Use this registry to begin research. Open the owner page and verify current stable status at use time; do not assume this snapshot remains current. Checked 2026-08-13.
- Meta-methods, engineering, project, process, product, and organization
- APIs, schemas, provenance, testing, security, and operations
- Data, evidence, causality, finance, markets, audit, and procurement
- Law, policy, rights, crisis, and continuity
- Physical engineering, environment, energy, supply chains, and geospatial analysis
- Agriculture, biological systems, learning, marketing, brand, design, and experience
- Foresight, behavior, participation, people, communication, innovation, and journalism
- AI and agents
- Source hierarchy
| Family | Canonical research anchor | Status note at check date |
|---|---|---|
| Situational Method Engineering | Henderson-Sellers & Ralyté state-of-the-art review; Ralyté generic model; method-engineering literature | research discipline; no single normative runtime method |
| ISO/IEC 24744 | iso.org/standard/62644.html or ISO catalog search |
2014 metamodel standard; verify status |
| SPEM | omg.org/spec/SPEM |
2.0 formal |
| Essence | omg.org/spec/Essence |
1.2 formal; 2.0 material remains beta—label it |
| Software lifecycle | ISO/IEC/IEEE 12207 owner page | 2026 edition published according to ISO catalog |
| Systems lifecycle | iso.org/standard/81702.html |
ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288:2023 |
| Requirements | iso.org/standard/72089.html |
ISO/IEC/IEEE 29148:2018 |
| Architecture description | iso.org/standard/74393.html |
ISO/IEC/IEEE 42010:2022 |
| Product quality model | iso.org/standard/78176.html |
ISO/IEC 25010:2023 |
| Family | Canonical research anchor | Status note at check date |
|---|---|---|
| PMBOK | pmi.org/standards/pmbok |
Eighth Edition, published November 2025 |
| PRINCE2 Project Management | PeopleCert official framework pages | Version 7; official naming current in 2026 |
| Project-management guidance | iso.org/standard/74947.html |
ISO 21502:2020 published; covers predictive, incremental, iterative, adaptive, and hybrid approaches |
| Programme-management guidance | iso.org/standard/82868.html |
ISO 21503:2022 published |
| Portfolio-management guidance | iso.org/standard/82867.html |
ISO 21504:2022 published; not financial portfolio management |
| Programme management | pmi.org/standards/program-management-fifth-edition |
PMI Standard for Program Management, Fifth Edition, March 2024 |
| Earned value | iso.org/standard/87899.html |
ISO 21508:2026 published; 2018 edition withdrawn; ISO 21512:2024 supplies implementation guidance |
| Work breakdown structures | ISO 21511 owner/catalog pages | ISO 21511:2018 remains published while ISO/DIS 21511 is a draft revision |
| Post-project/programme evaluation | ISO 21513 owner/catalog page | ISO 21513:2026 published; evaluation guidance is not causal attribution |
| Public cost/schedule assurance | GAO-20-195G and GAO-16-89G | public best-practice guides for credible cost estimates and schedules; tailor outside US government contexts |
| Scrum | scrumguides.org/download.html |
official current guide dated November 2020 |
| Kanban Guide | kanbanguides.org/the-kanban-guide/ |
current guide dated May 2025 |
| BPMN | omg.org/spec/BPMN |
2.0.2 formal |
| DMN | omg.org/spec/DMN |
1.5 formal; later beta material must not be called formal |
| APQC PCF | apqc.org/process-frameworks |
live cross-industry/industry collection; check current edition |
| Quality management | iso.org/standard/62085.html |
ISO 9001:2015 plus amendments remained current; 2026 revision status must be checked |
| Quality improvement | IHI Model for Improvement; Langley et al., The Improvement Guide | improvement framework with PDSA testing; separate learning cycles from causal impact evaluation |
| Risk management | iso.org/standard/65694.html |
ISO 31000:2018 |
| Knowledge management | iso.org/standard/68683.html |
ISO 30401:2018 with amendments; revision under development at check date |
| Human-centred design | ISO 9241-210 owner page | verify current edition/status |
| Innovation management | ISO 56000 family owner pages | ISO 56001:2024 is management-system standard; select the correct family part |
