# Governance **URL:** https://forum.openreferral.org/c/governance/9.md [Latest](https://forum.openreferral.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.openreferral.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.openreferral.org/tags.md) --- ## [About the Governance category](https://forum.openreferral.org/t/about-the-governance-category/30)
**Author:** [@MikeThacker-iStandUK](https://forum.openreferral.org/u/MikeThacker-iStandUK)\ **Replies:** 0
How Open Referral is governed, working groups and funding internationally and in individual countries. --- ## [Notification of PATCH Updates: bugfixes to normative documentation](https://forum.openreferral.org/t/notification-of-patch-updates-bugfixes-to-normative-documentation/866)
**Author:** [@mrshll](https://forum.openreferral.org/u/mrshll)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2026, 8:35am UTC](https://forum.openreferral.org/t/notification-of-patch-updates-bugfixes-to-normative-documentation/866 "2026-09-09T08:35:37Z")
I have staged a PR which makes some bugfixes to the HSDS Documentation site. Because some of these changes touch normative pages, it requires a PATCH update. The changes consist of updating the version string – used for… --- ## [Forming a Technical Committee](https://forum.openreferral.org/t/forming-a-technical-committee/517)
**Author:** [@bloom](https://forum.openreferral.org/u/bloom)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2026, 7:43pm UTC](https://forum.openreferral.org/t/forming-a-technical-committee/517 "2026-09-02T19:43:45Z")
Now that we’ve upgraded our governance model, it’s time to prepare to form the Technical Committee. I’ve produced a draft of a description of the Committee here, pulling material from our governance proposal(s), and fil… --- ## [Action: Approval for HSDS 3.3](https://forum.openreferral.org/t/action-approval-for-hsds-3-3/855)
**Author:** [@mrshll](https://forum.openreferral.org/u/mrshll)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2026, 9:59am UTC](https://forum.openreferral.org/t/action-approval-for-hsds-3-3/855 "2026-08-19T09:59:38Z")
Following the committee’s decision to approve two proposals on 2026-07-16, I have implemented these in a staging branch and raised a pull request to merge them into the new 3.3-dev branch. There is an accompanying docs b… --- ## [Proposal: API Field for Linking to Data Guides](https://forum.openreferral.org/t/proposal-api-field-for-linking-to-data-guides/734)
**Author:** [@mrshll](https://forum.openreferral.org/u/mrshll)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2026, 4:59pm UTC](https://forum.openreferral.org/t/proposal-api-field-for-linking-to-data-guides/734 "2026-07-16T16:59:57Z")
Ahead of the Standing Technical Meeting scheduled for 2025-09-10, the authors would like to submit this proposal for consideration by the committee: Proposal: API Field for Linking to Data Guides --- ## [Survey on Documentation priorities for the Technical Committee](https://forum.openreferral.org/t/survey-on-documentation-priorities-for-the-technical-committee/847)
**Author:** [@bloom](https://forum.openreferral.org/u/bloom)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2026, 4:30pm UTC](https://forum.openreferral.org/t/survey-on-documentation-priorities-for-the-technical-committee/847 "2026-07-06T16:30:52Z")
Hi @TechnicalCommittee , we created a poll on the list of possible documentation topics, please help us test this poll and start gathering your input by filling it out before the next Committee meeting. See the poll here… --- ## [Notification of PATCH updates: bugfixes to the openapi.json file](https://forum.openreferral.org/t/notification-of-patch-updates-bugfixes-to-the-openapi-json-file/796)
**Author:** [@mrshll](https://forum.openreferral.org/u/mrshll)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2026, 9:53am UTC](https://forum.openreferral.org/t/notification-of-patch-updates-bugfixes-to-the-openapi-json-file/796 "2026-03-18T09:53:27Z")
Hi all, @jeffc has submitted some important bugfixes to the specification repo, which I have checked and deemed appropriate. As per the PATCH process, I am informing the committee here so that any objections can be rais… --- ## [Removal of the postgres database schema](https://forum.openreferral.org/t/removal-of-the-postgres-database-schema/792)
