Metric Provenance is the steward of ODGS—the open protocol designed to act as a "Sovereign Brake" for Automated Decision Making (ADM).

We provide the architectural standard to decouple The Law (Policy) from The Machine (Execution), ensuring that computational models—from Legacy Algorithms to Modern AI—adhere to strict liability definitions.

Whether it is a rigid If/Else script or a probabilistic LLM, modern compute has a fatal flaw: It executes logic, but it does not understand Law.

• The Problem: When data definitions drift (e.g., statutory income limits change), the code keeps running the old logic. This causes "Silent Drift" and administrative failure (e.g., Toeslagenaffaire).
• The Solution: ODGS introduces a Context Layer. It cryptographically enforces the legal definition of data before the algorithm is allowed to execute.

Our core contribution is the Open Data Governance Standard (ODGS)—a vendor-neutral, headless protocol for Semantic Integrity.

The Reference Implementation for "Git-as-Backend" Liability Logging.

Technical Capabilities:

• Universal Interceptor: Works with Python, Java, COBOL, and LLM Agents.
• Sovereign Sidecar: Writes forensic audit logs (EU AI Act Art. 12) directly to your private Git. No data leaves your perimeter.
• Hard Stop Mechanism: Physically prevents inference if the data definition does not match the active Law.

View the Specification →

This project is developed in alignment with the Dutch Standardization Institute (NEN) and ISO/IEC.

• EU AI Act: Article 10 (Data Governance) & Article 12 (Record Keeping).
• Administrative Law: Supports the "Careful Preparation Principle" (Awb 3:2).
• Digital Sovereignty: Ensures Dutch government data logic remains portable and vendor-independent.

We are currently in Closed Technical Review with select Government and Financial partners.

• Standardization: Contributing member to NEN / ISO JTC 25.
• Contact: For inquiries regarding the Standardization Committee, please open an Issue in the Core Repo.