What’s next once you have designed your data model? We have explained how to get the insights for your model and we have provided a few models that you can take as a starting point for your project. However, each project is different and you will need to adapt the model to fit your needs adding new entities, describing them with new properties or creating additional connections between them. The adequate data model is the one that allows you to record and organise the data you need to get the answers you are looking for. To check that, test your model by adding some typical cases such as: - The victim, event and perpetrator entities if you are documenting violations - The stages of the complaint handling process if you are tracking complaints - Different types of resources if your model is focused on accessibility. Your data model should be able to capture various casuistry, so try recording rare cases that you can remember from your previous experience. Be sure you spend enough time designing and testing your model, as making amendments later would be more difficult. Once you are done with testing, it is time to migrate your data. To do so, you can follow the basic steps mentioned in this guide. Be ready to add new properties to describe your entities and new relationships to avoid redundancies between entities. Even if your data model works for your current purpose, it is possible that your information needs regarding types of analysis, outcomes or data tipologies change from time to time. If that happens, you will need to update your data model to make it fit your new needs. 14