diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3f7f791..ba4bf9d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@ its initial `1.0.0` release.
 
 Please note, that all changes in the `v1` branch will be backward-compatible.
 
+Version 1.5.0
+-------------
+
+* Added support for additional fields on the learner (placeOfBirh, birthName, currentAddress, gender). See [this issue](https://github.com/emrex-eu/elmo-schemas/issues/44)
+* Signature on the elmo element is now optional. See [this issue](https://github.com/erasmus-without-paper/ewp-specs-api-imobility-tors/issues/7)
+
 Version 1.4.0
 -------------
 
diff --git a/schema.xsd b/schema.xsd
index e1ea796..168f1bf 100644
--- a/schema.xsd
+++ b/schema.xsd
@@ -1,8 +1,16 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<xs:schema elementFormDefault="qualified" targetNamespace="https://github.com/emrex-eu/elmo-schemas/tree/v1" xmlns="https://github.com/emrex-eu/elmo-schemas/tree/v1" xmlns:ds="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#" xmlns:europass="http://europass.cedefop.europa.eu/Europass/V2.0" xmlns:xml="http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
+<xs:schema elementFormDefault="qualified" targetNamespace="https://github.com/emrex-eu/elmo-schemas/tree/v1"
+    xmlns="https://github.com/emrex-eu/elmo-schemas/tree/v1"
+    xmlns:ds="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#"
+    xmlns:europass="http://europass.cedefop.europa.eu/Europass/V2.0"
+    xmlns:xml="http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace"
+    xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
+    xmlns:ewpAddress="https://github.com/erasmus-without-paper/ewp-specs-types-address/tree/stable-v1"
+    >
     <xs:import namespace="http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace" schemaLocation="http://www.w3.org/2001/03/xml.xsd"/>
     <xs:import namespace="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#" schemaLocation="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/emrex-eu/elmo-schemas/v1/references/xmldsig-core-schema.xsd"/>
     <xs:import namespace="http://europass.cedefop.europa.eu/Europass/V2.0" schemaLocation="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/emrex-eu/elmo-schemas/v1/references/EUROPASS_ISOCountries_V1.1.xsd"/>
+    <xs:import namespace="https://github.com/erasmus-without-paper/ewp-specs-types-address/tree/stable-v1" schemaLocation="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/erasmus-without-paper/ewp-specs-types-address/stable-v1/schema.xsd"/>
     <xs:annotation>
         <xs:documentation>This schema describes the EMREX ELMO XML format, used for formatting students'
             Transcripts of Records.
@@ -251,6 +259,67 @@
                                     </xs:documentation>
                                 </xs:annotation>
                             </xs:element>
+                            <xs:element minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" name="placeOfBirth" type="xs:token">
+                                <xs:annotation>
+                                    <xs:documentation>The student's place of birth.
+
+                                        For server implementers: If this is not known then you MUST skip the element
+                                        altogether (instead of, for example, providing an empty value).
+                                    </xs:documentation>
+                                </xs:annotation>
+                            </xs:element>
+                            <xs:element minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" name="birthName" type="xs:token">
+                                <xs:annotation>
+                                    <xs:documentation>First name(s) and family name(s) of the student at birth, described as a single text value. 
+
+                                        For server implementers: If this is not known then you MUST skip the element
+                                        altogether (instead of, for example, providing an empty value).
+                                    </xs:documentation>
+                                </xs:annotation>
+                            </xs:element>
+                            <xs:element minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" name="currentAddress" type="ewpAddress:FlexibleAddress">
+                                <xs:annotation>
+                                    <xs:documentation>
+                                        The student's current physical address.  This is the address which should work when, for example,
+                                        the user pastes it (without the recipientName part) into Google Maps.
+
+                                        This element has been described in detail in Erasmus Without Paper:
+                                        https://github.com/erasmus-without-paper/ewp-specs-types-address
+                                    </xs:documentation>
+                                </xs:annotation>
+                            </xs:element>
+                            <xs:element minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" name="gender">
+                                <xs:annotation>
+                                    <xs:documentation>ISO/IEC 5218 code of human gender.
+
+                                        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO/IEC_5218
+                                    </xs:documentation>
+                                </xs:annotation>
+                                <xs:simpleType>
+                                    <xs:restriction base="xs:integer">
+                                        <xs:enumeration value="0">
+                                            <xs:annotation>
+                                                <xs:documentation>Unknown - the gender of the person has not been recorded.</xs:documentation>
+                                            </xs:annotation>
+                                        </xs:enumeration>
+                                        <xs:enumeration value="1">
+                                            <xs:annotation>
+                                                <xs:documentation>Male</xs:documentation>
+                                            </xs:annotation>
+                                        </xs:enumeration>
+                                        <xs:enumeration value="2">
+                                            <xs:annotation>
+                                                <xs:documentation>Female</xs:documentation>
+                                            </xs:annotation>
+                                        </xs:enumeration>
+                                        <xs:enumeration value="9">
+                                            <xs:annotation>
+                                                <xs:documentation>Not Applicable - indeterminate, i.e. unable to be classified as either male or female</xs:documentation>
+                                            </xs:annotation>
+                                        </xs:enumeration>
+                                    </xs:restriction>
+                                </xs:simpleType>
+                            </xs:element>
                         </xs:sequence>
                     </xs:complexType>
                 </xs:element>
@@ -449,7 +518,7 @@
                     </xs:annotation>
                 </xs:element>
                 <xs:element minOccurs="0" name="extension" type="CustomExtensionsContainer"/>
-                <xs:element ref="ds:Signature">
+                <xs:element minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" ref="ds:Signature">
                     <xs:annotation>
                         <xs:documentation>Every EMREX ELMO element MUST be signed with xmldsig-core2 enveloped signature. The
                             ds:SignedInfo element MUST contain a single ds:Reference with an empty URI. The