Your decisions should travel.
Their history should too.
A business decision is more useful when you can keep what was predicted, why it was chosen and what happened afterward. Decision Contract Exchange v1 provides an open, compact format for carrying that record.
Keep the reasoning attached to the choice.
The exchange describes the decision and alternatives, disputed assumption, owner, method, spending ceiling and time window. It preserves a numeric observation rule with its metric, unit, threshold and counting instructions, plus outcome history and stated source references.
This helps you revisit a decision in its original context instead of seeing only the latest summary. It also makes the record easier to carry into a new workspace without treating past approval as permission to act there.
Download the open format
The exchange schema is available under the MIT license. The example is fictional and demonstrates the structure; it is not a real business result or a certified decision.
A new workspace needs a fresh review.
Open Decision Contracts in your workspace, then choose Import a Decision Contract exchange. The imported decision becomes an editable proposal. Compare it with the destination company’s current sources, constraints and budget before saving or accepting it.
- Approval does not transfer. Imported history grants no spending authority, credentials or permission to execute.
- Past outcomes remain attributed records. Archived observations do not earn fresh model reliability grades or verify causation.
- References remain references. A source fingerprint identifies recorded material; it does not establish that the claim is true or that a linked page was read.
- Money needs the destination context. A currency mismatch requires re-entering the amount in the destination budget.
- A hash identifies a snapshot. It is not a signature, independent audit or external certification.
Choose the export that fits your purpose.
The exchange has a 64 KB limit and is intended as a compact decision record. For the covered fuller history, use exact snapshots or restorable workspace records as appropriate. Those formats have their own scope and do not automatically restore authority.
Exports may contain private business text. Review the file and choose where it is stored or shared. Portability should preserve useful context without silently expanding access.