FAIRsharing
@fairsharing.bsky.social
A curated, informative and educational resource on data and metadata standards, inter-related to databases and data policies - for all disciplines
We've now completed this work and the system appears to be running nicely. Our IT team continue to work on the cooling problem.
January 13, 2026 at 11:14 AM
We've now completed this work and the system appears to be running nicely. Our IT team continue to work on the cooling problem.
After 10:00 local time we plan to take fairsharing.org offline for a short time for a hardware upgrade. Currently, there is also some network disruption due to cooling fault in our server room. We hope that the disruption will be kept to a minimum.
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January 13, 2026 at 9:45 AM
After 10:00 local time we plan to take fairsharing.org offline for a short time for a hardware upgrade. Currently, there is also some network disruption due to cooling fault in our server room. We hope that the disruption will be kept to a minimum.
Happy Holidays from FAIRsharing! We'd like to celebrate the 2025 efforts of our maintainers and #FAIRsharingCommunityChampions, welcome our newest Champions and say "until we see you again" to recent alumni. Find out more on them, our 2025 work and our holiday closure at blog.fairsharing.org?p=1086
December 22, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Happy Holidays from FAIRsharing! We'd like to celebrate the 2025 efforts of our maintainers and #FAIRsharingCommunityChampions, welcome our newest Champions and say "until we see you again" to recent alumni. Find out more on them, our 2025 work and our holiday closure at blog.fairsharing.org?p=1086
From the end of today most of our staff will be on holiday and the department closed. Support will be on a best-effort basis until early January. We wish you all a great holiday, and will see you in 2026!
December 19, 2025 at 1:32 PM
From the end of today most of our staff will be on holiday and the department closed. Support will be on a best-effort basis until early January. We wish you all a great holiday, and will see you in 2026!
We're back online - thanks for your patience.
September 1, 2025 at 2:16 PM
We're back online - thanks for your patience.
Our FAIRsharing application server has stopped responding and we're currently investigating this; the site will be unavailable until this is fixed. Apologies for the inconvenience.
September 1, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Our FAIRsharing application server has stopped responding and we're currently investigating this; the site will be unavailable until this is fixed. Apologies for the inconvenience.
The whole team at #FAIRsharing would like to thank David Tomkins🥇who joined our #FAIRsharingCommunityChampions in 2023 and for a recent short-term contract.
Find out more about David's time with us: blog.fairsharing.org?p=1057 🥳
Take a look at just 1 of the 1000s of edits he performed! ⬇️
Find out more about David's time with us: blog.fairsharing.org?p=1057 🥳
Take a look at just 1 of the 1000s of edits he performed! ⬇️
August 4, 2025 at 2:39 PM
The whole team at #FAIRsharing would like to thank David Tomkins🥇who joined our #FAIRsharingCommunityChampions in 2023 and for a recent short-term contract.
Find out more about David's time with us: blog.fairsharing.org?p=1057 🥳
Take a look at just 1 of the 1000s of edits he performed! ⬇️
Find out more about David's time with us: blog.fairsharing.org?p=1057 🥳
Take a look at just 1 of the 1000s of edits he performed! ⬇️
Summer holidays are here, and we'll be operating at a reduced capacity from 4 August – 1 September, with significantly reduced capacity from 18-25 August. During this period all support will be on a "best effort" basis.
Blog post:
blog.fairsharing.org?p=1062
We wish you all an enjoyable summer!
Blog post:
blog.fairsharing.org?p=1062
We wish you all an enjoyable summer!
Summer holidays at FAIRsharing – FAIRsharing Blog
blog.fairsharing.org
July 30, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Summer holidays are here, and we'll be operating at a reduced capacity from 4 August – 1 September, with significantly reduced capacity from 18-25 August. During this period all support will be on a "best effort" basis.
Blog post:
blog.fairsharing.org?p=1062
We wish you all an enjoyable summer!
Blog post:
blog.fairsharing.org?p=1062
We wish you all an enjoyable summer!
And here are all of the alumni Champions we could find to say thank you to! :) @debsethorpe.bsky.social @gabrielpelletier.bsky.social @stephenserjeant.bsky.social
Please let us know if you're on Bluesky and we haven't found you!
Thank you for 3 great years of the #FAIRsharingCommunityChampions!
Please let us know if you're on Bluesky and we haven't found you!
Thank you for 3 great years of the #FAIRsharingCommunityChampions!
July 9, 2025 at 11:56 AM
And here are all of the alumni Champions we could find to say thank you to! :) @debsethorpe.bsky.social @gabrielpelletier.bsky.social @stephenserjeant.bsky.social
Please let us know if you're on Bluesky and we haven't found you!
Thank you for 3 great years of the #FAIRsharingCommunityChampions!
Please let us know if you're on Bluesky and we haven't found you!
Thank you for 3 great years of the #FAIRsharingCommunityChampions!
