GO FAIR initiative: Make your data & services FAIR

FAIR Principles - GO FAIR

In 2016, the ‘FAIR Guiding Principles for scientific data management and stewardship’ were published in Scientific Data. The authors intended to provide guidelines to improve the Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability, and Reuse of digital assets. The principles emphasise machine-actionability (i.e., the capacity of… Continue reading →

| Eden-Fidelis

EOSC EDEN and FIDELIS aim at ensuring that FAIR research outputs are preserved over the long-term in the context of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) and will benefit future generations.

Introducing the Open Cloud Principles (OCP) - Sam Johnston

In light of the rapidly increasing (and at times questionable) use of the term "Open Cloud" I hereby propose the following (draft) set of principles, inspired

FAIRdata.ai — FAIR Data Assessment

Assess your research data's FAIRness. Automated pipeline using F-UJI + Claude AI. Free to use.

Software Sharing for Modern Companies | Fair.io

Fair Source is an alternative to closed source, allowing you to safely share access to your core products. Fair Source Software (FSS) can be used with minimal restrictions, and becomes Open Source after a period of time.

Software Sharing for Modern Companies | Fair.io

Fair Source is an alternative to closed source, allowing you to safely share access to your core products. Fair Source Software (FSS) can be used with minimal restrictions, and becomes Open Source after a period of time.

The crusade against open-source abuse | TechCrunch

There’s a dark cloud on the horizon. The behavior of cloud infrastructure providers threatens the viability of open source. Thankfully, several leaders have mobilized to propose multiple solutions.

EU's data centre expansion will fast-track profits and power for US Big Tech and investors

The global competition to ‘win’ the AI-race is driving an unparalleled expansion of large-scale data centres across the world. Cloaked in a narrative of pursuing European tech sovereignty and adopting AI widely and rapidly, the EU is now proposing to fast-track data centre development across the region in what appears to be a gift to […]

Science One Framework: A verifiable autonomous research framework via Chain-of-Evidence

Rui Meng, Research Scientist, and Tomas Pfister, Director, Google Cloud

Findable Accessible Interoperable Reusable Open Science (FAIROS)

All proposals must be submitted in accordance with the requirements specified in the funding opportunity and in the Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) and its supplements.

The economics of open source

Watch the free video of C J Silverio at JSConf EU!

The Politics of Open Infrastructures: Power, Governance, and Justice in Digital Knowledge Practices

This volume examines how openness is designed, governed, contested and lived in contemporary digital knowledge infrastructures. From open source software and internet standards, to citizen science platforms, public sector data systems and alternative computing practices, the book shows that infrastructures are never neutral technical backbones.

What AI Asks of Open Access - The Scholarly Kitchen

As AI systems increasingly reason from the scientific literature, the integrity signals that make research trustworthy - open data, structured metadata, robust retraction processes - matter more than ever. PLOS CEO Alison Mudditt on why open access publishers have a different set of obligations in an AI world.

EU Open Source Strategy | Shaping Europe’s digital future

The EU Open Source Strategy is a cornerstone of the Tech Sovereignty package, supporting open source ecosystems across the EU - encouraging the development and uptake of European alternatives.