Controlled publications

HCA Publications

The current Revision 0 document set establishes the initial conceptual, technical, implementation and organizational baseline for the Human Continuity Architecture.

Revision status: Revision 0 documents are intentionally preliminary. They are published to enable technical review, challenge, discussion and improvement. Future revisions will be identified explicitly and prior revisions retained for traceability.
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HCA Core Concept Paper

An accessible introduction to the Human Continuity Architecture: the problem it addresses, the central proposition, the six-layer framework and the case for a civilization-scale systems-safety approach.

Revision 0 - Preliminary Draft - 8 pages

Foundational Engineering

HCA-FASSA

Foundational Architecture and System Safety Analysis. The engineering baseline containing hazards, requirements, controls, fault-tree analysis, common-cause analysis, preliminary hazard analysis and key performance measures.

Revision 0 - Preliminary - 42 pages

Implementation

HCA Detailed Implementation Plan

A preliminary pathway from architecture to operation: governance, assurance, certification, monitoring, protected evidence, international participation, deployment phases and organizational safeguards.

Revision 0 - Preliminary Draft - 19 pages

Organizational Formation

HCA Founding Working Group Charter

The provisional formation charter for recruiting expertise, maturing the technical baseline, initiating implementation and transitioning the effort to a durable organization-of-organizations.

Revision 0 - Preliminary Draft - 8 pages