Research Ideas and Outcomes :
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Corresponding author: Peter Wittenburg (peter.wittenburg@mpcdf.mpg.de)
Received: 29 Sep 2022 | Published: 12 Oct 2022
© 2022 Peter Wittenburg, Hans Günther Döbereiner, Stefan Weisgerber, Giovanna Morigi
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Wittenburg P, Döbereiner HG, Weisgerber S, Morigi G (2022) FDO Project for Germany. Research Ideas and Outcomes 8: e95806. https://doi.org/10.3897/rio.8.e95806
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In Germany there is much agreement on a necessary step towards convergence in the domain of digital entities across sectors given the increasing number of emerging data spaces in research, industry and public services. Therefore a group of FAIR Digital Objects (FDO) experts is working on a proposal that will
In addition to the standard activities such as PR, outreach, organising meetings, management etc. the project is designed to support a few major pillars:
It is an explicit wish of the funding institution for FDOs to help to create a global integrated data space which requires a close collaboration with existing industrial initiatives such as Big Data Value Association, Industry 4.0, Int. Data Space Association, Gaia-X etc. Therefore, the project partners are currently in discussion with these initiatives to bring in their expertise and components wherever that makes sense. Industry for example is busy formalising “roles” and “usages” which is not a topic of the FDO Forum.
The project partners are in close contact with the German FDO experts already contributing to the FDO Forum discussions to integrate their expertise where possible into the project. Although the project will focus on activities in Germany we will seek to reach out to other European countries and beyond. It is obvious that the project will need to invest in training from the beginning leveraging on the already existing knowledge in the FDO Forum, DONA and ePIC for example.
We are currently in discussion with the funding agency in shaping this project with the intention to start it already in 2022. With this project being granted we hope to be able to advance the international attempts to achieve a higher degree of convergence and thus efficiency in the domain of digital objects.
FAIR, FAIR Digital Objects, Data Management, Data Tracking, Data Space
Stefan Weisgerber
First International Conference on FAIR Digital Objects, presentation