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  A summary of all of the relations that you may use when editing a Standards
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# From Standards Records

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Please add any relationships that this standard has with other resources registered in FAIRsharing.

_Please also see the general information regarding our_ [_minimal curation requirements_](https://app.gitbook.com/o/-MchtBAOWXh2gO--zz7m/s/-Mcht5-9Lysnv_oQFJJh/~/changes/289/record-sections-and-fields/how-to-update-a-record#minimal-curation-requirements)_._
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FAIRsharing record relationships allow you to enumerate all of the ways in which your standard is related to other resources within the wider ecosystem of research standards, databases, policies and FAIR assistance components. The corresponding [Relation Graph](../about-our-records/relation-graphs) for your record will not only showcase your resource's **interoperability** but also your **collaborations** and **engagement** with your community.

Our goal is to represent your standard as accurately as possible, to showcase its attributes as well as its integration within the broader research landscape. An example relationship would be when a standard _profiles_ another standard, e.g. the [World Meteorological Organization Core Metadata Profile](https://doi.org/10.25504/FAIRsharing.5e7bdc), which profiles [ISO 19115:2003](https://beta.fairsharing.org/360).

## Full list of standard relationships

This table summarises only those relationships available from within Standards records. Other documentation in this section covers [databases](from-database-records), data [policies](from-data-policy-records), [FAIRassist records](../../record-sections-and-fields/general-information/registry-type#fairassist), [collections](from-collections) and [organisations](from-organisations). The _Display Location_ column below tells you where each relationship can be found in our record display.

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You may also wish to review the [types of standards](../../record-sections-and-fields/general-information/registry-type#standards) available in FAIRsharing.
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<table><thead><tr><th width="150">Label</th><th>Restrictions</th><th>Description</th><th>Display location</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><em><strong>related_to</strong></em></td><td><strong>Any standard to any other standard or database</strong></td><td><strong>This is our most generic relationship, and can be used between most record types. Use this if the more fine-grained relationships are not applicable.</strong></td><td>RELATED STANDARDS or RELATED DATABASES </td></tr><tr><td><em>profiles</em></td><td>Any standard to any other standard</td><td>This standard is a profile of another standard, e.g. the <a href="https://doi.org/10.25504/FAIRsharing.okQOaq">Energy Industry Profile (EIP) v1.1 of ISO-19115-1:2014</a>, which profiles <a href="https://doi.org/10.25504/FAIRsharing.t7mby9">ISO 19115-1:2014</a>.</td><td>RELATED STANDARDS</td></tr><tr><td><em>extends</em></td><td>Any standard to any other standard</td><td>This resource extends or builds upon another resource</td><td>RELATED STANDARDS</td></tr><tr><td><em>part_of</em></td><td>Any principle record to any other principle record</td><td>Shows which 'parent' principle any given principle belongs to</td><td>RELATED STANDARDS</td></tr><tr><td><em><mark style="color:red;">deprecates</mark></em></td><td><mark style="color:red;">Any standard to any other standard of the same type</mark></td><td><mark style="color:red;">The linked resource has been retired as it is no longer active or actively maintained</mark></td><td>RELATED STANDARDS</td></tr><tr><td><em>recommends</em></td><td><em>any policy to any database, standard, or FAIRassist record</em></td><td><em>This relationship is not accessible from a standard record; however, any policies that recommend your standard record will be automatically displayed.</em></td><td>IN POLICIES</td></tr><tr><td><em>collects</em></td><td><em>any collection to any database, standard, collection, policy, or FAIRassist record</em></td><td><em>This relationship is not accessible from a standard record; however, any collections that include your record will be automatically displayed.</em></td><td>IN COLLECTIONS</td></tr></tbody></table>

You may layer these relationships to more precisely describe what is available to your users. As the maintainer of a record, choose the level of detail that best expresses the relationships your resource has with the wider research landscape.

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Adding your record to a data **policy that recommends** it or a **collection that collects** it requires updates to that policy or collection; such edits cannot be performed in your own record. If you would like your record added to a policy or collection, please [**get in touch**](mailto:contact@fairsharing.org) with our curation team.
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Here's an example of adding an _extends_ relationship to a standard:

![Choose "Edit Record", navigate to the "Relations to other records" tab, and choose your relationship.](https://1053539226-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-Mcht5-9Lysnv_oQFJJh%2Fuploads%2FIEIXYbZaPAnSVRTwpixt%2Fextends.gif?alt=media\&token=1b278365-30b2-46ea-9031-d3ba9756a68a)
