DelReg

DelReg is a digital registry concept designed to store regulatory decisions and related information in a structured, versioned repository. It aims to support transparency, accountability, and efficient compliance by organizing laws, regulations, directives, and amendments across jurisdictions and over time.

The DelReg data model centers on entities such as Regulation, Version, Jurisdiction, EffectiveDate, ExpirationDate, Rationale, Stakeholders, PublicComments, ImpactAssessment, and ComplianceRequirements. Each entry records the decision’s metadata, the text or reference to the regulatory document, links to related documents, and an audit trail of changes. The registry is designed to support multiple versions of a regulation, tracking amendments, repeals, and superseded provisions, along with chronology and provenance for governance purposes. It commonly provides programmatic access through APIs and supports machine-readable formats like JSON or XML, enabling interoperability with other compliance and records systems.

Governance and usage of DelReg are described in regulatory informatics literature and in demonstrations of governance platforms. It is not a single official standard, but rather a concept and family of implementations that vary by jurisdiction, sector, and technical stack. Benefits attributed to DelReg-like registries include improved traceability of regulatory changes, enhanced impact analysis, public access to regulatory information, and streamlined compliance workflows for organizations and regulators.

Limitations and scope considerations include the need for authoritative data sources, data quality control, and coordination among authorities. Real-world adoption depends on legal authority, publication practices, privacy and security constraints, and the development of interoperable schemas and controlled vocabularies to enable cross-jurisdictional use.