About the Registry

The public register of member organisations of the Velocity Interoperability Network.

The Registry was established on 6 September 2026 as the authoritative record of which organisations are members of the Velocity Interoperability Network. It certifies organisations against the interoperability standards of the Network, allocates and reserves their keys, and records the date and status of each listing. Members and the public may rely on the registers as published on this site.

The Registry is an office of the Velocity Interoperability Network and acts under the direction of the Ministry of the Velocity Interoperability Network. It is a small office. Its work is done by officers under a Registrar, who signs every certificate and every notice. Decisions on applications, reviews and removals are taken by the Registrar or by an officer authorised in writing; an objection to a decision is considered by an officer who took no part in it.

The Registry keeps four registers, described on the Registers page, and explains how they should be read and relied upon under Using the register. Its decisions are recorded in numbered notices, and the milestones since its establishment are set out under History. General enquiries may be sent to contact@registry.gov.vin.

Duties of the Registry

Maintain the registers: Keep the register of member organisations and the supporting registers of keys, certificates and notices, and publish all four on this site, updated on the day of every change.
Certify organisations: Assess applicants against the interoperability standards of the Network and issue certificates of interoperability to those that meet them.
Assess systems against the standards: Test every system that will exchange under a key against the eight criteria of the assessment framework, classify what is found and re-test what is remedied.
Allocate and reserve keys: Check proposed keys against the rules, reserve them on certification and retire them on removal or change of key.
Review listings: Review every listing within twelve months of its being made and every twenty-four months thereafter against the standards in force at the time.
Publish notices: Record every decision that makes or changes an entry in a register in a numbered notice, published on the day it is made.
Charge and account for fees: Charge the fees in the published schedule from 1 January 2027, account for them to the Ministry and refund any fee charged in error.
Publish statistics: Report quarterly on applications received, assessments completed, findings raised and the position of the four registers, and define every figure so that releases can be compared.
Answer enquiries: Confirm on request whether an organisation is listed, supply certified extracts and respond to questions about the procedure.