures.

3.7.8 Contributor Passport Score Impact Each milestone unlock directly affects a contributor's DAO visibility, passport ranking, and future eligibility.

(a) Contributors gain entropy-adjusted DAO scores per milestone, adjusted for fallbacks, treaty overlays, and track coverage; (b) Scores influence token voting weights, future bounty prioritization, and residency invitation tiers; (c) Passport data is public, cryptographically verifiable, and traceable to clause lineage and simulation DAGs.

3.7.9 Simulation Anchors and Real-Time Validation Clause execution is verified through simulation anchors tied to corridor-specific validators and fallback resilience.

(a) Simulation validators must return success hashes across minimum threshold conditions and jurisdictional logic; (b) Anchors must include simulation type, ZK fallback state, reviewer override conditions, and DAO token impact assessment; (c) Corridor-based resilience simulators ensure clause results remain valid under regional treaty shock scenarios.

3.7.10 DAO Dispute and Auto-Override Protocols Disputed milestones, payment conflicts, or simulation disagreements must follow pre-defined arbitration DAG logic.

(a) DAO quorum triggers formal review by GRF and NSF-aligned bodies; (b) Arbitration outputs are logged in RDF with decision tree proofs and ethics score adjustments; (c) Clause override authority rests with GRF or GSB only after simulation dispute entropy reaches critical threshold as per fallback DAG mapping.

3.8 Clause Wrappers for Patents, Open Methods, and Dual Use

3.8.1 Clause-Based IP Typology Classification All research outputs must be categorized under a clause-based intellectual property (IP) typology framework distinguishing between open methods, patentable inventions, and dual-use risk vectors.

(a) Patent-track outputs must be tagged with jurisdictional filing intent, provisional disclosure timelines, and SPDX-based author attribution; (b) Open methods contributions must include a Commons Protocol clause wrapper, approved by GRF and registered via RDF and DOI to Zenodo; (c) Dual-use outputs require embedded dual-verification simulations, signed bioethics approval from NSF, and ZK-tagged corridor restrictions.

3.8.2 DAO-Encoded Patent Filings and Non-Assertion Clauses Contributors may route patentable outputs through the GRA IP DAO for escrow, conditional release, and license management.

(a) All DAO-held patents must include optional non-assertion clauses for research reuse and humanitarian exemptions; (b) Escrow logic must be encoded using DAO-mintable keys, distributed through Contributor Passport tiers with ethics score alignment; (c) GRA reserves override powers to trigger patent release under global emergency clauses or cross-jurisdictional disaster corridors.

3.8.3 Open Science Commons Wrappers for Public Good Outputs designated for public domain or Commons licensing must be wrapped in clause protocols referencing SPDX, Creative Commons, and RDF-indexed usage permissions.

(a) All Commons outputs must be simulation-validated, jurisdiction-cleared, and mapped to cross-track SDG impacts; (b) RDF signature hashes must be included in Zenodo DOI submission and GitHub SPDX references; (c) DAO token incentives must reward contributors for high-impact Commons contributions verified through simulation lineage and entropy scoring.

3.8.4 Dual-Use Clause Verification and Simulated Risk Scenarios Any clause-tagged contribution flagged as dual-use (e.g., AI/biotech/quantum) must undergo simulation-based risk analysis.

(a) Dual-use flags are automatically raised through fallback triggers, cluster audits, or ethics score deviations; (b) Dual-use pathways must be subject to NSF-governed biosecurity audit, rollback capability, and ethics DAO voting threshold; (c) Clause-based risk tiering must be published to the Nexus Contributor Ledger with DAG rollback plans and downstream warning protocols.

3.8.5 Regional Patent and Commons Portability Mapping Clause wrappers must include portability logic to support reuse and defense of outputs across treaty-bound jurisdictions.

(a) Patent and Commons designations must be tagged to WIPO, TRIPS, and Creative Commons international equivalents; (b) Jurisdictional overlays for portability must be machine-readable via RDF metadata and verified through clause validators; (c) DAO-linked legal fallback triggers may activate region-specific rollbacks or license reclassifications.

3.8.6 Contributor Rights, DAO Royalties, and Attribution Each clause-tagged output must define contributor IP shares, DAO royalty flow rules, and fair attribution across all published versions.

(a) Attribution is enforced via SPDX declarations, DOI-indexed role records, and RDF clause fingerprinting; (b) DAO royalties are allocated through programmable clause wrappers tied to Contributor Passport score and token staking history; (c) GRF dispute mechanisms may be invoked to resolve contested authorship, license abuse, or misattribution within any jurisdiction.

