Related data
Within the IATI activity standard it is possible to express relations between iati-activity
records across different publishers / reporting-org
.
This can be described through two methods:
related-activity
- anotheriati-activity
that has relationship to the one being described.transaction
- bothprovider-activity-id
&receiver-activity-id
can be used to link funds from oneiati-activity
to another.
Considerations
When using the IATI activity standard to declare related data, the following should be considered:
A
related-activity
can be one published by anyreporting-org
- it does not have to be from the same publisher.When declaring a
related-activity
it is vital to include the reference to the uniqueiati-identifier
. This enables structured links to be made.It is also recommended to include the type of relationship that is being expressed, through use of the RelatedActivityType code.
When declaring links between different activities, it is recommended to use the
related-activity
element and associated RelatedActivityType code in all relevantiati-activities
, so that all activities are related to each other.- At the
transaction
level , it is recommended to connectiati-activity
through use of theprovider-activity-id
&receiver-activity-id
fields. Specifically: When an Incoming Fund (code 1) is being described, use the
provider-activity-id
reference to declare the immediate source of the funds, using the relevantiati-identifier
of theiati-activity
, if published by theprovider-org
When a Disbursement (code 3) or Commitment (code 2) is being described, use the
receiver-activity-id
reference to declare the immediate destination of the funds, using the relevantiati-identifier
of theiati-activity
, if published by thereceiver-org
- At the