| Family | Canonical research anchor | Status note at check date |
|---|---|---|
| OpenAPI | spec.openapis.org/oas/ |
3.2.0 listed as latest |
| Arazzo | spec.openapis.org/arazzo/latest.html |
1.1.0 listed as latest |
| JSON Schema | json-schema.org/specification |
2020-12 remains the current published dialect family; check updates |
| AsyncAPI | asyncapi.com/docs/reference/specification/latest |
3.1.0 indicated by current docs; verify live page |
| CloudEvents | CNCF CloudEvents specification releases | verify current stable release |
| HTTP | rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9110.html and related RFCs |
use IETF/RFC Editor, not blog summaries |
| Problem Details | rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9457.html |
RFC 9457 |
| OAuth security | rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9700.html |
RFC 9700 current BCP at check date |
| W3C PROV | w3.org/TR/prov-overview/ |
W3C Recommendation family |
| OWL-S | w3.org/Submission/OWL-S/ |
W3C Member Submission from 2004, not a W3C Recommendation; mark legacy/research inspiration |
| MCP | modelcontextprotocol.io/specification/ |
live versioned protocol; verify current stable and owner |
| Family | Canonical research anchor | Status note at check date |
|---|---|---|
| Software testing | ISO/IEC/IEEE 29119 series owner/catalog pages | parts have different editions; verify the relevant part |
| NIST CSF | nist.gov/cyberframework |
CSF 2.0 |
| NIST SSDF | csrc.nist.gov/projects/ssdf/publications |
1.1 final; 1.2 was draft at check date |
| OWASP ASVS | official OWASP ASVS project | 5.0.0 current at check date |
| OWASP Top 10 | official OWASP Top Ten project | 2025 current at check date |
| OWASP API Security | official OWASP API Security project | 2023 current at check date |
| OWASP WSTG | official OWASP WSTG project | 4.2 stable; 5.0 development material must be labeled |
| SLSA | slsa.dev/spec/ |
1.2 current at check date |
| SPDX | spdx.dev/use/specifications/ |
3.0.x family; verify patch |
| CycloneDX | cyclonedx.org/docs/latest |
1.7 current at check date |
| OpenTelemetry | opentelemetry.io/docs/specs/ |
high-cadence specification; always live-check component stability |
| SRE | sre.google/books/ |
primary books/workbook for SLOs, incidents, toil, overload, and canarying |
| Chaos Engineering | principlesofchaos.org |
canonical principles; distinguish technique from random fault injection |
| Family | Canonical research anchor | Status note at check date |
|---|---|---|
| FAIR | go-fair.org/fair-principles/ plus Wilkinson et al. 2016 |
guiding principles, not a certification of truth/openness |
| PRISMA | prisma-statement.org/prisma-2020 |
reporting guideline, not review method |
| Scoping reviews | prisma-statement.org/scoping plus JBI manual |
PRISMA-ScR reports; JBI supplies conduct guidance |
| Systematic reviews | Cochrane Handbook and JBI Manual | match method to evidence/question domain |
| Search peer review | CADTH PRESS guidance | use for high-stakes database strategies |
| GRADE | official GRADE handbook/resources | effect-evidence certainty; not generic webpage trust score |
| Digital open-source investigations | OHCHR Berkeley Protocol on Digital Open Source Investigations | professional protocol in a human-rights/legal context; reuse fragments with explicit tailoring |
| MCDA | UK Government Analysis Function / Green Book guidance | authoritative public analytical guidance; choose technique contextually |
| Causal evaluation | World Bank Impact Evaluation in Practice; PyWhy/DoWhy; primary econometrics literature | software workflow does not prove identification assumptions |
| General statistics and probability | itl.nist.gov/div898/handbook/; ASA Ethical Guidelines; relevant primary design and measurement literature |
generic statistical methods; verify domain, sampling, estimand, measurement, and jurisdictional requirements before use |
| Program monitoring and evaluation | USAID Logframe guidance; IDRC Outcome Mapping; OECD DAC criteria | planning and learning methods; do not treat a logic model, behavioral outcome, or story as causal proof |
