Understand and Create Organizations

An organization allows data publishers to link all of their different data together under one umbrella and help with data discoverability.

By selecting on the organization of a dataset you are looking at, you will be able to see all the other datasets published by the organization. It also allows you to tell more about who you are and link your website for others to view while getting the chance to be verified and add more credibility to your datasets you publish.

Create an Organization

Creating an organization can be done in your profile under the ‘Organization’ tab. You are only able to create one organization. All you need is a name, description and url to your website.

Once you create your organization you can add providers to it. These providers are essentially other accounts that belong to your organization. This allows other accounts to publish data while still being linked to you. These providers will need to add your organization as a curator to finish making the link. Only two accounts agreeing can make this link. You cannot add any random account you wish and vice versa, providers cannot simply add onto your organization without your approval.