Rfi

Requests for information, with status, response and cost or schedule impact.

Part of Projects in the register catalog.

Register ID

rfiUse this name to ask for the register. The API calls it a shelf ID.

Each record is

An eventSomething that happened at a point in time.

Status

PlannedDefined ahead of the connector that will fill it.

Data

OrganisationPrivate to each organisation's own workspace.

Version

v1Current version.

Download JSON SchemaSee an example record

Connectors

Connected today

Demiton keeps this register current from these systems now.

No system fills this register yet.

On the roadmap

Systems in the planned connector rollout that can fill this register. Partial means the system holds only some of its fields.

None planned yet.

Fields

18 fields: 5 required, 13 optional.

Required

Every record carries these fields.

external_idText

The source system's own RFI id.

Example: RFI-2026-0087

source_systemText

Which bound system emitted the row.

Example: SHAREPOINT

projectText

The project the RFI is raised on.

Example: BWG-2025-001

subjectText

What the RFI is about.

Example: Confirm stormwater pit class at Ch 180

statusText

The RFI's lifecycle state.

Example: open

Optional

Present when the source system records them.

numberText

The RFI number as displayed to users.

Example: RFI-087

questionText

The question being asked.

Example: Please confirm the required pit class given the revised t…

raised_atDate and timeISO 8601, with time zone

When the RFI was initiated.

Example: 2026-07-08T01:00:00Z

due_dateDateYYYY-MM-DD

When a response is due.

Example: 2026-07-22

resolved_atDate and timeISO 8601, with time zone

When the RFI was answered or closed.

assigneeText

Who currently holds the RFI for response.

Example: Central Highlands Regional Council - Design

received_fromText

Who raised the RFI.

Example: Bridgeworks Group

responsible_contractorText

The contractor responsible for the work in question.

Example: Bridgeworks Group Pty Ltd

cost_impactText

Whether and how far the answer affects cost.

Example: none anticipated

schedule_impactText

Whether and how far the answer affects programme.

Example: none anticipated

cost_codeText

The cost code the RFI is coded to.

Example: CIV-180

locationText

Where on site the question applies.

Example: Ch 180

revisionWhole number

The RFI's revision number.

Example: 1

Example record

A sample from Bridgeworks Group, Demiton's demonstration company. The values are illustrative; the shape is exactly what the contract describes.

rfi.example.json

{
  "assignee": "Central Highlands Regional Council - Design",
  "cost_code": "CIV-180",
  "cost_impact": "none anticipated",
  "due_date": "2026-07-22",
  "external_id": "RFI-2026-0087",
  "location": "Ch 180",
  "number": "RFI-087",
  "project": "BWG-2025-001",
  "question": "Please confirm the required pit class given the revised traffic loading.",
  "raised_at": "2026-07-08T01:00:00Z",
  "received_from": "Bridgeworks Group",
  "responsible_contractor": "Bridgeworks Group Pty Ltd",
  "revision": 1,
  "schedule_impact": "none anticipated",
  "source_system": "SHAREPOINT",
  "status": "open",
  "subject": "Confirm stormwater pit class at Ch 180"
}

Use this contract

The contract is a standard JSON Schema (draft 2020-12) document, so any JSON Schema validator can check a record against it. Keywords starting with x-demiton- add Demiton's own meaning, such as units and requiredness, and validators ignore them.

Schema URL

https://docs.demiton.io/registers/rfi/v1.json

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