Object Types
Object types define the type of digital research object that is in scope for the resource described by a FAIRsharing record.
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Object types define the type of digital research object that is in scope for the resource described by a FAIRsharing record.
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This feature is now available in FAIRsharing, and is in the process of being curated across all records.
It is mandatory to provide at least one object type for all record types other than collections. It is recommended that collections have at least one object type.
FAIRsharing object types describe the type of digital research object that is in scope for your resource. The object tag that is the most generic
These object types were developed in collaboration with the community. Details of the specification of these object types and crosswalks to a number of community terminologies are available in the .
Example: MARC-XML, a standard for the representation and communication of bibliographic and related information in machine-readable form.
IRI: Definition source: FAIRsharing
Example: CLOSER Discovery, a repository of questionnaires and data from the UK's longitudinal studies.
IRI: Definition source:
IRI: Definition Source:
Example: LifeWatch ERIC Training Catalogue.
IRI: Definition source: FAIRsharing and
Example: PaNET, taxonomy and thesaurus of photon and neutron (PaN) experimental techniques, based mainly on accelerator-based light sources and neutron facilities.
IRI: Definition source: FAIRsharing and
Example: Software Heritage, a repository for software source code.
IRI: Definition source:
Example: Simple Application Messaging Protocol (SAMP), a messaging protocol used in the astronomy community that enables astronomy software tools to interoperate and communicate.
IRI: Definition source: FAIRsharing
Example: SBML, a machine-readable exchange format for computational models of biological processes.
IRI: Definition source: DataCite ()
Example: WorkflowHub, . Protocols.io, .
IRI: Definition source: , and FAIRsharing
Example: The Natural History Museum's data portal, which contains digitised specimens from the Museum's collection database.
IRI: Definition source: FAIRsharing
Example: Wikidata, which acts as central storage for the structured data of its Wikimedia sister projects. Despite its name, it allows any type of digital object to be uploaded.
IRI: Definition source: FAIRsharing
IRI: Definition source: FAIRsharing
IRI: Definition source: FAIRsharing