# Data Management **URL:** https://forum.openreferral.org/c/about-curation-of-directory-information/10.md [Latest](https://forum.openreferral.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.openreferral.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.openreferral.org/tags.md) --- ## [About the Data Management category](https://forum.openreferral.org/t/about-the-data-management-category/368)
**Author:** [@bloom](https://forum.openreferral.org/u/bloom)\ **Replies:** 0
This category can be a place for discussion of the challenges and best practices around data management, by which we primarily mean directory information – structuring, verification, and curation thereof. What informati… --- ## [Resource Data Federation: let's discuss](https://forum.openreferral.org/t/resource-data-federation-lets-discuss/601)
**Author:** [@bloom](https://forum.openreferral.org/u/bloom)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2026, 2:54pm UTC](https://forum.openreferral.org/t/resource-data-federation-lets-discuss/601 "2026-08-14T14:54:29Z")
We should make some time to talk about the challenges of resource data federation – by which I mean, enabling multiple directory maintainers to collaborate on data management across different information systems. I thin… --- ## [Donations Accepted Flag?](https://forum.openreferral.org/t/donations-accepted-flag/777)
**Author:** [@DrewW](https://forum.openreferral.org/u/DrewW)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2025, 6:30pm UTC](https://forum.openreferral.org/t/donations-accepted-flag/777 "2025-12-03T18:30:10Z")
Hey there y’all! Had a question come up in one of our steering committee meetings that made me think. A community member inquired about whether there was a way to list donation drop-off points in our directory. Our curre… --- ## [Data sharing across borders and eligibility by Neighbourhood](https://forum.openreferral.org/t/data-sharing-across-borders-and-eligibility-by-neighbourhood/636)
**Author:** [@kellyhewitt8](https://forum.openreferral.org/u/kellyhewitt8)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2025, 8:48pm UTC](https://forum.openreferral.org/t/data-sharing-across-borders-and-eligibility-by-neighbourhood/636 "2025-04-14T20:48:22Z")
Hi all, Kelly here from Community Action Network in Dorset. As a county with several bordering LA’s (most of which do not yet have a ORUK compliant directory), we are experiencing an increased interest in frontline worke… --- ## [What is an "Event", really? We need community stories and participation in understanding what constitutes events, schedules, etc. in HSDS](https://forum.openreferral.org/t/what-is-an-event-really-we-need-community-stories-and-participation-in-understanding-what-constitutes-events-schedules-etc-in-hsds/553)
**Author:** [@mrshll](https://forum.openreferral.org/u/mrshll)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2024, 11:43pm UTC](https://forum.openreferral.org/t/what-is-an-event-really-we-need-community-stories-and-participation-in-understanding-what-constitutes-events-schedules-etc-in-hsds/553 "2024-09-12T23:43:23Z")
Hi all, @skyleryoung and I had a really good chat about our proposal to add support for Events in future versions of HSDS, and one of the outcomes was that we really need good community participation in adressing the co… --- ## [Structuring multiple organizations at the same location](https://forum.openreferral.org/t/structuring-multiple-organizations-at-the-same-location/531)
**Author:** [@skyleryoung](https://forum.openreferral.org/u/skyleryoung)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2024, 5:28pm UTC](https://forum.openreferral.org/t/structuring-multiple-organizations-at-the-same-location/531 "2024-05-20T17:28:03Z")
I’ve run into a case where clients are defining multiple organizations at the same location. Which makes sense; organizations have the same use-case as services where locations are concerned. Is there a use-case for add… --- ## [Service categories vs 'target populations' vs eligibility – how to distinguish and apply](https://forum.openreferral.org/t/service-categories-vs-target-populations-vs-eligibility-how-to-distinguish-and-apply/369)
**Author:** [@bloom](https://forum.openreferral.org/u/bloom)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2023, 6:57pm UTC](https://forum.openreferral.org/t/service-categories-vs-target-populations-vs-eligibility-how-to-distinguish-and-apply/369 "2023-04-27T18:57:10Z")
So I’m seeing this issue floating around and I want to create a space to discuss it (in part inspired by this thread on the AIRS networker, which won’t be accessible to non-members). In Open Referral’s data model, we ca…