[Incubator] Proposal to add FAIRness to the incubation process

[Jody Garnett]

 Hi Peter,

As I understand it we are gradually moving to issue tracker, I was going to
suggest you make a PR against:

https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/blob/master/incubation/documents/graduation_checklist.md

However I think we should move these documents to our own project support
repo:
https://gitea.osgeo.org/osgeo/projects-support

Let me do that now, and see if we can make that repo a bit more visible eh?

Some questions, which we can discuss on your PR:

   - Do you want to make this as recommendation for the osgeo community
   projects also?
   - What category does it come under? "Open" probably alongside choosing a
   license, and version control


Cheers
- -
Jody Garnett


On Jun 15, 2026 at 1:21:02 PM, Peter Löwe OSGeo via Incubator <
incubator at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:

> Hello Incubation Committee,
>
> I propose that we should consider to update the current incubation
> process for the FAIR principles, especially regarding persistent digital
> identifiers (DOI for code) and long term archiving of code repositories
> by Open Access repositories.
>
> The acronym FAIR stands for _F_indability, _A_ccessability,
> _I_nteroperability and _R_eusability of geospatial software repositories
> and data.
>
> I am raising this topic now, as scientific publishers are changing their
> best practices for citation of software, to "DOI-based code citation is
> required": URLs pointing to GitHub-code repos are becoming deprecated.
>
> Examples:
>
> - Open access publishing platform of the European Commission:
>
> https://open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu/for-authors/data-guidelines/#softwarecode
>
> - WILEY (American Geophysical Union, Geophysical Union Japan, etc.):
>
> https://www.agu.org/publications/authors/journals/data-software-for-authors#citation
>
> - Copernicus (Open Access for the European Geoscience  Union):
> https://publications.copernicus.org/for_authors/manuscript_preparation.html
>
> - Springer Nature:
> https://www.springernature.com/gp/open-science/code-policy
>
>
> A growing number of OSGeo projects has already adopted FAIR practices in
> addition to graduating from the OSGeo incubation process: Geopaparazzi,
> GEOS, GeoServer, GeoTools, GDAL, GMT, GRASS, gvSig, istSOS, Leaflet,
> Mapbender, MapServer, MOSS, movingpandas, Orfeo Toolbox, pdal,
> pgRouting, PostGIS, PROJ, pygeoapi, pygile-plus QGIS, rasdaman, Wradlib,
> Zoo
>
> Detailed technical how-to info for project maintainers lives in the
> OSGeo wiki: https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/DOI
>
>
> These two questions could be added to the project graduation checklist
> (https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Project_Graduation_Checklist#Open):
>
> <new>
> [open 3]: Open Access Repository: "Has the project established or
> planned a strategy for long-term preservation and open access
> distribution of project artifacts (e.g., releases, documentation,
> datasets) using a trusted open access repository (e.g., Zenodo,
> Figshare, or other OSGeo-approved platforms)?"
>
> [open 4]:  Persistent Identifiers (PIDs) "Does the project utilize or
> plan to adopt persistent identifiers (PIDs) for contributors (e.g.,
> ORCID) and software releases (e.g., DOIs via Zenodo or other PID
> registries) to ensure proper attribution and machine-readable citation?"
> </new>
>
>
> The FAIR score for software projects can be measured with the Automated
> FAIR Data Assessment Toolkit (F-UJI): https://www.f-uji.net/index.php
>
> To see for yourselves, enter these DOI/URL into F-UHI:
>
> 1) QGIS: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20444851
>
> 2) GDAL: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20083023
>
> 3) A random propietary GIS:
>
> https://doc.esri.com/en/arcgis-pro/latest/get-started/download-arcgis-pro.html
>
> I expect that dding FAIRness to the incubation process will ensure that
> the OSGeo projects stay up to date, receive due scientific credit and
> public visibility.
>
>
> Best,
> Peter
>
>
>
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