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Universal Grading Protocol v1.0
The normative text of UGP v1.0, a public comment draft: status, steward, licence, how to cite it, and its sections.
Version 1.0 — Public Comment Draft (30 days)
| Status | Public Comment Draft. Open for comment for 30 days from publication: October 24 to November 23, 2026. See §19. |
| Steward | Device Supply |
| Replaces | UGP Standard Framework v0.1, UGP Core v0.1 and UGP Core v0.3 (drafts, never published) |
| Licence | Text: Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-ND 4.0). Names and badges: §17.5. © 2026 Device Supply. |
| Home | https://devicegrading.com (ugp.devicesupply.ca redirects there) |
| Cite as | Universal Grading Protocol v1.0 (Device Supply, 2026) |
Public comment draft. This draft is published for comment. It can change before v1.0 is final. The cosmetic tolerance counts in §5.5 are marked provisional and are specifically open for comment and data. Records graded to this draft cite it as UGP v1.0 (public comment draft).
Read the Conventions first: they say how requirements are worded.
Contents
- §0 Introduction
- §1 Scope
- §2 References
- §3 Terms and definitions
- §4 The UGP record
- §5 Cosmetic axis
- §6 New devices
- §7 Functional axis
- §8 Battery axis
- §9 Locks, operator lock and identity
- §10 Data, parts, kit and Premium
- §11 Status and grade
- §12 Core code
- §13 Conformance and claims
- §14 Application to marketplaces and B2B trade
- §15 Mapping to other systems
- §16 Device-class profiles
- §17 Licence, names and certification
- §18 Governance and versioning
- §19 Public comment
- Annex A Fault lexicon
- Annex B JSON record schema
- Annex C Official names in other languages
- Annex D Mapping to other systems
- Annex E Worked examples
- Annex F Figures
- Annex G Revision history and contributors