CURRENTLY PATERNITY LEAVE. Notes on my work with (cultural heritage) FAIR data. Topics cover Programming, Open Science, Digital Humanities, Knowledge Graphs, Linked Data, Metadata, data catalogs, Wikidata, RDF, SPARQL and the Semantic Web.

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Sven Lieber

Dear subscriber,  Welcome to the first edition of my new weekly newsletter! Within different recurring categories I will provide updates of my work, my personal journey, and topics such as Knowledge Graphs, Linked Data, FAIR data, Open Science and many more. It is conference season!

FAIR Data Digest #1

Hi everyone,  in today’s slightly more technical edition I will focus on my recent encounters with the Linked Data query language SPARQL. Many of you may know it as a language to retrieve data (possibly from Wikidata). I mainly use it for a project where I recently found some performance issues that could be resolved by either rewriting the query or changing the approach.

FAIR Data Digest #22

Hi everyone,  last week I told you about
<em>
 European Research Infrastructures Consortia
</em>
or ERIC in short. Today we gonna look into one of these ERICs that is active in the Cultural Heritage field. I also have to celebrate a tiny anniversary related to Wikidata and I will share a resource about FAIR Jupyter notebooks.

FAIR Data Digest #7

Hi everyone,  welcome to the 3rd edition of my newsletter! Besides the fact that we have suffered the first official heat wave in Belgium this year, I have other hot information to share.

FAIR Data Digest #3

Dear subscriber,  welcome to the second edition of the newsletter and also a warm welcome to all new subscribers. It has been an interesting week. In this edition I will talk about some work updates, a one-day workshop I’ve attended last week and I have a video recommendation.

FAIR Data Digest #2

Hi everyone,  welcome to today’s edition on the the
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 European Day of Languages
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FAIR Data Digest #17

Hi everyone,  welcome to another summer-break edition. This time with a webinar recording about persistent identifiers for FAIR data and news about data cataloging with DCAT both in Europe and the US.  ::: {.subscription-widget-wrap attrs=“{"url":"https://fairdata.substack.com/subscribe?","text":"Subscribe","language":"en"}” component-name=“SubscribeWidgetToDOM”}  Thanks for reading FAIR Data Digest!

FAIR Data Digest #10

Hi everyone,  greetings to one of our summer editions! Whether you're on vacation, just back, or about to head off, I've got some interesting content to share with you.

FAIR Data Digest #9

Hi everyone,  today’s edition is about FAIR data that is not necessarily related to cultural heritage, but related to cars 🚗. We will have a look into an Open Data dataset of the Dutch government that provides data which hopefully helps me to answer some questions about
<strong>
 child safety seats
</strong>
. Statistics shown in this post come from this GitHub repository.

FAIR Data Digest #23

Hi everyone,  did you ever wonder how FAIR data is put into practice? This week I went down the rabbit hole and what I brought back is the start of a new series to
<strong>
 unravel the many FAIR data initiatives
</strong>
. There are also some good news for (Belgian) FAIR data in my work update!

FAIR Data Digest #5

Hi everyone,  I’m on vacation now, but thanks to pre-scheduling you won’t miss out FAIR data updates! Today I want to share with you a research paper in which the authors report on the creation of large amounts of FAIR data which they host on Wikidata.

FAIR Data Digest #12

Hello everyone,  welcome to today’s Halloween edition about
<em>
 data anti-patterns
</em>
that hopefully will scare you so much you don’t do them :-) Things you better avoid when aiming for FAIR data. Anti patterns?

FAIR Data Digest #20

Hi everyone,  greetings from Karlsruhe in Germany where I am attending a conference about research data infrastructure at the moment.

FAIR Data Digest #15

Hi everyone,  it has been a while since we talked about research infrastructures. Many of them might sound abstract or just like super specialized app stores. But today we have a brief look into something very tangible: heritage objects that are analyzed by instruments or are digitized in other forms. There is lots of diverse data in Heritage Science. ❓ FAIR Buzzword Bingo: what is E-RIHS?

FAIR Data Digest #21

Hi everyone,  in today’s edition I will try to explain what DARIAH / CLARIAH is and what they do in the context of FAIR data. I am also sharing a video of some recent presentations about Wikipedia from the Wikimedia Research Showcase. ::: {.subscription-widget-wrap attrs=“{"url":"https://fairdata.substack.com/subscribe?","text":"Subscribe","language":"en"}” component-name=“SubscribeWidgetToDOM”}  Thanks for reading FAIR Data Digest!

FAIR Data Digest #8

Hi everyone,  if you are a researcher and you want to follow the FAIR data principles you are not left alone. In today’s edition I will try to explain what ERIC is and what they have to do with FAIR data. As for work updates: I was on a small camping vacation in France, so there are no work updates, but I came back with many ideas for the future!

FAIR Data Digest #6

Hi everyone,  this week it’s all about hands-on! I will talk about a webinar on trying to fix quality issues in Wikidata by using its ontology. Additionally I will share a few resources around basics and advanced uses of the query language SPARQL that is used to query Linked Data, for example from Wikidata.

