StandardsCommunities, Learning and ContributionAudiences
Area · proposed

For STEM communities

The STEM communities entry area of the Communities, Learning and Contribution programme is written for scientists, engineers, statisticians and data stewards who already publish datasets, models and software: it shows how the UNI, record UNIs, the NS-3b metadata profile, PROV-O and STAC correspond to what they publish, how outputs become readable as evidence, and how methods can be contributed to working groups. Each artefact of the area carries a UNI (Unique Nexus Identifier).

For STEM communities
What this area is built from: the Nexus Standards it applies, the open standards it names and the data and feeds it reads, then the areas its record couples it with (marked).Source: the Nexus Standards registry: the area record.
  • Nexus Standards: NS-1, NS-2, NS-3, NS-3b, NS-12, NS-13.
  • Open standards: DataCite Metadata Schema 4.5; ORCID identifier; Research Organization Registry (ROR) identifier; PROV-O: The PROV Ontology; SpatioTemporal Asset Catalog (STAC) 1.0; FAIR Guiding Principles; CodeMeta.
  • Data and feeds: OpenAlex scholarly graph; DataCite metadata (REST API); ROR data dump.
  • Couples with: Research, academia and education; the Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI Canada) evidence pathway; Data and evidence; Working groups.
Nexus Standards
6
NS-1, NS-2, NS-3
Open standards
7
named, never copied
Data and feeds
3
listed for reference
Couplings
4
with other areas
UNI
requested · allocation in progress
Status
Proposednot yet in the catalogue
Last reviewed
area profile
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Nexus Standards (2026). For STEM communities: area brief, Communities, Learning and Contribution programme. Proposed. https://nexustandards.com/communities/for-stem-communities/. Last reviewed 17 October 2026.

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01Scope

Scope and boundaries

An area of the Communities, Learning and Contribution programme (audiences). The area profile sets out 5 matters in scope and 3 matters addressed by other areas.

In scope 5

  • A path through the UNI and record exploration tools, the PROV-O and STAC packages, the record lifecycle and the contribution process
  • How to mint UNIs and crosswalk to DOI, ORCID, ROR and SWHID
  • Model cards and datasheets for risk models
  • Correction records and how they propagate
  • How to propose a method or profile under NS-13

Out of scope 3

  • Research funding or peer review
  • Scientific validation of methods by Nexus
  • Training credentials

Jurisdictions Application in each jurisdiction is a national decision, taken by the National Standards Council (NSC) with the competent national authorities.

02Entry point

Where STEM communities start in the registry.

External standards

External standards in these domains

78 external standards referenced for these domains.

