About
About the Small Organizations Records Framework.
SORF is an independently stewarded public documentation framework that helps small organizations create practical records for responsibilities, vendors, access references, continuity notes, incident timelines, and review routines.
Why this exists
Small organizations often run on memory.
Many small organizations depend on informal knowledge. One person may know where the domain is registered, another may know which vendor handles billing, and another may know where important records are stored.
That can work for a while, but it becomes fragile when people, services, vendors, systems, or circumstances change.
What SORF publishes
Framework guidance, templates, examples, and learning resources.
SORF focuses on practical record areas that many small organizations need, regardless of industry, country, or legal structure.
Framework guidance
Read the official guidance files explaining what to document, why it matters, and what should be avoided.
Open framework filesOfficial templates
View the official SORF template source files for vendor inventory, access references, responsibility records, continuity notes, incident timelines, and review routines.
Open templatesOfficial releases
Download the latest official SORF release package from GitHub Releases when available.
View releasesHow SORF is maintained
Public framework, transparent development record.
SORF is stewarded through documented governance, public review records, version history, release notes, and a clear change review process.
Public feedback, proposed changes, issue tracking, and official release history are maintained through the official SORF GitHub repository so the project can preserve a transparent development record over time.
Official repository
View source files, governance documents, releases, changelog entries, Issues, Pull Requests, and public development history.
Open repositoryContribute or review
Learn how adopters, pilot users, professional reviewers, educators, technical implementers, and institutions can contribute.
Read contribution guideGovernance
Read how SORF handles stewardship, change review, review records, official releases, brand use, and project boundaries.
Read governanceProject boundaries
Educational framework, not professional advice.
SORF is provided for educational and organizational planning purposes. It is not legal, tax, financial, accounting, insurance, cybersecurity, regulatory, compliance, employment, governance, or incident-response advice.
Organizations should seek qualified professional guidance when their situation requires it. SORF provides documentation structure, not a substitute for professional review.
Disclaimer
Read SORF’s educational and professional-advice boundaries before using or adapting the framework.
Read disclaimerLicense overview
Review the current plain-language license overview, attribution guidance, official release boundaries, and commercial-use limits.
Read license overviewSecurity guidance
Learn how to avoid submitting sensitive information and how to report safety concerns responsibly.
Read security policyProject status
Early public draft.
SORF is currently in an early public draft stage. Framework guidance, templates, examples, policies, and website pages may change as the project is reviewed, clarified, and improved.
The long-term goal is to provide a useful, accessible documentation framework that can help small organizations around the world improve records, continuity, and responsible documentation habits.