About ===== Information about organizations is more valuable when it includes: * An unambiguous **organization identifier** * A **clear name** for the organization * Other **identifying information** `org-id.guide `_ provides a register organization identifier lists that delivers the easiest, quickest and most accurate way for open data publishers to locate organisation identifiers. Why use org-id.guide -------------------- Quality ~~~~~~~ org-id.guide assigns a code that can be used to refer to each list. It ranks the quality of the lists based on the **stablility and accuracy** and the **availability of open data**. The higher the quality, the more likely it is that the identifiers can be used to link up information across datasets. Relevance ~~~~~~~~~ The org-id.guide web application provides a search tool to locate relevant identifier lists. Search results are ranked by **relevance**. The more **relevant** a list, the more likely that it will contain the organization that a user is looking for. Connected ~~~~~~~~~ Each entry in org-id.guide has detailed meta-data and information that can be used to locate the identifiers that the list contains, whether through online search or open datasets. We use this meta-data to recommend use of lists that have the best chance of making org-id connections between different datasets. Collaborative ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ org-id.guide is a living list - improved by a coalition of open data standards projects. You can help improve the coverage and depth of the org-id.guide register. Changes go through a simple governance process. What org-id.guide is not ------------------------ org-id.guide **does not** directly maintain organisation identifiers itself. Instead, it signposts to existing sources of identification: helping data publishers and users choose the best identifier schemes to use for their purpose. This handbook ------------- You are viewing the org-id.guide handbook. It contains information on how the org-id.guide register is maintained.