What DTRF is, and what it isn't.

DTRF organises transition-readiness reference content — outcome domains, readiness indicators, and developmental stages — into a single browsable framework. It is intended as a shared reference: a compass that planners, families, and educators can consult while other modules carry the operational load.

• Not a diagnostic system.
• Not a competency certification framework.
• Not an eligibility determination system.
• Not a mandatory standards framework.

This module is deliberately standalone. The following are out of scope right now:

• Automated recommendations
• Assessment instrument mappings
• Goal generators
• Learning recommendations
• AI suggestions
• Progress scoring
• Readiness scoring

These relationships will be designed in subsequent phases, in separate modules that may read DTRF as reference data.

The framework exposes four entities:

• Outcome domain — id, code, name, description.
• Readiness indicator — id, code, name, description.
• Developmental stage — id, code, name, age range, description, primary focus, sample indicators.
• Developmental indicator — id, stage, readiness indicator, description (what a given readiness indicator looks like at a given stage).

Beneficiaries enter the broader transition platform at different ages. DTRF supports this: any stage is a valid starting reference. Pre-16 stages are supportive guidance; the formal transition age (16+) is where policy-driven targets typically apply, owned by other modules.

DTRF v0.1. Future revisions may extend the indicator descriptors per stage and add locale-specific reference notes, while preserving the codes (O1–O4, R1–R8, S1–S6) as stable identifiers for downstream modules.