Audience

Field index

$schema

Type: const · Required · Default: —

Identifies this record as an audience in the openpresentation.org catalog.

{
  "$schema": "https://openpresentation.org/schema/opf-audience/v1"
}

id

Type: string · Required · Default: — · Pattern: ^[a-z][a-z0-9-]*$

Stable slug used by OPF documents to reference this audience via audience. Lowercase kebab-case.

{
  "id": "executives"
}

name

Type: string · Required · Default: —

Human-readable audience name shown in pickers.

{
  "name": "Executives"
}

summary

Type: string · Optional · Default: —

One-sentence positioning of the audience — who they are and what they care about.

{
  "summary": "Senior leaders who need the recommendation up front, the evidence behind it, and the ask."
}

description

Type: string · Optional · Default: —

Longer prose describing the audience archetype and how to address them.

{
  "description": "Executives are time-poor and decision-oriented. Lead with the recommendation, support it with three claims and one number per claim, and end with a clear ask. Avoid drilling into mechanisms unless invited; offer to follow up rather than including everything in the deck."
}

seniority

Type: enum · Optional · Default: —

Typical seniority level of the audience. Engines use this as a hint for default depth and pacing.

{
  "seniority": "ic"
}

technicalFluency

Type: enum · Optional · Default: —

Typical technical fluency of the audience. AI generation uses this to decide whether to expand or assume technical terminology.

{
  "technicalFluency": "low"
}

decisionPower

Type: enum · Optional · Default: —

Whether the audience is expected to be informed, to advise, or to actually decide. Shapes the strength of the closing ask.

{
  "decisionPower": "informational"
}

attentionBudgetMinutes

Type: number · Optional · Default: —

Realistic upper bound on this audience's focused attention for a single presentation, in minutes. Used as a hint when comparing against duration and the resolved narrative's durationRange.

{
  "attentionBudgetMinutes": 1
}

recommendedNarratives

Type: array<string> · Optional · Default: —

Soft cross-link: narrative-catalog ids that work well for this audience. Used by picker UIs to suggest narratives once an audience is chosen. Validators warn on unknown ids; never error.

{
  "recommendedNarratives": [
    "scqa",
    "board-meeting",
    "qbr"
  ]
}

recommendedTones

Type: array<string> · Optional · Default: —

Soft cross-link: tone-catalog ids that work well for this audience.

{
  "recommendedTones": [
    "formal",
    "authoritative"
  ]
}

tags

Type: array<string> · Optional · Default: —

Free-form labels for filtering and search.

{
  "tags": [
    "leadership",
    "external"
  ]
}

preview

Type: object · Optional · Default: —

Visual previews of the record, used by picker UIs and inline rendering. All sub-fields are optional.

{
  "preview": {}
}