OPEN STANDARD
DGI
Decision Governance Infrastructure — A vendor-neutral framework for institutional decision accountability
Purpose: Define conceptual governance primitives independent of any software architecture
Primitives: 5 core (A–E)
Scope: All institutional decisions
License: Open framework with attribution
Audience: Standards bodies, governance architects, any organization
REFERENCE IMPLEMENTATION
DCII
The Defensible AI Platform — Production-ready implementation with AI governance extensions
Purpose: Operationalize DGI with domain-specific extensions for AI governance and crisis prevention
Primitives: 9 core + 1 extended (P1–P10)
Scope: AI-assisted decisions in regulated industries
License: Commercial platform
Audience: Enterprises requiring production deployment
Primitive Mapping: DGI → DCII
DGI PRIMITIVE A
Context Capture
→
DCII P1 + P4
Discovery-Time Proof + Continuity Memory
DGI PRIMITIVE B
Deliberation Traceability
→
DCII P2
Deliberation Capture
DGI PRIMITIVE C
Override Accountability
→
DCII P3
Override Accountability
DGI PRIMITIVE D
Evidence Integrity
→
DCII P7 + P8
Quantum-Resistant Integrity + Synthetic Media Auth
DGI PRIMITIVE E
Drift Detection
→
DCII Extended Primitives (beyond DGI baseline)
P6: Cognitive Bias Mitigation · P9: Cross-Jurisdiction Compliance · P10: Outcome Accountability
Feature Comparison
| Feature |
DGI |
DCII |
| Open framework / standard |
✓ |
— |
| Vendor-neutral |
✓ |
— |
| Implementation-agnostic |
✓ |
— |
| Production-ready software |
— |
✓ |
| 7 production services |
— |
✓ |
| 15 PostgreSQL tables |
— |
✓ |
| 59 REST API endpoints |
— |
✓ |
| IISS scoring (0–1000) |
— |
✓ |
| Decision Similarity Engine |
— |
✓ |
| Cognitive bias detection (12 biases) |
— |
✓ |
| Cross-jurisdiction compliance (17 jurisdictions) |
— |
✓ |
| Post-quantum cryptography |
— |
✓ |
| C2PA synthetic media authentication |
— |
✓ |
| Outcome accountability tracking |
— |
✓ |
| Maturity index (DGMI) |
✓ |
✓ (IISS) |
| Standards submission ready |
✓ |
— |
Key Differences
Scope
DGI: All institutional decisions across any domain
DCII: AI-assisted decisions in regulated industries (finance, healthcare, legal, government)
Purpose
DGI: Define conceptual governance primitives for standards adoption
DCII: Prevent institutional crises through cryptographic evidence infrastructure
Deployment
DGI: Framework only — organizations implement using their own architecture
DCII: Production SaaS, private cloud, on-premises, or air-gapped deployment
Extensibility
DGI: Explicitly allows domain-specific primitive extensions
DCII: Extends DGI with P6 (Bias), P9 (Jurisdiction), P10 (Outcome)
Measurement
DGI: DGMI (5-level maturity index) — qualitative governance assessment
DCII: IISS (0–1000 score) — quantitative resilience measurement
Target Audience
DGI: Standards bodies, governance architects, policy makers
DCII: CIOs, CROs, compliance officers, legal teams in regulated enterprises
Choose Your Path
Explore the open standard or deploy the production implementation