# [Standard Name] Validation Checklist

## Suite Validation

- [ ] `README.md` exists and explains the standard's City Hall role.
- [ ] Primary specification exists and is named by the README.
- [ ] `[StandardName].manifest.toml` exists and describes the standard suite.
- [ ] Required suite docs exist.
- [ ] Scope is clear.
- [ ] Non-goals are clear.
- [ ] Adopter schemas or manifest templates are separate from the standard-suite manifest.
- [ ] Templates exist or are explicitly deferred.
- [ ] Examples exist or are explicitly deferred.
- [ ] Validation procedure is documented.
- [ ] Known gaps are recorded.

## Adopter or Domain Validation

- [ ] Adopter-required files are named.
- [ ] Adopter validation steps are documented or explicitly deferred.
- [ ] Required templates and schemas are present when the standard governs project or artifact records.