StandardBodyRelationAccess
SPDX (System Package Data Exchange) specification; ISO/IEC 5962:2021SPDX project (Linux Foundation); ISO/IEC JTC 1adoptopen
CycloneDX Bill of Materials specification (ECMA-424)OWASP CycloneDX; Ecma International TC54crosswalkopen
Sigstore (Cosign, Fulcio, Rekor)OpenSSF (Linux Foundation); graduated project March 2024adoptopen
in-toto Attestation Frameworkin-toto project (CNCF)adoptopen
OpenSSF Best Practices BadgeOpenSSFciteopen
OpenSSF ScorecardOpenSSFciteopen
SoftWare Hash IDentifier (SWHID) Specification V1.2; ISO/IEC 18670:2025Software Heritage; ISO/IEC JTC 1adoptopen
CodeMeta software metadata vocabularyCodeMeta projectadoptopen
Citation File Format (CITATION.cff)Citation File Format projectadoptopen
OpenAPI SpecificationOpenAPI Initiative (Linux Foundation)adoptopen
JSON Schema 2020-12JSON Schema organisationadoptopen
Schema.org vocabularySchema.org Community Group (W3C)adoptopen
ISO/IEC 23894:2023 Information technology – Artificial intelligence – Guidance on risk managementISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42compatibility profile (restricted)paywalled
ISO/IEC 42001:2023 Artificial intelligence – Management systemISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42compatibility profile (restricted)paywalled
ISO/IEC 42005:2025 AI system impact assessmentISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42citepaywalled
NIST AI Risk Management Framework (AI RMF 1.0, NIST AI 100-1)NISTcrosswalkopen
NIST AI 600-1 Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework: Generative Artificial Intelligence ProfileNISTciteopen
IEEE 7000-2021 Standard Model Process for Addressing Ethical Concerns during System DesignIEEE Standards Associationcitepaywalled
IEEE 7001-2021 Standard for Transparency of Autonomous SystemsIEEE Standards Associationcitepaywalled
IEEE 7010-2020 Recommended Practice for Assessing the Impact of Autonomous and Intelligent Systems on Human Well-BeingIEEE Standards Associationcitepaywalled
Statistical Data and Metadata eXchange (SDMX); ISO 17369:2013SDMX sponsors (BIS, ECB, Eurostat, IMF, OECD, UN, World Bank); ISO/TC 154crosswalkopen
ISO 19115-1:2014 Geographic information – Metadata – Part 1: FundamentalsISO/TC 211compatibility profile (restricted)paywalled
ISO 19157-1:2023 Geographic information – Data quality – Part 1: General requirementsISO/TC 211compatibility profile (restricted)paywalled
OGC API – Features – Part 1: CoreOpen Geospatial Consortiumadoptopen
OGC API – Records – Part 1: CoreOpen Geospatial Consortiumcrosswalkopen
SpatioTemporal Asset Catalog (STAC) specificationSTAC community; OGC Community Standard 25-004adoptopen
OGC GeoPackage Encoding StandardOpen Geospatial Consortiumciteopen
OGC SensorThings API Part 1: SensingOpen Geospatial Consortiumcrosswalkopen
RFC 7946 The GeoJSON FormatIETFadoptopen
FAIR Guiding Principles for scientific data management and stewardshipWilkinson et al. 2016; GO FAIRadoptopen
CARE Principles for Indigenous Data GovernanceGlobal Indigenous Data Allianceadoptopen
W3C Data Catalog Vocabulary (DCAT) – Version 3W3C Dataset Exchange Working Groupadoptopen
W3C PROV-O: The PROV OntologyW3C Provenance Working Groupadoptopen
W3C Verifiable Credentials Data Model v2.0W3C Verifiable Credentials Working Groupcrosswalkopen
W3C Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs) v1.0W3C DID Working Groupprofileopen
DataCite Metadata Schema 4.5DataCite Metadata Working Groupadoptopen
Digital Object Identifier system – ISO 26324ISO/TC 46/SC 9; International DOI Foundationcompatibility profile (restricted)paywalled
ORCID iD (subset of ISNI, ISO 27729)ORCID Inc.adoptopen
International Standard Name Identifier (ISNI) – ISO 27729ISO/TC 46/SC 9; ISNI International Agencycitepaywalled
Research Organization Registry (ROR)ROR (California Digital Library, Crossref, DataCite)adoptopen

A further 38 are listed on the crosswalk pages of the areas above.

Tools

Tools and records

Implementation status as recorded in the registry for each implementation.

ImplementationRoleStandards for this community
RecordTitleStatus
NXS-STD-ST-000001Nexus Standards NS-1 – the UNI and artefact cataloguedraft
NXS-STD-SW-000002UNI command-line tool (validate, parse, next, mint, catalogue, export) – reference implementationdraft
NXS-STD-SC-000001UNI artefact record schema v1draft
NXS-STD-ST-000002Open-standards and open-source stack under the UNIdraft
NXS-STD-SW-000005UNI data profile (STAC, DCAT, PROV-O crosswalks), NS-3bdraft
NXS-STD-ST-000003Nexus Standards NS-3 – risk record UNIs (grammar, legacy crosswalk, allocation authority)draft
NXS-STD-ST-000009Nexus Standards NS-2 – citation and attributiondraft
NXS-STD-ST-000011Nexus Standards NS-5 – figures, maps and visualisationdraft
NXS-STD-ST-000012Nexus Standards NS-12 – software, models and AI/ML artefactsdraft

Resources and tooling

Pathways

Readiness pathways

Pathways that read this evidence; each institution decides under its own rules.

