# Many-to-many relationships within same dataset

**URL:** <https://discuss.jsonapi.org/t/many-to-many-relationships-within-same-dataset/1274>\
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**Created:** [April 22, 2018, 2:56pm UTC](https://discuss.jsonapi.org/t/many-to-many-relationships-within-same-dataset/1274 "2018-04-22T14:56:53Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 22, 2018, 2:56pm UTC](https://discuss.jsonapi.org/t/many-to-many-relationships-within-same-dataset/1274/1 "2018-04-22T14:56:53Z")

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So, I have a case where items within a given dataset (skills) need to be related.

Eq. Javascript can be related to node, json, es6, webpack…

Should I simply reference the ids of related items as part of the “relationships” section of my response?