**Author:** [@mrshll](https://forum.openreferral.org/u/mrshll)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2026, 2:04pm UTC](https://forum.openreferral.org/t/removal-of-the-postgres-database-schema/792 "2026-03-06T14:04:47Z")
In the 2026-02-12 Standing Technical Committee Meeting, we discussed and agreed the need to remove the auto-generated and bugged postgres and mysql database schemas. I have staged a Pull Request which embodies this. St… --- ## [Notification of PATCH updates: openapi.json file](https://forum.openreferral.org/t/notification-of-patch-updates-openapi-json-file/784)
**Author:** [@mrshll](https://forum.openreferral.org/u/mrshll)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2026, 11:36am UTC](https://forum.openreferral.org/t/notification-of-patch-updates-openapi-json-file/784 "2026-02-20T11:36:50Z")
Hi all, I have prepared two PATCHes for HSDS which I intend to merge after 7 days if I do not receive any objections. These PATCHes each fix the problem that the openapi.json file, which encodes the API Specification, … --- ## [Notification of PATCH Update: bugfix for openapi.json file](https://forum.openreferral.org/t/notification-of-patch-update-bugfix-for-openapi-json-file/778)
**Author:** [@mrshll](https://forum.openreferral.org/u/mrshll)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2026, 8:55am UTC](https://forum.openreferral.org/t/notification-of-patch-update-bugfix-for-openapi-json-file/778 "2026-01-16T08:55:30Z")
As per the PATCH Process defined in the Specification Governance, I am posting to notify the committee of an upcoming PATCH-level change to the HSDS Standard. This PATCH represents a small one-line bugfix — and associat… --- ## [Action: Approval for the release of HSDS 3.2](https://forum.openreferral.org/t/action-approval-for-the-release-of-hsds-3-2/739)
**Author:** [@mrshll](https://forum.openreferral.org/u/mrshll)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2025, 7:20pm UTC](https://forum.openreferral.org/t/action-approval-for-the-release-of-hsds-3-2/739 "2025-10-16T19:20:39Z")
Following the committee’s decision to approve a number of proposals on 2025-09-10, I have implemented the proposals and integrated them into a development branch called 3.2-dev on Github, which is now available for revie… --- ## [Notification of PATCH: Update simple/schema.csv](https://forum.openreferral.org/t/notification-of-patch-update-simple-schema-csv/738)
**Author:** [@mrshll](https://forum.openreferral.org/u/mrshll)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2025, 7:23am UTC](https://forum.openreferral.org/t/notification-of-patch-update-simple-schema-csv/738 "2025-09-17T07:23:10Z")
Hi all, As per the PATCH Process I am writing this forum post to notify the Community of my intention to issue a PATCH upgrade to the specification repo if there are no objections. #562 PATCH: update simple/schema.csv … --- ## [Proposal: Marking OpenAPI Endpoints With Tags To Match The HSDS API Specification](https://forum.openreferral.org/t/proposal-marking-openapi-endpoints-with-tags-to-match-the-hsds-api-specification/735)
**Author:** [@mrshll](https://forum.openreferral.org/u/mrshll)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2025, 7:07am UTC](https://forum.openreferral.org/t/proposal-marking-openapi-endpoints-with-tags-to-match-the-hsds-api-specification/735 "2025-09-09T07:07:49Z")
Ahead of the Standing Technical Meeting scheduled for 2025-09-10, the authors would like to submit this proposal for consideration by the committee: Proposal: Marking OpenAPI Endpoints With Tags To Match The HSDS API S… --- ## [Proposal: Extra Metadata with API Feeds](https://forum.openreferral.org/t/proposal-extra-metadata-with-api-feeds/733)
