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Become a TrustMarc development partner.

We’re inviting 10–12 founding partners from across the scholarly and professional information ecosystem. This isn’t an early-adopter programme — it’s a founding role: partners help design the standard and the workflow, not just implement it, and are among the first to put TrustMarcs to work on their own content.

Become a development partner

Let’s start a conversation.

We have space for 10–12 development partners. If your organisation creates, curates, or relies on trusted content — and you want to help shape the infrastructure that makes trust visible — we’d like to hear from you. The first step is a conversation and a private demonstration of the proof of concept. We’re aiming to confirm our founding cohort by August 2026.

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What partnering looks like

What partnering involves.

See the proof of concept

A private demonstration of the 350,000 items in the proof of concept, followed by a conversation about your use case and fit.

Shape the workflow

If selected, work with us to design the connection between your CMS and the TrustMarc system for your sector.

First content at beta

Your content will be among the first to carry TrustMarcs when the beta launches at Charleston in November 2026.

A platform to tell the story

With your permission, we’ll celebrate your involvement publicly — and we hope you’ll become an ambassador in your own communities.

Who we’re looking for

Partners from across the information ecosystem.

Not just one sector — the standard will only work if it’s designed with diverse workflows in mind from the start.

University librariesPublishersThink tanksInstitutional repositoriesIGOs & NGOsDiscovery servicesLearned societiesFundersStandards bodies
The commitment

What it involves.

A few remote working sessions between now and November.
Prototyping a TrustMarc workflow in your own environment, with our support.
Sharing feedback on the standard, the workflow, and the certificate design.
Joining us — if you’re able — at the Charleston Conference in November for the beta launch.
The TrustMarc Initiative

An open trust layer that makes credible content visible and verifiable wherever it appears — for people and machines.

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