GCRI Canada pathway

GCRI Canada evidence pathway

What a project, dataset or model must carry to be admissible evidence in the GCRI Canada research and intelligence pipelines. Open the pathway.

03Process

The participation pathway

Researchers and engineers, Statisticians and Data stewards and research software engineers find the area and its open drafts, take part without a membership fee, comment in the open, join a working group, propose text and see each comment answered in writing; accepted work becomes a version, and national adoption is decided by each National Standards Council (NSC). 8 operations in 5 phases, built from the area profile: the rows carry its own data sources, indicators, open standards, couplings and, where listed, hazards, and each operation names the rules it implements (8). Records and artefacts are cited by UNI (Unique Nexus Identifier) and version.

Standards · codify and correct

Standard lifecycle

Standard lifecycle · NS-13 track · Contribution channels · IETF track · W3C track · OGC track · OASIS track · ISO and IEC stages · Conformance · Record lifecycle · Routing · Monitoring.

Cycle findings become change proposals, the Global Standards Council adopts after a public last call, and each country decides its own adoption.

  1. 01 Route missions

    1. 01Route missions to standards and profilesStep · Nexus StandardsNexus Standards routes each candidate mission to the standards and profiles that apply.
  2. 02 Profiles and conformance

    1. 02Compose mission profilesStep · Nexus StandardsNexus Standards composes mission profiles and records any national adoption the missions depend on.
    2. 03Validate build outputs against the profilesStep · Nexus StandardsNexus Standards validates build outputs against the composed profiles and records the evidence.
    3. 04Monitor conformance and record sealed evidenceStep · Nexus StandardsDuring Action Week Nexus Standards monitors conformance and logs deviations.
  3. 03 Proposals and review

    1. 05Deviations and corrections become change proposalsStep · Nexus StandardsDeviations become change proposals, and the correction is recorded as a change to the evidence.
    2. 06Cycle findings become change proposalsStep · Nexus StandardsFindings from a cycle become change proposals: method and correction findings from Reports (F06) and docket items from Nexus…
    3. 07Draft and revise in the openStep · Committees and working groupsTechnical committees and working groups draft and revise the standards in the open process of NS-13.
    4. 08Review toward a council decisionStep · Nexus StandardsNexus Standards moves change proposals through review toward a council decision.
  4. 04 Council decision

    1. 09Public last callStep · Global Standards CouncilThe Global Standards Council adopts by a two-thirds majority after a ninety-day last call.
    2. 10Global adoption of a standardDecision · Global Standards CouncilThe Global Standards Council decides the adoption of each standard after public last call.
  5. 05 Publish and identify

    1. 11Assign a UNI and publishStep · Secretariat (GCRI Canada)Nexus Standards assigns UNIs and deposits publications under the publisher’s process.
    2. 12A UNI identifies and never certifiesRecord · Nexus StandardsEvery object of the programme year carries one identifier, a UNI under NS-1, so that it can be cited, versioned and resolved.
    3. 13Publish the year’s adopted changesStep · Nexus StandardsAt renewal Nexus Standards publishes the year’s adopted changes and national adoption status.
  6. 06 National adoption and application

    1. 14National adoption by the National Standards CouncilDecision · National Standards CouncilEach country’s National Standards Council decides national adoption: adopt as is, adopt with a profile (NS-16), adapt, or reference only.
    2. 15Adopted standards reach courses and editionsStep · Nexus StandardsEach adopted standard or profile becomes a course module in Risk Academy (F09), and standards are applied in Reports editions (R1).
    3. 16Adoption is final for each jurisdictionStandard · National Standards CouncilAdoption is final for each jurisdiction, and the GSC has no veto over a national decision. No global body holds a veto.
    4. 17National adoption recordsRecord · Nexus StandardsComposed mission profiles and national adoption records go to the Foundry at readiness preparation (F08).

