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FAIRsharing @fairsharing.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

#FAIRsharing is heading to #RDAPlenary27! Find us & #FAIRsharingCommunityChampions at sessions on data standards, stewardship, policy, & AI governance @lnanderscience.bsky.social‬ ‪@jettenmijke.bsky.social‬ Lyndon Zass @romaindavid.bsky.social‬ @allysonlister.bsky.social blog.fairsharing.org?p=1166

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The FAIRsharing community at RDA Plenary 27 – FAIRsharing Blog

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FAIRsharing @fairsharing.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The @fairsharing.bsky.social team is at #RSECon26! Come say hi to @allysonlister.bsky.social, Milo, Ramon, and Prakhyat & listen to our talk on 10 Sep on FAIR assistance for institutional repos. Presentation at doi.org/10.5281/zeno... @bodleian.ox.ac.uk @ukrepro.bsky.social @ostrails.bsky.social

Moving from FAIR tools with opaque definitions and tests to community-governed FAIR definitions that can be run by any FAIR tool that implements the OSTrails Assess-IF.

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FAIRsharing @fairsharing.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Our team will be taking their summer holidays over the next few weeks. More details at blog.fairsharing.org?p=1156

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FAIRsharing summer holidays – FAIRsharing Blog

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FAIRsharing @fairsharing.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Our services have unexpectedly gone offline ahead of the scheduled maintenance next week, perhaps as a result of the current heatwave. Our IT team is investigating.

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FAIRsharing @fairsharing.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

On the 13th and 14th of July there will be electrical work in our data centre and the FAIRsharing service will most likely be offline. Please accept our apologies for the inconvenience.

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FAIRsharing @fairsharing.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

We're planning to upgrade our website this afternoon and there may be some disruption. Apologies for any inconvenience.

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FAIRsharing @fairsharing.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Thanks to everyone running #Biocuration2026! Looking forward to co-running tomorrow's workshop w/ Lyndon, one of our #FAIRsharingCommunityChampions; it's on curating standards, databases & policies in @fairsharing.bsky.social from the African region www.bioinformaticsinstitute.africa/events/tab/6...

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FAIRsharing @fairsharing.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Major curation update to @fairsharing.bsky.social 🎉 We've finished curating Object Types across the registry! Search via faceted or advanced search or access it via our API. Datasets are by far in the majority, but documents, images & models are right behind! 🔗 blog.fairsharing.org?p=1126

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FAIRsharing @fairsharing.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Our @allysonlister.bsky.social and Susanna-Assunta Sansone have co-authored a blog post with Danny Smith from @ukrepro.bsky.social about creating a common, transparent definition of #FAIR for institutional repositories based on work with @ox.ac.uk's ORA. Find out more at blog.fairsharing.org?p=1118!

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Defining FAIR for UK Institutional Repositories: A Community Collaboration between FAIRsharing and UKRN – FAIRsharing Blog

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FAIRsharing @fairsharing.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Some power cuts have affected the science area in Oxford from approx. 5am this morning and this has had a knock-on effect on our network. Our IT team are attempting to restore connectivity as soon as possible.

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FAIRsharing @fairsharing.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

🎥 Our Annual FAIRsharing Webinar for 2026 is now available! doi.org/10.5281/zeno... Learn how our community-curated registry of standards, databases and policies has grown in scope, connectivity and reuse; also, how we support data management, FAIR assessment, policy implementation & more.

Types and directions of FAIRsharing relationships; just one of the topics covered in this year's webinar.
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@gerdos.bsky.social‬
@gabrielpelletier.bsky.social‬
@hughshanahan.bsky.social‬
@kylecopas.bsky.social‬
@lnanderscience.bsky.social‬
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@romaindavid.bsky.social‬
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FAIRsharing @fairsharing.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

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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FAIRsharing @fairsharing.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

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

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@gabrielpelletier.bsky.social‬
@hughshanahan.bsky.social‬
@kylecopas.bsky.social‬
@lnanderscience.bsky.social‬
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@romaindavid.bsky.social‬
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FAIRsharing @fairsharing.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

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!

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FAIRsharing @fairsharing.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

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.

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FAIRsharing @fairsharing.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

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! ⬇️

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FAIRsharing @fairsharing.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

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!

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Summer holidays at FAIRsharing – FAIRsharing Blog

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FAIRsharing @fairsharing.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

🥳 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

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Oxford e-Research Centre @oxforderesearch.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

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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ELIXIR Europe @elixir-europe.org · 26/06/2025

🙌 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 👉 loom.ly/Rcpa8cU

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FAIRsharing @fairsharing.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

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.

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FAIRsharing @fairsharing.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

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.

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FAIRsharing @fairsharing.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

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 🥳

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OSTrails @ostrails.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

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

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FAIRsharing @fairsharing.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

📢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 🎆

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FAIRsharing @fairsharing.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

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!

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CATALYST Project @catalyst-reproducibility.eu · 05/03/2025

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

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FAIRsharing @fairsharing.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

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

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Center for Open Science @cos.io · 17/02/2025

The Metascience Alliance is launching at #Metascience2025! This new cross-sector network is building collaboration to better understand & improve the research system. We want your input! Here's how to get involved (🧵)

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Allyson Lister @allysonlister@fediscience.org @allysonlister.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

I'm speaking at the T&F webinar on building and maintaining trust with open research on 15 March, please join us! @tier2-project.eu @fairsharing.bsky.social will be discussed, incl our Editorial Reference Handbook at publishers.fairassist.org authorservices.taylorandfrancis.com/events/build...

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Event | Building and maintaining trust with open research

This webinar will show authors how they can increase the trustworthiness of their research, with a special focus on open research practices.

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FAIRsharing @fairsharing.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

The @ox.ac.uk Forum of Open Scholarship #OxFOS25 is a cross-university event by @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social, Research Practice, Reproducible Research Oxford #RROx. 3-13 March: >50 speakers across 24 talks, panels & workshops + @fairsharing.bsky.social 🥳 Register at openaccess.ox.ac.uk/oxfos25 1/4

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FAIRsharing @fairsharing.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Thank you to @dri.ie #BethKnazook for inviting our @allysonlister.bsky.social to their webinar on Irish #HigherEducation organisational research data policies w/ Michelle Doran (NORF). Beth produced informative visualisations of Irish policy attributes using FAIRsharing! #LoveData25 #FAIRdata #RDM

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Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) @dri.ie · 13/02/2025

A reminder that DRI is hosting a webinar on Irish #HigherEducation organisational research data policies tomorrow at 11:00 UTC with guests @fairsharing.bsky.social and @allysonlister.bsky.social and our wonderful colleague at NORF, Michelle Doran. #LoveData25 #FAIRdata #RDM

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FAIRsharing @fairsharing.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

As we start 2025, we welcome an updated group of @ox.ac.uk #FAIRsharingCommunityChampions! Champions come from Bodleian Libraries, IT services, and Medical Sciences. Find out more at blog.fairsharing.org?p=964

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FAIRsharing @fairsharing.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

🚀 #TIER2 Pilot 8 introduces “The Editorial Reference Handbook” to help editors and publishers promote responsible practices for research. It assists in operationalising a set of checks to help with #FAIR principles and support reproducibility. 🔗 Learn more: tier2-project.eu/news/tier2-p...

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