Public comment draft, Revision 3. Published 2026-08-07, this revision 2026-09-17. Open for public comment through October 31, 2026.
The Gatewell Protocol for Origin Evidence is an open documentation standard for the evidence file behind a claim about where equipment and its components were produced and by whom. It covers the Origin Evidence File, three conformity levels, verification methodology, change control and Annexes A to G, with clause anchors.
The canonical edition, with clause anchors, is https://gatewellgroup.com/protocol/v1.0/. This repository is a one-way export of that edition and of the machine-readable annexes, kept so the standard can be cited, archived and discussed off Gatewell's own domain. Nothing here is edited by hand; a change to the text is made at the source and re-exported.
| File | What it is | Licence |
|---|---|---|
protocol.md |
The full normative text, Parts I to VII and Annexes A to G, in Markdown with the same clause numbering as the HTML edition | CC BY 4.0 |
gatewell-protocol-v1.0-draft-r3.pdf |
The same text as a PDF, as served at gatewellgroup.com | CC BY 4.0 |
annex-b.schema.json |
Annex B, the bill-of-materials origin record, as JSON Schema | CC0 1.0 |
annex-b-template.csv |
Annex B as a CSV template | CC0 1.0 |
profiles/ |
Regime profiles: how the same evidence file answers Section 889, Build America Buy America, and the defense materials, batteries and unmanned aircraft regimes | CC BY 4.0 |
comment-period/ |
The questions put for comment, how to comment, and the issue list for the comment period | CC BY 4.0 |
CHANGELOG.md |
The version history, from Annex G | |
GOVERNANCE.md |
How comments are received and disposed of, and how versions are numbered | |
CITATION.cff, .zenodo.json |
Citation metadata; the DOI is added when the release is archived |
Gatewell Group LLC. The Gatewell Protocol for Origin Evidence, Version 1.0 (public comment draft, revision 3). 2026. https://gatewellgroup.com/protocol/v1.0/
DOI of this release: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22842570. All versions: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22842569. Archived record: https://zenodo.org/records/22842570. SSRN working paper: https://ssrn.com/abstract=7487459.
Write to [email protected]. A comment that can be acted on gives the clause number, the change proposed and the reason for it. Give your name and affiliation, and say whether the comment may be published with them. A comment may also be opened as an issue in the Protocol's public repository at github.com/gatewellgroup/protocol , where each question put for comment has its own thread. The same rules apply. By submitting a comment you agree that Gatewell Group may incorporate it into the Protocol and publish it as you have permitted. A comment may also be opened as an issue in this repository using the comment form; the same rules apply. Each comment is logged with a number and the date received. Comments are published on this page with the commenter's permission. Every comment receives a written disposition: accepted, accepted in part, or declined with the reason. The disposition table is published with the final text of Version 1.0.
The text of the Protocol, the PDF and the profiles are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence (LICENSE). The machine-readable forms of Annex B, annex-b.schema.json and annex-b-template.csv, are dedicated to the public domain under CC0 1.0 (LICENSES/CC0-1.0.txt) so they can be embedded in tools without attribution. Gatewell Group LLC asks that a modified version of the text not be presented as the Protocol.