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+title: Roadmap & Planning
+---
+
+This document outlines the strategic direction, milestones, and organizational structure for the OXA (Open Exchange Architecture) project.
+
+## Project Vision
+
+OXA aims to become the standard specification for representing scientific documents and their components as structured JSON objects, enabling seamless exchange, interoperability, and long-term preservation of scientific knowledge.
+
+## Strategic Goals
+
+1. **Schema Maturity**: Develop and stabilize core OXA schemas for common scientific document components
+2. **Ecosystem Adoption**: Foster adoption across major authoring tools (Stencila, MyST, Quarto) and publishing systems
+3. **Interoperability**: Enable conversion between OXA and other formats (JATS, Markdown variants, etc.)
+4. **Community Growth**: Build a vibrant community of contributors, implementers, and users
+5. **Standards Alignment**: Align with and contribute to relevant open science standards and initiatives
+
+## Current Focus Areas
+
+### Phase 1: Core Schema Development (Current)
+
+- **Setup Technical Infrastructure**: Build out the technical infrastructure
+- **Setup RFC and Community Processes**: Build out the community infrastructure
+- **Document Structure**: Core document, section, and paragraph schemas
+- **Basic Content**: Text, emphasis, strong, links, and other inline elements
+- **Metadata**: Authors, affiliations, funding, licenses
+- **Math and Code**: Mathematical expressions and code blocks
+- **Citations and References**: Mathematical expressions and code blocks
+- **Figures and Media**: Panels, images, tables, and other media elements
+
+Goals:
+
+- Complete core schema development
+- Release v0.1.0 of core schemas
+- Release language-specific type packages
+- Release initial CLI with documentation
+- Publish initial specification documentation
+- Begin RFC process
+- Establish community meeting schedule
+
+### Phase 2: Extended Content Types (Planned)
+
+- **Executable Components**: Notebooks, interactive figures, reproducible code
+- **Cross-references**: Citations, references, and document linking
+- **Modular Documents**: Parts, components, and reusable elements
+- **Versioning**: Document versioning and provenance tracking
+- **Bundling/Container**: Container level information for complete research packages
+
+Goals:
+
+- Extended content type development
+- Expand community engagement
+- Develop conversion tools for major formats
+- Begin tool integration discussions
+
+### Phase 3: Tool Integration (Planned)
+
+- **Converters**: Bidirectional conversion tools for major formats
+- **Validators**: Schema validation tools and libraries
+- **Publishers**: Publishing pipeline integration
+
+Goals:
+
+- Tool integration partnerships
+- Repository integration partnerships
+- Standards alignment activities
+- Community growth initiatives
+
+## Review and Updates
+
+This planning document is a living document and should be reviewed and updated:
+
+- Quarterly by the Steering Council
+- After major milestones or changes in direction
+- Based on community feedback and evolving needs
+
+---
+
+_Last updated: 2026-01-01_
+_Next review: 2026-03-01_