| Urban and territorial planning | UN-Habitat International Guidelines on Urban and Territorial Planning; Citywide Strategic Planning; Our City Plans | planning principles and process anchors; local planning law, authority, land rights, and infrastructure capacity govern applicability |
| Family | Canonical research anchor | Status note at check date |
|---|---|---|
| Public appraisal and business cases | gov.uk/government/publications/the-green-book-appraisal-and-evaluation-in-central-government/the-green-book-2026 |
HM Treasury Green Book 2026; tailor outside its jurisdiction rather than claim conformity |
| Cost estimating | GAO Cost Estimating and Assessment Guide; live AACE Recommended Practices | estimate class, range, and required definition depend on sector and decision gate |
| Earned value | iso.org/standard/87899.html |
ISO 21508:2026; delivery control, not investment valuation |
| Market research services | iso.org/standard/73671.html; ICC/ESOMAR Code |
ISO 20252:2019 published while revision is underway; ICC/ESOMAR Code 2025 is self-regulatory guidance |
| Internal audit and controls | IIA Global Internal Audit Standards; COSO Internal Control | IIA standards effective since 2025-01-09; COSO framework remains 2013 |
| Supplier cyber-risk | NIST SP 800-161 Rev. 1 Update 1; NIST SP 1326 | 800-161 update and 2026 SP 1326 are final; match depth to supplier criticality |
| Sustainable procurement | iso.org/standard/63026.html |
ISO 20400:2017 current guidance; not a certifiable management-system standard |
| Family | Canonical research anchor | Status note at check date |
|---|---|---|
| Compliance management | iso.org/standard/75080.html and ISO 37302 owner page |
ISO 37301:2021 plus Amendment 1:2024; ISO 37302:2025 effectiveness guidance |
| Regulatory impact assessment | OECD Regulatory Impact Assessment principles; controlling jurisdictional procedure | cross-jurisdiction analytical anchor; local authority and law govern applicability |
| Human rights and responsible business | UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights; OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises | authoritative general anchors; apply current binding jurisdictional duties separately |
| Health technology assessment and clinical guidance | WHO HTA resources; AGREE II instrument; GRADE ecosystem | multidisciplinary adoption/evidence appraisal; jurisdictional clinical, regulatory, and ethics requirements remain controlling |
| Management-system auditing | ISO 19011 owner page | ISO 19011:2026 current; verify sector-specific competence and audit criteria |
| Business continuity | iso.org/standard/75106.html |
ISO 22301:2019 plus Amendment 1:2024 current; later draft is not a replacement |
| Crisis and incident management | ISO 22361:2022; ISO 22320:2018; NIST SP 800-61 Rev. 3 | distinguish strategic crisis leadership, cross-agency incident management, and cyber response |
| ICT readiness for continuity | ISO/IEC 27031 owner page | ISO/IEC 27031:2025 current; not the same scope as disaster recovery execution |
| Family | Canonical research anchor | Status note at check date |
|---|---|---|
| Systems lifecycle and readiness | ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288 owner page; NASA Systems Engineering Handbook and TRL material | 15288:2023 current; TRL does not establish manufacturing or operational readiness |
| Automotive industrialization | AIAG Core Tools owner pages and licensed manuals | APQP, Control Plan, PPAP, FMEA, MSA, and SPC are complementary; check exact licensed edition and customer requirements |
| Generic statistical manufacturing assurance | NIST/SEMATECH e-Handbook of Statistical Methods | generic anchor for measurement, stability, capability, and DOE; capability assumes a stable process |
| Measurement uncertainty and conformity | BIPM/JCGM publications registry | JCGM 100:2008 plus Amendment 1:2026 and the applicable GUM/JCGM 106 guidance; select the part by measurement model and decision claim |
| Aerospace first-article inspection | SAE AS9102 owner page | AS9102C current at check date; sector/customer requirement, not universal production release |
| Asset management | iso.org/standard/83053.html and iso.org/standard/83054.html |
