I like your rules a lot but agree that they are more general guidelines and that a BDSM relationship is dead in the water withour respect, communication and honesty; there's just no point from what I can see. I would like to see some specifics in there as well though if they are going to be rules for the submissive to follow, perhaps the communication rules could be that they will always let their dom know their schedule by e-mail first thing in the morning or the night before, with other required pieces of information that the Dom may want to give instructions on. Just an example but I agree, they are more general abstract goals than 'rules'.

Good luck. x