Names on every page
Names follow the Nexus Standards public names register and naming conventions, so they avoid conflicts with other marks and resolve to their definitions.
- System
- NXS-GRX (canonical data, provenance and risk), defined by NRS-S6
- Public index
- The Global Risks Index (NXS-GRX (canonical data, provenance and risk))
- Components
- NXS-GRX Cell Intelligence · NXS-GRX Cell Lens · NXS-GRX Data · NXS-GRX Data Identifiers · NXS-GRX Data Sources · NXS-GRX Global · NXS-GRX Graph · NXS-GRX Grid · NXS-GRX Passports · NXS-GRX Spatial Database
- Context names
- NXS-GRX-<REGION>, for example NXS-GRX-KEN; region codes are ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 or UN M49 (M002)
- Retired names
- Retired terms of the public names register never appear on a page; the build refuses them and rewrites them in data carried from sources.
- First mention
- The first mention of each name on a page links to its definition; a system carries its descriptor.
A system is named NXS-<SCOPE>, exactly so in prose, menus, titles and link text
A system is named NXS-<SCOPE>, exactly so in prose, menus, titles and link text; never "Nexus <word>", "NXS <SCOPE>" or lowercase.
On first mention on a page a system carries its descriptor, e
On first mention on a page a system carries its descriptor, e.g. "NXS-STU (composition, dashboards and workflows)", and links to its definition; later mentions use the short name.
A component is NXS-<SCOPE> <Descriptor>
A component is NXS-<SCOPE> <Descriptor>; a component built on a third-party project carries its credit wording and never the project name as its own.
A context is named by extension, NXS-<SCOPE>[-<DOMAIN>][-<SECTOR>][-<REGION>][-<ENV>] (NS-1, NS-9), and resolves to its contextual UNI
A context is named by extension, NXS-<SCOPE>[-<DOMAIN>][-<SECTOR>][-<REGION>][-<ENV>] (NS-1, NS-9), and resolves to its contextual UNI; a display name never carries a category or serial.
Institutions are named in full on first mention on every page: The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI), The Global Risks Forum (GRF), The Global Risks Alliance (GRA)
Institutions are named in full on first mention on every page: The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI), The Global Risks Forum (GRF), The Global Risks Alliance (GRA).
A retired term with match exact never appears on a public page
A retired term with match exact never appears on a public page; one with match contextual is replaced where it names the thing in this register and kept where it means something else (the note says which).
Link the first mention of every name on a page to its definition (definition
Link the first mention of every name on a page to its definition (definition.url or url); never link a retired term.
Code identifiers (systemId, routes, packages, tables) are not public names and stay as they are
Code identifiers (systemId, routes, packages, tables) are not public names and stay as they are.
18 foundation standards
| Standard | Title | How the index applies it | UNI |
|---|---|---|---|
| NS-0 | Constitution and principles | Principles NXS-GRX is built on. | NXS-STD-ST-000004 |
| NS-1 | The uni and the artifact catalog | UNIs for every page, dataset, figure and record (allocated by the catalogue, never typed). | NXS-STD-ST-000001 |
| NS-2 | Citation and attribution | Citations carry the UNI; derived works cite their sources. | NXS-STD-ST-000009 |
| NS-3 | Risk record unis | Risk record UNIs: observations, source releases, indicator definitions, corrections. | NXS-STD-ST-000003 |
| NS-3b | Nexus standards ns-3b: dataset and product metadata profile (stac, dcat, prov-o) | Dataset metadata: STAC 1.1, DCAT 3 and PROV-O. | NXS-STD-SW-000005 |
| NS-4 | Structure and drafting of nexus standards and documents | Document front matter for methods and release notes. | NXS-STD-ST-000010 |
| NS-5 | Figures, maps and visualization | Figures and maps: UNI in metadata and caption, explicit no-data states, withheld features declared. | NXS-STD-ST-000011 |
| NS-6 | Ns-6 | API header X-Nexus-UNI and OpenAPI wiring. | Not allocated |
| NS-7 | Ns-7 | Resolver landing pages and sitemap. | Not allocated |
| NS-8 | Ns-8 | Zenodo deposits of editions and replication packs. | Not allocated |
| NS-9 | Contextual unis (deployments and instances) | Contextual UNIs for deployments and programmes (sovereign instances, national editions). | NXS-STD-ST-000005 |
| NS-10 | Policies and clauses | Policies and clauses for access tiers. | NXS-STD-ST-000006 |
| NS-11 | Verification and monitoring | Verification and monitoring of outlooks and signals. | NXS-STD-ST-000007 |
| NS-12 | Software, models and ai/ml artifacts | Software, models and AI: model cards, versions, kernels. | NXS-STD-ST-000012 |
| NS-13 | Open standards development process | How NXS-GRX proposes changes to the standards. | NXS-STD-ST-000008 |
| NS-14 | Conformance and crosswalk to external standards | Conformance and crosswalks to established indices. | NXS-STD-ST-000013 |
| NS-15 | System model binding (subjects, passports, chronotopes, routes, engines, cells and agents) | System model binding: subjects, passports, H3 cells. | NXS-STD-ST-000014 |
| NS-16 | Uni application profile (articles, documents, code, data, apis, interfaces) | Context names on pages and data (NXS-GRX-<REGION>). | NXS-STD-ST-000015 |
12 Nexus Risk Standards applied
Of 348 Nexus Risk Standards in 15 series, these govern how the index is built, evidenced, communicated and licensed.
