Standards, Platform Components & Register Specifications
The shared infrastructure — identity, payments, notifications, credentials, and authoritative data registers — that every government service is built on so no team starts from scratch.
What we’re building
Epics & the forms that make them up
Each epic below groups the government forms and services this theme delivers.
Simple Service Builder
As a citizen using any government service, I need to be able to complete it from my phone in a few minutes, so that dealing with government doesn't cost me a day off work, a bus ride, and a queue.
- →Form & service builder — configure standard government forms without per-form engineering
- →Citizen-facing mobile-first service runtime
- →Submission routing to the right MDA with end-to-end status visibility
- →Reusable component library (identity, payments, notifications, credentials integrations)
- →Open-source distribution & reference deployment for adopting governments
Interoperability Platform
As a citizen applying for a government service, I need government to share information it already holds about me between agencies, so that I'm not submitting the same documents over and over.
- →Government integration hub & API gateway
- →Secure data-sharing protocols between MDAs
- →Event-driven notifications between systems
- →Legacy system connectors & migration tooling
- →Integration monitoring, logging & error alerting
Gov Pay – Payment Gateway
As a citizen or business paying for a government service, I need a single, trusted way to pay online, so that I'm not entering my card details into a different unfamiliar system every time.
- →Gov Pay API & integration library for MDA services
- →Card & bank transfer payment acceptance
- →Payment receipts & transaction history
- →MDA reconciliation & reporting dashboard
Gov Notify – Notifications
As someone waiting on an application or request, I need clear updates by SMS or email, so that I know what's happening without having to phone, visit, or chase.
- →Gov Notify API & template library for MDA services
- →SMS & email delivery (application status, reminders, confirmations)
- →Notification preferences & opt-out management
- →Delivery reporting & analytics for MDAs
Gov Credentials – Verifiable Certificates
As a citizen who needs to prove something government has issued me, I need to receive and share that credential digitally, so that I'm not carrying paper certificates or queueing to have copies notarised.
- →Digital credential issuance (birth certificates, licences, qualifications)
- →Citizen credential wallet & sharing controls
- →Third-party & cross-agency credential verification
- →Revocation & expiry management
Case Management Platform
As a public servant handling citizen applications, I need a shared system to track cases, decisions, and correspondence, so that nothing falls through the cracks of email chains and spreadsheets.
- →Case management API & MDA integration toolkit
- →Application tracking & status workflow engine
- →Internal caseworker dashboard & task assignment
- →Audit trail & decision recording
- →Cross-agency case linking & referral management
Data Standards & API Specifications
As a team building a government service, I need clear, agreed data and API standards to follow, so that my service can talk to the rest of government without bespoke point-to-point integrations.
- →Barbados Government Data Standards (naming, formats, identifiers)
- →API design standards & open API catalogue
- →Developer portal & sandbox environment
- →Data sharing agreements & cross-agency authorisation framework
Register Architecture & Specifications
As a citizen dealing with several government agencies, I need them all to work from the same authoritative record of my details, so that updating my address once means it's updated everywhere.
- →National Population Register specification & governance
- →Business Register specification (companies, sole traders, non-profits)
- →Land & Property Register specification
- →Vehicle Register specification
- →Register API standards & read/write access controls