FAIR Project Frequently Asked Questions

Focused answers to the most common questions about the FAIR project, its governance, security, and technical operations.

Index

Plugin and Protocols: How to use the FAIR plugin, distribution process, analytics/telemetry, and review/rating systems.
Project Governance: Project governance, transparency, user trust, confidentiality, and the Code of Conduct.
Security: Security and reliability of FAIR, DDoS risk, mirroring, and comparison to centralized hosting.
Privacy & GDPR: How FAIR reduces tracking, decentralizes data, and improves privacy and GDPR compliance.
Technical Steering Committee: Technical Steering Committee (TSC) structure, roles, working groups, and how contributors/organizers fit in.

If you have a question not covered here, please open an issue or pull request, or post in the ideas forum.