FAIR Principles: Interpretations and Implementation Considerations

Annika Jacobsen; Ricardo De Miranda Azevedo; Nick Juty; Dominique Batista; Simon Coles; Ronald Cornet; Mélanie Courtot; Mercè Crosas; Michel Dumontier; Chris T. Evelo; Carole Goble; Giancarlo Guizzardi; Karsten Kryger Hansen; Ali Hasnain; Kristina Hettne; Jaap Heringa; Rob W.w. Hooft; Melanie Imming; Keith G. Jeffery; Rajaram Kaliyaperumal; Martijn G. Kersloot; Christine R. Kirkpatrick; Tobias Kuhn; Ignasi Labastida; Barbara Magagna; Peter Mcquilton; Natalie Meyers; Annalisa Montesanti; Mirjam Van Reisen; Philippe Rocca-serra; Robert Pergl; Susanna-assunta Sansone; Luiz Olavo Bonino Da Silva Santos; Juliane Schneider; George Strawn; Mark Thompson; Andra Waagmeester; Tobias Weigel; Mark D. Wilkinson; Egon L. Willighagen; Peter Wittenburg; Marco Roos; Barend Mons; Erik Schultes

doi:10.1162/dint_r_00024

FAIR Principles: Interpretations and Implementation Considerations

Annika Jacobsen, Ricardo De Miranda Azevedo, Nick Juty, Dominique Batista, Simon Coles, Ronald Cornet, Mélanie Courtot, Mercè Crosas, Michel Dumontier, Chris T. Evelo, Carole Goble, Giancarlo Guizzardi, Karsten Kryger Hansen, Ali Hasnain, Kristina Hettne, Jaap Heringa, Rob W.w. Hooft, Melanie Imming, Keith G. Jeffery, Rajaram KaliyaperumalMartijn G. Kersloot, Christine R. Kirkpatrick, Tobias Kuhn, Ignasi Labastida, Barbara Magagna, Peter Mcquilton, Natalie Meyers, Annalisa Montesanti, Mirjam Van Reisen, Philippe Rocca-serra, Robert Pergl, Susanna-assunta Sansone, Luiz Olavo Bonino Da Silva Santos, Juliane Schneider, George Strawn, Mark Thompson, Andra Waagmeester, Tobias Weigel, Mark D. Wilkinson, Egon L. Willighagen, Peter Wittenburg, Marco Roos, Barend Mons^*, Erik Schultes

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Abstract

The FAIR principles have been widely cited, endorsed and adopted by a broad range of stakeholders since their publication in 2016. By intention, the 15 FAIR guiding principles do not dictate specific technological implementations, but provide guidance for improving Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability and Reusability of digital resources. This has likely contributed to the broad adoption of the FAIR principles, because individual stakeholder communities can implement their own FAIR solutions. However, it has also resulted in inconsistent interpretations that carry the risk of leading to incompatible implementations. Thus, while the FAIR principles are formulated on a high level and may be interpreted and implemented in different ways, for true interoperability we need to support convergence in implementation choices that are widely accessible and (re)-usable. We introduce the concept of FAIR implementation considerations to assist accelerated global participation and convergence towards accessible, robust, widespread and consistent FAIR implementations. Any self-identified stakeholder community may either choose to reuse solutions from existing implementations, or when they spot a gap, accept the challenge to create the needed solution, which, ideally, can be used again by other communities in the future. Here, we provide interpretations and implementation considerations (choices and challenges) for each FAIR principle.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	10-29
Number of pages	20
Journal	Data Intelligence
Volume	2
Issue number	1-2
Early online date	2019
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1162/dint_r_00024
Publication status	Published - 31 Jan 2020

Keywords

FAIR guiding principles
FAIR implementation
FAIR convergence
FAIR communities
choices and challenges
STANDARDS

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Jacobsen, A., De Miranda Azevedo, R., Juty, N., Batista, D., Coles, S., Cornet, R., Courtot, M., Crosas, M., Dumontier, M., Evelo, C. T., Goble, C., Guizzardi, G., Hansen, K. K., Hasnain, A., Hettne, K., Heringa, J., Hooft, R. W. W., Imming, M., Jeffery, K. G., ... Schultes, E. (2020). FAIR Principles: Interpretations and Implementation Considerations. Data Intelligence, 2(1-2), 10-29. https://doi.org/10.1162/dint_r_00024

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AU - De Miranda Azevedo, Ricardo

AU - Juty, Nick

AU - Batista, Dominique

AU - Coles, Simon

AU - Cornet, Ronald

AU - Courtot, Mélanie

AU - Crosas, Mercè

AU - Dumontier, Michel

AU - Evelo, Chris T.

AU - Goble, Carole

AU - Guizzardi, Giancarlo

AU - Hansen, Karsten Kryger

AU - Hasnain, Ali

AU - Hettne, Kristina

AU - Heringa, Jaap

AU - Hooft, Rob W.w.

AU - Imming, Melanie

AU - Jeffery, Keith G.

AU - Kaliyaperumal, Rajaram

AU - Kersloot, Martijn G.

AU - Kirkpatrick, Christine R.

AU - Kuhn, Tobias

AU - Labastida, Ignasi

AU - Magagna, Barbara

AU - Mcquilton, Peter

AU - Meyers, Natalie

AU - Montesanti, Annalisa

AU - Van Reisen, Mirjam

AU - Rocca-serra, Philippe

AU - Pergl, Robert

AU - Sansone, Susanna-assunta

AU - Da Silva Santos, Luiz Olavo Bonino

AU - Schneider, Juliane

AU - Strawn, George

AU - Thompson, Mark

AU - Waagmeester, Andra

AU - Weigel, Tobias

AU - Wilkinson, Mark D.

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AU - Mons, Barend

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