There are 47 current and alumni Champions to thank. Here's as many current Champions as we could find on Bluesky! @romaindavid.bsky.social @gerdos.bsky.social @hughshanahan.bsky.social @kylecopas.bsky.social @lnanderscience.bsky.social @jettenmijke.bsky.social
July 9, 2025 at 11:56 AM
There are 47 current and alumni Champions to thank. Here's as many current Champions as we could find on Bluesky! @romaindavid.bsky.social @gerdos.bsky.social @hughshanahan.bsky.social @kylecopas.bsky.social @lnanderscience.bsky.social @jettenmijke.bsky.social
🥳 Please join me in celebrating the 3rd birthday of the #FAIRsharingCommunityChampions Programme! Did you know that over the past 3 years our Champions have made nearly 10,000 edits, created over 200 records and updated nearly 1500 records!? They're all amazing!
More at blog.fairsharing.org?p=1020
More at blog.fairsharing.org?p=1020
July 9, 2025 at 11:56 AM
🥳 Please join me in celebrating the 3rd birthday of the #FAIRsharingCommunityChampions Programme! Did you know that over the past 3 years our Champions have made nearly 10,000 edits, created over 200 records and updated nearly 1500 records!? They're all amazing!
More at blog.fairsharing.org?p=1020
More at blog.fairsharing.org?p=1020
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The ELIXIR annual report highlights the achievements of experts from 22 ELIXIR Nodes including Oxford e-Research Centre’s Data Readiness group. The FAIR Cookbook, @fairsharing.bsky.social & MARS resources feature as core to data management services for the life sciences oerc.ox.ac.uk/news/fairsha...
July 2, 2025 at 2:03 PM
The ELIXIR annual report highlights the achievements of experts from 22 ELIXIR Nodes including Oxford e-Research Centre’s Data Readiness group. The FAIR Cookbook, @fairsharing.bsky.social & MARS resources feature as core to data management services for the life sciences oerc.ox.ac.uk/news/fairsha...
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🙌 A case study from #PathOS project has demonstrated the value and impact of #UniProt, the universal protein resource. 💪 Findings of this case study strengthen the case for sustainable funding for 🌍 global #openscience resources.
Read the news 👉 https://loom.ly/Rcpa8cU
Read the news 👉 https://loom.ly/Rcpa8cU
June 26, 2025 at 9:01 AM
🙌 A case study from #PathOS project has demonstrated the value and impact of #UniProt, the universal protein resource. 💪 Findings of this case study strengthen the case for sustainable funding for 🌍 global #openscience resources.
Read the news 👉 https://loom.ly/Rcpa8cU
Read the news 👉 https://loom.ly/Rcpa8cU
Services are now restored! Thanks for your patience.
June 25, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Services are now restored! Thanks for your patience.
Work is still continuing and we hope to hear more later this afternoon.
June 25, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Work is still continuing and we hope to hear more later this afternoon.
Unfortunately, some maintenance in our server room has turned out to be more problematic than anticipated. The IT dept. will return to work about 12 hours from now and we hope they will resolve the situation as soon as possible. We apologise for any nuisance caused by this outage.
June 24, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Unfortunately, some maintenance in our server room has turned out to be more problematic than anticipated. The IT dept. will return to work about 12 hours from now and we hope they will resolve the situation as soon as possible. We apologise for any nuisance caused by this outage.
We're back up again (apologies for the delay) but the service should be considered at risk for the moment. We'll let everyone know if any further issues crop up.
June 19, 2025 at 2:59 PM
We're back up again (apologies for the delay) but the service should be considered at risk for the moment. We'll let everyone know if any further issues crop up.
Engineers are on site and working on fixing the cooling issue in the relevant server room. We expect to have more information from them around midday local time (around two hours from now).
June 19, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Engineers are on site and working on fixing the cooling issue in the relevant server room. We expect to have more information from them around midday local time (around two hours from now).
SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT: Please note that power has gone off to part of the network at @ox.ac.uk due to overheating. @fairsharing.bsky.social is currently unavailable as a result. IT is working on it and we will let you know when it is back up and running.
Perhaps a short cat nap is in order.
Perhaps a short cat nap is in order.
June 18, 2025 at 1:32 PM
SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT: Please note that power has gone off to part of the network at @ox.ac.uk due to overheating. @fairsharing.bsky.social is currently unavailable as a result. IT is working on it and we will let you know when it is back up and running.
Perhaps a short cat nap is in order.
Perhaps a short cat nap is in order.
Read about the MOMSI WG dashboard and @fairsharing.bsky.social collection at fairsharing.org/5742 incl ~200 Omics standards!
Congrats on these results to all in the WG with a special mention to the #FAIRsharingCommunityChampions and WG co-chair @lnanderscience.bsky.social 🥳
Congrats on these results to all in the WG with a special mention to the #FAIRsharingCommunityChampions and WG co-chair @lnanderscience.bsky.social 🥳
June 3, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Read about the MOMSI WG dashboard and @fairsharing.bsky.social collection at fairsharing.org/5742 incl ~200 Omics standards!
Congrats on these results to all in the WG with a special mention to the #FAIRsharingCommunityChampions and WG co-chair @lnanderscience.bsky.social 🥳
Congrats on these results to all in the WG with a special mention to the #FAIRsharingCommunityChampions and WG co-chair @lnanderscience.bsky.social 🥳
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Join the OSTrails Interoperability Webinar Series – 3 sessions on making DMPs, SKGs & FAIR assessment smarter, connected, and actionable!
