> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.therisk.global/organization/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.therisk.global/organization/reference.md). # REFERENCE Reference: how this documentation is organised, the names it uses and the names it has retired, its audit and upgrade status, and its notices. ## How this documentation is organised
Every part and section of this documentation, sized by the number of pages listed in its table of contents: 1,971 pages in 16 parts. INTRODUCTION: 56; THE MODEL: 20; INSTITUTIONS: 8; PROGRAMME: 10; GOVERNANCE IN OPERATION: 13; FINANCE READINESS: 4; USE BY: 9; SYSTEMS: 22; NEXUS STANDARDS: 2; REFERENCE: 5; ORGANIZATION: 374; OPERATIONS: 185; COOPERATION: 567; STANDARDIZATION: 410; ACCELERATION: 276; HISTORICAL ARCHIVE: 10.

The documentation at a glance. Generated from the table of contents on every build, so it changes when pages are added, moved or archived. Source: SUMMARY.md.

Figure data (text alternative) | Part | Section | Pages | | ------------------------- | --------------------------------------------- | ----- | | `COOPERATION` | (all) | 567 | | `COOPERATION` | `COOPERATION landing page` | 1 | | `COOPERATION` | `OVERVIEW` | 1 | | `COOPERATION` | `CONSORTIUMS` | 302 | | `COOPERATION` | `NEXUS GUILDS` | 87 | | `COOPERATION` | `NEXUS UNIVERSE` | 176 | | `STANDARDIZATION` | (all) | 410 | | `STANDARDIZATION` | `STANDARDIZATION landing page` | 1 | | `STANDARDIZATION` | `NEXUS ECOSYSTEM` | 123 | | `STANDARDIZATION` | `NEXUS SOVEREIGNTY` | 121 | | `STANDARDIZATION` | `NEXUS OSI` | 38 | | `STANDARDIZATION` | `NEXUS RAIL` | 127 | | `ORGANIZATION` | (all) | 374 | | `ORGANIZATION` | `ORGANIZATION landing page` | 1 | | `ORGANIZATION` | `OVERVIEW` | 1 | | `ORGANIZATION` | `ARCHITECTURE` | 56 | | `ORGANIZATION` | `CHARTER` | 15 | | `ORGANIZATION` | `BACKGROUND` | 19 | | `ORGANIZATION` | `FOUNDATIONS` | 11 | | `ORGANIZATION` | `GOVERNANCE` | 252 | | `ORGANIZATION` | `FEDERATION` | 19 | | `ACCELERATION` | (all) | 276 | | `ACCELERATION` | `ACCELERATION landing page` | 1 | | `ACCELERATION` | `OVERVIEW` | 2 | | `ACCELERATION` | `SYSTEMS BUILD AND PREPARATION` | 25 | | `ACCELERATION` | `NEXUS COMPUTE` | 135 | | `ACCELERATION` | `NEXUS CAMPAIGNS` | 11 | | `ACCELERATION` | `NEXUS PROGRAMS` | 48 | | `ACCELERATION` | `NXS-STU` | 10 | | `ACCELERATION` | `ACCELERATORS` | 23 | | `ACCELERATION` | `CHARTER` | 21 | | `OPERATIONS` | (all) | 185 | | `OPERATIONS` | `OPERATIONS landing page` | 1 | | `OPERATIONS` | `OVERVIEW` | 1 | | `OPERATIONS` | `FRAMEWORKS` | 102 | | `OPERATIONS` | `CHARTERS` | 4 | | `OPERATIONS` | `NETWORKS` | 14 | | `OPERATIONS` | `MECHANISMS` | 8 | | `OPERATIONS` | `PILLARS` | 8 | | `OPERATIONS` | `REPORTS` | 7 | | `OPERATIONS` | `MEDIA` | 16 | | `OPERATIONS` | `FORUM` | 15 | | `OPERATIONS` | `PLATFORMS` | 9 | | `INTRODUCTION` | (all) | 56 | | `INTRODUCTION` | `INTRODUCTION landing page` | 1 | | `INTRODUCTION` | `Start here` | 1 | | `INTRODUCTION` | `KNOWLEDGE` | 13 | | `INTRODUCTION` | `ORGANIZATION` | 7 | | `INTRODUCTION` | `OPERATIONS` | 11 | | `INTRODUCTION` | `COOPERATION` | 7 | | `INTRODUCTION` | `STANDARDIZATION` | 7 | | `INTRODUCTION` | `ACCELERATION` | 9 | | `SYSTEMS` | (all) | 22 | | `SYSTEMS` | `SYSTEMS landing page` | 1 | | `SYSTEMS` | `NXS-CMD` | 1 | | `SYSTEMS` | `NXS-NST` | 1 | | `SYSTEMS` | `NXS-DSS` | 1 | | `SYSTEMS` | `NXS-COR` | 1 | | `SYSTEMS` | `NXS-NXQ` | 1 | | `SYSTEMS` | `NXS-GRX` | 1 | | `SYSTEMS` | `NXS-EOP` | 1 | | `SYSTEMS` | `NXS-EWS` | 1 | | `SYSTEMS` | `NXS-AAP` | 1 | | `SYSTEMS` | `NXS-NET` | 