Publishing your data

There are a number of ways to publish to IATI, and how you do it depends on what best suits your organisation and how you’ve created your data files. This section explains the different options, from manual uploading to automated, API-driven publishing.

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Publishing checklist

Publishing to IATI can be broken into three main steps: (1) register as a publisher, (2) create your datafiles, (3) publish their details to the IATI Registry. Once you’ve published your data for the first time you can visualise it in a user-friendly way and work on improving your data quality.

Publishing to IATI can be broken i…

Publishing your files

Data can be published to IATI manually or automatically. You can add individual datafiles to the IATI Registry manually or by bulk upload using a CSV file. Automatic publication can be set up with an API – an application programming interface that allows your systems or tools to interact with the IATI Registry.

Data can be published to IATI manu…

Publishing Infographic

Use this infographic to see the step by step process to successfully publish data to IATI. For additional guidance, contact the IATI Secretariat at any time: [email protected]. Join the conversation on IATI Connect where you will find a dedicated group for new and potential publishers.

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Publishing without access restrictions

For publishers that create and publish their own XML files (i.e. they don’t use a tool like IATI Publisher or Aidstream) it’s important to publish those files on an open website which allow tools (such as the Datastore) to access them.

For publishers that create and pub…