3.8.7 Pre-Registered Clause Frameworks for Institutional IP Policies Partner labs, academic institutions, and sponsors may pre-register clause wrappers compatible with their internal IP frameworks.

(a) Each pre-registered wrapper must be published to the Clause SDK Registry with RDF tags, treaty compliance logs, and version control; (b) Institutional wrappers may contain override logic for student IP, dual-advisory roles, or national security exceptions; (c) NSF compliance validation is required prior to grant release, fellowship onboarding, or public license deployment.

3.8.8 Ethics Council Redlines and Emergency Overrides GRF and NSF may jointly invoke emergency clause redlines to restrict or reclassify outputs with unexpected dual-use or treaty violations.

(a) Emergency overrides must be simulation-validated, publicly logged, and routed through GRA DAO arbitration DAG; (b) Overrides may result in output quarantine, DAO license lockdown, or passport score deductions; (c) Contributors have 5-day rebuttal windows, with NSF and GRF holding final authority in escalated clause disputes.

3.8.9 GitHub/GitLab Compliance Hooks for Clause Licensing All clause wrappers must be mapped to GitHub/GitLab repositories using SPDX hooks, license aliases, and CI/CD-linked clause scanners.

(a) Clause compliance bots must validate license headers, RDF clause references, and rollback logs on each commit; (b) Contributor Passport score adjusts based on compliance rate, audit history, and license traceability metrics; (c) GRF-certified repositories gain higher DAO visibility and license reusability incentives.

3.8.10 Commons-Patents Reconciliation via Simulation DAG Forks When disputes arise between Commons and Patent designations, clause arbitration is resolved through DAG-based reconciliation forks.

(a) Simulation forks evaluate downstream impacts, public interest score, and treaty preemption conditions; (b) Fallback resolution paths may merge or split clause wrappers, encode DAO override votes, or issue redacted Commons variants; (c) Final reconciliation outputs are published to Zenodo, GitHub, and Contributor Ledger for audit traceability.

3.9 Zenodo Integration with Nexus Archive and RDF DOI Anchors

3.9.1 Clause-Linked Publishing Protocols All research outputs must be published via Zenodo using clause-wrapped metadata and RDF-indexed DOI anchors. Each submission must include SPDX license tags, simulation lineage hashes, and Contributor Passport references.

(a) Clause IDs must be embedded in Zenodo metadata using machine-readable RDF triples; (b) Simulation validation hashes must be published with version-controlled DOI anchors; (c) Contributors must digitally sign uploads using verified Contributor Passport credentials, SPDX declarations, and enclave-backed digital proofs; (d) Clause SDKs must auto-check treaty compliance (e.g., TRIPS, Nagoya, GDPR) before DOI is issued.

3.9.2 RDF Anchoring and DOI Replication Each output must anchor RDF metadata to Nexus Registry and Zenodo repositories to support cross-platform reproducibility, multilingual discoverability, and citation integrity.

(a) RDF anchors must capture clause type, jurisdiction, contributor role, simulation index, publication timestamp, and language-localized metadata; (b) DOI-mirrored entries must be backlinked to GitHub/GitLab commit hashes, clause-generated audit logs, and observatory metadata overlays; (c) Versioning protocols must support rollback DAG signatures, DOI deprecation, and lineage simulation verification logs.

3.9.3 Nexus-Zenodo Interoperability Gateway GCRI shall maintain a dedicated gateway infrastructure to mirror Zenodo entries and enforce clause-wrapped metadata compliance across the Nexus Ecosystem.

(a) Gateway protocols must validate SPDX headers, RDF compliance, ethics certification tokens, and replay fidelity score thresholds; (b) Published entries must appear in the Nexus Contributor Ledger with DAO-impact metrics, clause entropy scores, and DAO-triggered alerts; (c) Non-compliant entries are quarantined and reviewed by the GRF/NAC Ethics DAG under clause rollback observability.

3.9.4 Metadata Templates and Clause SDK Extensions Standardized metadata templates must be adopted across all Nexus Reports and Zenodo records, with full clause SDK integration and simulation trigger hooks.

(a) Metadata must support jurisdictional overlays, contributor role histories, and simulation fallback anchors; (b) Clause SDK extensions must validate ontology compliance, DOI federation, rollback history, and memory law demarcation; (c) Metadata revisions must be hash-anchored, treated as immutable ledger entries, and auto-submitted to Contributor Passport audit logs.

3.9.5 Contributor Attribution and DOI Authority Integration Contributors must be accurately credited in each Zenodo submission based on clause lineage, Contributor Passport scoring, simulation reliability, and DAO role endorsements.

