360Giving Data Standard » Our guidance for publishers has moved

Our guidance for publishers has moved

Our step-by-step guidance and resources for publishers can now be accessed on 360Giving’s main website.

Get started here

Or, jump straight into the stage you’re at:

1. Plan – see what’s involved, make a plan and register

2. Prepare – decide what to publish, then extract and check your data

3. Publish – host your data file and publish it openly

4. Post-Publishing – showcase your data and start using it

5. Re-publish – go through the process again and improve your data quality

But if you’re looking for technical documentation, you’ve come to the right place.

360Giving Data Standard documentation

This site provides documentation for the 360Giving Data Standard. It includes technical reference information, governance rules and details of extensions to the Standard.

Technical information

This section features the full technical reference for the 360Giving Data Standard, including templates and detailed field guidance. Here you will find the rules of the Standard, which all 360Giving data must follow in order to be compliant.

Review the technical information

About the Standard

This section features information about governance and change management of the 360Giving Data Standard itself. Here you will also find out how you can contribute to the maintenance and development of the Standard.

Learn about the Standard’s governance

Extensions

This section features information about approved Extensions to the 360Giving Data Standard. Here you will find publisher guidance as well as detailed field guidance and rules for including optional fields and structures alongside 360Giving data. Currently, there is one approved extension used for the publication of DEI Data Standard data.

Understand extensions in 360Giving

Contents

• Technical information
  • Reference
    • Data formats
    • Spreadsheet format
    • JSON format
  • Identifiers
    • Identifier basics
    • Get your prefix
    • Grant Identifier
    • Organisation Identifier
    • Individual Identifier
  • Metadata
    • What is Metadata?
    • Why include metadata in 360Giving files?
    • Extensions to 360Giving Data Standard
    • Including metadata
    • Field guidance
  • Codelists
    • Introduction
    • What are codelists?
    • Open and closed codelists
    • The codelists used in the Standard
    • How to use codelists in 360Giving data
• About the 360Giving Data Standard
  • Governance and Revision Control
    • Introduction
    • Governance of the Standard
    • Versioning and Upgrade Process
    • Deprecation and Support policies
  • Terms of Reference of the 360Giving Data Standard Stewardship Committee
• Extensions
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Extension
    • DEI Extension guidance for publishers
    • Preparing DEI Extension data
    • Technical Reference
    • Governance and Versioning

Getting further help

This guidance aims to support funders through the 360Giving publishing process. If you can't find the information you need or you have further questions email 360Giving Helpdesk. You can help us improve this guidance by filling out our feedback form.

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