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ArticlePeerJ. Computer science2024

Evaluating FAIR Digital Object and Linked Data as distributed object systems.

Stian Soiland-Reyes, Carole Goble, Paul Groth

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

Stian Soiland-ReyesDepartment of Computer Science, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-9842-9718
Carole GobleDepartment of Computer Science, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
Paul GrothInformatics Institute, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-0183-6910

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

FAIR Digital Object (FDO) is an emerging concept that is highlighted by European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) as a potential candidate for building an ecosystem of machine-actionable research outputs. In this work we systematically evaluate FDO and its implementations as a global distributed object system, by using five different conceptual frameworks that cover interoperability, middleware, FAIR principles, EOSC requirements and FDO guidelines themself. We compare the FDO approach with established Linked Data practices and the existing Web architecture, and provide a brief history of the Semantic Web while discussing why these technologies may have been difficult to adopt for FDO purposes. We conclude with recommendations for both Linked Data and FDO communities to further their adaptation and alignment.

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Digital objectDistributed objectsEOSCFAIRFDOFrameworksInteroperabilityLinked dataMiddleware

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PMID38855229
PMCPMC11157569

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