From d10c9940d4fa47730d66ef11224115da0b317af4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Peter=20L=C3=B6we?= Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2026 14:25:22 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Update graduation_checklist.md Added a third topic to the category "Open", adressing the FAIR paradigm (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable) with two recommendations: 1) The project should use an established and trusted open access repository (like Zenodo or Dataverse) to ensure open access and long term preservation of content. 2) The project should make use of digital persistent identificators (PID) for due credit to the project, or a specfic software release in scientific literature (by Digital Object Indentifiers: DOI) and due credit to the individual project team members / developers (by Open Researcher and Contributor ID: ORCID). Both practices have been already embraced by over 20 OSGeo projects since 2019 as good practice. --- incubation/documents/graduation_checklist.md | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/incubation/documents/graduation_checklist.md b/incubation/documents/graduation_checklist.md index 391b0a4..5866163 100644 --- a/incubation/documents/graduation_checklist.md +++ b/incubation/documents/graduation_checklist.md @@ -25,6 +25,18 @@ and include: participation and direction from multiple developers, who come from multiple organisations. * comment_here +3. Projects should comply to the FAIR principles (Findable, Accessible, + Interoperable, Reusable) for digital project artifacts and persons: + * [ ] The project should ensure open access distribution + and long-term preservation of digital project artifacts (e.g. releases, datasets) + by deposition in a trusted open access repository. + * comment_here + * [ ] The project should actively use digital persistent identifiers (PIDs) + for contributors (e.g. ORCID) and software releases (e.g. DOI) to ensure + proper attribution and machine-readable citation + * comment_here + + Copyright and License ---------------------