Nexus Standards · Nexus Standards (institution) · National Standards CouncilAn outline of the designed programme cycle, not a record of operation: no cycle has run and every programme is at service level R0. Every Nexus Standard is at the PROPOSED stage and nexustandards.com governs the text and status of each one. A UNI identifies and never certifies; a validator report is evidence for review, not a conformance claim.

The operations, as a table
Process · the participation pathway8 operations · 5 phases
StepPhaseOperationWhoDecision ruleRecordImplements
01DiscoveryFind the area (start). Learning pathways and calls are linked from the area. The STEM communities entry area of the Communities, Learning and Contribution programme is written for scientists, engineers, statisticians and data stewards who already publish datasets, models and software: it shows how the UNI, record UNIs, the NS-3b metadata profile, PROV-O and STAC correspond to what they publish, how outputs become readable as evidence, and how methods can be contributed to working groups..Researchers and engineers, Statisticians and Data stewards and research software engineersstandards, registries and schemas are published openlythe area page, its drafts and its callsNS0-P1
02DiscoveryRead the drafts (step). Nexus Standards of this area: NS-1, NS-2, NS-3, NS-3b, NS-12, NS-13.the participantdrafts carry UNIs and are cited by versionthe current drafts with their UNIsNS2-R2
03JoiningJoin (step). No membership fee is required; agents take part under a recorded mandate.the participantparticipation is open and free; identity is recordedan identity recorded with ORCID or RORNS13-R2
04CommentComment (record). Accepted, rejected, deferred or open: each disposition is written.the participanteach comment receives a disposition with a reasona comment in the open record of a proposalNS13-R2
05CommentWorking group (step). Deliverables: STEM learning path with a worked dataset package, Contributor guide for methods and profiles and Example notebooks using synthetic data.the working group chairsconsensus with recorded dissent; two co-chairs from different organisationsCurate the STEM learning path and onboard contributors to working groups.NS13-R2
06ProposalPropose text (gate). Last call is announced to every stakeholder group listed on the proposal.the participant or the working groupevery change enters through a proposal; objections are dispositioned before acceptancea proposal with a UNI, through last callNS13-R1, NS13-R3
07AdoptionNew version (record). Contributors are credited; agents are credited as agents.the editorseditors decide in writing; they do not adopta semantic version crediting contributorsNS13-R4, NS13-R5, NS2-R3
08AdoptionAdoption (end). The GSC has no veto over a national decision.the GSC; in each country the NSCnational adoption is a national decisionadoption by the Global Standards Council (GSC); national decisions by each NSCNS13-R4

Table.Operations in walking order; each row names the phase, the operation, its actor, its decision rule, the record it leaves and the rule identifiers it implements. The table shows the process as specified; it does not report the status of any standard, proposal or record. Sources: DataCite Metadata Schema 4.5 · ORCID identifier · NS-1: The UNI and the artefact catalogue · NS-2: Citation and attribution format for UNIs.

04Alignment

From frameworks and sources to the applicable standards

Read from left to right; select or focus an item to trace its connections.

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05Audiences

Intended users

The area profile identifies 4 user communities.

  1. Researchers and engineers
  2. Statisticians
  3. Data stewards and research software engineers
  4. Doctoral and early-career researchers
06System model

How a shock travels through this system

A system model of this area built from the registry: 5 systems, 4 sectors, 12 controls, 3 feeds, 2 indicators. Select the components to include, choose an initiating hazard and run the scenario. Stress propagates through the hazard relations of the Nexus Hazard Standard (NHS-1), the exposure of each system, the recorded couplings and the sectors that carry the loss; adopted standards dampen transmission and live data sources support detection. All parameters are stated assumptions that the reader can adjust; results are illustrative scenario outputs for exercises and training, not forecasts or risk assessments.

