"The protocol that connects every health system on earth." Version 0.2 — Specification Draft Published by the Ambrósio Institute · ambrosioinstitute.org · biologicalsovereigntyprotocol.com
The Biological Sovereignty Protocol (BSP) is an open standard that defines a universal language for exchanging health and longevity data.
BSP enables any wearable device, laboratory system, health platform, telemedicine service, or artificial intelligence engine to communicate using a shared, structured, and interoperable protocol.
The BSP is the language. The AVA is the intelligence that speaks it.
The BSP defines the protocol, not the intelligence. Any system in the world can implement the BSP. Only Ambrósio holds the AVA.
A patient's blood test from Laboratory A cannot be read by Platform B. A longevity protocol designed by a physician in São Paulo cannot be automatically executed by a telemedicine platform in Tokyo. Every health company builds proprietary silos — and patients pay the price.
Individuals do not hold sovereignty over their own biological data. Health data is owned by hospitals, insurance companies, and technology platforms — not by the person to whom it belongs.
Artificial intelligence has the potential to transform medicine — but only if it has access to structured, standardized, high-quality biological data. Today, most health data is unstructured, inconsistent, and trapped in proprietary formats.
| Principle | Description |
|---|---|
| Openness | The protocol specification is fully open. Any individual, company, or institution may implement BSP without licensing fees or permission. |
| Neutrality | BSP does not favor any algorithm, scoring system, or health philosophy. It is a neutral transport layer for biological data. |
| Sovereignty | Every BSP record belongs to a biological entity — a human being. Implementations must support individual data ownership as a first-class right. |
| Extensibility | The protocol is versioned and extensible. New biomarkers and data types can be added without breaking backward compatibility. |
| Intelligence Agnosticism | BSP defines how data is structured in transit — not what conclusions to draw from it. Intelligence layers such as AVA operate above the protocol, not inside it. |
| Biological Completeness | The biomarker taxonomy covers the complete spectrum of human biology. Any measurement a laboratory can perform has a BSP code. |
| Permanence | Biological data is permanent by design. Built on Arweave, BSP records cannot be deleted, altered, or lost. |
BSP operates in three layers:
| Layer | Name | Responsibility |
|---|---|---|
| BSP-Identity | Biological Identity | Defines the sovereign biological identity object — the BEO — lifelong carrier of a person's health data |
| BSP-Data | Biological Data Schema | Defines the structure of all biological measurements and biomarker records |
| BSP-Exchange | Communication Protocol | Defines how systems request and respond with biological data |
bsp-spec/
├── spec/
│ ├── overview.md # Architecture — the three layers
│ ├── beo.md # Biological Entity Object — complete specification
│ ├── ieo.md # Institutional Entity Object
│ ├── biorecord.md # BioRecord format, fields, and validation
│ ├── exchange.md # Exchange Protocol — request/response
│ ├── bsp-domain.md # .bsp domain system
│ ├── governance.md # Governance model and BIP process
│ └── taxonomy/
│ ├── level-1-core.md # 9 categories — advanced longevity biomarkers
│ ├── level-2-standard.md # 9 categories — routine laboratory biomarkers
│ ├── level-3-extended.md # 6 categories — specialized biomarkers
│ └── level-4-device.md # 1 category — continuous wearable data
├── bip/ # BSP Improvement Proposals
│ └── BIP-0000-template.md
├── examples/ # BioRecords and BEOs as JSON examples
│ ├── beo-example.json
│ └── biorecord-example.json
└── LICENSE # Creative Commons CC BY 4.0
Already understand the spec and want to build? Skip straight to the step-by-step guides:
| Guide | Who it's for |
|---|---|
| Implementation Guide | App developers, institution integrators, and protocol operators |
| Relayer Specification | Anyone running a BSP relayer — interface, trust model, and policies |
The guide covers three paths:
- User App Developer — build an app where users create their BSP identity
- Institution (IEO) Developer — receive BSP-authorized health data as a lab or clinic
- Protocol Integrator — run your own BSP node and relayer
It includes working code snippets and a Common Pitfalls section.
- Read
spec/overview.md— understand the three layers - Read
spec/beo.md— understand the sovereign identity object - Read
spec/biorecord.md— understand the data format - Browse
spec/taxonomy/— find the biomarker codes for your use case - Check
examples/— working JSON examples
Install an official SDK:
# TypeScript / JavaScript
npm install bsp-sdk
# Python
pip install bsp-sdk→ SDK repositories: bsp-sdk-typescript · bsp-sdk-python
BSP defines the most comprehensive open biomarker taxonomy ever codified — covering the complete spectrum of measurable human biology.
| Level | Coverage | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| L1 — Core | Advanced longevity and biological aging biomarkers | 9 |
| L2 — Standard | Routine laboratory biomarkers performed worldwide | 9 |
| L3 — Extended | Specialized clinical and research biomarkers | 6 |
| L4 — Device | Continuous biometric data from wearable devices | 1 |
Full taxonomy: spec/taxonomy/
BSP is governed through an open improvement process. To propose changes to the specification:
- Read
spec/governance.md - Use the BIP template at
bip/BIP-0000-template.md - Open a Pull Request
The Ambrósio Institute reviews all BIPs. Protocol changes require community discussion and multi-signature approval.
This specification is published under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).
Any individual, company, or institution may implement the BSP, build on it, or distribute it — without licensing fees or permission requirements.
The protocol belongs to the world. The intelligence belongs to Ambrósio. The sovereignty belongs to the individual.
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