1 | | `SYSTEMS` | `NXS-OPS` | 1 | | `SYSTEMS` | `NXS-SIG` | 1 | | `SYSTEMS` | `NXS-NSF` | 1 | | `SYSTEMS` | `NXS-HUB` | 1 | | `SYSTEMS` | `NXS-STU` | 1 | | `SYSTEMS` | `NXS-FAC` | 1 | | `SYSTEMS` | `NXS-APP` | 1 | | `SYSTEMS` | `NXS-RLS` | 1 | | `SYSTEMS` | `NXS-POR` | 1 | | `SYSTEMS` | `NXS-LAB` | 1 | | `SYSTEMS` | `Areas of work` | 1 | | `THE MODEL` | (all) | 20 | | `THE MODEL` | `THE MODEL landing page` | 1 | | `THE MODEL` | `Coupled risk` | 1 | | `THE MODEL` | `Applied response` | 1 | | `THE MODEL` | `Sectors` | 7 | | `THE MODEL` | `Scenarios` | 9 | | `THE MODEL` | `Method and limits` | 1 | | `GOVERNANCE IN OPERATION` | (all) | 13 | | `GOVERNANCE IN OPERATION` | `GOVERNANCE IN OPERATION landing page` | 1 | | `GOVERNANCE IN OPERATION` | `The global level` | 1 | | `GOVERNANCE IN OPERATION` | `Regions and hubs` | 1 | | `GOVERNANCE IN OPERATION` | `National Nexus` | 1 | | `GOVERNANCE IN OPERATION` | `National Nexus Consortium (NNC)` | 1 | | `GOVERNANCE IN OPERATION` | `National Leadership Council (NLC)` | 1 | | `GOVERNANCE IN OPERATION` | `National Working Groups (NWG)` | 1 | | `GOVERNANCE IN OPERATION` | `Councils` | 1 | | `GOVERNANCE IN OPERATION` | `National Standards Council` | 1 | | `GOVERNANCE IN OPERATION` | `Decision rights` | 1 | | `GOVERNANCE IN OPERATION` | `A national mission, from mandate to renewal` | 1 | | `GOVERNANCE IN OPERATION` | `Status and service levels` | 1 | | `GOVERNANCE IN OPERATION` | `Reader's guide to the instruments` | 1 | | `PROGRAMME` | (all) | 10 | | `PROGRAMME` | `PROGRAMME landing page` | 1 | | `PROGRAMME` | `Labs` | 1 | | `PROGRAMME` | `Foundry` | 1 | | `PROGRAMME` | `Nexus Universe` | 1 | | `PROGRAMME` | `Nexus Standards` | 1 | | `PROGRAMME` | `Nexus Reports` | 1 | | `PROGRAMME` | `Risk Academy` | 1 | | `PROGRAMME` | `The programme year` | 1 | | `PROGRAMME` | `The Nexus cycle` | 1 | | `PROGRAMME` | `Identifiers and records` | 1 | | `HISTORICAL ARCHIVE` | (all) | 10 | | `HISTORICAL ARCHIVE` | `HISTORICAL ARCHIVE landing page` | 1 | | `HISTORICAL ARCHIVE` | `Operations platforms guides (archived)` | 9 | | `USE BY` | (all) | 9 | | `USE BY` | `USE BY landing page` | 1 | | `USE BY` | `UN agencies and programmes` | 1 | | `USE BY` | `Development banks and IFIs` | 1 | | `USE BY` | `Central banks and supervisors` | 1 | | `USE BY` | `Ministries of finance and planning` | 1 | | `USE BY` | `Disaster and civil protection agencies` | 1 | | `USE BY` | `Cities and utilities` | 1 | | `USE BY` | `Researchers and universities` | 1 | | `USE BY` | `Technology and service providers` | 1 | | `INSTITUTIONS` | (all) | 8 | | `INSTITUTIONS` | `INSTITUTIONS landing page` | 1 | | `INSTITUTIONS` | `GCRI` | 1 | | `INSTITUTIONS` | `The Global Risks Forum (GRF)` | 1 | | `INSTITUTIONS` | `The Global Risks Alliance (GRA)` | 1 | | `INSTITUTIONS` | `The Nexus Consortium` | 1 | | `INSTITUTIONS` | `Risk Academy` | 1 | | `INSTITUTIONS` | `Nexus Standards` | 1 | | `INSTITUTIONS` | `Public sites` | 1 | | `REFERENCE` | (all) | 5 | | `REFERENCE` | `REFERENCE landing page` | 1 | | `REFERENCE` | `Sources library` | 1 | | `REFERENCE` | `Citation style` | 1 | | `REFERENCE` | `The Nexortium protocol` | 1 | | `REFERENCE` | `Glossary` | 1 | | `FINANCE READINESS` | (all) | 4 | | `FINANCE READINESS` | `FINANCE READINESS landing page` | 1 | | `FINANCE READINESS` | `Risk layering` | 1 | | `FINANCE READINESS` | `National portfolios` | 1 | | `FINANCE READINESS` | `Lawful handoffs` | 1 | | `NEXUS STANDARDS` | (all) | 2 | | `NEXUS STANDARDS` | `NEXUS STANDARDS landing page` | 1 | | `NEXUS STANDARDS` | `Standards catalogue` | 1 |