FAIR Data Digest #4

Hi everyone,  welcome back to today’s edition in which I share a work update related to bibliographic data and provide information to an upcoming interesting talk. ::: {.subscription-widget-wrap attrs=“{"url":"https://fairdata.substack.com/subscribe?","text":"Subscribe","language":"en"}” component-name=“SubscribeWidgetToDOM”}  Thanks for reading FAIR Data Digest! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.

FAIR Data Digest #19

Hi everyone,  this edition starts with two announcements before it dives into the topic of software engineering skills for data science. This newsletter started as a
<strong>
 weekly newsletter
</strong>
in which I shared topics around FAIR data and updates about my work. Selecting one or more topics each week is fun and helps myself to
<em>
 summarize
</em>
and
<em>
 understand
</em>
topics better.

FAIR Data Digest #18

Hi everyone,  as promised, today you will hear more about the research data infrastructure conference where I and around
<strong>
 680 other people
</strong>
attended last week in Karlsruhe, Germany. Grab a cup of coffee of tea and enjoy today’s edition!

FAIR Data Digest #16

Hi everyone,  I hope you had a great summer. The academic year is about to start and I hope you are hungry for some knowledge :-) In today’s edition I want to introduce you to the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC).  ::: {.subscription-widget-wrap attrs=“{"url":"https://fairdata.substack.com/subscribe?","text":"Subscribe","language":"en"}” component-name=“SubscribeWidgetToDOM”}  Thanks for reading FAIR Data Digest!

FAIR Data Digest #14

Hi everyone,  this last summer-break edition ties in with the previous edition. Last week I’ve wrote over research to make
<strong>
 publication metadata
</strong>
from the free publishing service CEUR-WS
<strong>
 available in a FAIR fashion
</strong>
, such that the data can be explored.

FAIR Data Digest #13

Hi everyone,  today’s summer-break edition is for anyone who likes free and open knowledge. There is a short video that explains the intriguing new
<strong>
 Wikifunctions
</strong>
project. Besides that I will talk about my experiences of creating a Wikidata page about a company, hopefully it inspires you to also contribute to free and open knowledge.

FAIR Data Digest #11

FAIR Data Digest

Hi everyone,

in today's edition I will try to explain what DARIAH / CLARIAH is and
what they do in the context of FAIR data. I am also sharing a video of
some recent presentations about Wikipedia from the Wikimedia Research
Showcase.

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❓ The speed at which technology develops is staggering. It is very
important for anyone in any research discipline to keep up to date and
have access to the latest methods and services. In today\'s *FAIR
Buzzword Bingo*, I introduce you to the **Digital Research
Infrastructure for the Arts and Humanities (DARIAH)**. How it is
organised and how it supports knowledge sharing.

🎥 I remember the dark days before Wikipedia, a time when various
suppliers sold encyclopaedias on CDs! Thankfully, we now have Wikipedia!
Anyone can edit Wikipedia, so it is important to check the integrity of
the knowledge it contains. In today\'s *videos not to miss* section, I
share two presentations that cover reference integrity in Wikipedia and
a monitoring system for high-risk content.

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# ❓ FAIR Buzzword Bingo: DARIAH / CLARIAH {#fair-buzzword-bingo-dariah-clariah}

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There are already countless intertwined research and infrastructure
initiatives in the cultural heritage field, even more beyond it. Each
week I will focus on one of the many FAIR data-related initiatives; last
week I looked at the [ERIC research infrastructure
CLARIN](https://fair-data-digest.org/archive/7), which focuses on
language material; **this week it's another ERIC: the Digital Research
Infrastructure for the Arts and Humanities (DARIAH) / CLARIAH.**

We are living in a **technologically evolving knowledge society**. This
also holds for research in the Arts and Humanities which does not center
around studying dusty books. In order to perform excellent research, you
need to be on top of the game! This means assessing **new technologies,
having access to tools, services and data**, but also to **exchange
knowledge**. Providing you with this capabilities is the mission of
DARIAH!

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DARIAH ([Q49103279](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49103279)) is the
outcome of an initial project between 2008 and 2011, that started with
14 consortia from 8 countries. Now in 2023 this is extended to **197
partner institutions from 21 member states!** Since 2014 DARIAH has been
an official ERIC and the two follow-up projects HaS-DARIAH
([Q120836405](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q120836405)) and DESIR
([Q120836372](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q120836372)) have further
enhanced DARIAH in the recent years.

## Organization within DARIAH

From an organizational point of view, I would like to **highlight two
things**: firstly, how the collaboration within DARIAH is managed, and
secondly, how a national DARIAH consortium might be structured, based on
two examples. I do this in the hope that it will give you an idea of how
such large initiatives can work.

