# Participation Access and Burden Record

**Version:** 3.0.6  
**Last reviewed UTC:** 2026-06-20T00:41:09Z  
**Maturity:** Reviewed  
**Intended user:** Participation designer, accessibility reviewer, community facilitator, public body, research team, or decision owner documenting whether people can participate safely and practically.

## Purpose

Use this record to document access supports and burdens before, during, and after a participation process. It covers disability access, language, connectivity, scheduling, childcare and other care burdens, technical literacy, compensation, privacy, retaliation risk, and alternative channels.

This record measures the process, not people. Do not infer disability, language, income, family status, identity, political belief, or demographic traits from participation behavior. Record known barriers, offered supports, and unresolved gaps without building participant profiles.

## Editable record

```json
{
  "schema_version": "3.0.6",
  "id": "[record id]",
  "version": "3.0.6",
  "last_reviewed_utc": "2026-06-20T00:41:09Z",
  "artifact_maturity": "reviewed",
  "process_id": "[related process]",
  "process_title": "[title]",
  "access_dimensions": {
    "disability_access": {"status": "[provided|partial|not_provided|not_applicable|unknown]", "supports": [], "known_gap": "", "planned_repair": ""},
    "language": {"status": "[provided|partial|not_provided|not_applicable|unknown]", "supports": [], "known_gap": "", "planned_repair": ""},
    "connectivity": {"status": "[provided|partial|not_provided|not_applicable|unknown]", "supports": [], "known_gap": "", "planned_repair": ""},
    "scheduling": {"status": "[provided|partial|not_provided|not_applicable|unknown]", "supports": [], "known_gap": "", "planned_repair": ""},
    "care_burdens": {"status": "[provided|partial|not_provided|not_applicable|unknown]", "supports": [], "known_gap": "", "planned_repair": ""},
    "technical_literacy": {"status": "[provided|partial|not_provided|not_applicable|unknown]", "supports": [], "known_gap": "", "planned_repair": ""},
    "compensation": {"status": "[provided|partial|not_provided|not_applicable|unknown]", "supports": [], "known_gap": "", "planned_repair": ""},
    "privacy": {"status": "[provided|partial|not_provided|not_applicable|unknown]", "supports": [], "known_gap": "", "planned_repair": ""},
    "retaliation_risk": {"status": "[provided|partial|not_provided|not_applicable|unknown]", "supports": [], "known_gap": "", "planned_repair": ""},
    "alternative_channels": {"status": "[provided|partial|not_provided|not_applicable|unknown]", "supports": [], "known_gap": "", "planned_repair": ""}
  },
  "burden_summary": "[time, travel, emotional, financial, disclosure, and opportunity costs]",
  "known_under_reached_or_excluded_groups": [],
  "data_minimization_posture": "[what is not collected or inferred]",
  "repair_before_next_round": [],
  "source_domain": "[source domain]",
  "claim_boundary_note": "VNWO provides a static documentation pattern. It does not recruit participants, collect submissions, verify identity or representation, validate consent, certify fairness, democracy, accessibility, legal sufficiency, or implementation quality, and it does not guarantee that an institution acts on input."
}
```

## Minimum practice

- Offer more than one channel when a single channel creates a known barrier.
- State whether compensation, childcare, translation, interpretation, transport, data costs, or schedule flexibility are available.
- Provide a lower-exposure route for sensitive contributions.
- Do not require public identity unless the decision truly requires it and the authority is disclosed.
- Publish known gaps and repair plans instead of claiming universal access.

## Related files

- Schema: `https://vnwo.com/schemas/participation-access-burden-record.schema.json`
- Dataset coverage example: `https://vnwo.com/examples/participation-access-burden-dataset-review.json`
- Participation readiness worksheet: `https://vnwo.com/downloads/participation-readiness-worksheet.md`

## Source-routing note

Name the implementing organization and source domain for every imported rule, standard, or decision. Use no-op or human review when authority, evidence, participation scope, or representation claims are ambiguous.

## Claim boundary

VNWO provides a static documentation pattern. It does not recruit participants, collect submissions, verify identity or representation, validate consent, certify fairness, democracy, accessibility, legal sufficiency, or implementation quality, and it does not guarantee that an institution acts on input.