How and where will information be published? What is a registry?
To ensure that multiple users and intermediaries are able to access information, IATI proposes that data and documents must be available in a standard format, rather than being locked away in many different bespoke databases. Under the emerging IATI proposals, donors would be responsible for gathering detailed information about each project or programme, and classifying them according to both global and local classifications. Donors would assemble this information using their own internal systems, apply internal quality control, and then export it into data files in a common electronic format. Donors would publish their IATI information online, either on their own website or, if they prefer, on third party sites, and they would register the location of the data with the IATI registry. The IATI registry is a kind of online catalogue that points users to the information they need. The registry would keep track of which IATI data sets are available, what they cover, and where they are loc
