Skill Governance

Definition

The process of managing the official skill catalog: proposing new skills, approving them, deprecating outdated ones, and merging duplicates to maintain a clean, canonical skill taxonomy.

Why it matters

Without governance, skill catalogs become polluted with duplicates, misspellings, and overlapping definitions. Governance ensures that skills are canonical, well-defined, and consistently referenced.

How Lemma uses this

Lemma uses a governance workflow where skills move through states: proposed, approved, active, deprecated, or merged. This ensures the skill catalog stays clean and meaningful.

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