CODE_OF_CONDUCT

Contributor Covenant Code of Conduct

Tricharmé Control Authority (TCA) — Edition 2.0

Our Commitment

As contributors, maintainers, and members of the Tricharmé Control Authority (TCA) ecosystem, we are committed to fostering a professional, respectful, and harassment-free environment. We aim to preserve the integrity, reliability, and long-term consistency of all TCA datasets, documentation, and semantic structures.

Our Standards

Positive, expected behaviours include:

Acting with professionalism, clarity, and mutual respect

Being receptive to ideas, technical alternatives, and structured feedback

Owning mistakes and correcting them promptly

Prioritising the quality, consistency, security, and governance of shared data

Collaborating in ways that strengthen the TCA ecosystem

Unacceptable behaviours include:

Harassment, discrimination, or hate speech

Personal attacks or aggressive language

Publishing private or confidential information without permission

Spamming, trolling, or intentionally disrupting project governance

Actions that compromise data integrity, versioning, or semantic compliance

Enforcement Responsibilities

Project maintainers are responsible for:

Defining and upholding behavioural standards

Taking corrective action in response to unacceptable behaviour

Editing, removing, or rejecting comments, commits, issues, or pull requests that violate this Code

Applying all guidelines in alignment with the TCA – Governance & License Dataset (v2.0.0)

Scope

This Code applies to:

GitHub repositories and discussions

Official TCA datasets published under /.well-known/

Documentation, issues, pull requests, mirrors and public communication

Any context where an individual is representing or interacting with the TCA ecosystem

Reporting

To report a violation, contact:

📧 [email protected]

PEC: [email protected]

Reports will be handled promptly, confidentially, and without retaliation. Any attempt to penalize someone for reporting will result in enforcement action.

Enforcement Guidelines

To ensure predictable and fair governance, violations may lead to the following actions:

Level 1 — Correction

Impact: Minor, isolated inappropriate behaviour Consequence: Private written notice with clarification

Level 2 — Warning

Impact: Repeated or significant violations Consequence: Temporary participation restrictions

Level 3 — Temporary Ban

Impact: Continuous or intentional disruption Consequence: Temporary suspension from all TCA communication channels

Level 4 — Permanent Ban

Impact: Severe, harmful, or repeated unethical misconduct Consequence: Permanent removal from the project

Attribution

This Code of Conduct is based on the Contributor Covenant v2.0. Enforcement model inspired by Mozilla’s “Community Participation Guidelines”.