# Macro Evidence

> Macro Evidence is a software organization building open macroeconomic data infrastructure.

Macro Evidence builds open macroeconomic data infrastructure designed around provenance, validation, reproducibility, and transparency. Macro Data Observatory (MDO) is its flagship and foundational platform and is under active development.

Canonical website: https://macro-evidence.com/

## Start here

- [Software](https://macro-evidence.com/software): Current software scope and the Macro Evidence–MDO relationship.
- [About](https://macro-evidence.com/about): Organization mission, identity, and stewardship posture.
- [Principles](https://macro-evidence.com/principles): Engineering and decision principles used in the work.
- [Contribute](https://macro-evidence.com/contribute): Contribution orientation and links to canonical contributor policy.

## Canonical public records

- [Organization & Platform Charter](https://github.com/macro-evidence/governance/blob/main/ORGANIZATION_CHARTER.md): Mission, vision, organization/platform scope, and durable direction.
- [Governance & Decision-Making Charter](https://github.com/macro-evidence/governance/blob/main/GOVERNANCE.md): Decision criteria, review, and Architecture Decision Records.
- [Documentation Standards](https://github.com/macro-evidence/governance/blob/main/DOCUMENTATION_STANDARDS.md): Documentation ownership, writing, formatting, naming, and commit conventions.
- [Contribution Policy](https://github.com/macro-evidence/governance/blob/main/CONTRIBUTION_POLICY.md): Organization-wide participation, acceptance, contributor-rights, and stewardship policy.
- [Trademarks Policy](https://github.com/macro-evidence/governance/blob/main/TRADEMARKS.md): Name, mark, and visual-identity use policy.
- [Security Policy](https://github.com/macro-evidence/.github/blob/main/SECURITY.md): Canonical vulnerability-reporting policy.

## Software and source

- [Macro Data Observatory](https://github.com/macro-evidence/macro-data-observatory): Flagship and foundational open-source macroeconomic data infrastructure; under active development.
- [Macro Evidence on GitHub](https://github.com/macro-evidence): Public repositories and source history.
- [Website source](https://github.com/macro-evidence/website): Source and verification system for the official organization website.

## Official organization profiles

- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/macro-evidence)
- [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@macro-evidence)
- [Bluesky](https://bsky.app/profile/macro-evidence.com)

## Optional

- [Brand assets](https://macro-evidence.com/brand-assets): Official public-distribution identity assets and use guidance.
- [Licensing](https://macro-evidence.com/licensing): Source, content, identity, and third-party rights boundaries.
- [Privacy](https://macro-evidence.com/privacy): Website-specific data-handling orientation.
- [Security](https://macro-evidence.com/security): First-party security-reporting orientation.