## Names used and names retired Systems and components use [Nexus Standards](/organization/institutions/nexus-standards.md) display codes. Earlier names are retired from public text; they appear here only so that older material can be read. | Use | Retired name | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------- | | [NXS-GRX](/organization/systems/nxs-grx.md) | `GRIx` | | [NXS-NST](/organization/systems/nxs-nst.md) | `NorthStar` | | [NXS-COR](/organization/systems/nxs-cor.md) | `NEXCORE` | | [NXS-NXQ](/organization/systems/nxs-nxq.md) | `NEXQ` | | [NXS-NET](/organization/systems/nxs-net.md) | `Nexus Network Fabric` | | [NXS-STU](/organization/systems/nxs-stu.md) | `Nexus Studio` | | [NXS-FAC](/organization/systems/nxs-fac.md) | `Nexus Factory` | | [NXS-APP](/organization/systems/nxs-app.md) | `Nexus Apps` | | [NXS-RLS](/organization/systems/nxs-rls.md) | `Nexus Rails` | | [NXS-POR](/organization/systems/nxs-por.md) | `Nexus Portals` | | [NXS-LAB](/organization/systems/nxs-lab.md) | `Nexus Labs` | | [NXS-HUB](/organization/systems/nxs-hub.md) | `Nexus Hub` | | Nexus of Observatories (capability) and Nexus Observatory Protocol | Any use of "Nexus Observatory" as the name of a company | | [Risk Academy](/organization/programme/academy.md) | `Nexus Academy` | | Nexus Consortium; Nexus Consortiums (national, regional and global) | Any use of "Nexortium" as the name of the consortium | | The [Foundry pillar](/organization/programme/foundry.md) (build work); the Nexus systems, the twenty systems by NXS code ([Systems](/organization/systems.md)) | `Nexus Foundry`, `Nexortium Foundry` | | the [Labs pillar](/organization/programme/labs.md), written **Labs** only (owner ruling, 21 October 2026; home therisk.global/nexus-labs/) | `Nexus Labs` as a public name, retired | **Nexortium** is the technology protocol of the Nexus Consortium that powers all the public sites. It names that protocol only, never the consortium, an institution, a programme, a pillar or a company. ## National terms The country programme and its parts, as the Nexus Consortium model published on the GCRI site defines them and as this documentation uses them (ruling R3, revised 2026-10-21): | Term | Meaning | Source | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | [**National Nexus**](/organization/governance-in-operation/national-nexus.md) | The complete country programme: a National Desk, a National Model, a National Portfolio and three participation pillars. National structures keep their own agenda, data and decision rights | [National Nexus](https://therisk.global/consortium/national/) | | **National Desk** | Collects material questions, capability gaps and candidate missions; the country's intake and contact point | [National Desk](https://therisk.global/consortium/national/desk/) | | **National Model** | Four layers: country context; systems and interdependencies across water, energy, food, health, biodiversity and infrastructure; evidence; uncertainty. Never presented as a validated causal model or a forecast | [National Model](https://therisk.global/consortium/national/model/) | | **National Portfolio** | Four views: risk, capability, projects and research, readiness and handoffs. Readiness is fitness for a stated next step, not approval, bankability or certification | [National Portfolio](https://therisk.global/consortium/national/portfolio/) | | [**National Nexus Consortium**](/organization/governance-in-operation/nnc.md) **(NNC)** | The institutional participation