(a) Multi-author entries must tag contributor IDs via RDF ontology, SPDX declarations, and clause-fingerprinted scorecards; (b) DAO-authenticated contributor tiers must appear in metadata snapshots for academic, regulatory, and governance recognition; (c) Nexus DAO may issue Contributor DOI endorsement badges based on reproducibility metrics and ethics trajectory over time.

3.9.6 Jurisdictional Reproducibility and Licensing Visibility Each Zenodo submission must include clause-based jurisdictional declarations, simulation reproducibility metrics, treaty overlays, and licensing states.

(a) RDF and SPDX fields must align with WIPO, TRIPS, GDPR, UNESCO, Nagoya Protocol, and regional licensing overlays; (b) Simulation reproducibility and entropy scores must be visible in Zenodo metadata and clause dashboard entries; (c) Jurisdictional conflicts or licensing mismatches must trigger rollback DAG routines, DAO arbitration votes, and clause quarantine.

3.9.7 Cross-Track and Cross-Platform Referencing Zenodo-linked publications must reference other Nexus tracks (DevOps, Policy, Media, NWG) and their simulation lineage, data licenses, and clause-indexed repositories.

(a) RDF cross-referencing must support DAG linkage to Track II–V outputs, simulation triggers, corridor tags, and multilateral impact scope; (b) Contributors are incentivized for verified cross-track lineage citations via DAO passport score inflation and bounty eligibility; (c) Nexus Archive ensures clause-verifiable portability to UNESCO libraries, DataCite, CrossRef, and institutional knowledge commons.

3.9.8 Publication Quarantine and Redaction Protocols GRF and NSF may invoke publication quarantine or redaction for outputs in breach of ethics, treaty obligations, or clause verifiability.

(a) Quarantine triggers include dual-use alerts, regression scoring, rollback violations, or consent revocation under GDPR; (b) Redacted entries must retain RDF clause hash lineage, rollback logs, and simulation snapshots under Contributor Passport review; (c) DAO rollback votes and governance actions must be visible on the Nexus Contributor Ledger, clause memory map, and compliance index.

3.9.9 Audit Snapshot, Clause Fingerprinting, and Replay Each Zenodo-linked research output must maintain audit snapshots, clause fingerprints, and simulation replay capability across corridors.

(a) Clause fingerprinting includes SPDX hash, RDF trace, ethics certificate ID, and DAG replay path, entropy thresholds, and treaty maps; (b) Snapshots are archived in the Nexus Archive and mirrored across GRF/NSF regional observatories with entropy resolution hooks; (c) Replay routines are governed by Contributor Passport roles, DAO rollback triggers, observability thresholds, and compliance heuristics.

3.9.10 Nexus Reports DOI Gateway Governance The Zenodo-Nexus Reports gateway shall be governed by GRF and NSF through DAO quorum oversight, contributor score thresholds, and clause policy enforcement.

(a) DAO governance shall control DOI issuance permissions, clause acceptance thresholds, deprecation rules, and ethics arbitration fallback; (b) Contributor Passport scoring tiers determine access to DOI endorsements, RDF audit stream integrations, and score-bound author visibility; (c) Disputes on DOI legitimacy or clause divergence shall escalate to GRF Ethics Committee, NSF Arbitration Board, and DAO fallback DAGs.

3.10 Legacy Contributions, Data Custody, and IP Inheritance Rules

3.10.1 Legacy Contributor Recognition and Continuity Legacy contributors—defined as contributors with clause-certified outputs prior to the latest DAO governance schema—shall be indexed into the Nexus Contributor Ledger with permanent RDF and SPDX tags, entitling them to historical visibility, DAO recognition rights, and retroactive grant consideration.

(a) Each legacy contributor’s metadata will be reviewed for completeness under the latest SPDX clause fingerprinting standards; (b) Historical commits and simulation lineages will be linked with current Contributor Passport scoring logic; (c) DAO resolutions may trigger legacy endorsement badges, peer recognition protocols, or RDF-federated score recalibrations; (d) All legacy records must be cross-linked to multilateral treaty compliance tags, with scoring updates issued on an annual audit cycle.

3.10.2 Data Custody and Redundancy Requirements All data contributions by Nexus Fellows must be redundantly stored with RDF-anchored proofs in regional Nexus Data Hubs under the custody of GCRI and its affiliate observatories.

(a) Primary storage must occur in TEE-certified enclaves or ZK-compliant distributed stores under corridor-specific custody codes; (b) At least two jurisdictionally-distinct observatories must carry live replicas with rollback rights; (c) Contributors must embed simulation fallback metadata and consent-revocation tokens directly into RDF manifests; (d) Sovereign fallback clauses must be embedded for compliance under GDPR, Nagoya, HIPAA, and regional data laws.

