https://irepprotocol.org/ The Individual-Referential Evaluation Protocol: an open standard for category-blind, trajectory-rich assessment in hiring and admissions. A commons, stewarded by Barkley Labs. en Thu, 27 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://github.com/labs-barkley/irep/blob/main/docs/responses/2026-08-baelde-different-to-better.md irep-baelde-2026-response Thu, 27 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT An independent working paper (DOI 10.5281/zenodo.22112323, CC BY 4.0) analyses what each stage of the IREP validation plan can and cannot demonstrate. The project incorporates it: stages 1-4 revised, six issues opened (#10-#15), a response document published. Most of it is adopted rather than answered. https://github.com/labs-barkley/irep/blob/main/VALIDATION.md irep-stage-0-5-crossing-point Thu, 27 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT On 69 seasons of public baseball data, a pilot measures where an individual's own record overtakes their reference class out of sample. Hypothesis-generating, an upper bound, one domain; the confirmatory domain comes next. https://github.com/labs-barkley/irep/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md irep-0.1.2-ai-act Mon, 24 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Annex III classification is unchanged; the obligations now apply from 2 December 2027. IREP's rule does not depend on that timeline: AI may assist, humans decide. https://irepprotocol.org/become.html irep-become Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Three self-declared paths, Starter, Aligned and Steward, with a starter guide and a badge kit. No certifier, no fee. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21211589 doi:10.5281/zenodo.21211589 Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT The specification, its evidence base and a runnable Stage 0 demonstration. Specification CC BY 4.0, demonstration code Apache-2.0.