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Hi Peter,</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">As I understand it we are gradually moving to issue tracker, I was going to suggest you make a PR against:</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/blob/master/incubation/documents/graduation_checklist.md">https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/blob/master/incubation/documents/graduation_checklist.md</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">However I think we should move these documents to our own project support repo:</div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#419cff"><a href="https://gitea.osgeo.org/osgeo/projects-support">https://gitea.osgeo.org/osgeo/projects-support</a></font></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Let me do that now, and see if we can make that repo a bit more visible eh?</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Some questions, which we can discuss on your PR:</div><div dir="ltr"><ul style="list-style-type:"\002013 ";margin:0px" dir="ltr"><li>Do you want to make this as recommendation for the osgeo community projects also?<br></li><li>What category does it come under? "Open" probably alongside choosing a license, and version control<br></li></ul><div><br></div><div dir="ltr">Cheers</div><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>- -<br></div><div>Jody Garnett</div></div></div></div></div><br>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Jun 15, 2026 at 1:21:02 PM, Peter Löwe OSGeo via Incubator <<a href="mailto:incubator@lists.osgeo.org">incubator@lists.osgeo.org</a>> wrote:<br></div>
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Hello Incubation Committee,<br><br>I propose that we should consider to update the current incubation <br>process for the FAIR principles, especially regarding persistent digital <br>identifiers (DOI for code) and long term archiving of code repositories <br>by Open Access repositories.<br><br>The acronym FAIR stands for _F_indability, _A_ccessability, <br>_I_nteroperability and _R_eusability of geospatial software repositories <br>and data.<br><br>I am raising this topic now, as scientific publishers are changing their <br>best practices for citation of software, to "DOI-based code citation is <br>required": URLs pointing to GitHub-code repos are becoming deprecated.<br><br>Examples:<br><br>- Open access publishing platform of the European Commission:<br><a href="https://open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu/for-authors/data-guidelines/#softwarecode">https://open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu/for-authors/data-guidelines/#softwarecode</a><br><br>- WILEY (American Geophysical Union, Geophysical Union Japan, etc.): <br><a href="https://www.agu.org/publications/authors/journals/data-software-for-authors#citation">https://www.agu.org/publications/authors/journals/data-software-for-authors#citation</a><br><br>- Copernicus (Open Access for the European Geoscience Union): <br><a href="https://publications.copernicus.org/for_authors/manuscript_preparation.html">https://publications.copernicus.org/for_authors/manuscript_preparation.html</a><br><br>- Springer Nature: <br><a href="https://www.springernature.com/gp/open-science/code-policy">https://www.springernature.com/gp/open-science/code-policy</a><br><br><br>A growing number of OSGeo projects has already adopted FAIR practices in <br>addition to graduating from the OSGeo incubation process: Geopaparazzi, <br>GEOS, GeoServer, GeoTools, GDAL, GMT, GRASS, gvSig, istSOS, Leaflet, <br>Mapbender, MapServer, MOSS, movingpandas, Orfeo Toolbox, pdal, <br>pgRouting, PostGIS, PROJ, pygeoapi, pygile-plus QGIS, rasdaman, Wradlib, <br>Zoo<br><br>Detailed technical how-to info for project maintainers lives in the <br>OSGeo wiki: <a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/DOI">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/DOI</a><br><br><br>These two questions could be added to the project graduation checklist <br>(<a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Project_Graduation_Checklist#Open">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Project_Graduation_Checklist#Open</a>):<br><br><new><br>[open 3]: Open Access Repository: "Has the project established or <br>planned a strategy for long-term preservation and open access <br>distribution of project artifacts (e.g., releases, documentation, <br>datasets) using a trusted open access repository (e.g., Zenodo, <br>Figshare, or other OSGeo-approved platforms)?"<br><br>[open 4]: Persistent Identifiers (PIDs) "Does the project utilize or <br>plan to adopt persistent identifiers (PIDs) for contributors (e.g., <br>ORCID) and software releases (e.g., DOIs via Zenodo or other PID <br>registries) to ensure proper attribution and machine-readable citation?"<br></new><br><br><br>The FAIR score for software projects can be measured with the Automated <br>FAIR Data Assessment Toolkit (F-UJI): <a href="https://www.f-uji.net/index.php">https://www.f-uji.net/index.php</a><br><br>To see for yourselves, enter these DOI/URL into F-UHI:<br><br>1) QGIS: <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20444851">https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20444851</a><br><br>2) GDAL: <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20083023">https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20083023</a><br><br>3) A random propietary GIS: <br><a href="https://doc.esri.com/en/arcgis-pro/latest/get-started/download-arcgis-pro.html">https://doc.esri.com/en/arcgis-pro/latest/get-started/download-arcgis-pro.html</a><br><br>I expect that dding FAIRness to the incubation process will ensure that <br>the OSGeo projects stay up to date, receive due scientific credit and <br>public visibility.<br><br><br>Best,<br>Peter<br><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Incubator mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Incubator@lists.osgeo.org">Incubator@lists.osgeo.org</a><br><a href="https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/incubator">https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/incubator</a><br>
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