Controls

  • NS-1 The UNI and the artefact catalogue (grammar v0.2: domain, sector, region and environment segments)
  • NS-2 Citation and attribution format for UNIs
  • NS-3 Risk record UNIs (grammar, legacy crosswalk, allocation authority)
  • NS-3b Dataset and product metadata profile (STAC, DCAT, PROV-O)
  • NS-12 Software, model and AI/ML artefacts (supply chain, model cards, dataset sheets)
  • NS-13 Standards development process (open proposals, review, versioning, adoption)
  • NRS-H114 Hazard family: Macroeconomic and fiscal shocks (NHS-1 soc.macro-fiscal)
  • NRS-H119 Hazard family: Cultural heritage loss (NHS-1 soc.heritage)
  • NRS-C4 Risk data model, identifiers and exchange
  • NRS-H22 Hazard family: Solar-terrestrial storms (NHS-1 space.solar-storm)
  • NRS-H40 Hazard family: Blood-borne and sexually transmitted infection (NHS-1 health.bloodborne)
  • NRS-H41 Hazard family: Animal-to-human spillover (NHS-1 health.zoonotic)

Observation

  • OpenAlex scholarly graph (listed for reference)
  • DataCite metadata (REST API) (listed for reference)
  • ROR data dump (listed for reference)
  • Researchers (in full-time equivalent) per million inhabitants
  • Statistical capacity indicator for Sustainable Development Goal monitoring
07Standards

Standards that apply

The area profile lists 6 Nexus Standards. Each is a proposed standard under development.

  1. 01

    NS-1 · The UNI and the artefact catalogue (grammar v0.2: domain, sector, region and environment segments)

    Status: proposed · 10 requirements stated. Read NS-1.

  2. 02

    NS-2 · Citation and attribution format for UNIs

    Status: proposed · 5 requirements stated. Read NS-2.

  3. 03

    NS-3 · Risk record UNIs (grammar, legacy crosswalk, allocation authority)

    Status: proposed · 0 requirements stated. Read NS-3.

  4. 04

    NS-3b · Dataset and product metadata profile (STAC, DCAT, PROV-O)

    Status: proposed · 0 requirements stated. Read NS-3b.

  5. 05

    NS-12 · Software, model and AI/ML artefacts (supply chain, model cards, dataset sheets)

    Status: proposed · 4 requirements stated. Read NS-12.

  6. 06

    NS-13 · Standards development process (open proposals, review, versioning, adoption)

    Status: proposed · 5 requirements stated. Read NS-13.

10Readiness

Evidence, recognition and capital pathways

What each institution of the ecosystem draws from this area: GCRI Canada, as Secretariat, for evidence; The Global Risks Forum (GRF) for recognition; and The Global Risks Alliance (GRA) for capital.

Evidence pathway

GCRI Canada

STEM readers learn which identifiers, metadata, licences and provenance make an output readable by the GCRI Canada evidence pathway, which decides admissibility.

Read the evidence pathway

Recognition pathway

The Global Risks Forum (GRF)

STEM readers see how contributions to open process records form part of a programme’s trail that GRF may consider under its own rules.

Read the recognition pathway

Capital pathway

The Global Risks Alliance (GRA)

STEM readers see how methods and datasets are cited by version in GRA capital-readiness files, on which GRA decides.

Read the capital pathway

Each institution determines under its own rules what it accepts as evidence; a pathway reading is neither an approval nor investment advice.

11Systemic couplings

Systemic couplings

4 couplings link this area to other areas and programmes, each with the mechanism of the link.

