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Selected Reference Architecture

The Technical and Evidence Annex provides the chapter-level citation map, calculation notes, source register, and publication links.

Technical and Evidence Annex

The evidence base is organised across six connected source families

  1. Diplomatic law and institutional mandate

    International legal foundations, diplomatic functions, mandates, and institutional responsibilities.

  2. Global public-sector data and governance evidence

    Comparative datasets, digital-government research, institutional governance, trust, infrastructure, and implementation evidence.

  3. AI governance, ethics, and safety

    International principles, safety research, adoption evidence, and institutional safeguards for AI-supported work.

  4. Crisis communication, information integrity, and institutional response

    Crisis operating guidance, strategic communication, information manipulation, verification, and response arrangements.

  5. National strategies, ministry roles, and operating practice

    Foreign-ministry structures, national digital and AI strategies, published roles, programmes, and implementation signals.

  6. Research and Diplomats.Digital analytical assets

    Peer-reviewed and expert research, DD frameworks, country profiles, methodologies, and institutional tools.

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Principal sources for this section

Evidence and citation record

Source IDs follow the Technical and Evidence Annex citation map. Conceptual models developed by Diplomats.Digital are analytical propositions, not externally validated standards.

  1. United Nations1961
    Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations (1961)

    Cited in this section as S01 in the Technical and Evidence Annex citation map.

  2. World Bank2025
    GovTech Dataset metadata — December 2025 edition

    Cited in this section as S02 in the Technical and Evidence Annex citation map.

  3. World Bank2025
    GovTech Maturity Index 2025 country-level dataset

    Cited in this section as S03 in the Technical and Evidence Annex citation map.

  4. World Bank2025
    GovTech Maturity Index 2025 update / report record

    Cited in this section as S04 in the Technical and Evidence Annex citation map.

  5. OECD2026
    Digital Government Outlook 2026

    Cited in this section as S05 in the Technical and Evidence Annex citation map.

  6. European External Action Service
    4th EEAS Report on Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference Threats

    Cited in this section as S06 in the Technical and Evidence Annex citation map.

  7. UNESCO
    Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence

    Cited in this section as S07 in the Technical and Evidence Annex citation map.

  8. Source2026
    International AI Safety Report 2026

    Cited in this section as S08 in the Technical and Evidence Annex citation map.

  9. Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI2026
    AI Index Report 2026

    Cited in this section as S09 in the Technical and Evidence Annex citation map.

  10. United Nations
    Global Digital Compact

    Cited in this section as S10 in the Technical and Evidence Annex citation map.

  11. UK Parliament
    Science diplomacy: Sovereignty — strategy — and the global race

    Cited in this section as S11 in the Technical and Evidence Annex citation map.

  12. UK Government Communication Service
    Crisis communication guidance

    Cited in this section as S12 in the Technical and Evidence Annex citation map.

  13. UK Government Communication Service
    Crisis communications planning guide (STOP)

    Cited in this section as S13 in the Technical and Evidence Annex citation map.

  14. UK Government Communication Service
    Crisis communications operating model

    Cited in this section as S14 in the Technical and Evidence Annex citation map.

  15. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark
    Office of Denmark's Tech Ambassador

    Cited in this section as S15 in the Technical and Evidence Annex citation map.

  16. Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
    Digital and Cyber Diplomacy

    Cited in this section as S16 in the Technical and Evidence Annex citation map.

  17. Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    Ambassador for Cyber Affairs and Critical Technology

    Cited in this section as S17 in the Technical and Evidence Annex citation map.

  18. United States Department of State
    Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy

    Cited in this section as S18 in the Technical and Evidence Annex citation map.

  19. Diplomats.Digital
    Digital Diplomacy Capability Framework

    Cited in this section as S19 in the Technical and Evidence Annex citation map.

  20. Diplomats.Digital
    Digital Diplomacy Operating Framework

    Cited in this section as S20 in the Technical and Evidence Annex citation map.

  21. Diplomats.Digital
    Country Profiles and knowledge areas

    Cited in this section as S21 in the Technical and Evidence Annex citation map.

  22. Diplomats.Digital
    United Kingdom Digital Diplomacy Capability Profile

    Cited in this section as S22 in the Technical and Evidence Annex citation map.

  23. Diplomats.Digital
    France Digital Diplomacy Capability Profile

    Cited in this section as S23 in the Technical and Evidence Annex citation map.

  24. Diplomats.Digital
    Estonia Digital Diplomacy Capability Profile

    Cited in this section as S24 in the Technical and Evidence Annex citation map.

  25. Diplomats.Digital
    Singapore Digital Diplomacy Capability Profile

    Cited in this section as S25 in the Technical and Evidence Annex citation map.

  26. Diplomats.Digital
    Qatar Digital Diplomacy Capability Profile

    Cited in this section as S26 in the Technical and Evidence Annex citation map.

  27. Diplomats.Digital
    India Digital Diplomacy Capability Profile

    Cited in this section as S27 in the Technical and Evidence Annex citation map.

  28. Diplomats.Digital
    Japan Digital Diplomacy Capability Profile

    Cited in this section as S28 in the Technical and Evidence Annex citation map.

  29. Diplomats.Digital
    United Arab Emirates Digital Diplomacy Capability Profile

    Cited in this section as S29 in the Technical and Evidence Annex citation map.

  30. Diplomats.Digital
    Canada Digital Diplomacy Capability Profile

    Cited in this section as S30 in the Technical and Evidence Annex citation map.

  31. Creative Commons
    Licence overview

    Cited in this section as S31 in the Technical and Evidence Annex citation map.

  32. Creative Commons
    CC BY 4.0

    Cited in this section as S32 in the Technical and Evidence Annex citation map.

  33. Creative Commons
    CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

    Cited in this section as S33 in the Technical and Evidence Annex citation map.

  34. Creative Commons
    CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

    Cited in this section as S34 in the Technical and Evidence Annex citation map.

  35. Diplomats.Digital
    Building Sovereign Diplomatic Capabilities / Retained Authority Test

    Cited in this section as S35 in the Technical and Evidence Annex citation map.

  36. Diplomats.Digital
    Resources and institutional tools

    Cited in this section as S36 in the Technical and Evidence Annex citation map.

  37. Diplomats.Digital
    What Is Digital Diplomacy?

    Cited in this section as S37 in the Technical and Evidence Annex citation map.

  38. Diplomats.Digital
    Why Digital Diplomacy Needs a Map Now

    Cited in this section as S38 in the Technical and Evidence Annex citation map.

Source status: Citation records and publication links were checked for Edition 1.0 at publication. Subsequent corrections are recorded through the version history.

Suggested citation

Diplomats.Digital (2026). State of Digital Diplomacy 2026: From Communication to Capability. Edition 1.0. Section: Selected Reference Architecture.