Summary
Publication Version:
1.4.3
Type:
Technical standards and specifications
Effective From:
01 November 2018
Topics:
- Data
- Data definitions and terminologies
- Good practice
- Interoperability
- Interoperability - Organisation / Service
Introduction:
The 360Giving Data Standard is:\r\n\r\nOpen data driven: providing a common way to share transparent and interoperable information on grantmaking.\r\n\r\nEasy to use: offering a simple spreadsheet format for publishing and using data, backed up by a structured data model, developer-friendly JSON serialisation, and conversion tools.\r\n\r\nComprehensive: Supporting in-depth analysis of grants, grantees, and beneficiaries to provide a 360 degree view of grantmaking.
Contact Point
Contact Point:
Contact Point Comment:
360Giving Helpdesk
Documentation
Associated Media:
Description:
The 360Giving Data Standard was initially developed through an iterative process in 2014, resulting in an initial draft version in February 2015. Over the next three years as organisations started to use the standard, we worked towards a first version of the Standard, addressing some issues identified through its wider adoption. Version 1.0 was released on 1st June 2018.
The 360Giving Data Standard has many stakeholders: grantmakers (including charitable trusts and foundations, local and central government, non-departmental public bodies, lottery funders); fundraisers; policy makers and researchers; civil society organisations; and oversight authorities (such as the UK charity regulators).
Our vision for the Standard is that it helps UK funders to share consistent, high-quality data about grants so the sector is able to use this information to support effective decision making. In order to achieve this the Standard needs to be maintained and upgraded to meet the needs of users, and the community will be actively engaged in informing and shaping it.
Our aim is for more money to go to where it is needed most to support communities and good causes through a more informed understanding of the grantmaking picture.
Our mission is to help UK funders publish their grants data in an open, standardised way, and support people to understand and use this data to improve charitable giving.
Our principles for the 360Giving Data Standard are:
- Accessible It has a low barrier of entry for publishers with a minimum number of required fields to be effective and inclusive to a range of funders. The Standard is described by a JSON schema; however, we allow users to share data in spreadsheets and provide tools to convert data between formats to increase adoption and support organisations with a wide range of data maturity.
- Flexible It allows for the publication of non-Standard fields alongside the official fields, so individual funders, or groups of funders, can tailor their data for their specific needs.
- Extendable It can be extended to allow expansion of the information being shared in a consistent way and provide support for collaborations and collective activities.
- Interoperable It uses internationally recognised standards in its data formatting and codelists. As far as is possible it aims to enable links to other standards and registers.
- Responsive It is adaptable, allowing an element of continuous improvement to meet emerging needs.
- Usable The data published using the Standard should be relevant, understandable by others and usable.
Documentation Link:
Dependencies:
Name:Open Standard principles
Explanation:360Giving are committed to the Open Stand principles of standards development;
due process, broad consensus, transparency, balance and openness.
Review & Status
Scope:
To maintain the usefulness of the Standard, upgrades can be made to add new
codes and fields, or occasionally make changes to existing fields and
structures.
Technical Committee:
360Giving is the steward of the 360Giving Data Standard. Our CEO is responsible for its day-to-day management, supported by a Product Manager and an external specialist technical team, Open Data Services Coop.\r\n\r\nThe 360Giving Board of Trustees are responsible for setting the strategy of the charity and Standard, and both the Board and CEO are supported in the maintenance and development of the Standard by the 360Giving Data Standard Stewardship Committee.
Mandated:
Yes
Status:
active
Origin
Name:
Data Catalogue