Pancakes Standards Model
Document Name: Pancakes Standards Model
Document Type: Ecosystem Governance Standard
Status: Foundational
Purpose: Define how standards, regulations, guidance documents, governance frameworks, assurance frameworks, and internal requirements are selected and applied across the Pancakes ecosystem.
1. Purpose
The Pancakes ecosystem contains:
- wellness systems
- AI systems
- household systems
- cooperative systems
- symbolic environments
- service exchange systems
- economic systems
- research systems
- future medical devices
- future regulated financial systems
No single standards stack is appropriate for all projects.
Instead, Pancakes adopts a standards applicability model.
Projects declare their characteristics.
Applicable standards are then derived from those characteristics.
This document defines:
- Core Standards Baseline
- Standards Applicability Profiles
- Extension activation rules
- Governance requirements
- Assurance requirements
- Standards determination process
2. Core Principle
Standards applicability shall not be determined by:
- project name
- organizational ownership
- product category
- marketing description
Applicability shall be determined by:
Intended Use
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Theory of Operation
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Users
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Environment
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Data Classes
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Economic Function
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Assurance Profile
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AI Function
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Deployment Model
This approach aligns with:
- ISO 14971
- IEC 62304
- IEC 60601 family
- FDA Home Use Guidance
- IMDRF SaMD Framework
- COSO Internal Control Framework
3. Standards Applicability Profile (SAP)
Every Pancakes project shall maintain a Standards Applicability Profile.
The SAP serves as the entry point for:
- design controls
- architecture review
- risk management
- quality planning
- privacy review
- security review
- audit planning
- regulatory assessment
4. Standards Applicability Profile Structure
- Project Name
- Version
- Owner
- Associated Nodes
- Related Projects
4.2 Intended Use
Describe:
- primary purpose
- expected outcomes
- user-facing claims
- operational goals
4.3 Not Intended Use
Explicitly identify excluded uses.
4.4 Theory of Operation
Describe:
- major functions
- decision pathways
- AI involvement
- economic mechanisms
- governance mechanisms
4.5 User Classes
Possible classifications:
- adult layperson
- adolescent
- child
- caregiver
- household member
- community participant
- healthcare professional
- researcher
- administrator
- steward
- custodian
4.6 Use Environment
Possible classifications:
- personal
- household
- community
- educational
- workplace
- healthcare
- institutional
- public deployment
4.7 Data Classes
Possible classifications:
- personal information
- health information
- reproductive information
- mental health information
- child information
- financial information
- cooperative information
- governance records
- public information
4.8 AI Function
Possible classifications:
- none
- assistive
- advisory
- predictive
- generative
- agentic
- autonomous
4.9 Economic Function
Possible classifications:
- none
- symbolic value
- reputation
- rewards
- loyalty
- service exchange
- compensation
- fiat settlement
- cryptocurrency settlement
- treasury management
- custodial holding
- accounting/reporting
4.10 Assurance Profile
Possible classifications:
- none
- internal accountability
- audit logging required
- independently auditable
- financial controls required
- cooperative stewardship
- regulated reporting
- fiduciary responsibility
4.11 Deployment Model
Possible classifications:
- hosted
- node-hosted
- household node
- institutional node
- local-first
- offline-capable
- federated
5. Core Standards Baseline
The following principles apply to all projects unless explicitly exempted.
Quality
Security
Privacy
- ISO/IEC 27701 principles
- GDPR principles
Governance
- Pancakes Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Risk Management
- ISO 14971 methodology (adapted as a general governance and risk framework)
Assurance
- Auditability by Design
- Traceability by Design
- Evidence Preservation by Design
6. Standards Extensions
Standards extensions are activated by project characteristics.
Projects may activate multiple extensions simultaneously.
7. AI Systems Extension
Trigger Conditions
- Generative AI
- Predictive AI
- Recommendation systems
- Autonomous behavior
- Agentic systems
Standards
- NIST AI RMF
- ISO/IEC 23894
- ISO/IEC 42001
Internal Standards
- Pancakes AI Governance Standard
8. Home & Layperson Use Extension
Trigger Conditions
Systems primarily used outside professional environments.
