This part of ISO 20022 specifies the responsibilities of the Registration Authority. The Registration Authority (RA) is the operating authority responsible for the registration of the universal financial industry message scheme and the maintenance of the ISO 20022 Repository, and for providing access to the information as described in ISO 20022-1. Concerning the registration request process, the RA is monitored and assisted by ISO/TC 68. NOTE 1 The ISO/TC 68 website can be found at http://isotc.iso.org/livelink/livelink/open/tc68. NOTE 2 Details concerning the involvement of ISO/TC 68 in the registration request process can be found at www.iso20022.org.