ISO 55000:2024 and ISO 55001:2024 current |
| Reliability-centred and risk-based maintenance | SAE JA1011/JA1012; API RP 580/581 | use only in their applicable asset/process context and with competent multidisciplinary analysis |
| Human-centred design and ergonomics | ISO 9241-210, ISO 6385, and ISO 26800 owner pages | framework standards; validate with representative users, tasks, and environments |
| Hierarchical Task Analysis — task HTA | Stanton 2006; UXPA HTA guidance | checked 2026-09-12: established technique, no universal normative version; primary abstract and professional guidance consulted; distinguish Health Technology Assessment |
| Cognitive Task Analysis — CTA; ACTA and CDM | UXPA CTA guidance; Militello–Hutton 1998; Klein et al. 1989 | checked 2026-09-12: CTA is a family; ACTA/CDM differ in elicitation structure. Original publication identities verified; full original protocols require further consultation for exact replication |
| SHERPA | open maritime SAR study (2024) | checked 2026-09-12: full eight-step methods and taxonomy consulted; established task-based technique. Ordinal likelihood/criticality and domain-specific adaptations do not establish calibrated probabilities or general effectiveness |
| GOMS family and KLM | Card et al. 1980; Kieras full KLM guide, 2001; John–Kieras 1996; UXPA GOMS and KLM | checked 2026-09-12: author guide/professional guidance read; original publication identities verified. KLM models specified practiced, error-free execution; other GOMS variants require their own protocols |
| Functional Resonance Analysis Method — FRAM | official procedure and principles | checked 2026-09-12: full author/community guidance consulted; distinguish potential-coupling model from scenario instantiation. Six aspects are relevant descriptors, not six compulsory entries; tooling is optional and a model does not prove risk reduction |
| Medical-device quality and risk | ISO 13485, ISO 14971, IEC 62366-1, ISO 10993-1, ISO 14155, IEC 62304; jurisdictional regulator | regulatory recognition and transition vary by device, jurisdiction, and date; ISO 14155:2026 and ISO 10993-1:2025 current at check date |
| BIM information management and interoperability | ISO 19650 family; ISO 7817-1:2024; ISO 16739-1:2024; buildingSMART IFC/IDS/BCF | information exchange conformity does not prove engineering correctness |
| Building commissioning | ISO 24359-1:2026; ASHRAE Standard 202-2024 | building-oriented anchors; tailor for other infrastructure sectors |
| Family | Canonical research anchor | Status note at check date |
|---|---|---|
| Environmental management | iso.org/standard/14001 |
ISO 14001:2026 published and current; ISO 14001:2015 withdrawn |
| Climate risk and adaptation | IPCC AR6 Synthesis Report and relevant Working Group reports | assessment anchor; local hazard, exposure, vulnerability, authority, and adaptation feasibility require context-specific evidence |
| Life-cycle assessment | ISO 14040 and ISO 14044 owner pages | 2006 base editions with applicable amendments; functional unit, system boundary, allocation, and review determine validity |
| Circular economy | ISO 59004, ISO 59010, and ISO 59020 owner pages | 2024 principles, transition, and measurement standards; circularity is not environmental proof |
| GHG accounting | GHG Protocol standards and guidance; ISO 14064-1 and ISO 14067 | distinguish organization, scope, product, project, and avoided-emissions claims |
| Energy management and audits | ISO 50001 and ISO 50002 owner pages | ISO 50001:2018 current; ISO 50002 parts updated in 2025 |
| Process safety | CCPS guidance; IEC 61511 and applicable sector/regulatory sources | HAZOP, LOPA, and SIL answer different questions and require competent teams |
| Supply-chain reference model | ASCM SCOR Digital Standard | living official SCOR reference; do not treat as an optimization algorithm |
| Supply-chain security | iso.org/standard/79612.html |
ISO 28000:2022 current |
| Geospatial data quality and referencing | ISO 19157-1:2023 and ISO 19111:2019 | quality and CRS standards are foundations, not spatial-analysis methods |