| Standard | Title | How the index applies it |
|---|---|---|
| NRS-A5 | Built-in licensing and rights | Licensing: deny by default; withheld values are counted. |
| NRS-A7 | Accessibility, plain language and translation of standards | Accessibility: WCAG 2.2 AA on every page and figure. |
| NRS-C1 | Risk vocabulary and ontology | Vocabulary and ontology: indicators and hazards as the native terms. |
| NRS-C4 | Risk data model, identifiers and exchange | Risk records, identifiers and exchange: UNIs, observation keys, SDMX-compatible series. |
| NRS-C8 | Evidence, uncertainty and provenance | Every value carries its evidence class, interval and provenance; missing is never zero. |
| NRS-C12 | Risk disclosure and reporting | Disclosure and reporting: method versions, release notes, the correction log. |
| NRS-C13 | Risk indicators and composite indices | Construction of every index: normalisation, weighting, aggregation, sensitivity and uncertainty (OECD/JRC handbook). |
| NRS-I2 | Risk communication and public-safe dashboards | Risk communication and public-safe dashboards: classes with probabilities, no league tables. |
| NRS-I3 | Model and data cards for risk | Model and data cards for every model version and dataset. |
| NRS-M22 | Method fabric: Risk data | Risk data: licence-gated sources, harmonisation, quality dimensions. |
| NRS-M23 | Method fabric: Scientific assurance | Scientific assurance: validation, verification scorecards, replication packs. |
| NRS-S6 | System profile: NXS-GRX (Canonical data, provenance and risk) | The NXS-GRX system profile: canonical data, provenance and risk. |
Universal Nexus Identifiers
Every artifact the index publishes is catalogued with a UNI; no UNI is typed by hand.
- Grammar
NXS-<SCOPE>-<CAT>[-<DOMAIN>][-<SECTOR>][-<REGION>][-<ENV>]-<SERIAL>[@<VERSION>]- URN
urn:nexus:uni:{uni}- Resolver
https://nexustandards.com/uni/{uni}- Allocation
- UNIs are allocated by the Nexus Standards catalogue (NS1-R2), never typed by hand.
- Versions
- A record version is cited as
recordUni@recordVersion, for exampleNXS-GRX-OB-KEN-000042@3. - On pages
- Every page carries its UNI in
<meta name="nexus-uni">, indata-nexus-union the page root and in its citation, with its context name indata-nexus-context. Records are DRAFT in this index's artifact catalogue until release.
| Artifact | Category | Scope | Form |
|---|---|---|---|
| Page | AR | Every page of risksindex.com | NXS-GRX-AR-… |
| Country profile dataset | DS | One per country and edition | NXS-GRX-DS-KEN-… |
| Map | MP | Every map product and tile layer | NXS-GRX-MP-… |
| Figure | FG | Every chart, graph and simulator figure | NXS-GRX-FG-… |
| Report | RP | Editions, regional and series reports | NXS-GRX-RP-M002-… |
| Observation | OB | Every published value | NXS-GRX-OB-KEN-…@n |
| Indicator definition | IN | indicators used | NXS-GRX-IN-… |
| Source release | SR | Every source file as published | NXS-GRX-SR-… |
| Correction | CR | Every correction and its effect | NXS-GRX-CR-… |
| Software and model | SW / MD | Kernels, models and versions | NXS-GRX-MD-… |
Metadata, citation and maps
Datasets
STAC 1.1 items whose id is the UNI, DCAT 3 records with the URN and DOI, and PROV-O bundles for lineage (NS-3b).
Citations
Every citation carries the UNI; derived works cite their source UNIs; CFF 1.2 and DataCite 4.5 forms (NS-2).
Maps and figures
UNI in metadata and caption, values traced to record UNIs, explicit no-data and degraded states, withheld features counted (NS-5).
API
Responses carry X-Nexus-UNI; the OpenAPI contract names every surface (NS-6).
Status and conformance
Nexus Standards are a preparatory working draft (status PROPOSED); NXS-GRX follows them as designed and does not claim conformance before NS-14 assessment.
Snapshot of the standards: gcri/nexus-standards@6ca764024.