3.10.3 IP Attribution and Clause Inheritance Protocols All IP generated under Nexus Fellowship is clause-bound and SPDX-indexed to ensure traceability, modular transferability, and open-access defensibility.

(a) Clause inheritance must be specified at the proposal stage via the Nexus Proposal Template (Section 3.1); (b) Contributors may assign clause-anchored IP to GCRI, third-party funders, or affiliated labs under RDF-governed SoWs; (c) IP transfer across tracks or to NE Labs commercial spinouts must receive DAO authorization and clause passport endorsement; (d) For dual-use IP, an ethics firewall must be applied, and DAO fallback voting thresholds enabled.

3.10.4 Multilateral Transfer and IP Custodianship Mapping Each Nexus-aligned institution hosting legacy work shall enter into a custodianship agreement, aligning transfer protocols with clause-governed IP mapping standards.

(a) Institutional custodians must include rollback DAGs, treaty overlays (e.g., TRIPS, Nagoya), and local enforcement schemas; (b) Legacy IP hosted externally (e.g., in academic repositories or patent registries) must be mirrored via RDF anchors into Nexus Archive; (c) DAO escalation paths must be defined for disputes over IP ownership lineage or data custody failures; (d) Fallback jurisdiction clauses must default to Swiss and Canadian nonprofit law if local laws are ambiguous or unenforceable.

3.10.5 Contributor Decease or Exit Protocols In the event of contributor death, incapacitation, or voluntary exit, a simulation-verified handover routine shall activate.

(a) IP clauses are automatically locked under observatory review with no-transfer status pending DAO arbitration; (b) If a legal heir or assignee exists, they must authenticate via Contributor Passport logic and submit a transfer clause for review; (c) Abandoned IP or data assets revert to GRF/GCRI stewardship, with usage governed by clause-protected licensing models; (d) Arbitration logs must be hash-linked to the Nexus Commons Archive with lineage replay enabled.

3.10.6 DAO Recognition of Legacy-Driven Impact Metrics DAO must institutionalize impact score recognition for legacy work that predates DAG compliance or Contributor Passport scoring systems.

(a) Nexus Archive must normalize historical entropy, simulation reliability, and reproducibility across older formats; (b) Legacy contributions must be hash-linked to modern ethics overlays, licensing declarations, and corridor forecasts; (c) DAO may issue retroactive clause-linked grant bonuses, co-authorship updates, or fellowship extension offers; (d) Contributor Passports must reflect simulation lineage and associated legacy scoring tiers.

3.10.7 RDF Schema for IP Inheritance and Custodial Anchors A universal RDF schema shall be applied to all clause-based IP for structured inheritance tracking, multilateral portability, and treaty-layer fallback clarity.

(a) Schema must include clause ID, contributor ID, jurisdictional lineage, fallback arbitration clause, and license expiration timelines; (b) RDF entries must link to Contributor Passport, DAC score, and simulation index; (c) All schema outputs are published to Nexus Commons under FAIR principles; (d) Inheritance entries must embed multilingual metadata where applicable for global accessibility.

3.10.8 Clause Audit Triggers for Dormant or Legacy Codebases Dormant codebases or legacy clause modules shall undergo periodic audit by GRF stewards and simulation-triggered audit gates.

(a) Dormancy periods over 12 months trigger rollback audit requests; (b) Incomplete clause tagging or undocumented forks trigger clause entropy reassessment and Contributor Passport downgrade; (c) DAO may reassign dormant assets to active contributors via transparent clause-backed reallocation protocols; (d) Dormant audit trails shall be encoded into fallback simulation layers and open observability dashboards.

3.10.9 Nexus Commons Inclusion and Long-Term IP Stewardship All qualifying legacy outputs shall be granted long-term archival and licensing under Nexus Commons guidelines.

(a) Outputs must meet minimum clause compliance (fingerprinting, SPDX, simulation lineage); (b) DAO-verified IP may be shared under clause-specific Creative Commons or treaty-bound dual-use licenses; (c) GRF and NSF maintain the right to elevate high-impact legacy work to flagship contributor showcases; (d) RDF entries must support DataCite and CrossRef DOI interlinking for academic and research portability.

3.10.10 Intergenerational Continuity and Contributor Inheritance Pathways Contributors may nominate designated inheritors of their clause-linked workstreams, subject to DAO oversight and ethics alignment.

(a) Successor contributors must complete onboarding, ethics certification, and clause review of inherited work; (b) Designation must be encoded in the RDF Contributor Ledger and linked to simulation training indices; (c) DAO shall retain override power to block succession if misuse, breach, or jurisdictional conflict is detected; (d) Any contested inheritance must be routed through fallback DAG arbitration and simulation replay mechanisms.