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19 changes: 10 additions & 9 deletions GOVERNANCE.md
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- Must follow documented contribution guidelines.
- Must submit pull requests for all their changes.
- May label and close issues.
- May merge pull requests that add or modify feature descriptions (excluding changes to a feature’s Baseline status or other availability status information).
- May merge pull requests that add or modify features.
- Other contributors’ pull requests may be merged by _Peers_.
- A _Peer_'s own pull requests may be merged after approval from a fellow _Peer_ or _Owner_.
- Must have their status, infrastructure, and documentation work reviewed and merged by [Owners](#owners).
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- Adoption or amendment to the definition of Baseline
- Adoption or amendment to the definition of other feature availability statuses
- Resolving disagreements on the scope or status of individual features
- Technical direction of the project, especially infrastructure and schema decisions
- Project governance and process (including this policy and any updates)
- Confirming _Peers_ and _Owners_
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- Must ensure the smooth running of the project.
- Should review code contributions, changes to this document, or changes to the licensing of the project or its outputs.
- May merge pull requests that remove feature descriptions.
- May merge pull requests that remove features.
- May merge pull requests that change the Baseline definition or its implementation.
- May merge pull requests that change Baseline statuses.
- May merge pull requests that change other availability statuses.
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_Owners_ may, at their discretion, nominate an owner-delegate to carry out a task or make a decision ordinarily carried out by an _Owner_ or _Peer_.
Delegation should be limited in duration or scope, or both; delegation may be withdrawn by any _Owner_ at any time.
For example, an _Owner_ may nominate a tool expert as an owner-delegate to approve an infrastructure PR or nominate a feature expert as an owner-delegate to approve a feature description.
For example, an _Owner_ may nominate a tool expert as an owner-delegate to approve an infrastructure PR or nominate a feature expert as an owner-delegate to approve a feature.

## Decision making

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<td>Merge new or modified feature descriptions
<td>Merge a new or modified feature
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<td>Merge policy changes
<td>Merge changes to a feature’s status
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<td>Yes
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<td>Yes
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<td>Merge schema or infrastructure changes
<td>Merge removal of a feature
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<td>Merge changes to a feature’s status
<td>Merge policy changes
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<td>Merge removal of a feature
<td>Merge schema or infrastructure changes
</td>
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