pillar: "the institution is the member". Institutions take part through one of the five Helix pathways or the Financial Institutions and Regulators pathway; institutional membership does not create a Council seat | [Institutional participation](https://therisk.global/consortium/national/nnc/) | | [**National Leadership Council**](/organization/governance-in-operation/nlc.md) **(NLC)** | The leadership pillar: individuals selected in a personal capacity. Selection comes before payment, and a seat never buys office | [Leadership pathway](https://therisk.global/consortium/national/nlc/) | | [**National Working Groups**](/organization/governance-in-operation/nwg.md) **(NWG)** | The expert pillar: bounded, supervised assignments; assignments and responsibility follow competence. Ordinary participation has no fee | [Working groups](https://therisk.global/consortium/national/nwg/) | | **CERTs** | Six domain response teams under the National Working Groups: WCERT, ECERT, FCERT, HCERT, BCERT and CCERT. They support preparedness, observation, verification, mapping, exercises, evidence and learning; they are not emergency services, incident command or privileged network-access teams | [Working groups](https://therisk.global/consortium/national/nwg/) | | [**Helix councils**](/organization/governance-in-operation/councils.md) | The six councils through which institutions take part in the NNC (ruling R4): SPC State and Public Authorities; IOC Industry and Operators; ARC Academia and Research; CMC Civil Society and Media; CIC Community and Indigenous; and FIR Financial Institutions and Regulators, a cross-cutting pathway for finance, insurance and supervision, led with GRA. GRF's wording for the same councils: State and government; Research and universities; Industry and standards; Media and civil society; Communities and Indigenous institutions | [How Nexus Consortium works](https://therisk.global/consortium/); [Public–Private–Planet](https://therisk.global/consortium/public-private-planet/); [Leadership and councils](https://globalriskforum.com/leadership/) | | [**National Standards Council**](/organization/governance-in-operation/national-standards-council.md) **(NSC)** | "The standards function of the National Nexus Consortium", separate from personal NLC seats and from the NWGs. It decides whether and how the Nexus Standards are adopted or adapted in its jurisdiction and owns the national profile, deviation register and national-language editions | [Governance of the Nexus Standards](https://nexustandards.com/governance/) | | **Programme regions and hubs** | Six programme regions; fifteen planned hubs, which are coordination roles, never offices | [Six programme regions](https://therisk.global/consortium/regions/) | ## Historical body labels and their successors Earlier versions of this documentation used body labels that the current model no longer uses, or used current names in an earlier sense (ruling R5, 2026-10-21). Older pages are being upgraded wave by wave; until a page is upgraded, read its labels through this table. The mapping concerns the use of these labels for bodies of the Nexus Consortium. GCRI's own bylaws, which are protected records, may use some of the same names for GCRI's corporate organs; those records are explained, not changed, here. | Historical label | Current term | Note | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | `Global Stewardship Board` (GSB), `Regional Stewardship Boards` (RSB), `Specialized Leadership Boards` (SLB) as consortium bodies | The three