Community Standards in the NFDI4Objects Commons

In many disciplines, the handling of research data is still heavily influenced by project- or institution-specific solutions. While this diversity is valuable, it hinders the exchange, comparability, and long-term usability of the data. Standards create a framework that provides guidance and support and can be directly integrated into individual practice. The creation of these standards is therefore at the heart of the needs the community has ask NFDI4Objects to work on. We view their development as a participatory process in collaboration with the community.

The Community Standards in the NFDI4Objects Commons bring together the output of NFDI4Objects and the joint knowledge of the community. They are designed as open standards and shaped as “living documents.” The collaborative and consensus-oriented process of their development also keeps them continously up to date and maintained as new requirements, technical developments or scientific progress call for. Developed through a collaborative and consensus-oriented process, they are continuously updated and maintained as new requirements, technical developments, or subject-matter insights warrant.

The goal is to provide open and common solutions for the sustainable management of research data on tangible cultural heritage.

Our Commons Process

The NFDI4Objects Commons represent proposals, recommendations, and standards from our community and collect, e.g., best practices, technical specifications, and recommendations for service development. They are developed both within the community clusters, temporary working groups, projects such as TRAILs, and NFDI4Objects’ Task Areas, as well as in working groups outside of NFDI4Objects.

The NFDI4Objects Commons undergo a transparent, participatory quality assurance process on our Community Hub. Interested parties can publicly discuss and comment on the submitted contributions before consolidated versions are adopted as recommendations by the NFDI4Objects General Assembly. In this way, the community’s expertise is directly incorporated into the creation of these deliverables.

All Commons contributions are published under a CC-BY 4.0 license in the NFDI4Objects community on Zenodo and are freely accessible. They are also indexed via a catalog on this website.

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