storyobjectmodel.comprinciples
Why SOM is shaped the way it is.
The Story Object Model is an open standard for story context in content production. This page will carry the introduction and principles that also open the specification: what SOM standardises, what it deliberately leaves alone, and why.
PLACEHOLDER ยท text to follow from Jon Roberts
The principles are being written once, to serve both this page and the introduction to the specification. Until they land here, the shape of the model is described on the home page and the normative material is in the repository.
In the meantime
Read conformance for what it means to speak SOM 1.0, and the open register for what is not yet settled.
read the specification