status: Recognised & Endorsed
Chair (s): Xin Chen, Rainer Stotzka, Robert Quick, Maggie Hellström
Group Email: [group_email]
Secretariat Liaison:
The Data Fabric IG (DFIG) identified that working with data in the many scientific labs and most probably also in other areas such as industry and governance is highly inefficient and too costly. Excellent scientists working on date intensive science tasks are forced to spend about 75% of their time to manage, find, combine and curate data. What a waste of time and capacity. The DFIG is therefore looking at the data creation and consumption cycle to identify opportunities to optimize the work with data, to place current RDA activities in the overall landscape, to look what other rcommunities are doing in this area and to foster testing and adoption of RDA outputs. The goal of DFIG finally is to identify common components and define their characteristics and services that can be used across boundaries in such a way that they can be combined to solve a variety of data scenarios such as replicating data in federations, developing virtual research environments, and automating regular data management tasks. Much important work is being done on data publishing and citation, but DFIG believes that we need to start at early moments in the "Data Fabrics" in the labs to organize, document and manage data professionally if we want to meet the requirements of the coming decades.
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DFIG is focusing on the data creation and consumption cycle as it happens daily in the scientific and industrial labs and on the identification of ways to make this work more efficiently and thus more cost-effective. DFIG's goal is to identify common components and define their characteristics and services that can be used across boundaries in such a way that they can be combined to solve a variety of data scenarios. |
Throughout its existence, DFIG has shepherded multiple spin-off groups into existence, dealing with specific aspects of the cycle and components involved, particularly regarding Persistent Idenfiers (PIDs), their relevance and applicability to address data referencing and management issues. These efforts have brought forth a new understanding which is summarized in an overview document here.
The group is currently reassessing the overall landscape in trying to identify the next challenges, components or other work areas of interest. An overview is contained in The Future Trends for the Data Fabric.
An essential topic of the IG are FAIR Digital Objects, see Wiki page including regular meetings and information material here:
RDA IG Data Fabric: FAIR Digital Objects
Posts
RDA IG FAIR DO: Meeting Feb 23
Dear all, We would like to invite to our next working meeting of “RDA FAIR Digital Object Fabric IG”. Working meeting: 2023, February 23, UTC 15:00 Meeting room: https://kit-lecture.zoom.us/j/64010304690 Meeting ID: 640 1030 4690 Agenda: * Report from the RDA cross-fertilisation workshop “RDA for FAIR” * FAIR DO training and web site * RDA Plenary 20 Collaborative notes:0 | Add new comment
Join us at the "RDA for FAIR" community cross-fertilisation workshop on February 23!
Dear all FAIR DO Fabric IG members, as part of the ‘A Decade of Data: Celebrating 10 Years of the RDA’ activities taking place in 2023, RDA is organising a series of community cross-fertilisation workshops, aimed at bringing together RDA community groups and members with the wider research data community to discuss how to increase awareness of ongoing activities and stimulate new collaborations.0 | Add new comment
FDO Workshop on 16/17.2 at 15.00 CET (14.00 UCT)
Dear RDA-FDO Colleagues, we will have our next virtual FDO Expert Workshop about the Relation between "FDOs and Operations" on 16/17. February 2023 at 15.00 CET (14.00 UCT) using Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4093556900 This workshop will take 2 afternoons due to the complexity of the challenges. More detailed information will come asap. Please, invite all colleagues who might be interested. It will be an open workshop best regards Peter Wittenburg FDO Forum0 | Add new comment
FAIR DO Fabric IG: Project Share January
Dear all, We would like to invite to our next meeting of “RDA FAIR Digital Object Fabric IG”. Project Share: 2023, January 26, UTC 15:00 Meeting room: https://kit-lecture.zoom.us/j/64010304690 Meeting ID: 640 1030 4690 Connecting seafloor and planetary surfaces: Approaching via an interoperable metadata description for imaging research data Andrea Naß (1), Mario d‘Amore (1), Timm Schoening (2), Tom Kwasnitschka (2), Ernst Hauber (1), Thomas Roatsch (1), Autun Purser (3) (1) DLR – Berlin0 | Add new comment
RDA 20th Plenary - Notification of Acceptance
Dear Chairs of the FAIR Digital Object Fabric IG Your RDA 20th Plenary (P20) session application titled Discussing the FAIR DO Concept has been approved. Please consider this your official notification of acceptance. * Draft programme to be published on Friday, 16th December 2022 * Any requests for changes must be made by Friday, 13th January 2023 * The programme will be deemed final by Thursday, 19th January 2023 * Event platforms to be used - Whova and Zoom (details will be provided) Please begin planning for your session!0 | Add new comment
reserve in your agenda: FDO meeetings on 6.12 and 15.12
Dear FDO colleagues, This is just a reminder of two meetings that the FDO Forum is organising in December. Both are open meetings. Everything you wanted to know about FDOs but afraid to ask Virtual FDO Q/A Meeting which is not meant for the FDO experts 6. December 16.00 - 17.30 Amsterdam Time Zoom URL: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4093556900 I4.0 AAS as evolving Industry Standard Time: December 15. 2022 at 6:30 PM Amsterdam time0 | Add new comment
RDA FAIR DO Fabric IG: Meeting on Thursday, November 24 is cancelled :(
Dear all, Unfortunately, we have to cancel our project share meeting that was scheduled for 15:00 UTC on Thursday, November 24. Please accept our sincere apologies for the short notice!0 | Add new comment
new version of full sppecification document
Dear RDA FDO-DF colleagues, A new version 1.2 of the "Full FDO Spec" document has been created within the FDO Forum. It will be open for comments until 31.12.2022 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GAj-1owAAPDF7hVis2dYPPCOHiPHrIXIo4j-... The intentions are now that * we create PDF snapshots of all current versions of the spec documents to get them out on the website to create more openness - everyone can make comments0 | Add new comment
FDO lecture tomorrow - please use the changed zoom link
Dear RDA FDO-DF members, the former Zoom link which we specified for the FDO lecture tomorrow is not valid - please use the link below. Time: November 17. 2022 at 6:30 PM Amsterdam time Location: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4093556900 Apologies for the unconveniences. best regards Peter Peter Wittenburg Skype: peterwittenburg1 Mobile: +49 15159062731 ***@***.***; ORCID ID: 0000-0003-3538-01060 | Add new comment
Invitation to participate in 'A Decade of Data: 10 Years of the RDA' events and activities
by Connie Clare
Good day, The RDA Secretariat would like to invite the FAIR Digital Object Fabric IG to participate in ‘A Decade of Data’: Celebrating 10 Years of the Research Data Alliance’. 10 months to celebrate 10 years of the RDA0 | Add new comment