Source-led by default
Every public artifact is expected to carry citations. If a claim cannot be sourced, it stays out of the public record rather than being invented for polish.
About
The open intelligence commons for ocean life
Blue Life Commons is a public, source-led library of ocean intelligence: species and region briefings, missions, research pointers, and media records that keep provenance visible from GitHub to the public site.
What this is — and is not
Blue Life Commons is stewarded as a public good by Starlight Intelligence Systems. It is not a wildlife translation product, not a closed commercial encyclopedia, and not a place for unsourced population or threat claims. Free reading and reuse under CC BY 4.0 stay open; deeper implementation work for teams routes through Starlight services when that is the honest path.
Operating pillars
Review state is visible
Records publish with explicit review posture — not a flattened “approved” marketing claim. Needs-expert-review content remains honest about what is still open.
Rights and media stay legible
Approved media keeps credit, license, and source pointers. Candidate or reviewer-only media is not presented as identification or conservation evidence.
Git is the continuity layer
The commons is a repository first. History, PRs, issues, and licenses are part of the product surface — not back-office afterthoughts.
Where to go next
- Governance & ethics — contribution and review posture
- Privacy & transparency — what the public site processes today
- Terms of use — reuse, no-warranty, and external links
- Support the commons — sustain open publication