Introducing Africa PID Alliance

Implementing PID for Indigenous Knowledge and Cultural Heritage in the Emerging FDO Ecosystem

Abstract

The Africa PID Alliance, supported by the Training Centre in Communication (TCC- Africa) at the University of Nairobi, was established to put the FAIR data principles into practice. In addition to communication, teaching and training, the provision of infrastructure and the dissemination of the emerging PID ecosystem across the country and the African continent are important goals. Building on this work, we present recently developed PID types for innovation, indigenous knowledge and cultural heritage. These newly created PIDs span the scientific and socio-economic data spaces, can serve as a blueprint for PID types with cumulative creators, and can be optimally integrated into the emerging FDO landscape and its flavors.