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- SHOULD serve as a guide to the development of any Policies based on each Principle ("Principles guide Policies").
- SHOULD refer to existing Principles—whether defined by ToIP-Compatible GFs or by other bodies—whenever possible.
- SHOULD be referenced (along with any other relevant parts of the GF) in any Legal Agreement between Members and the Governance Authority.
- SHOULD NOT include language for which conformance can be directly tested — those statements should be included as Policies.
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Primary Policies
This section contains the general Policies that apply to the GF as a whole and not just in the context of a particular Controlled Document. It:
- SHOULD include the Policies that apply :
- Apply generally to governance of the entire Trust Community
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- Apply to the structure of the GF, e.g., what Controlled Documents must be specified by whom and applied to whom.
- Guild the development of more specific Policies within the Controlled Documents.
- SHOULD NOT include Policies that apply only with the context of a specific category addressed by one of the Controlled Documents.
- MUST include Responsible Use Policies that apply generally to infrastructure governed by the GF.
- MUST include any Regulatory Compliance Policies that are not specified within particular Controlled Documents.
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