Formal review · open until 1 October 2026
Review the specification
The Personal Data Portability Protocol v0.1.0 and its governance are open for public comment until 1 October.
What to read
Step 1
Specification · about 45 minutes
Four sections carry most of the weight
If you only have twenty minutes, read §7.
- §5 Source declaration, including Declaration acceptance
- §7 Grant
- §8 Resource server interface
- §9 Conformance
Governance · about 20 minutes
Two parts, one of them still open
Part A is how PDP-Connect runs from 15 October and is frozen during review. Part B is the proposed long-term structure and is where your comment will change the most. Two open questions: five steering committee seats or three, and whether one organisation one vote puts off large companies.
How to comment
Step 2
On GitHub
One issue per point
Every section of the specification has a comment link that opens an issue with the section pre-filled. Say what is wrong, what you would change, and why.
By email
Same log, no account needed
Email your comments and we add them to the same public log, under whatever name you ask for.
What happens to your comment
Step 3
Every comment is logged in one public log. Substantive comments are answered: accepted, declined with a reason, or parked, and the answers are published there too. If a comment changes something substantial, the new text goes out for another 15 days before it is final. During that period we may hold one-to-one conversations with commenters.
- 3 SeptemberThe specification and Part A are frozen, the Principles are published, and Supporter signing opens.
- 1 OctoberThe comment period closes, and answers are published after.
- 15 OctoberThe programme opens.