> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://maintainer.openactive.io/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://maintainer.openactive.io/new-dataset-approvals.md).

# New dataset approvals

Community members and contributors may help a developer get to the point of submitting a new dataset site with peer-to-peer support, however a **maintainer must approve every new dataset site**

This ensures that the tooling is working correctly, and that a high quality of data is maintained

Maintainers must act in the bests interests of OpenActive, rather than their employing organisation, and avoid any temptation to approve a sub-standard implementation. Instead, feedback should be given to the implementer, with a clear remedy.

A list of datasets "pending" approval can be found in pending.jsonld, and may be accessed by data users. This also powers the status page.


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