# Associated Tools {% hint style="info" %} **Associated Tools** is a section within the "Additional Information" tab applicable to our **standards**, **database**, and **fairassist** registries only {% endhint %} {% hint style="success" %} Associated tools are optional for standards, databases and metrics. *Please also see the general information regarding our* [*minimal curation requirements*](https://fairsharing.gitbook.io/fairsharing/record-sections-and-fields/how-to-update-a-record#minimal-curation-requirements)*.* {% endhint %} If your resource has a standalone tool that is designed around your resource, you can showcase it here. This will help your users understand the various libraries and software that support your resource. Please note that if it is an integrated part of your site (e.g. BLAST or some other kind of algorithmic analysis of data) and not a standalone tool (either on its own website or as a downloadable library, for example), you should instead categorise it as a [data process](https://fairsharing.gitbook.io/fairsharing/additional-information/data-processes). The fields for the Associated Tools are very simple: a **URL** to point to the homepage of the tool, and a descriptive **name** for the tool itself.