Spotlight on Global FAIR Data Initiatives: Pistoia Alliance and GO FAIR
In this series, we’ve explored the four principles of FAIR — ensuring that your data is Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable. We’ve also looked at how a LIMS can help labs achieve data that meets these principles, and where a traditional LIMS might fall short. It should also be obvious from these posts that FAIR isn’t something a lab can achieve alone. FAIR data requires shared standards, common tools, and community adoption, not just the good intentions of a single lab or a well-configured LIMS.
To make FAIR practical at scale, global organizations have stepped in to develop frameworks, vocabularies, protocols, and best practices that help labs adopt FAIR in real-world settings. Two of the most influential forces driving this movement are the Pistoia Alliance and GO FAIR.
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