Features
Discover the benefits of Accord Project Powered Smart Agreements

Built for Commercial Agreements
The open source technology projects are specifically designed to enable users to templatize the natural language of any type of contract and integrate with smart contract logic developed for expressing and modeling legal concepts, clauses, and obligations.

Open Source
All software and documentation are open source enabling anyone to use, and extend the core functionality within, and for, their application or project. Accord Project software is maintained and governed through the Linux Foundation.

Common Format
The technology stack provides a common ‘.doc’ format for smart agreement templates meaning that contracting parties and users can develop contracts using the same core structure and specification, reducing focus on the technology and promoting ease of use.

Technology Agnostic
Using a common format enables contracts to be useable across technologies without the overhead of changing the agreement. Accord Project templates can be used without reliance upon a particular technology such as a certain blockchain protocol, making templates futureproof and portable.

Extensible Models and Templates
The stack is built to be extensible to enable the use and reuse of domain models and templates for both full smart contracts and individual clauses. This helps to create a mature, progressive, foundation upon which to build smart agreements.

Community Driven
Building the future of contracting should be collaborate. The Accord Project is supported by organizations leading the development of smart documentation including DocuSign, xDTM Standard Association, IACCM, IBM and more.
How is the Accord Project Governed?
The Accord Project is governed through the Linux Foundation — the leading organization for the management of open source software projects. The codebase is maintained by a Technical Steering Committee and open source contributors.
Technical Steering Committee
The Technical Steering Committee (TSC) plays an important role in setting up priorities and in providing guidance to the Accord Project Technology Working Group.
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Governance documentation
All software is Apache 2.0 licensed and documentation is available under the Creative Commons Attribution license.
Documentation
Hosted by the Linux Foundation
The Accord Project is part of The Linux Foundation, a nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source.
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