But it also seemingly states

"The term does not cover composed popular music that has been taken over ready-made by a community and remains unchanged, for it is the re-fashioning and re-creation of the music by the community that gives it its folk character."

So what I was pointing out is that the Scottish folk community as a whole regards brand new compositions by Scottish singer songwriters as Trad when the said works have not been refashioned and recreated by the community over time? I take it what makes qualify is if it is mostly acoustic and might have a wee bit fiddle or something in the background. In other words it sounds kind of folky so it is regarded as Trad! The short list for this years composers is based on recent compositions. They are in line for trad awards now - not in years to come when the compositions have been refashioned.