pillar institutions as consortium stewards; global and regional councils of the GRF council architecture (in formation); the GSC for the standards | Councils are programme bodies, not statutory organs, and no upper level overrides a national council on a national question | | `Helix Council` as the older consortium texts use it (councils with their own governing powers) | The six Helix councils of the NNC (SPC, IOC, ARC, CMC, CIC and the FIR pathway), as programme bodies without authority over a national decision | "Helix" is current; only the earlier usage is historical | | `Investors Council`, `National Investor Council` | The Financial Institutions and Regulators pathway, led with GRA; the finance-readiness interface | Never a fund, investment vehicle, broker, dealer, lender or insurer; no finance decision of any kind | | `Nexus Competence Cells` | **Competence Cells**, kept as a current term (owner ruling, 21 October 2026): the atomic units of the [NWG](/organization/governance-in-operation/nwg.md#competence-cells-the-atomic-units-of-the-nwg-fabric) fabric, formed at institution, community or agency level; a Competence Cell can serve as a CERT | Only the Nexus head is dropped | | `Protocol Authority` | [NXS-NSF](/organization/systems/nxs-nsf.md) (policy, purpose, rights, mandate and assurance decisions in the Nexus systems) for the technical layer; the Global Standards Council and national councils for standards decisions | No body holds protocol authority over a jurisdiction | | `Central Bureau`, `Council Bureau` | The Consortium Secretariat, held by GCRI Canada | | | `Truth Engine` | NXS-GRX (data, ontology, evidence, fusion, lineage and risk products), with verification under the Nexus Standards | Evidence carries its labels and limits; nothing is declared true by a system | | `Nexus Foundry`, `Nexortium Foundry`, `Foundry platform` | The Nexus systems: the twenty systems by their NXS codes and descriptors ([Systems](/organization/systems.md)); "the Foundry pillar" for the build work | Owner ruling of 2026-10-21: no product of that name is documented or linked | | `Nexus Grid` | The annual Nexus Network (shared computing) and NXS-NET (connectivity, telemetry and continuity) | | | `Project SPV`, `National Consortium Company` and other finance or delivery vehicles | Structures that competent, lawful actors may form outside the programme, under their own law and licences (ruling R7) | The programme never forms, owns, arranges or advises on a vehicle or a transaction | ## Audit and upgrade status Every page of the documentation was audited against the documentation standard; no page earned "keep", and each unit is being upgraded until it scores 70 or more. Retired pages are archived with their addresses kept, never deleted.
The 37-unit audit gave every page a verdict; no page earned "keep". Site shell, 6 pages · score 26/100; Introduction, 54 pages · score 28/100; Organization, 374 pages · score 25/100; Cooperation, 354 pages · score 20/100; Standardization, 300 pages · score 26/100; Operations, 185 pages · score 24/100; Acceleration, 276 pages · score 18/100. Verdicts: Fix 653, Rewrite 376, Split 179, Merge 222, Retire (archived, kept) 119. Each unit is upgraded until it scores 70 or more under the documentation standard.

Audit verdicts by part. Band width is the number of pages; scores are the audit's page-weighted unit scores out of 100. Retired pages are archived with their URLs kept, never deleted. Source: Master audit of the documentation, 2026-10-16. As of 2026-10-16.

