Fair principles: Interpretations and implementation considerations

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.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Jacobsen, Annika, De Miranda Azevedo, Ricardo, Juty, Nick, Batista, Dominique, Coles, Simon, Cornet, Ronald, Courtot, Mélanie, Crosas, Mercè, Dumontier, Michel, Evelo, Chris T. A., Goble, Carole, Guizzardi, Giancarlo, Hansen, Karsten, Hasnain, Ali, Hettne, Kristina, Heringa, Jaap, Hooft, Rob W.W., Imming, Melanie, Jeffery, Keith, Kaliyaperumal, Rajaram, Kersloot, Martijn, Kirkpatrick, Christine R., Kuhn, Tobias, Labastida, Ignasi, Magagna, Barbara, McQuilton, Peter, Meyers, Natalie, Montesanti, Annalisa, Van Reisen, Mirjam, Rocca-Serra, Philippe, Pergl, Robert, Sansone, Susanna Assunta, Santos, Luiz Olavo Bonino da Silva, Schneider, Juliane, Strawn, George, Thompson, Mark, Waagmeester, Andra S., Weigel, Tobias, Wilkinson, Mark D., Willighagen, Egon L., Wittenburg, Peter, Roos, Marco, Mons, Barend, Schultes, Erik
Other Authors:	European Commission
Format:	editorial biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	MIT Press 2020-01-01
Subjects:	Choices and challenges, FAIR communities, FAIR convergence, FAIR guiding principles, FAIR implementation,
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10261/344213 https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85117812833
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