diff --git a/schemes/README.md b/schemes/README.md
index b870e71..962c715 100644
--- a/schemes/README.md
+++ b/schemes/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@ A **scheme** is a concrete data-labelling or tool-annotation approach that fills
 the [`trust-annotations`](../specification/draft/trust-annotations.mdx)
 `evidenceRef` slot under an `evidenceRef.type` value. The extension defines a
 small, stable wire vocabulary and an open `type` pointer; a scheme defines the
-richer, out-of-band record that pointer resolves to.
+richer, out-of-band record that pointer resolves to. The wire vocabulary (notably
+`sensitive`) is a lowest-common-denominator floor every client can act on;
+schemes refine it for hosts that implement them, and a server that can classify
+more precisely is encouraged to emit **both** the floor and a scheme record.
 
 Schemes are **not** extensions and **not** siblings of the extensions. They are
 interchangeable: a deployment can adopt one, several, or none, and can swap them
diff --git a/schemes/data-class.md b/schemes/data-class.md
index 74bf932..b59407c 100644
--- a/schemes/data-class.md
+++ b/schemes/data-class.md
@@ -94,7 +94,9 @@ The record is a JSON object. Shapes below are **open questions**, not settled:
 A client that does not implement `data-class.v1` ignores the record and relies on
 the `trust-annotations` `sensitive` boolean, which remains meaningful on its own.
 The scheme only ever *refines* the boolean; it never contradicts it (a
-`data-class.v1` record only appears where `sensitive` is already `true`).
+`data-class.v1` record only appears where `sensitive` is already `true`). Because
+the boolean is the lowest-common-denominator floor, a producer of this scheme
+SHOULD emit **both** the boolean and the record, never the record alone.
 
 ## Producer / consumer
 
@@ -119,5 +121,5 @@ The scheme only ever *refines* the boolean; it never contradicts it (a
 
 ## Changelog
 
-- **2026-06-17** — Initial skeleton. Payload shapes are candidates pending the
+- **2026-06-16** — Initial skeleton. Payload shapes are candidates pending the
   open questions above.