# Categories

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## [General](https://forum.openreferral.org/c/general/6.md)

Thank you for joining the Open Referral forum. Let us know who you are and why you’re here!

## [Adoption](https://forum.openreferral.org/c/adoption/8.md)

Making the business case, procuring and implementing processes that adopt Open Referral.

## [Technical](https://forum.openreferral.org/c/technical/7.md)

The data structure, API, tools and points related to storing, publishing and consuming data in Open Referral’s standardized format (HSDS).

## [OR Validator](https://forum.openreferral.org/c/or-validator/13.md)

This category of the forum is to support the community that maintains and extends the iStandUK Open Referral Validator.

## [Governance](https://forum.openreferral.org/c/governance/9.md)

How Open Referral is governed, working groups and funding internationally and in individual countries.

## [Data Management](https://forum.openreferral.org/c/about-curation-of-directory-information/10.md)

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 t...

## [Uncategorized](https://forum.openreferral.org/c/uncategorized/1.md)

## [UK community](https://forum.openreferral.org/c/for-members-of-the-open-referral-uk-network/11.md)

Many thanks to the Open Referral UK community, and @MikeThacker in particular, for getting this forum started. We’ve created this dedicated Discourse category for posts from and for members of the ...