  1. Research, academia and educationCommunities, Learning and ContributionThe research sector area profiles the identifiers and metadata STEM outputs carry.
  2. GCRI Canada evidence pathwayReadiness and AdoptionSTEM outputs that carry the required metadata and provenance become readable by the GCRI Canada evidence pathway.
  3. Data and EvidenceData and EvidenceThe Data and Evidence programme provides the UNI and record exploration tools this path uses.
  4. Working groupsCommunities, Learning and ContributionSTEM contributors join working-group charters to propose methods and profiles.
12Data sources

Data sources

3 data sources named in the area profile, each with provider, licence, update frequency and delivery path.

Data sources

Data sources are listed for reference; live data is displayed once licence review is complete.

Live
0
on completion of licence review
Listed in the data register
0
licence terms recorded
Proposed for the register
3
licence terms to be recorded
Delivery
2 governed service · 0 plugin · 0 browser · 1 snapshot · 0 listed for reference
proposed paths in order of preference: governed data service, plugin, direct browser read, build-time snapshot; sources whose terms do not permit reuse are listed for reference only
  • DataCite metadata (REST API)for reference

    DataCite · continuous

    CC0 1.0 for metadata

    governed data serviceproposed for the data register.

  • OpenAlex scholarly graphfor reference

    OurResearch · daily

    CC0 1.0

    governed data serviceproposed for the data register.

  • ROR data dumpfor reference

    Research Organization Registry · monthly

    CC0 1.0

    build-time snapshotproposed for the data register

13Indicators

Indicators

The area profile names 2 indicators, each with its framework and code.

14Working group

Working group charter

A proposed charter for this area, open to institutions and experts.

Scope

Curate the STEM learning path and onboard contributors to working groups.

Institutions and experts are invited to charter this working group under NS-13 by filing a public change record. National Working Groups (NWGs) contribute national inputs and field exercises through their National Nexus Consortium (NNC).

Deliverables · 3
  1. STEM learning path with a worked dataset package
  2. Contributor guide for methods and profiles
  3. Example notebooks using synthetic data
Liaison targets · 4
  • Research Data Alliance liaison sought
  • DataCite liaison sought
  • Software Heritage liaison sought
  • GO FAIR liaison sought
15Research questions

Open research questions

3 questions identified as priorities for the working group.

  1. Discipline metadata conventions (CF, ISO 19115, DDI) overlap and need profile-level choices.
  2. Researchers lack incentives to publish correction records.
  3. Model documentation norms differ widely between physical and social sciences.
16Restricted standards

Restricted compatibility profiles

Standards whose text is not openly available are named and linked only. Any compatibility profile is kept on protected pages until an arrangement with the issuing body is in place.

The working group may identify restricted standards relevant to this area; they are listed here by name and link.

17Hazards and sectors

Hazards, threats and sectors concerned

Hazards and threats 0

This area draws on the hazards of the areas it is coupled with.

Sectors 0

This area serves all sectors through the areas it is coupled with.

18Sources

Sources

5 references from peer-reviewed and official publications cited in the area profile, linked at the publishers’ own sites.

  1. peer-reviewedDatasheets for datasetsCommunications of the ACM · 2021
  2. peer-reviewedThe CARE Principles for Indigenous Data GovernanceData Science Journal · 2020
  3. peer-reviewedModel cards for model reportingProceedings of the Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency (ACM) · 2019
  4. peer-reviewedThe FAIR Guiding Principles for scientific data management and stewardshipScientific Data · 2016
  5. standardPROV-O: The PROV Ontology (W3C Recommendation)W3C · 2013
19Research hub

Recent research on this area

Recent peer-reviewed articles, preprints, datasets and reports on the subject of this area, retrieved at the time of reading from open scholarly metadata services (OpenAlex, Crossref, DataCite, Zenodo, arXiv, Europe PMC, OpenAIRE Graph) with search terms composed from the registry. Each work is listed with its authors, venue, year, type, open-access status and licence, and links to its DOI or landing page. Sources not yet enabled for live display on this site are listed for reference and are not queried.

