Examples
Worked examples
- Is an instance
A research-software project archived on Zenodo, indexed by Software Heritage, with semantic versioning and a CITATION.cff file.
- Is an instance
An institutional policy requiring FAIR4RS-compliant deposit of project software outputs.
Counter-examples
Looks similar, but isn't
- Not an instance
A GitHub repo with no release tags, no licence, and no citation file.
- Not an instance
A FAIR dataset description (FAIR-for-data, not FAIR4RS).
Editorial commentary
The FAIR4RS principles were finalised by an RDA working group in 2022. They differ from FAIR-for-data principles in treating versioning, metadata for executability, and licensing as central. They underpin contemporary software citation guidance from FORCE11's Software Citation Working Group.
References
- Chue Hong et al., 'FAIR Principles for Research Software (FAIR4RS Principles)' (RDA, 2022).
Also known as
FAIR4RS · FAIR for Research Software
Machine-readable encodings
Use in your systems
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"FAIR4RS",
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