A home for the standard#
INHERIT has been available on GitHub since its first release, but until now there hasn’t been a dedicated place to explore it without cloning a repository. Today, openinherit.org changes that.
The site is designed for everyone in the estate ecosystem — whether you write wills, build software, or manage institutional portfolios.
What you’ll find#
- Schema reference — browse all 40+ entity types with field descriptions, type badges, and worked JSON examples
- Jurisdiction extensions — 21 extensions covering 7 legal traditions, from England & Wales to Islamic succession to Japanese koseki
- INHERIT Guide — tell us what you do and we’ll show you how the standard connects to your work, with a personalised relevance score
- Validator — paste or upload an INHERIT document and validate it against the schema in your browser
- Case studies — 31 fictional scenarios showing how organisations of all sizes would use INHERIT
- SDKs & CLI — TypeScript, Python, Go, Java, and C# SDKs plus a command-line tool
- Ecosystem invitation — INHERIT handles the data layer. Delegation, authentication, healthcare integration, and more are open for collaboration
Built on v6#
The site launches alongside INHERIT v6, which adds catalogue and dealer marketplace schemas, agent delegation, document versioning with audit trails, cryptographic integrity, and the Minimal Viable Estate adoption ladder.
Get involved#
- Browse the schema reference
- Try the validator
- Ask the INHERIT Guide how the standard fits your work
- Read the ecosystem invitation if you work on complementary standards
- Partner with us — jurisdiction experts, faith communities, platforms, and institutions
The standard is Apache 2.0 — free to use, free to implement, free to build upon.
— Richard Davies, Founding Steward