StaticFDP Ecosystem

The StaticFDP ecosystem provides three open-source reference implementations for the FAIR Data Point architecture — all deployable on static hosting (GitHub Pages or Codeberg Pages) with no dedicated server required.

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The three components

Repository	Layer	What it does
staticfdp	FAIR Data Point	Publishes a DCAT-conformant FDP from form submissions via static hosting
staticfdp-index	FDP Index	Harvests registered FDPs and serves a discovery catalog as RDF + HTML
staticfdp-vp	Virtual Platform	Aggregates multiple FDP Indexes into a federated discovery hub

Each repository is independently deployable and available on both platforms:

	GitHub	Codeberg
staticfdp	github.com/StaticFDP/staticfdp	codeberg.org/StaticFDP/staticfdp
staticfdp-index	github.com/StaticFDP/staticfdp-index	codeberg.org/StaticFDP/staticfdp-index
staticfdp-vp	github.com/StaticFDP/staticfdp-vp	codeberg.org/StaticFDP/staticfdp-vp

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staticfdp — Static FAIR Data Point

This repository. A template for publishing datasets as a FAIR Data Point using only static hosting.

How it works:

1. A contributor signs in with ORCID and fills in a web form
2. A Cloudflare Worker (or Deno on Hetzner) posts the submission to GitHub Issues / Forgejo Issues
3. GitHub Actions or Woodpecker CI runs scripts/issues_to_datasets.py, converting every Issue to RDF Turtle + JSON-LD
4. The generated files are committed to docs/fdp/ and served as a DCAT-conformant FDP

Key features:

• ORCID authentication — no password management
• Dual-write to GitHub + Codeberg simultaneously (optional)
• scripts/setup.sh — interactive infrastructure configuration
• fdp-config.yaml — single source of truth (platform, URLs, publisher)
• GitHub Actions + Woodpecker CI pipelines included

Quick start (GitHub):

git clone https://github.com/StaticFDP/staticfdp
cd staticfdp
bash scripts/setup.sh

Quick start (Codeberg):

git clone https://codeberg.org/StaticFDP/staticfdp
cd staticfdp
bash scripts/setup.sh

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Architecture overview

flowchart TD
F(["👤 Contributor fills in form"])
FDP["**staticfdp**\none per project / institution\nIssues → RDF Turtle → Pages"]
IDX["**staticfdp-index**\none per community / domain\nHarvests FDP catalogs → DCAT index"]
VP["**staticfdp-vp**\nglobal / cross-domain\nAggregates indexes → federation graph"]
F --> FDP
FDP -->|"registers (ping / PR)"| IDX
IDX -->|"aggregated by"| VP

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Infrastructure: GitHub, Codeberg, or both

Every component supports three deployment targets, configurable via fdp-config.yaml:

Target	Platform	Jurisdiction	CI/CD
github	GitHub Pages	Microsoft, US	GitHub Actions
codeberg	Codeberg Pages (Hetzner Frankfurt)	German non-profit, EU	Woodpecker CI
both	Dual-write, active-active	US + EU	Both pipelines

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Reference deployment

The GA4GH Bring Your Own Disease session (April 2026) is the first live deployment of staticfdp. Source:

• GitHub: StaticFDP/ga4gh-rare-disease-trajectories

Live FDP: fdp.semscape.org/ga4gh-rare-disease-trajectories/

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Secrets required after setup

Secret	Purpose	How to set
GITHUB_TOKEN	Post Issues to GitHub	wrangler secret put GITHUB_TOKEN
FORGEJO_TOKEN	Post Issues to Codeberg (optional)	wrangler secret put FORGEJO_TOKEN
ORCID_CLIENT_ID	ORCID OAuth	wrangler secret put ORCID_CLIENT_ID
ORCID_CLIENT_SECRET	ORCID OAuth	wrangler secret put ORCID_CLIENT_SECRET
SESSION_SECRET	HMAC-signed cookies	wrangler secret put SESSION_SECRET

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Authors

This work was envisioned and built by:

Name	ORCID
Rajaram Kaliyaperumal
Eric G. Prud'hommeaux
Egon Willighagen
Andra Waagmeester

Machine-readable citation metadata is available in CITATION.cff and codemeta.json.

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License

MIT. See LICENSE.