Figure data (text alternative) | From | To | Pages | Note | | --------------- | ----------------------- | ----- | --------- | | Site shell | Fix | 2 | 2 pages | | Site shell | Rewrite | 3 | 3 pages | | Site shell | Merge | 1 | 1 page | | Introduction | Fix | 18 | 18 pages | | Introduction | Rewrite | 20 | 20 pages | | Introduction | Split | 10 | 10 pages | | Introduction | Merge | 6 | 6 pages | | Organization | Fix | 175 | 175 pages | | Organization | Rewrite | 89 | 89 pages | | Organization | Split | 40 | 40 pages | | Organization | Merge | 37 | 37 pages | | Organization | Retire (archived, kept) | 33 | 33 pages | | Cooperation | Fix | 149 | 149 pages | | Cooperation | Rewrite | 65 | 65 pages | | Cooperation | Split | 31 | 31 pages | | Cooperation | Merge | 64 | 64 pages | | Cooperation | Retire (archived, kept) | 45 | 45 pages | | Standardization | Fix | 174 | 174 pages | | Standardization | Rewrite | 70 | 70 pages | | Standardization | Split | 31 | 31 pages | | Standardization | Merge | 19 | 19 pages | | Standardization | Retire (archived, kept) | 6 | 6 pages | | Operations | Fix | 56 | 56 pages | | Operations | Rewrite | 61 | 61 pages | | Operations | Split | 30 | 30 pages | | Operations | Merge | 31 | 31 pages | | Operations | Retire (archived, kept) | 7 | 7 pages | | Acceleration | Fix | 79 | 79 pages | | Acceleration | Rewrite | 68 | 68 pages | | Acceleration | Split | 37 | 37 pages | | Acceleration | Merge | 64 | 64 pages | | Acceleration | Retire (archived, kept) | 28 | 28 pages |
The documentation standard score of each of the 37 audit units, out of 100, grouped by part, against the upgrade target of 70. Scores run from 9 to 34; 0 of 37 units reach the target. Each unit is upgraded and re-scored until it reaches 70.

Audit score by unit. Scores are the audit's unit scores; a re-scored unit moves its bar on the next build. No unit is described as ready. Source: Master audit of the documentation, 2026-10-16. As of 2026-10-16.

Figure data (text alternative) | Unit | Score (of 100) | Group | | --------------------------------------------------- | -------------- | --------------- | | site-shell | 26 | Site shell | | introduction/misc | 27 | Introduction | | introduction/operations | 33 | Introduction | | organization/governance/federation | 10 | Organization | | organization/federation | 11 | Organization | | organization/charter | 12 | Organization | | organization/misc | 17 | Organization | | organization/governance/bylaws | 22 | Organization | | organization/architecture | 26 | Organization | | organization/governance/charter-ca | 26 | Organization | | organization/governance/charters | 27 | Organization | | organization/governance/charter-us | 27 | Organization | | organization/governance/doctrine | 34 | Organization | | cooperation/consortiums/frontiers | 14 | Cooperation | | cooperation/nexus-guilds | 17 | Cooperation | | cooperation/nexus-universe/model | 20 | Cooperation | | cooperation/consortiums/model | 21 | Cooperation | | cooperation/nexus-universe/framework | 21 | Cooperation | | cooperation/nexus-universe/charter | 29 | Cooperation | | cooperation/consortiums/charter | 30 | Cooperation | | cooperation/consortiums/pathways | 33 | Cooperation | | standardization/nexus-rail | 17 | Standardization | | standardization/nexus-ecosystem/iii.-infrastructure | 23 | Standardization | | standardization/nexus-ecosystem/ii.-structure | 26 | Standardization | | standardization/misc | 26 | Standardization | | standardization/nexus-sovereignty | 29 | Standardization | | standardization/nexus-osi | 31 | Standardization | | operations/misc | 19 | Operations | | operations/pillars | 23 | Operations | | operations/frameworks | 27 | Operations | | operations/mechanisms | 27 | Operations | | acceleration/nexus-programs | 9 | Acceleration | | acceleration/misc | 9 | Acceleration | | acceleration/nexus-compute | 20 | Acceleration | | acceleration/nexus-foundry | 21 | Acceleration | | acceleration/nexus-campaigns | 22 | Acceleration | | acceleration/charter | 31 | Acceleration |
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