# Type of Relationship Once you have chosen an organisation, you will need to describe how the organisation is related to your resource. You can choose from * *maintains:* When the organisation is directly involved in the maintenance of your resource * *collaborates on:* When the organisation has a collaboration with this resource, but is not directly involved in its maintenance. * *associated with:* When the organisation is related to your resource in a more general way. This is our most generic relationship for organisations, and should be used with care. It is especially useful when a broader group, such as a Research Infrastructure, is involved with a resource in a meaningful way but is not directly maintaining, collaborating or funding that resource. * *funds:* When the organisation provides funding to your resource * *undefined:* Only use this option if no other role is suitable. In this case, please [contact us](mailto:contact@fairsharing.org) with details of the relationship between your resource and the organisation. {% hint style="warning" %} Sometimes an organisation performs more than one role. To model this in your record, include the same organisation multiple times, once per role of the organisation.
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