### DARIAH collaboration

Besides the administrative governance, different **working groups** such
as [Multilingual
DH](https://www.dariah.eu/activities/working-groups/multilingual-dh/),
[Ethics and
Legality](https://www.dariah.eu/activities/working-groups/ethics-and-legality-in-the-digital-arts-and-humanities-eldah/)
or [Research Data
Management](https://www.dariah.eu/activities/working-groups/research-data-management/)
exist that are coordinated by four **Virtual Competency Centres
(VCCs)**.

- VCC **E-infrastructures** providing the technical foundation

- VCC **Research and Education Liaison** acting as the primary contact
  for the research and teaching communities

- VCC **Scholarly Content Management** dealing with the creation,
  curation and dissemination of scholarly content

- VCC **Advocacy Impact and Outreach** assessing DARIAH's impact and
  outreach to various stakeholders

Since recently, DARIAH members and institutions from non-member
countries can also work together in a **Regional Hub**. I could imagine
something like a hub around an *Iberian* theme, including Portugal and
Spain, or a hub around some *Benelux-*specific themes including Belgium,
the Netherlands and Luxembourg.

[Curious? Check out the DARIAH
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### DARIAH national consortia

The way in which a national DARIAH consortium is organized **varies from
country to country**. For example, in some countries a single "CLARIAH"
entity serves as a contact point for both DARIAH and CLARIN (which I
introduced in the [last
edition](https://fair-data-digest.org/archive/7)) as they have some
overlap and similar stakeholders. Let's have a look at two examples:
Belgium and Germany

🇧🇪 In **Belgium**, the DARIAH-BE consortium consists of 14 partner
institutions. Its scientific and technical activities are coordinated by
three sub **consortia that represent the regional structure of
Belgium**: DARIAH-VL for Flanders, DARIAH-FWB for the Federation
Wallonia-Brussels and DARIAH-FED representing Federal Scientific
Institutes, such as the Royal Library (my employer). The National
Representing Entity is the Belgian Science Policy Office (BELSPO).

🇩🇪 In **Germany**, the infrastructures of the initial DARIAH-DE and
CLARIN-D consortia were merged and **a single CLARIAH-DE** consortium
was formed in 2019. Since 2021, the national coordination is **managed
by an association** with the catchy name ***Geistes- und
kulturwissenschaftliche Forschungsinfrastrukturen e.V.*** (currently
created by transforming the existing *TextGrid* association
([Q120837364](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q120837364))). In addition
to international cooperation via ERICs, this association can also
support the coordination of its members with initiatives of the German
National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI)
([Q105757481](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q105757481)).

## DARIAH and FAIR data

The most important question for this newsletter: **how about FAIR
data?** This initiative is all about sharing experiences and sharing
knowledge. Several of the provided services provide FAIR data, such as
the [OpenAIRE DARIAH Community Gateway](https://dariah.openaire.eu/) as
a single entry point to DARIAH-affiliated research output or the [vocabs
service](https://vocabs.dariah.eu/en/) via the DARIAH-AT consortium with
thesauri following the SKOS standard.

DARIAH is continuing to strive for excellent research in the arts and
humanities. Following the DARIAH Strategic Plan 2019-2026:

> *"The strategy stands upon the four pillars of: building the
> **Marketplace** as a humanist-friendly component of the European Open
> Science Cloud; approaching **training and education** strategically
> and in a coordinated fashion; deepening our connection to our
> **communities** and ensuring they are with us; and strengthening our
> voice in **policy and advocacy**. Delivery upon these areas will be
> monitored through a series of quantitative and qualitative success
> measures tied in to the areas in which DARIAH's impact, manifested in
> improved organisational efficiency, research excellence, network
> development and innovation, can be evidenced."* - [DARIAH Strategic
> Plan
> 2019-2026](https://www.dariah.eu/2019/08/19/dariah-publishes-a-strategic-plan-for-2019-2026)

**What do you think about DARIAH, are you involved and how are your
experiences? Please let me know if I've missed something important!**

Below is a short video about a DARIAH event at Stanford, check it out to
see yourself how knowledge is exchanged (two more videos are available
[here](https://www.dariah.eu/activities/projects-and-affiliations/desir/)).

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# 🎥 Videos not to miss {#videos-not-to-miss}

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I have covered Wikidata in this newsletter already a lot, the structured
data backbone of many Wikimedia projects. But there is also Wikipedia,
which is **essential for many daily tasks** and also for research. Once
a month, the Wikimedia Foundation hosts the online event *Wikimedia
Research Showcase*. In this event series, the Wikimedia Research team
and guest presenters talk about research.

A few days ago, the July edition with the **theme** ***Improving
knowledge integrity in Wikimedia projects*** was streamed.

**Watch the video below** to learn more about the assessment of
reference quality in Wikipedia and how it has evolved in the past 10
years. The good news is, the Reference Need (RN) score has dropped by
20%, which means **there are more references!** Next to this, there is
also a talk on the integrity of the articles themselves. A novel system
is presented that is used to **monitor high-risk content** in hundreds
of Wikipedia language editions!

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think about the content or if I have missed something**. Don't forget to
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