FAIR-IMPACT

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Published December 11, 2024 | Version v2
Project deliverable Open

D4.1 - Semantic artefact governance models and disciplinary approaches for inclusion within EOSC

Creators

  • 1. LifeWatch ERIC
  • 2. ROR icon Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement
  • 3. ROR icon Mathématiques, Informatique et Statistique pour l'Environnement et l'Agronomie
  • 4. ROR icon Université de Montpellier
  • 5. ROR icon Laboratoire d'Informatique, de Robotique et de Microélectronique de Montpellier

Contributors

  • 1. National Research Council
  • 2. Istituto di Ricerca sugli Ecosistemi Terrestri Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
  • 3. ROR icon Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

Description

FAIR-IMPACT acknowledges that effective governance is crucial for developing and maintaining semantic artefacts, enabling a network of interoperable resources across organizations and communities while preventing data silos. To support this, the project has established a dedicated task focused on defining and advancing the concept of 'Semantic Artefact Governance and Management. Through the FAIR-IMPACT Semantic Artefact Governance workshop, we explored a variety of practices across diverse EOSC-related communities. This effort enabled us to generate the final deliverable (D4.1) of FAIR-IMPACT’s T4.1.

This document presents a broadly applicable definition of Semantic Artefact Governance and Management that can be adapted to various contexts. It provides a governance framework that enables initiatives to define their principles, best practices, and standards, ensuring a structured and consistent approach to managing semantic artefacts.
The document demonstrates several approaches to semantic artefact development and management used by different initiatives, highlighting key aspects of the semantic artefact lifecycle. A high-level analysis of organizational structures across multiple initiatives is also included, outlining the domains of activity that need to be considered for effective governance.
Finally, we provide tailored recommendations for three types of initiatives managing semantic artefacts:
Project-based initiatives that oversee individual semantic artefacts, such as application ontologies (e.g., EFO, SAREF), and Linked Open Data sets (e.g., AGROVOC).
Support-based initiatives that facilitate the development and maintenance of interoperable semantic artefacts within communities, such as INRAE Voc, NFDI4Biodiv, and LifeWatch ITA SWG.
Harmonization initiatives that provide principles, guidelines, and infrastructure to standardize semantic artefact management across communities and organizations, such as OBO Foundry, BASF Company, Crop Ontology, and IVOA.
By integrating these elements, this document serves as a comprehensive resource for organizations seeking to implement effective governance and management strategies for semantic artefacts.

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Cites
Project milestone: 10.5281/zenodo.10287010 (DOI)

Funding

European Commission
FAIR-IMPACT - Expanding FAIR Solutions across EOSC 101057344

Dates

Created
2024-04-01
v1
Updated
2024-07-08
v1.1
Available
2024-07-31
v2
Updated
2024-12-11
V2.1