Search termsopen science; citizen science; research data; DataCite Metadata Schema; ORCID identifiercombined with: risk; disaster; hazard; resilience; early warningDerived from the title and scope of the area, the NHS-1 hazards it names and the open standards it lists.

  • OpenAlexlisted for reference; not queried
  • Crossreflisted for reference; not queried
  • DataCitelisted for reference; not queried
  • Zenodolisted for reference; not queried
  • arXivlisted for reference; not queried
  • Europe PMClisted for reference; not queried
  • OpenAIRE Graphlisted for reference; not queried

No source is enabled for live display on this site yet: the sources are listed for reference and none is queried. Once the publisher of record enables a source after its terms are reviewed, recent works are listed here. Metadata and links only: title, authors, venue, year, type, open-access status and licence as each source records them; works are listed for orientation, not reviewed or endorsed.

21Across the network

Programmes, tracks and courses for this area

GCRI Canada, The Global Risks Forum (GRF) and Risk Academy work on the subject of this area in distinct roles (research and evidence; governance, policy and convening; education and training). Each entry states why it corresponds and the step it offers; each institution sets its own terms of participation.

22Key terms

Key terms

UNI
Unique Nexus Identifier: a persistent identifier that resolves an artefact to its record.
proposed
A draft in the open development process that the Global Standards Council has not yet adopted. Each area profile is a proposal to the Nexus Standards registry.
adopt
Relation in which the external standard is used as published and values are validated against it.
change record
A public record of a proposed change under NS-13, decided by the editors with written reasons.
attestation
An evaluator’s recorded result for one clause and one subject under NS-11.
liaison sought
A liaison the working group intends to request from the issuing body; a liaison is established only when the body confirms it in writing.
24Research

Recent research and sources

Peer-reviewed articles, preprints, reports and datasets on the subject of this area, retrieved at the time of reading from open scholarly metadata services (OpenAlex and Crossref) and listed with authors, venue, year, type and access status, with a link to each work. Curated references and related standards are listed first; recent works matched by subject follow and are listed for orientation.

Curated references

Related standards and frameworks

Search terms, derived from the title and scope of the area: open science; citizen science; research data; combined with: risk; disaster; hazard; resilience; early warning. With JavaScript enabled, recent works matching these terms are listed from OpenAlex and Crossref.

25Questions

Questions and answers.

What is the status of the For STEM communities area?
The area profile is a proposal to the Nexus Standards registry; the area is not yet in the catalogue. Standards are adopted by the Global Standards Council after last call; in each country, adoption is a decision of its National Standards Council (NSC).
How are data sources presented?
Each data source is listed with its provider, licence, update frequency and delivery path, and links to the provider’s own publication.
How can this brief be amended?
Through a public change record under NS-13: a proposed amendment to the area profile or the registry, decided by the editors with written reasons.
ReportsContribute

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Reports is the Consortium’s quarterly publication. What you know about this subject can become evidence, a case or a correction in the next edition, credited to you and published under CC BY 4.0 where it is your own work.

Nexus Standards
Standards

Contribute to For STEM communities

Institutions and experts are invited to propose amendments, join the working group or propose data sources. National participation is organised through each country’s National Nexus Consortium (NNC) and its National Working Groups (NWGs); competent national authorities are engaged through official channels.

Status and use. The Nexus Standards are proposed standards developed through an open process under NS-13 and published for voluntary use; they do not constitute certification, accreditation or regulatory approval, and adoption remains a decision of the Global Standards Council and, in each country, of its National Standards Council. A UNI (Unique Nexus Identifier) identifies an artefact; it does not certify it. Names of standards bodies and their standards belong to their stewards and are used only to identify the documents; no text of an external standard is reproduced here. Nexus Standards is not affiliated with, endorsed by or certified by any standards body named here.

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