# Participation Process Integrity Metrics

**Version:** 3.0.6  
**Last reviewed UTC:** 2026-06-20T00:41:09Z  
**Maturity:** Reviewed  
**Intended user:** Decision owner, evaluator, public-interest reviewer, community facilitator, or auditor checking whether a process completed its declared obligations without scoring participants.

## Purpose

Use these metrics to inspect process integrity without surveillance. They document affected-group coverage notes, channel accessibility, response completion, disposition completeness, dissent preservation, correction use, and implementation follow-through.

The metrics apply to the process, not to individual participants. Do not infer demographic traits, rank contributors, assign ideology or trust scores, or treat low participation as evidence of agreement.

## Editable record

```json
{
  "schema_version": "3.0.6",
  "id": "[metrics record id]",
  "version": "3.0.6",
  "last_reviewed_utc": "2026-06-20T00:41:09Z",
  "artifact_maturity": "reviewed",
  "process_id": "[related process]",
  "metric_window": "[bounded review period]",
  "affected_group_coverage_notes": ["[who was considered, who was reached, and known gaps without inferring traits]"],
  "channel_accessibility": [
    {"channel": "[channel]", "supports": [], "known_barriers": [], "repair_status": "[open|in_progress|completed|not_planned_with_reason]"}
  ],
  "response_completion": {"in_scope_contributions": 0, "dispositions_published": 0, "incomplete_contribution_ids": []},
  "disposition_completeness": {"accepted": 0, "partially_accepted": 0, "deferred": 0, "rejected": 0, "duplicate": 0, "out_of_scope": 0, "needs_review": 0},
  "dissent_preservation": {"material_dissent_items": 0, "dissent_reports_published": 0, "known_omissions": []},
  "correction_use": {"correction_requests": 0, "resolved": 0, "open": 0, "notes": []},
  "implementation_follow_through": {"promised_changes": 0, "implemented": 0, "deferred": 0, "not_implemented_with_reason": 0, "evidence_links": []},
  "privacy_and_non_inference_posture": "No participant scoring, hidden profiling, demographic inference, or cross-context tracking is used for this record.",
  "known_limits": [],
  "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."
}
```

## Interpretation rules

- Counts reveal missing process steps; they do not measure participant quality.
- A high response count does not prove fairness or representation.
- A preserved dissent report may indicate process integrity even when consensus is absent.
- Deferred and rejected items require reasons, owners, and future review triggers where applicable.
- Implementation follow-through should link promised changes to evidence, not publicity claims.

## Related files

- Schema: `https://vnwo.com/schemas/participation-process-metrics.schema.json`
- Fictional example: `https://vnwo.com/examples/participation-process-metrics-community-rule-change.json`
- Contribution disposition ledger: `https://vnwo.com/downloads/contribution-disposition-ledger.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.