org.cispec.contract-type

recommended: any CI that is a contract or formal agreement tracked in its own right

org.cispec.contract-type records the type of a contract or agreement when that contract is itself tracked as a Change Item — the category that determines its legal standing, regulatory obligations, and lifecycle management requirements.

Note the distinction: org.cispec.contract-ref is a pointer from any CI to the procurement instrument under which it was acquired. org.cispec.contract-type is a property of the contract CI itself, when the contract document is the thing being tracked. These serve different purposes — contract-ref answers “what contract governs this server?” while contract-type answers “what kind of agreement is this contract document?”

Applies when contracts themselves are CIs: NDAs, MSAs, SoWs, SLAs, licensing agreements, government contracts (FAR/DFARS types), data processing agreements (DPA, under GDPR), interoperability agreements, memoranda of understanding, and any other formal agreement tracked in a contract management system.

Value format

A lower-case slug identifying the contract category.

org.cispec.contract-type=nda
org.cispec.contract-type=msa
org.cispec.contract-type=sow
org.cispec.contract-type=far-cost-plus
org.cispec.contract-type=far-fixed-price
org.cispec.contract-type=dpa
org.cispec.contract-type=mou
org.cispec.contract-type=licence-agreement

Conformance

org.cispec.contract-type is RECOMMENDED for any CI that is a contract or formal agreement. Not REQUIRED for Declared conformance.

Attestation

contract-type is attestable against the contract document itself and, for government contracts, against USASpending.gov or equivalent public procurement registries.

Resolution and relation

contract-type paired with counterparty, expiry, and owner gives the complete management profile of a contract CI.

Document identifier

OID: 1.3.6.1.4.1.42387.2.6.8.1
GUID: 813f67e2-6932-584a-993d-3d64e6a80c78