Social Services · industry standard
Human Services Data Specification (HSDS)
The Human Services Data Specification (HSDS) is an open data standard, stewarded by Open Referral, for describing health, human, and social services and where to find them. It defines a common tabular/relational model for organizations, the services they provide, and the locations where those services are delivered, so that community resource directories can be published, exchanged, and kept current in a machine-readable way.
openreferral.orgThe standard
2015First published
Yes — JSON SchemaMachine-readable schema · open
0providers in the catalog
Also known as HSDS, Open Referral HSDS, Human Services Data Specification.
Providers that carry Human Services Data Specification (HSDS) 0
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Reading
- A Suite Of Human Services API Definitions Using OpenAPI 2017-10-25
- Where To Begin With Webhooks For The Human Services Data API 2017-08-15
- Some Microservice Thoughts Around My Human Services API Work 2017-08-14
- A Hack Day Event To Help The Link-SF App Speak Human Services Data Specification (HSDS) 2017-08-11
- Making All Sub-Resources Available Within The Core Set Of Human Service APIs 2017-07-17
- Quantifying The Difference Between Human Services Data Specification (HSDS) And Its API 2017-07-13
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