Sharing agreements connect validated producer promises with consumer intent¶
A data contract defines reusable product promises.
A validated, accepted sharing agreement connects those promises to a consumer's intent, expectations and obligations, creating the reference point for governing that consumption relationship.
Direction¶
The intended flow is:
domain meaning → product specification → product contract → consumer intent → sharing agreement → semantic and policy validation → executable controls → evidence, provenance and observability
The sharing agreement should reference versioned product contracts, semantic definitions and applicable policies rather than copying them.
Why¶
This keeps reusable producer commitments separate from consumption-specific obligations while still allowing the complete relationship to be validated and governed.
It also creates an explicit place for purpose, permissions, obligations and accepted exceptions to live.
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