April 28 - 30 | 11:00 - 12:00 CEST
Registration & Info: ostrails.eu/events
#OSTrails #OpenScience #DMP #SKG #FAIR #Interoperability
April 28 - 30 | 11:00 - 12:00 CEST
Registration & Info: ostrails.eu/events
#OSTrails #OpenScience #DMP #SKG #FAIR #Interoperability
April 23, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Join the OSTrails Interoperability Webinar Series – 3 sessions on making DMPs, SKGs & FAIR assessment smarter, connected, and actionable!
April 28 - 30 | 11:00 - 12:00 CEST
Registration & Info: ostrails.eu/events
#OSTrails #OpenScience #DMP #SKG #FAIR #Interoperability
April 28 - 30 | 11:00 - 12:00 CEST
Registration & Info: ostrails.eu/events
#OSTrails #OpenScience #DMP #SKG #FAIR #Interoperability
📢Come to this webinar on 15 April and see what #OSTrails is up to! @fairsharing.bsky.social is a member of this project and this webinar will introduce you to all of the exciting work @ostrails.bsky.social is doing 🎆
Join us for the first public webinar of #OSTrails!
Learn how we're building a Plan-Track-Assess Framework to tackle key research challenges. Includes live demos + launch of Mentorship Programme!
15 April | 11:00–12:00 CEST | Online
Register now: ostrails.eu/news/events/...
Learn how we're building a Plan-Track-Assess Framework to tackle key research challenges. Includes live demos + launch of Mentorship Programme!
15 April | 11:00–12:00 CEST | Online
Register now: ostrails.eu/news/events/...
April 10, 2025 at 9:59 AM
📢Come to this webinar on 15 April and see what #OSTrails is up to! @fairsharing.bsky.social is a member of this project and this webinar will introduce you to all of the exciting work @ostrails.bsky.social is doing 🎆
Our @allysonlister.bsky.social contributed to @elixiruknode.org's #IWD2025 post today, together with #WendiBacon - please take a look! And if you look closely, you'll also see our #SusannaSansone there too!
Happy #IWD2025!
Happy #IWD2025!
💜 Happy #IWD2025
Women in our community are leaders, mentors and innovators We celebrate the day with two stories
💡 Be OK with change - Allyson Lister
💡 Soft skills ARE leadership skills – Wendi Bacon
Read the full blog post elixiruknode.org/blog/2025/ce...
Women in our community are leaders, mentors and innovators We celebrate the day with two stories
💡 Be OK with change - Allyson Lister
💡 Soft skills ARE leadership skills – Wendi Bacon
Read the full blog post elixiruknode.org/blog/2025/ce...
Celebrating International Women's Day | ELIXIR-UK
As we mark International Women's Day on March 8th, we are proud to highlight the crucial role women play in leadership within our ELIXIR-UK Node. With ...
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March 8, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Our @allysonlister.bsky.social contributed to @elixiruknode.org's #IWD2025 post today, together with #WendiBacon - please take a look! And if you look closely, you'll also see our #SusannaSansone there too!
Happy #IWD2025!
Happy #IWD2025!
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13 is our lucky number today! 🐈⬛ There's an update to the Editorial Reference Handbook!
We now have 13 checks ✔️ covering reproducibility of digital research objects in manuscript submissions.
🔗Learn more: publishers.fairassist.org
We now have 13 checks ✔️ covering reproducibility of digital research objects in manuscript submissions.
🔗Learn more: publishers.fairassist.org
There's an update to our @tier2-project.eu #EditorialReferenceHandbook! We now have 13 "lucky" 🐈⬛ checks covering reproducibility of digital research objects in manuscript submissions. 🥳 Take a look at publishers.fairassist.org
@becktaylorgrant.bsky.social @mattcannontf.bsky.social
@becktaylorgrant.bsky.social @mattcannontf.bsky.social
March 5, 2025 at 7:26 AM
13 is our lucky number today! 🐈⬛ There's an update to the Editorial Reference Handbook!
We now have 13 checks ✔️ covering reproducibility of digital research objects in manuscript submissions.
🔗Learn more: publishers.fairassist.org
We now have 13 checks ✔️ covering reproducibility of digital research objects in manuscript submissions.
🔗Learn more: publishers.fairassist.org
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Missed our Love Data Week webinar on Irish Data Policies? 💕 The recording is available on DRI's Vimeo channel: vimeo.com/1060524320?s... #LoveData25 @fairsharing.bsky.social #NORF_Ireland
LoveDataWeek2025_IrishDataPolicies
A special Love Data Week webinar highlighting the addition of Irish data policies to the FAIRsharing registry, exploring the comparability of policy metadata across…
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March 3, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Missed our Love Data Week webinar on Irish Data Policies? 💕 The recording is available on DRI's Vimeo channel: vimeo.com/1060524320?s... #LoveData25 @fairsharing.bsky.social #NORF_Ireland