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BCR-2026-008: Lifecycle Roles (Renumbered from 009)#154

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Proposes Known Values for lifecycle roles in Gordian Envelopes — contributions that occur before or after the creative act itself.

Roles defined:

  • Commissioner — Decided what should exist and initiated its creation
  • Distributor — Made the work available to its intended audience
  • Steward — Provides ongoing care for the work over time

Codepoints: Community range 1100-1102

Complements the creative contribution roles in BCR-2026-008, which focus on what happens during creation.

Seeking rough consensus; willing to use 100000+ range if community prefers.

Proposes Known Values for lifecycle roles: Commissioner, Distributor,
Steward. Complements creative roles in BCR-2026-008.

Community range 1100-1102. Seeking rough consensus; willing to use
100000+ if community prefers.

Signed-off-by: Christopher Allen <ChristopherA@LifeWithAlacrity.com>
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LGTM.

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Updates (Feb 4, 2026)

Per reviewer feedback:

  1. Notation: Changed CID(...)Digest(...) per Issue BCR notation question: Content-addressed envelope references in examples #157 resolution
  2. Schema.org alignment: Updated examples to use hybrid pattern with schema:contributor and schema:roleName

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Per Wolf's feedback: removed { } envelope wrapping from examples that don't include signatures. Wrapping is only needed when showing signed envelopes.

Part of coordinated suite renumbering. BCR-2026-004 (Signing Event
Attestations) was inserted, shifting all subsequent numbers.

Codepoint range unchanged: 1080-1082

Signed-off-by: Christopher Allen <ChristopherA@LifeWithAlacrity.com>
@ChristopherA ChristopherA changed the title Add BCR-2026-009: Lifecycle Role Predicates BCR-2026-008: Lifecycle Roles (Renumbered from 009) Feb 4, 2026
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Updates (2026-02-04)

Renumbering

  • Renumbered: BCR-2026-009 → BCR-2026-008
  • Codepoint range: 1080-1082 (unchanged assignment)
  • Branch name bcr-2026-009 retained for PR history continuity

Content

  • No significant content changes
  • Cross-references updated to reflect suite renumbering

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This PR is part of a coordinated suite of 8 BCRs for attribution, authority, and endorsement predicates. See PR #151 for the complete overview of the suite structure.

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