**Author:** [@mrshll](https://forum.openreferral.org/u/mrshll)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2025, 7:04am UTC](https://forum.openreferral.org/t/proposal-extra-metadata-with-api-feeds/733 "2025-09-09T07:04:20Z")
Ahead of the Standing Technical Meeting scheduled for 2025-09-10, the authors would like to submit this proposal for consideration by the committee: Proposal: Extra metadata with API feeds This is a formal resubmissio… --- ## [Proposal for 3.2 - Extra metadata with API feeds](https://forum.openreferral.org/t/proposal-for-3-2-extra-metadata-with-api-feeds/616)
**Author:** [@kathrynods](https://forum.openreferral.org/u/kathrynods)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2025, 12:59pm UTC](https://forum.openreferral.org/t/proposal-for-3-2-extra-metadata-with-api-feeds/616 "2025-06-04T12:59:22Z")
I’d like to submit this proposal for consideration by the committee. This would be included in version 3.2 of HSDS. Extra metadata with API feeds --- ## [Approving 3.1 Proposals](https://forum.openreferral.org/t/approving-3-1-proposals/561)
**Author:** [@Dan-ODS](https://forum.openreferral.org/u/Dan-ODS)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2024, 9:49pm UTC](https://forum.openreferral.org/t/approving-3-1-proposals/561 "2024-12-05T21:49:47Z")
Hi @bloom @MikeThacker @klambacher @SarahP @devin @skyleryoung, Please review each proposal and indicate whether you approve via the poll below. We’d appreciate responses by the end of next week (20th September) to allo… --- ## [Proposal: Upgrading the HSDS Governance model](https://forum.openreferral.org/t/proposal-upgrading-the-hsds-governance-model/494)
**Author:** [@bloom](https://forum.openreferral.org/u/bloom)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2024, 8:00am UTC](https://forum.openreferral.org/t/proposal-upgrading-the-hsds-governance-model/494 "2024-11-09T08:00:21Z")
Thanks to @devin and @mrshll, we’ve assembled a proposed upgrade to the governance model for HSDS in this document here. The document contains a set of defined roles, a proposal for a new standing committee to oversee d… --- ## [Drafting the Technical Committee charter](https://forum.openreferral.org/t/drafting-the-technical-committee-charter/545)
**Author:** [@bloom](https://forum.openreferral.org/u/bloom)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2024, 11:10pm UTC](https://forum.openreferral.org/t/drafting-the-technical-committee-charter/545 "2024-10-10T23:10:21Z")
Hi folks – I’ve pulled together this starting point for a charter for the Technical Committee. All of the content in there has come from elsewhere. There are three sections that I expect will need to be developed from s… --- ## [Proposals for HSDS 3.1](https://forum.openreferral.org/t/proposals-for-hsds-3-1/558)
**Author:** [@mrshll](https://forum.openreferral.org/u/mrshll)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2024, 7:15am UTC](https://forum.openreferral.org/t/proposals-for-hsds-3-1/558 "2024-09-06T07:15:56Z")
Hi technical committee, We’ve requested this on the agenda for the next meeting but since we currently lack a formal process for submitting a proposal to the committee I thought I’d trial a forum post; my reasoning bein… --- ## [Rebuilding our Project Documentation](https://forum.openreferral.org/t/rebuilding-our-project-documentation/259)
**Author:** [@bloom](https://forum.openreferral.org/u/bloom)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2023, 7:26pm UTC](https://forum.openreferral.org/t/rebuilding-our-project-documentation/259 "2023-12-07T19:26:42Z")
We’ve long had project docs in a Google Drive folder, whereas our product docs (HSDS etc) have been in Github and on the ReadtheDocs site. I’ve taken a go at consolidating them into one set of documentation, all availab… --- ## [Changes to OR UK](https://forum.openreferral.org/t/changes-to-or-uk/66)
**Author:** [@Ian-DigitalGaps](https://forum.openreferral.org/u/Ian-DigitalGaps)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2021, 4:18pm UTC](https://forum.openreferral.org/t/changes-to-or-uk/66 "2021-05-21T16:18:20Z")
Can I ask how changes to the UK application profile are going to be managed? Are we posting to github or discussing as a community here? How will the ORUK be governed?