| Geospatial APIs and containers | OGC API Features and OGC GeoPackage | interface and storage standards; not evidence of spatial validity |
| Family | Canonical research anchor | Status note at check date |
|---|---|---|
| Integrated pest management | FAO Integrated Pest Management portal | integration approach; local crop, pest, ecology, resistance, and legal constraints govern the program |
| Biological-control movement and release | IPPC ISPM 3 and official IPPC PRA resources | adopted standard remains the anchor while a 2026 revision topic/draft work is active; national authority controls authorization |
| Pest risk analysis | IPPC adopted International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures | check the exact ISPM and current 2026 reorganization status |
| Biosecurity and animal health | FAO Biosecurity Toolkit; WOAH Codes and Manuals | current jurisdictional and species-specific controls remain authoritative |
| Honey-bee research and diagnosis | COLOSS BEEBOOK; WOAH Terrestrial Manual disease chapters | BEEBOOK standardizes research measurements; WOAH/national sources control recognized diagnosis and notification; chapter versions differ |
| Agriculture sustainability and climate | FAO SAFA Guidelines; FAO Climate-Smart Agriculture Sourcebook | planning/assessment frameworks; do not assume every intervention is a triple win |
| Bioremediation | U.S. EPA treatability-study and monitored-natural-attenuation guidance | requires contaminant/site characterization and monitoring; not a pest-management synonym |
| Universal Design for Learning | udlguidelines.cast.org |
CAST UDL Guidelines 3.0, published 2024 |
| Learning assessment | UNESCO learning-assessment resources; applicable psychometric standards | match inference to purpose, population, accessibility, reliability, and validity evidence |
| Training evaluation | Kirkpatrick official model plus independent causal/program-evaluation sources | proprietary scaffold; satisfaction, learning, transfer, and impact are distinct claims |
| Family | Canonical research anchor | Status note at check date |
|---|---|---|
| Marketing and brand vocabulary | American Marketing Association discipline pages; original research for specific constructs | vocabulary source, not evidence that a strategy or tactic works in context |
| Brand evaluation | ISO 20671-1 and ISO 20671-2 owner pages | 2021 principles and 2023 implementation/reporting parts current; ISO 20671:2019 withdrawn |
| Monetary brand valuation | iso.org/standard/46032.html |
ISO 10668:2010 remains published/confirmed; second edition is an early 2026 work item and not stable |
| Market-research quality and ethics | ISO 20252 owner page; ICC/ESOMAR Code 2025 | distinguish service quality/ethics from validity of one study; ISO revision underway |
| Marketing Mix Modeling | Google Meridian; Meta Robyn; IAB modern MMM guidance | open implementation and industry anchors; predictive fit does not establish causal media effects |
| Marketing incrementality | randomized lift/geo-experiment primary methods; IAB incremental-measurement guidance | require a credible counterfactual and aligned estimand; platform attribution is not incrementality |
| Human-centred design | iso.org/standard/77520.html |
ISO 9241-210:2019 confirmed in 2025; lifecycle framework, not a detailed technique catalog |
| Usability concepts | iso.org/standard/63500.html |
ISO 9241-11:2018 current/confirmed; defines usability as contextual outcome |
| Usability evaluation reporting | ISO 25062 owner page | ISO 25062:2025 current CIF reporting standard; report format is not the evaluation method |
| Web accessibility | W3C WCAG 2.2 and WAI supporting specifications | WCAG 2.2 is W3C Recommendation and ISO/IEC 40500:2025; legal applicability remains jurisdiction-specific |
| Plain language | iso.org/standard/78907.html |
ISO 24495-1:2023 current for primarily text-based documents |
| Design process representation | Design Council Double Diamond owner page | canonical process representation; not a complete methodology |
| Service/user research practice | GOV.UK Service Manual | public operational guidance; adapt population, ethics, law, sector, and evidence strength |
