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Incorporation clause

This Order incorporates by reference the onTerms Standard Terms onterms:dict:1.0.0:EW, available at https://onterms.org/t/dict/1.0.0/EW and verifiable against SHA-256 sha256:afab56f933a1bb98998b750db904e210d235334f6daeee6920d6781b65faa88d. Each party acts in the course of its business and not as a consumer.

Adopt-verbatim. The only negotiable surface is the typed Elections. The body is pinned by the hash above. Re-hash the canonical envelope offline to verify it has not changed.

onTerms Dictionary v1.0 — Standard Terms (England & Wales)

onterms:dict:1.0.0:EW · Status: v0.9 DRAFT — Not legal advice.

The single shared set of defined terms every onTerms module relies on. CORE §1 incorporates it; every other module states that capitalised terms have the meaning in the onTerms Dictionary (onterms:dict:1.0.0:EW) except as that module expressly defines them.

The machine form is the source of truth: schema/dictionary-1.0-ew.json ({ term: { definition, since_version } }). This guide explains architecture and versioning and indexes the terms; it does not restate each definition (to avoid the drift the round-3 red-team flagged between the Dictionary and the Creator module).

Architecture

Immutable, content-addressed, no Elections (meanings are fixed; the negotiable surface lives in each module's Elections). A module may narrow or extend a definition for its own scope, but the base meaning travels unchanged so one word never means two things in one Order. B2B-only (registry-verified at enrolment, spec/verifier.md §V2).

Versioning rule (load-bearing)

Each entry carries since_version. Adding a term or clarifying without shifting risk = MINOR. Any change to a risk-bearing definition (one that moves money, liability, indemnity scope, or what counts as Confidential Information / Customer Data / Personal Data / an Enhanced Claim / what the caps attach to) = MAJOR (2.0.0) — it mints a new content address and is never edited in place, because every incorporating module's risk allocation changes with it.

Term index

  • §1 General commercial: Affiliate, Order / Order Document, Standard Terms, Elections, Additional Terms, Confidential Information*, Customer Data*, Usage Data*, Services, Documentation, Fees*, Feedback, IP Rights, Losses*, Enhanced/Increased Claims*.
  • §2 Term & time: Effective Date, Initial Term, Renewal Term, Subscription Term, Force Majeure Event*, Mandatory Law.
  • §3 Data protection (UK/EU GDPR + DPA 2018): Personal Data*, Processing, Controller, Processor, Sub-processor.
  • §4 AI: AI Input, AI Output*, Training*.
  • §5 Creator economy: Creator, Brand, Agency, Content, Deliverable, Usage Licence*, Whitelisting, Boosting, Exclusivity*, Disclosure.
  • §6 Pre-agreement: Purpose, Discloser, Recipient, Permitted Recipients, Trial, Beta, Evaluation, Proof of Concept (POC), Sample Data*, Evaluation Data. (Used by onNDA + onEval + CORE §7; "Discloser"/"Recipient" were referenced inline by Confidential Information and are now defined — closing a loose end.)

* = risk-bearing (MAJOR-versioned). Each carries a "Middle vs poles" note in the source JSON's design history.

Hard-coded overlays (not Elections)

  • Mandatory Law prevails — defined terms yield to it; only the conflicting words are read down.
  • Disclosure is non-waivable (CAP Code / CMA / ASA) — no Election disables it.
  • GDPR-anchored data terms track UK/EU GDPR + DPA 2018 by reference (update with the law, not frozen).
  • Force Majeure never excuses payment of accrued Fees.
  • CRTPA 1999 excluded at module level — "Affiliate" is defined but grants third parties no enforcement right except where a module expressly says so.
  • Risk-bearing definitions are MAJOR-versioned (a change mints 2.0.0).

Cross-references

CORE (onterms:core:1.0.0:EW) incorporates this Dictionary at §1 and owns the liability architecture + law/forum allowlist; onDPA governs operative Processing; onDispute governs disputes; each sector/topic module consumes these terms and may narrow/extend only for its own scope.

X-7 reconciliation: "Usage Licence" now defers to the Creator module's bounded-term default (12 months, never perpetual unless an explicit priced buy-out) — it no longer says "campaign period only", which conflicted with creator §4.3.