Made Mark Specification

The Made Mark specification defines three authorship marks for AI-era content.

Status: Draft (v0.1)
License: CC0 1.0 Universal (Public Domain)
Last Updated: June 23, 2026

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Overview

Made Mark answers the question: How was this content made?

Three marks define authorship clearly:

1. Human Made — Conceived and produced by people
2. Human Designed, AI Made — Human creative direction, AI production
3. AI Made — Conceived and produced primarily by AI

Full documentation at mademark.org

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Machine Layer

Each mark resolves as JSON-LD at:

• mademark.org/marks/human-made
• mademark.org/marks/human-designed-ai-made
• mademark.org/marks/ai-made

Namespace: mademark.org/ns

Compatible with C2PA content authentication manifests.

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Contributing

This specification is open for community input. See Governance for details.

Contact: hello@mademark.org