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Papers & References

Citing GDD

Shatny, M. (2026). Governance-Driven Design (GDD): Formalizing Intent
Before the Machine Runs. Zenodo.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20938778

DOI

The Semantic Intent Paper Series

PaperYearDOI
Semantic Intent as Single Source of Truth202510.5281/zenodo.13770361
Semantic Intent as Governance Primitive202610.5281/zenodo.20436088
Semantic Intent as Emitted Directive202610.5281/zenodo.20563477
Methodology-as-Infrastructure202610.5281/zenodo.20681699
Intent-as-Infrastructure202610.5281/zenodo.20681523
The Synthesis Gate202610.5281/zenodo.20684283
Governance-Driven Design (GDD)202610.5281/zenodo.20938778
Machine Legibility Dimensions202610.5281/zenodo.19546590
GESA202610.5281/zenodo.20533843
CROC202610.5281/zenodo.20777675

Ecosystem Repositories

ProjectDOI
EMBER10.5281/zenodo.19751387
Phoenix Runtime10.5281/zenodo.19360727
Strata Runtime10.5281/zenodo.19768151
RECALL Compiler10.5281/zenodo.19463347
REACH10.5281/zenodo.20680385
TRACE10.5281/zenodo.20739404
Synthesis Gate10.5281/zenodo.20684283
CROC Framework10.5281/zenodo.20777675

Prior Art & References

Beck, K. (2003). Test-Driven Development: By Example. Addison-Wesley.

North, D. (2006). Introducing BDD. DanNorth.net.

Evans, E. (2003). Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software. Addison-Wesley.

Brandolini, A. (2013). Introducing Event Storming. Ziobrando.net.

Adzic, G. (2012). Impact Mapping: Making a Big Impact with Software Products and Projects. Provoking Thoughts.

DORA. (2024). Accelerate State of DevOps Report. Google Cloud.

Read the Full Paper

The complete academic paper is available in the GitHub repository:

docs/governance-driven-design.md

Author

Michael Shatny — Independent Researcher, Semantic Intent Ecosystem
semanticintent.dev · Zenodo profile · GitHub @semanticintent · ORCID 0009-0006-2011-3258