The scheme.org domain name. The current registrar is Gandi.
DNS service for scheme.org. Currently provided by Gandi.
Web server for serving the www.scheme.org website.
Git repositories at github.com/schemeorg.
Mailing list schemeorg@srfi.schemers.org.
Domain registrant. The person who is on file at the domain
registrar as the registrant of scheme.org. Currently Magnus
Ahltorp.
Domain techical contact. The person who is on file at the domain
registrar as the technical contact of scheme.org.
Domain billing contact. The person who is on file at the domain
registrar as the billing contact of scheme.org. Currently Arthur
Gleckler.
DNS administrators. One or more people who have the credentials
to update the live DNS records for scheme.org.
Top-level administrators. One or more people who are responsible for the DNS, git repo and web server.
www (subdomain www.scheme.org): The scheme.org web front page.
lists (subdomain lists.scheme.org): @scheme.org mailing lists.
staging (subdomain staging.scheme.org): Staging versions of
production projects.
The following standard @scheme.org email addresses:
hostmasterpostmasterwebmasterAll other @scheme.org addresses are reserved for mailing lists
hosted at lists.scheme.org.
Community projects shall not run mail service on their subdomains.
Owned projects are free to run public and/or private mailing lists, and to have private mailboxes, on their subdomains if they so choose.
All Scheme.org projects need to follow these rules:
No cookies or other local storage. Exception: session for users who explicitly logged in.
No tracking of user behavior. Exception: ordinary server logs (web server and ssh logs, etc.) So-called analytics services are not allowed.
No embedded content from commercial services (video, audio, images, maps, status badges, etc.). These contain hidden trackers so often that it's easier to have a blanket ban than examine on a case-by-case basis. Links to commercial hosts are fine as long as the link itself does not contain a tracking or affiliate token.
No commerce. Links to commerce outside scheme.org are fine, as long as the link does not read like an advertisement.
No political, religious, or lifestyle advocacy.
When in doubt, please ask on the schemeorg mailing list.
If a subdomain administrator of a community project is out of reach for an extended period of time, the top-level administrators may remove the subdomain administrator status of that person from community projects.
If all subdomain administrators of a community project are out of reach for an extended period of time, the top-level administrators may remove the DNS records for the subdomain or change them to point to a new server.
Subdomain administrators strive to settle all disputes between themselves and with the subdomains' users without requiring the intervention of top-level administrators.
If they cannot come to an agreement, top-level administrators will act as tie breakers, deciding what to do about the subdomain.
If someone notifies the top-level administrators of content against the rules, the top-level administrators send a private email to all subdomain administrators of the subdomain in question.
7 full days from the time the first mail was sent, if the content has
not been removed, the top-level administrators may hide the
subdomain link on the www.scheme.org front page.
30 full days from the time the first mail was sent, if the content has not been removed, the top-level administrators may drop DNS records for the subdomain.
Once all problems have been fixed, the top-level administrators will restore front-page links and DNS records ASAP.
If a subdomain compromises the security of visitors or of scheme.org
infrastructure, the top-level administrators may immediately hide
the subdomain link on the www.scheme.org front page. If the problem
is especially severe, the top-level administrators may also drop DNS
records for the subdomain. In both cases the top-level
administrators send a private email to all subdomain administrators
of the subdomain in question. If the top-level administrators judge
that it is safe to do so, they will also send a public email to the
schemeorg mailing list - either immediately, after consulting with
the subdomain administrators, or after waiting a while and the
subdomain administrators have not responded.
Once all problems have been fixed, the top-level administrators will restore front-page links and DNS records ASAP.
If a subdomain server has been unresponsive for 7 full days, the top-level administrators may remove it from the front page so as to not confuse visitors.
Once all problems have been fixed, the top-level administrators will restore front-page links ASAP.