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
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

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
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
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
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

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
Developing Actionable Research Software Guidelines at Hasselt University
This FAIR Implementation Story outlines the specific aims and actions of Hasselt University in relation to their participation in one or both support actions.
Implementation Story
Presenting “SWHID”: the new kid in the block in the Environmental Data Platform
Implementation story of how a geospatial data catalogue has started linking software and datasets the proper way thanks to the SWHID identifiers.
Implementation Story
First impressions on FAIRness from technology consultancy firm Datrix

A team from the technology consultancy firm Datrix starts their FAIRness journey by testing the F-UJI tool for FAIRness assessment on some of their project datasets.


Authors:

  • Matteo Bregonzio, Datrix S.p.A
  • Alsu Shakirzyanova, Datrix S.p.A
  • Clara Linés, Digital Curation Centre (DCC)

Implementation Story
RWTH Aachen University
This FAIR Implementation Story outlines the specific aims and actions of RWTH Aachen University in relation to their participation in Support Programme for Repositories and Data Service Providers.
Implementation Story
Radboud-FAIR
This FAIR Implementation Story outlines the specific aims and actions of Radboud University in relation to their participation in the RPO support programme. The support programme ran between February and October 2024 with a series of ten virtual workshops where participants were introduced to key concepts to support their journey toward becoming more FAIR-enabling followed by peer exchange workshops and one-toone meetings with FAIR-IMPACT mentors.
Implementation Story
Developing-an-Open-Science-Policy
This FAIR Implementation Story outlines the specific aims and actions of Institute of Virology, Vaccines and Sera “Torlak”, Belgrade; Faculty of Geography, Belgrade; Institute for Vegetable Crops, Smederevska Palanka in relation to their participation in the RPO support programme. The support programme ran between February and October 2024 with a series of ten virtual workshops where participants were introduced to key concepts to support their journey toward becoming more FAIR-enabling, followed by peer exchange workshops and one-toone meetings with FAIR-IMPACT mentors.