Getting Started
High-level overview of MSP-1, its purpose, and the first steps toward adopting the protocol.
Documentation · Overview
MSP-1 Documentation
Your complete reference for understanding, implementing, and maintaining the Mark Semantic Protocol. These guides, policies, and examples support both technical implementers and editorial teams.
MSP-1 core is:
- declarative, not directive
- human-reviewable
- lightweight by design
- non-executing
- non-coercive
- security-neutral
- not a trust, ranking, certification, or compliance framework
- extensible for heavier use cases
Implementation Guides
Step-by-step walkthroughs for deploying MSP-1 on real sites, including profiles, provenance, and templates.
Integration Patterns
How MSP-1 interacts with AI agents, answer engines, internal systems, and future-facing workflows.
Future-Proofing
Learn how MSP-1 ensures long-term stability, interoperability, and resilience across evolving AI ecosystems, changing search engines, and shifting web technologies.
Namespace Documentation
Human-readable documentation explaining the MSP-1 namespace, its structure, and how individual terms are defined and used throughout the protocol.
FAQ
Answers to common questions about MSP-1 concepts, schema usage, conflicts, and troubleshooting.
Accessibility
Guidelines for making MSP-1 implementations inclusive for users and machine agents alike.
Open Source License
Review the permissive open license governing the MSP-1 Protocol, its documentation, schemas, and implementation guidelines. This page outlines usage rights, redistribution terms, and the principles ensuring MSP-1 remains an open and neutral standard.
Editorial Policy
The standards that govern clarity, neutrality, provenance, and review of MSP-1 documentation.
Privacy & Security
Best practices for secure MSP-1 deployment, responsible metadata handling, and transparency.
Terms of Use
Conditions governing usage of MSP-1 documentation, schemas, and reference material.
Security Acknowledgments
Recognition for contributors who responsibly report security-related issues.
AI Development Assistance
How AI assistance is used in MSP-1 documentation, and how provenance is maintained.
The Inception of MSP-1
The origin and development context of MSP-1, from its beginnings as a practical effort to make a photography website more understandable to AI through its evolution into a broader protocol for machine-readable web clarity.
About These Documents
The MSP-1 Documentation Library is a living resource. Pages are updated as the protocol evolves, and additional guides, examples, and integrations will be added over time.