Incorrect information in your readme

[markwilkinson]

Hi!

Just wanted to correct some mis-information in your readme. Force11 is not the originator of the FAIR Data Principles. Some members from Force11 participated in the original Lorenz workshop in Leiden, and the Force11 website was one of several venues used to distribute the FAIR Principles for public comment; however, it is incorrect to say that the Principles originated with Force11.

Thanks!

Mark

[sjDCC]

Who should be noted as the originator then @markwilkinson? I knew they'd come out of a workshop but I'd understood that FORCE11 was where the principles were formally agreed / published.

Would it be better if we named FORCE11 as the publisher of the principles rather than originator? Or is there another group we can call the originators?

Thanks for clarifying

[markwilkinson]

The correct history is here: http://www.datafairport.org/

The original meeting was initiated by Barend Mons, who is probably the correct person to credit (though he would likely say that the Principles are a product of a community of stakeholders)

(the history of the Principles on the Force11 website is also correct)

v.v. the second point, Force11 is not the publisher of the Principles either. The principles were published in Scientific Data (https://www.nature.com/articles/sdata201618). Several members of Force11 are among the co-authors.

thanks for following-up on this. It is a (frustratingly!) common error!