Implementation & Adoption Stories

The FAIR-IMPACT Implementation stories illustrate good practices in research communities and organisations to support the implementation of the FAIR principles.

Implementation Story
Building a FAIR-Compliant Medical Data Repository for IMAGO MOL: Lessons from the FAIR-IMPACT Repository Support Program
Building a FAIR-Compliant Medical Data Repository for IMAGO MOL: Lessons from the FAIR-IMPACT Repository Support Program
This FAIR Implementation Story outlines the specific aims and actions of Imago Mol in relation to their participation in this Support Programme.
Implementation Story
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Professionalising the insitutional data respository at Leiden University
This FAIR implementation story shows the continuous road towards trustworthiness as a repository, and the different stakeholders involved in this process.
Implementation Story
Creating a SciLifeLab Collection of FAIR Digital Objects with RO-Crate and Signposting
Creating a SciLifeLab Collection of FAIR Digital Objects with RO-Crate and Signposting
Starting from a basic level of understanding, the participant sought to create a collection of FAIR Digital Objects and have it presented on the website with FAIR Signposting embedded to describe the objects and collection. Although not supported in their specific use case, the participant was able to gain valuable knowledge and experience in implementation on an example project.
Implementation Story
Improving FAIRness of datasets at the Digital Repository of Ireland
Improving FAIRness of datasets at the Digital Repository of Ireland
With the goal of improving FAIRness of datasets at the Digital Repository of Ireland, the team implemented new controllers, helpers, and tests in their app and expanded its goals to support researchers in making datasets FAIR regardless of their chosen repository. 
Implementation Story
Implementing RO-Crate in Research Space
Implementing RO-Crate in Research Space
Participants at Research Space sought to use ro-crate-java library to add metadata to their exported archives so that they satisfy the requirements of the Electronic Laboratory Notebook (ELN) File format. They selected ROCrate as the exchange format, to facilitate data exchange among all those who exported through RO-Crate. 
Implementation Story
Adding FAIR Signposting Support and Support for Research Objects at Simula Research Laboratory
Adding FAIR Signposting Support and Support for Research Objects at Simula Research Laboratory
FAIR signposting and RO-Crate. During the 3-month support action, participants took part in three virtual workshops to implement FAIR Signposting and/or RO-Crate to improve the discovery and consumption of their content and/or metadata. Participants benefited from interacting with mentors representing FAIR Signposting and RO-Crate.
Implementation Story
Improving FAIRness for GeoSphere Austria
Improving FAIRness for GeoSphere Austria

A team from GeoSphere Austria used F-UJI to assess and improve the FAIRness of their data repository. 

FAIRness Assessment Challenge. During the 3-month challenge participants took part in three virtual workshops to self-assess and incrementally improve the FAIRness of their selected outputs. During the support action, participants benefited from interacting with a group of mentors representing the various FAIRness assessment tools and methods. 

Authors:

Matthias Schwarz, GeoSphere Austria


Implementation Story
Assessing the FAIRness of the Erasmus University Rotterdam Data Repository
Assessing the FAIRness of the Erasmus University Rotterdam Data Repository
A research data steward from Erasmus University Rotterdam used two different tools, F-UJI and FDMM, to assess and improve the FAIRness of their institutional data repository.
Implementation Story
Approaching FAIRness Assessment as a Vocabulary Curator
Approaching FAIRness Assessment as a Vocabulary Curator
FAIRness Assessment Challenge. During the 3-month challenge participants took part in three virtual workshops to self-assess and incrementally improve the FAIRness of their selected outputs. During the support action, participants benefited from interacting with a group of mentors representing the various FAIRness assessment tools and methods. 
Implementation Story
Coming full circle: A diversity of approaches to improve the FAIRness of a biodiversity ontology repository
Coming full circle: A diversity of approaches to improve the FAIRness of a biodiversity ontology repository
A senior knowledge architect from the Institute for Applied Informatics at Leipzig University experimented with a range of assessment approaches, including automated tools like O’FAIRe and non-automated assessment methods, in order to improve the FAIRness of the NFDI4Biodiversity project ontologies prior to the transition to a new portal. 
Implementation Story
Translating FAIR assessment results into improved metadata and workflow procedures in a social sciences data repository in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Translating FAIR assessment results into improved metadata and workflow procedures in a social sciences data repository in Bosnia and Herzegovina

A coordinator of the Data Archive for Social Sciences in Bosnia andHerzegovina (DASS-BiH) used F-UJI and FDMM to assess the FAIRness of datasets in the catalogue, with the aim of translating the assessment results into practical actions and workflow procedures in the repository.

Implementation Story
A journey to evaluating and improving the FAIRness of data ontologies
A journey to evaluating and improving the FAIRness of data ontologies
A team from IRT SystemX in France used FOOPS! to assess the FAIRness of their semantic artefacts, with the goal of further improving the FAIRness of their data holdings.
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