| Design-token interoperability | W3C Design Tokens Community Group final reports | 2025.10 stable Community Group reports; not W3C Recommendations |
| Family | Canonical research anchor | Status note at check date |
|---|---|---|
| Strategic foresight | UK Government Office for Science Futures Toolkit; OECD Strategic Foresight | UK toolkit 2024 defines 12 tools/pathways; methods explore plausible futures rather than predict one |
| Behavior change | UCL Centre for Behaviour Change; original COM-B/BCW/BCTTv1 papers | BCW connects COM-B diagnosis to intervention functions/policies; BCTTv1 contains 93 techniques, not efficacy guarantees |
| Implementation determinants | Updated CFIR official guide and original 2022 update | determinant framework; do not use as strategy list or outcome model |
| Implementation and sustainment | RE-AIM/PRISM official resources; original publications | separates reach, effectiveness, adoption, implementation, maintenance, and contextual determinants |
| Mediation | United Nations Guidance for Effective Mediation | 2012 guidance remains a canonical general process anchor; local law/professional rules govern formal use |
| Public participation | OECD Guidelines for Citizen Participation Processes; IAP2 official spectrum | OECD 2022 ten-step/eight-method framework; IAP2 spectrum evolution is active in 2026, so verify adopted version |
| Human-capital reporting | iso.org/standard/30414 |
ISO 30414:2025 second edition current; 2018 withdrawn |
| Personnel selection and assessment | current professional selection standards; ISO 10667 family; ISO 30405 owner page | verify exact editions, jurisdiction, job relevance, validity, accessibility, and adverse impact |
| Sales methodologies | primary owners for SPIN, Challenger, Sandler, MEDDIC/MEDDPICC, SPICED | mostly proprietary practice families; independently assess evidence and never infer validity from adoption |
| Communication measurement | AMEC Integrated Evaluation Framework and Barcelona Principles 3.0 | framework/principles; they do not establish causal business impact automatically |
| Crisis/risk communication | CDC CERC Manual; WHO RCCE resources and 2024 competency framework | CERC chapter dates vary; RCCE couples risk communication with community engagement |
| Innovation management | ISO/TC 279 ISO 56000 family registry | ISO 56000:2025 and ISO 56001:2024 current; ISO 56002:2019 published while edition 2 remains committee draft |
| Technology readiness | NASA TRL and Systems Engineering Handbook | nine-level NASA scale/TMA anchor; TRL alone is not manufacturing, integration, or commercial readiness |
| Journalism verification | UNESCO Journalism, “Fake News” & Disinformation handbook; current primary newsroom standards | practical fact-checking/social verification anchor; newsroom codes and jurisdictional law vary |
| Family | Canonical research anchor | Status note at check date |
|---|---|---|
| NIST AI RMF | nist.gov/itl/ai-risk-management-framework |
AI RMF 1.0 plus GenAI Profile |
| AI management system | iso.org/standard/42001 |
ISO/IEC 42001:2023 |
| AI risk guidance | ISO/IEC 23894 owner page | 2023; verify status |
| AI impact assessment | iso.org/standard/42005 |
ISO/IEC 42005:2025 |
| AI lifecycle | ISO/IEC 5338 owner page | verify current edition/status |
| OWASP LLM risks | genai.owasp.org current LLM Top 10 |
2026 release current at check date |
| OWASP agentic risks | official OWASP Agentic Applications Top 10 | 2026 release |
| OWASP agentic skills risks | owasp.org/www-project-agentic-skills-top-10/ |
2026 project/current list at check date |
| MITRE ATLAS | atlas.mitre.org |
living knowledge base; live-check |
| NIST AI evaluation | NIST AIRC/ARIA/TEVV pages | label initial public drafts and experimental programs explicitly |
For a candidate, search in this order:
- normative specification or standards-body page;
- official maintainer/author guide and revision history;
- seminal peer-reviewed paper or primary handbook;
- independent empirical evaluation, systematic review, or documented implementation;
- critical/limitation literature and known failure cases;
- practitioner summaries only for discovery or examples.
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