I study how rights, incentives, and system architecture can be represented more clearly through standards-style models, schemas, and protocol-oriented design.
This repository contains my RFC-style documents, schema drafts, examples, and reference artifacts.
The work is early-stage, exploratory, and published with transparent versioning.
USG is an emerging protocol for representing sports broadcast rights as structured, interoperable data.
- Blueprint Whitepaper (DOI-backed)
- RFC 0001 — The Universal Sports Graph
Defines the rights graph, entitlement model, and neutral clearinghouse concept. - RFC 0002 — USG Entitlement Token Profile
Standards-track definition of tokenized access: required claims, validation rules, and interoperability properties.
- Event schema
- Entitlement token schema
- Settlement record schema
- Early diagrams (stack, flows, validation)
- Additional RFCs (0003+)
- Registry layer concepts
- Reference implementation sketches
- Expanded governance and audit models
Repo: https://github.com/SJellen/protocols
A catalog of whitepapers exploring rights structures, incentives, and system design across selected sectors.
Highlights include:
- The Universal Sports Graph — Blueprint Edition
- The Sports Spin-Off
- The Content Layer
- The Shadow Subscription
Full archive: https://scottjellen.com/whitepapers
Concise summaries derived from larger research artifacts — intended to clarify structure, incentives, or implementation patterns.
Archive: https://scottjellen.com/briefs
Lightweight builds used for experimentation and interface testing.
- Media Tracker (React)
- Screening
- Harvard Art Explorer
- clarity over scale
- versioning over polish
- publish early, refine over time
- treat systems as structures: rights → access → incentives → outcomes
For questions or research discussion:
https://scottjellen.com/contact
Portfolio: https://scottjellen.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sjellen/