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DAP Standard

Six layers. A common language.

Describe every holding, from securities to traded compute, in one vocabulary.

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2026.2 / Published

DAP Standard

Six layers. A common language.

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A frontier model developer, closed, worked example 3 in the Standard, classified through the six layers: domain, segment, asset form, geography, themes, and risk, governance and policy tags. Each layer is drawn as its full list of options, with the entity's options marked.
Domain16Segment223Form41GeographyThemes18Risk25

In numbers

The whole map, at a glance.

Layers
6
Entity types
8
Domains
16
Sectors
63
Segments
223
Asset forms
41
Themes
18
Risk, governance, policy tags
25

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Segments by domain

223 segments across 16 domains

  1. Capital, risk and financial intermediation7 sectors28
  2. Artificial intelligence and cognitive systems6 sectors24
  3. Digital asset and protocol economy6 sectors23
  4. Primary resources and extraction6 sectors20
  5. Materials and industrial transformation4 sectors17
  6. Energy systems and power4 sectors12
  7. Built environment and real assets3 sectors11
  8. Consumer provisioning3 sectors11
  9. Health and life systems3 sectors11
  10. Software and digital services3 sectors11
  11. Bioeconomy and synthetic systems3 sectors10
  12. Data and information assets3 sectors10
  13. Networks and movement3 sectors9
  14. Environmental and planetary markets3 sectors9
  15. Public, civic and sovereign3 sectors9
  16. Frontier, space and orbital3 sectors8
View as table
223 segments across 16 domains
DomainSegments
Capital, risk and financial intermediation, 7 sectors28
Artificial intelligence and cognitive systems, 6 sectors24
Digital asset and protocol economy, 6 sectors23
Primary resources and extraction, 6 sectors20
Materials and industrial transformation, 4 sectors17
Energy systems and power, 4 sectors12
Built environment and real assets, 3 sectors11
Consumer provisioning, 3 sectors11
Health and life systems, 3 sectors11
Software and digital services, 3 sectors11
Bioeconomy and synthetic systems, 3 sectors10
Data and information assets, 3 sectors10
Networks and movement, 3 sectors9
Environmental and planetary markets, 3 sectors9
Public, civic and sovereign, 3 sectors9
Frontier, space and orbital, 3 sectors8

Source: the DAP Standard 2026.2 taxonomy file, published 28 August 2026.

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