Standards
- FDA Design Considerations for Devices Intended for Home Use
- FDA Human Factors Guidance
- IEC 62366
- AAMI HE75
References
Internal Standards
- Pancakes Home & Community Systems Standard
9. Child & Family Extension
Trigger Conditions
- Child users
- Family governance
- Parental stewardship
Standards
- UK Age Appropriate Design Code
- UNICEF Child Rights and AI Guidance
Internal Standards
- Pancakes Child Stewardship Standard
10. Wellness Extension
Trigger Conditions
- Health logging
- Wellness tracking
- Self-observation
- Behavior tracking
- Lifestyle guidance
Standards
- IEC 82304-1
- ISO/TS 82304-2
11. Medical Device Extension
Trigger Conditions
- Diagnostic claims
- Therapeutic claims
- Fertility prediction
- Clinical decision support
- Medical device functionality
Standards
- ISO 13485
- IEC 62304
- IEC 62366
- ISO 14971
- IMDRF SaMD Guidance
Regulatory Frameworks
- FDA
- Health Canada
- EU MDR
- UK MDR
- PMDA
12. Privacy-Sensitive Domain Extension
Trigger Conditions
- Reproductive information
- Mental health information
- Sexuality information
- Child information
- Abuse-related information
- Sensitive behavioral information
Requirements
- Threat modeling
- Privacy Impact Assessment
- Enhanced access controls
- Explicit consent models
- Data minimization review
13. Data Governance & Stewardship Extension
Trigger Conditions
- Community nodes
- Cooperative nodes
- Shared governance
- Data trusts
- Data cooperatives
- Collective data stewardship
Applicable Concepts
- Data Trusts
- Data Cooperatives
- Civic Data Governance
- Community Stewardship
Requirements
- Stewardship model
- Custodian model
- Governance model
- Exit rights
- Data portability
- Community accountability
14. Economic Participation Extension
Trigger Conditions
Value granted in exchange for participation.
Examples:
- rewards
- incentives
- service exchange
- compensation
- participation payments
Regulatory Considerations
- consumer protection
- taxation
- rewards programs
- labor classification
- research compensation
Internal Standards
- Pancakes Participation & Compensation Standard
15. Financial Controls & Auditability Extension
Trigger Conditions
- Treasury management
- Custodial assets
- Accounting functions
- Cooperative funds
- Financial reporting
- Institutional finance
- Auditable economic systems
Objectives
Provide assurance that:
- transactions are authorized
- records are accurate
- assets are protected
- fraud opportunities are minimized
- financial reports are reliable
- audit evidence is preserved
Frameworks
Financial Controls
- SOX Principles
- J-SOX Principles
- COSO Internal Control Framework
Assurance
Governance
Requirements
- Segregation of duties
- Authorization controls
- Reconciliation controls
- Audit trails
- Evidence retention
- Independent review
16. Fiat & Cryptocurrency Extension
Trigger Conditions
Systems:
- hold value
- transfer value
- settle value
- exchange value
using fiat or cryptocurrency.
Regulatory Considerations
- AML
- KYC
- Money transmission
- Consumer protection
- Taxation
- Digital asset regulation
17. Research & Human Subjects Extension
Trigger Conditions
- Behavioral studies
- Health studies
- Reproductive studies
- Paid participation
- Human-subject research
- Data-product validation
Standards & Guidance
- Belmont Report
- Common Rule principles
- TCPS 2 (Canada)
- Declaration of Helsinki
Requirements
- Informed consent
- Ethics review
- Compensation review
- Participant protections
- Withdrawal rights
18. Cooperative Systems Extension
Trigger Conditions
- Guilds
- Cooperatives
- Service exchange
- Shared resources
- Community governance
Internal Standards
- Pancakes Cooperative Governance Standard
19. Ambient & Symbolic Systems Extension
Trigger Conditions
- Symbolic projections
- RPG clients
- Ambient worlds
- Ecological simulations
- Behavioral interpretation layers
Requirements
- Symbolic transparency
- Interpretation boundaries
- Manipulation review
- User agency protections
20. Standards Determination Process
For every project:
- Create Standards Applicability Profile.
- Identify activated extensions.
- Generate Standards Matrix.
- Generate Risk & Governance Matrix.
- Generate Regulatory Assessment.
- Generate Assurance Assessment.
- Review during design planning.
- Reassess whenever intended use changes.
21. Example Classifications
Wellness Notebook
Extensions:
- Home & Layperson Use
- AI Systems
- Privacy-Sensitive Domain
Red Witch MVP
Extensions:
- Home & Layperson Use
- Wellness
- Privacy-Sensitive Domain
- Child & Family (if applicable)
Red Witch Ovulation Prediction
Extensions:
- Home & Layperson Use
- Wellness
- Privacy-Sensitive Domain
- Medical Device
Pancakes Service Exchange
Extensions:
- Cooperative Systems
- Economic Participation
- Data Governance & Stewardship
Pancakes Bitcoin Rewards
Extensions:
- Economic Participation
- Fiat & Cryptocurrency
- Financial Controls & Auditability
- Privacy-Sensitive Domain
- Research & Human Subjects (if compensation linked to data collection)
Extensions:
- Data Governance & Stewardship
- Cooperative Systems
- Privacy-Sensitive Domain
- Financial Controls & Auditability (if funds administered)
22. Strategic Principle
The Pancakes ecosystem treats standards as composable governance modules.
Projects activate standards through declared characteristics rather than organizational assumptions.
The objective is to create systems that are:
- auditable
- privacy-preserving
- secure
- governable
- adaptable
- locally controllable
- regulatorily scalable
while preserving human dignity, autonomy, stewardship, community ownership, and responsible innovation.