FairDM

FairDM is an open-source web framework for building research data portals that follow the FAIR data principles. A portal records projects, datasets, samples and measurements, the people and organizations credited on them, and who may see and change each record. These pages are split by who is reading, so start with the entry that matches what you do.

Portal developer

Developers is for you if you build a research data portal on FairDM and deploy it. It covers defining sample and measurement types, configuring a portal, extending its pages and running it in production.

Portal administrator

Administrators is for you if you run a portal that already exists. It covers the people and roles, the review of content and the checks on a portal’s configuration.

Portal user

Users is for you if you add, edit and publish research data in a portal. It follows the sections a portal shows in its navigation.

Shared explanation

These pages explain how FairDM works and why. Every reader may need them.

• What FairDM is for

• FAIR data and research data infrastructure

• The technology stack

• The core data model

• How sample and measurement types are stored

• Controlled vocabularies

• Configuration over code

• Why complete metadata matters

• How access to a record is decided

• Why FairDM records contributors

• How contributor accounts and credits work

• How a profile is claimed

• How FairDM configures a portal

• Who is asked to agree to a legal document

• How locations are stored and protected

• Dataset publication, DOIs and DataCite metadata

Reference for every reader

• Glossary

For maintainers

These pages are for the people who work on FairDM itself.

• Contributing

• Decision records

• Roadmap

• Changelog