Assumptions Register¶
This is the live, single source of truth for material working assumptions made in the absence of an explicit decision. Per document-metadata-standard.md, unresolved matters should be recorded here (or in open-questions.md if framed as a question awaiting an answer) rather than scattered as untracked "TBD" statements throughout the repository. New entries should be appended, not rewritten in place, so the register remains a history of what was assumed and when.
Register¶
| ID | Assumption | Made By | Date | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AS-001 | Repository slug is devonshire-digital. |
Repository Maintainer (AI agent, initial setup) | 2026-07-10 | Active | Used throughout paths, links, and examples. Revisit if a different naming convention is adopted. |
| AS-002 | Repository visibility is private/proprietary; no public license is granted. | Repository Maintainer (AI agent, initial setup) | 2026-07-10 | Active | See open-questions.md for the "final licensing terms" open question. |
| AS-003 | Repository has no configured remote at this stage; Git is used locally with no push target. | Repository Maintainer (AI agent, initial setup) | 2026-07-10 | Active | See open-questions.md for GitHub organization / remote location. |
| AS-004 | No open-source license applies to this repository's contents. | Repository Maintainer (AI agent, initial setup) | 2026-07-10 | Active | Consistent with AS-002. |
| AS-005 | Document ownership is role-based (e.g. "Founder", "Repository Maintainer") rather than tied to named individuals. | Repository Maintainer (AI agent, initial setup) | 2026-07-10 | Active | See open-questions.md for "named document owners". |
| AS-006 | "Digital Products" remains the internal working name for the productivity-tool venture; it is not assumed to be the final public brand. | Repository Maintainer (AI agent, initial setup) | 2026-07-10 | Active | Venture slug digital-products used for paths regardless of eventual public brand. See open-questions.md. |
| AS-007 | Shelfery's brand direction (naming, visual identity, tone) is provisional and not finalized. | Repository Maintainer (AI agent, initial setup) | 2026-07-10 | Active | See open-questions.md for "final Shelfery brand approval". |
| AS-008 | This repository is initially documentation/governance-centric; whether it also becomes the home for implementation code (a monorepo) is an open architectural question, not a default. | Repository Maintainer (AI agent, initial setup) | 2026-07-10 | Active | See docs/governance/repository-boundaries.md and open-questions.md. |
| AS-009 | The Git author identity used for commits (Stuart M. Davis / brokenlyre@gmail.com) is already configured globally on the machine used to initialize this repository, and is treated as the Founder's identity for commit authorship purposes. | Repository Maintainer (AI agent, initial setup) | 2026-07-10 | Active | Not itself a governance decision; noted here for traceability of initial setup. |
Status values¶
- Active — the assumption currently stands and is being relied upon.
- Resolved — a decision has since been made; see the Notes column for what replaced the assumption and where that decision is recorded.
- Invalidated — the assumption turned out to be wrong and has been corrected; see Notes.
How to use this register¶
- When you must proceed on a working assumption rather than a confirmed decision, add a row here
rather than leaving an untracked note in the document you're editing. Link to the relevant row
ID (e.g.
AS-006) from that document if useful context. - When an assumption is resolved by an actual decision (e.g. an ADR, a Founder decision), update its Status and Notes rather than deleting the row — this register is also a historical record.