[M3 TRACKER] Scientific Validation and Project Governance

[andreazedda]

Milestone objective

Move from one reproducible loop to a governed scientific platform with formal evidence, validation and contribution controls.

Work items

• [P2][VALIDATION] Create model cards, dataset cards, validation protocols, backtesting, and uncertainty gates #22 Model cards, dataset cards, validation protocols, backtesting and uncertainty gates
• [P2][QA] Establish a test architecture with coverage, property, contract, migration, and security gates #23 Test architecture with property, contract, migration and security gates
• [P2][GOVERNANCE] Define maintainers, ownership, contribution, licensing, and decision records #24 Maintainers, ownership, licensing, contribution and ADR governance

Exit definition

MODEL_CARDS_COMPLETE = true
DATASET_CARDS_COMPLETE = true
VALIDATION_PROTOCOL_VERSIONED = true
TEMPORAL_BACKTEST_STANDARDS = enforced
UNCERTAINTY_COVERAGE_REPORTED = true
PROPERTY_AND_CONTRACT_TESTS = enforced
GOVERNANCE_AND_CODEOWNERS = active
LICENSE_STRATEGY = documented
SECURITY_CONTACT = real

Evidence required

• model and dataset registries;
• validation protocol and example evidence bundle;
• coverage/property/contract test reports;
• scientific output-diff procedure;
• governance/maintainer/DCO-or-CLA artifacts;
• license ADR;
• updated security policy.

Non-goals

This milestone does not assert clinical validation. External benchmark evidence must be described precisely and cannot be generalized beyond its tested domain.