Commons Process

The NFDI4Objects Commons represent proposals, recommendations, and standards from our community and document, for example, best practices, technical descriptions, and recommendations for service development. In this way, they provide continuously updated access to quality-assured resources from our community. They are developed within the community clusters, temporary working groups, projects such as the TRAILs, and the NFDI4Objects task areas, as well as in working groups.

NFDI4Objects Commons undergo a transparent, participatory quality assurance process. Interested parties can publicly discuss and comment on the contributions submitted here before consolidated versions are adopted as recommendations by the NFDI4Objects General Assembly. In this way, the community’s expertise is directly incorporated into the development of these deliverables.

Commons contributions can be publicly discussed at any time by anyone interested. After a paper is submitted, an official four-week comment period begins, which can be extended at the authors’ request. Subsequently, the authors of the respective paper address the comments from the community and incorporate them into the paper. This results in a consolidated paper that reflects the outcome of an open process rather than the opinion of a single individual. In the next step, the consolidated report from the NFDI4Objects General Assembly will be submitted for recommendation.

In summary, Commons contributions go through the following quality assurance steps:

1. submitted contribution (proposal from the community)

2. commented contribution (with comments from the community)

3. consolidated contribution (revised based on the comments)

4. recommended contribution (approved by the NFDI4Objects General Assembly)

To participate in this process, follow our step-by-step guide on how to submit or comment on a post.

If you have any questions or comments about the process, please contact
lennart.linde@hs-mainz.de.

Would you like to submit a contribution?

1. To do so, select the option “Submit or comment on a contribution” in the “Commons: Community Standards” section.

2. Now select “New Proposal” in the left sidebar.

3. Enter a brief summary of your contribution in the “main text” field. Attach your contribution as a PDF.

4. Click “Continue.” Check your entries and publish your contribution.

5. Your contribution is now publicly available.

6. What happens next?

   a. The comment period lasts four weeks and can be extended as needed. Afterward, the relevant posts will be marked in color as “commented on.” However, they will remain publicly visible and open to further comments.

   b. Once this phase is complete, you will revise your submission based on the comments and submit it in its consolidated form for a vote at the NFDI4Objects General Assembly.

Would you like to comment on a post?

1. Register on the Community Hub or log in. To do so, click “Join.” If you already have an account, select “Log In” in the upper right corner.

2. Now navigate to the posts via the “Commons: Community Standards” tab.

3. Click “Submit or comment on a post” to view ongoing comment periods, and select the post you want.

4. The texts to be discussed are available as PDF files. You can enter and post your comments directly in the discussion forum. Please always refer to the page number in the respective PDF. For comments on figures, please specify the corresponding number. Comments on different topics may be posted as separate comments. This helps keep the discussion organized. If you'd like to stay informed about the progress of the comments, you can “Follow” them in the sidebar. We ask that all comments be written in a friendly, objective, and constructive tone.

Alternatively, you can comment on posts in the Community Hub without registering. To do so, simply use our contact form: https://www.nfdi4objects.net/comment/

Would you like to have a post recommended?

1. If you would like to have a post recommended by the NFDI4Objects General Assembly, it must first have gone through the comment phase (see above).

2. In the “Commons: Standards from the Community” tab, select “Submit Consolidated Contributions for Recommendation” and then “New Proposal” in the left sidebar.

3. Upload the contribution you wish to recommend as a PDF.

4. Your contribution will be discussed and approved by the NFDI4Objects General Assembly and will be marked accordingly.