Get Involved

Contributing tothe Foundation

Fabric Payment Standards is built through collective effort. Learn how individuals and organisations can contribute to specifications, tooling, and governance.

Contribution Model

Open process,structured governance

All contributions to Fabric Payment Standards — whether to specification text, reference implementations, documentation, or governance processes — follow a transparent, community-reviewed process.

The Foundation operates on the principle that the best standards emerge from broad participation. Domain experts, implementers, and end-user organisations each bring indispensable perspective to the work.

Contribution guidelines, Contributor Licence Agreements (CLA), and detailed workflow documentation are currently being finalised and will be published here prior to the public contribution portal launch.

  • 📝 Specification Contributions Propose amendments, extensions, or new specification tracks via the RFC process.
  • 🔧 Reference Implementations Build and maintain open-source implementations that demonstrate real-world protocol compliance.
  • 📚 Documentation & Translation Improve technical documentation and expand language coverage for global accessibility.
  • 🔍 Review & Feedback Participate in public comment periods on active RFCs and draft specifications.

Prerequisites

What you need before contributing

Contributor Licence Agreement A signed CLA is required for all code and specification contributions. The CLA form will be available at launch.
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📄 Open an RFC For new features or changes → 💬 Join the Discussion Community Hub forums →

Full contributing documentation will be published alongside the public repository launch.

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Contribution portal coming soon.

The contributor onboarding portal, CLA workflow, and issue tracker integration are under preparation. This page will be updated with full instructions upon launch.