Open Engineer is an attempt to preserve engineering understanding so that future engineers inherit reasoning instead of only results.
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README.md

Open Engineer

An open standard for preserving engineering context.

Open Engineer does not seek to tell engineers what to think. It seeks to preserve how engineers arrive at understanding.

What Is Open Engineer?

An open standard that applies to any discipline in which practitioners make decisions under constraints, observe outcomes, and transmit results to subsequent practitioners.

Repository Structure

Directory Responsibility
spec/ Defines the standard (OE-0000 through OE-0011)
reference/ Explains and indexes (vocabulary, patterns, editorial principles)
examples/ Illustrates core concepts through worked examples
laws/ Binding constraints on all content
rfc/ Proposals for changes to the standard

The spec defines. The reference explains. The examples illustrate. The laws constrain. No overlap.

Entry Points

  • New to the project? Start with spec/oe-0000-charter.md
  • Contributing? Read CONTRIBUTING.md, then reference/editorial-principles.md
  • Looking up a term? Check reference/vocabulary.md

License

See LICENSE.