The draft of the Risk Data Library Standard version 1.0 is ready for review.
Status: Draft for Community Review Review Period: 13/05/2026 - 30/05/2026 Schema Version: 1.0 (pre-release)
Material for review:
- Risk Data Library Catalog: catalog.riskdatalibrary.org
- Risk Data Library Standard documentation: docs.riskdatalibrary.org/en/1.0-dev
- Risk Data Library Standard v1.0 Schema: docs.riskdatalibrary.org/en/1__0__0/rdls_schema.json
- Changelog: docs.riskdatalibrary.org/en/1.0-dev/about/changelog
- Review Discussion: github.com/GFDRR/rdl-standard/discussions/462 (this is our preferred route to receive review comments)
Background:
The Risk Data Library Standard (RDLS) is an open data standard for describing risk datasets used in climate and disaster risk assessments.
The purpose of the RDLS is to enable risk reduction and resilience building by making it easier for risk data publishers to describe their datasets and for risk data users to identify datasets to use in their work. Many different organisations produce or use risk datasets, including humanitarian organisations, insurance companies, academic institutions and multi-lateral development banks.
The key feature of the RDLS is the metadata standard for describing hazard, exposure, vulnerability, and loss datasets. In addition to the metadata standard, the RDLS provides guidance on packaging and formatting for risk datasets, although it does not seek to standardise the contents of risk datasets.
The RDLS is curated by the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery at the World Bank and is intended for use by anyone involved in publishing or using disaster risk data. It is an open standard and community contributions are welcome.
