Data services that want to present metadata describing their content in DCAT2

The development of the FAIR Data Point reference implementation within the FAIRsFAIR project utilized resources from a number of different projects such as FAIR-dICT, ODEX4All, EJP-RD, FAIRsFAIR, Personal Genetic Locker, VODAN, and others. The reference implementation followed the FAIR Data Point specifications, which has produced other implementations such as Molgenis, Castor EDC and SURF’s FDP. The code developed during the FAIRsFAIR project is stored both in the GO-FAIR and in the FAIRsFAIR repositories. The reference implementation of the FDP is maintained in a GO-FAIR/DTL repository and available for reuse.

The work done by FAIRsFAIR on the reference implementation will continue through other related projects, and through other implementations of the FDP specifications that continue to emerge as more solution developers become interested in adjusting their applications to expose data in a FAIR way. The work package has already negotiated a long-term commitment for the continuous development of the FAIR Data Point from the GO-FAIR community. 

Communication and cooperation between developers is a key element to the sustainability of the Reference implementation of the FAIR Data Point. This will require the creation of further working groups, such as an RDA DCAT-interoperability working group. The coordination with the stakeholders involved in building the EOSC is vital for ensuring interoperability within EOSC infrastructure. This output is related to the work on semantic interoperability and services for semantic artefacts.