Standards Don't Succeed Without Community Work

Abstract

In March 2026, the NIH Common Fund Data Ecosystem issued a request for comments for a proposal for a knowledge graph exchange format entitled JSON Knowledge Graph Exchange Format (JKG). This post is about the burden of proposing yet another standard and highlights sage wisdom from Nico Matentzoglu about the importance of community work in pushing standards.

Authors 1

1. Charles Tapley Hoyt corresponding Aachen

   RWTH Aachen University

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   RWTH Aachen University