Open upper schema for normative content https://obligationfirst.org/ 2026-05-04T00:00:00Z Sam Rogers https://www.linkedin.com/in/samrogers CC BY 4.0 (spec) / Apache 2.0 (code) Obligation-First https://obligationfirst.org/releases/v0.1.0-draft 2026-05-04T00:00:00Z 2026-05-04T00:00:00Z

Initial draft of the Obligation-First v0.1 specification. Four-role spine (Authority / Instrument / Term / Obligation) plus proceeding strand (Proceeding / Allegation / Determination). Bound to Semantic Arts gist. Aligned with LegalRuleML 1.0 deontic operators. Three worked examples: Air Canada, Colorado SB 24-205, Utah JIA. Schema gaps surfaced by Colorado example resolved in v0.1: enforcement_status, supersedes, wouldSupersede.