The information is taken from Malcolm Sutton's book Bear in Mind These Dead,[1] the title of which is taken from a poem by John Hewitt.

Dr Martin Melaugh, the director of the project, has produced draft lists of further deaths related to the conflict from 2002 to date.

In addition to funding from Ulster University, CAIN is also bankrolled to a large extent by Atlantic Philanthropies.

In 1998 CAIN was directly funded through the Department of Education for Northern Ireland and the Central Community Relations Unit.

According to its official website CAIN is specifically targeting the higher education sector in the United Kingdom, although it claims that over two-thirds of its users come from outside of Great Britain and Ireland, dividing them into three categories: Although originally conceived as a website focusing exclusively on sectarian conflict in Northern Ireland, with particular emphasis on the violent aspects of these disputes, CAIN eventually expanded to encompass a much broader overview of politics and culture in Northern Ireland, including key historical events.