I've taken account of a lot of what has been said and created a web page at
http://belariath.com/empire/relationships.html
This is intended to be more of an overview than anything and will eventually form a part of a new section I want to add to the site, covering the social aspects of life in this world. Something that will make it easier for newer players to get a feel for the world without needing to read the entire web site and something that also reminds more established players of how their characters would be expected to think and act too.
It's all very well to play the rebel against convention in order to stand out but people should at least have a fairly clear idea what those conventions are, to have some sort of cohesive baseline.
So while this page covers the important aspects of different types of relationships, more of the technical details should be looked to be added to the sections relating to temples and the ISA.
With that in mind I see the following needs to be done:
Ideally, in providing background information to players the web site would gain:
1. A section on the social norms of life on Belariath, which gives players a quick reference to what is expected not only relating to slaves in public but also to concepts such as personal honor, with this document forming one of those pages
2. Kaytoo's work within the slavery topic suggested to me the basis of a personal contract between a slave and owner rather than imperial policy. Perhaps a pick and match set of expectations that players can use IC or OOC to make sure they understand the direction and limitations of their future roleplay when a character is collared. The resulting contract between them could be used both to avoid any misunderstandings about expectations and also as a hint guide to those who are somewhat inexperienced and would like some sense of direction in what training they should undertake.
In procedural aspects the following needs to be achieved:
1. ISA pages and forums will need editing to cover concubine registration and decollaring
2. Ehl to work on the database aspects needed to bring in the new recording of concubines as she is able
3. Tawny's work to be commented and ratified into an addition to the ISA pages as a definitive list of actions by slaves which will attract imperial response to both slave and owner.
4. Ideas for a quest to introduce concubinage to run whilst the changes are being made
5. Once everything is in place, an intial grace period when existing slaves can change to concubine if they wish and of course, new concubines can be created.