FAIR Digital Twins for Data-Intensive Research

Frontiers in Big Data, vol. 5, pp. 883341

Abstract

Although all the technical components supporting fully orchestrated Digital Twins (DT) currently exist, what remains missing is a conceptual clarification and analysis of a more generalized concept of a DT that is made FAIR, that is, universally machine actionable. This methodological overview is a first step toward this clarification. We present a review of previously developed semantic artifacts and how they may be used to compose a higher-order data model referred to here as a FAIR Digital Twin (FDT). We propose an architectural design to compose, store and reuse FDTs supporting data intensive research, with emphasis on privacy by design and their use in GDPR compliant open science.

Authors 8

1. Erik Schultes corresponding Aachen Leiden Institute for FAIR and Equitable Science

   Leiden University · GO FAIR Foundation

   Affiliation as printed

   GO FAIR Foundation, Leiden, Netherlands

   Leiden Institute for FAIR and Equitable Science, Leiden, Netherlands

2. Marco Roos Aachen Human Genetics Department Leiden Institute for FAIR and Equitable Science

   Leiden University · Leiden University Medical Center

   Affiliation as printed

   Human Genetics Department, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands

   Leiden Institute for FAIR and Equitable Science, Leiden, Netherlands

3. Luiz Olavo Bonino da Silva Santos

   University of Twente

   Affiliation as printed

   Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands

4. Giancarlo Guizzardi

   Free University of Bozen-Bolzano · University of Twente

   Affiliation as printed

   Faculty of Computer Science, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Bolzano, Italy

   Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands

5. Jildau Bouwman Aachen Leiden Institute for FAIR and Equitable Science

   Leiden University · Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research

   Affiliation as printed

   Leiden Institute for FAIR and Equitable Science, Leiden, Netherlands

   Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research, Zeist, Netherlands

6. Thomas Hankemeier Aachen Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research

   Leiden University

   Affiliation as printed

   Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands

7. Arie Baak
   Affiliation as printed

   Euretos, Utrecht, Netherlands

8. Barend Mons corresponding Aachen Human Genetics Department Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research Leiden Institute for FAIR and Equitable Science

   Leiden University · Leiden University Medical Center · GO FAIR Foundation

   Affiliation as printed

   GO FAIR Foundation, Leiden, Netherlands

   Human Genetics Department, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands

   Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands

   Leiden Institute for FAIR and Equitable Science, Leiden, Netherlands