OCDS Development Handbook

This handbook is for developers of the standard and its tools. It documents:

• The processes for developing and maintaining the Open Contracting Data Standard

• The software and tools that support the standard

For documentation on the Open Contracting Data Standard itself see https://standard.open-contracting.org/.

Table of Contents

• Style guides
  • Common conventions
  • Schema style guide
  • Markdown style guide
  • Changelog style guide
  • Handbook style guide
• Standard
  • The schema
  • Contributing
  • Translation
  • Technical processes
  • History
• Extensions
  • Create an extension
  • Publish an extension
  • Change versioned extensions
  • Report issues on extensions
• Profiles & Guidance
  • Translation
  • Technical processes
  • Public Private Partnerships
  • Open Contracting for Infrastructure Data Standards