FAIRsharing record for: FAIR Principles for Research Software - I1. Software reads, writes and exchanges data in a way that meets domain-relevant community standards

This FAIRsharing record describes: 'I1. Software reads, writes and exchanges data in a way that meets domain-relevant community standards' states that software interoperates through the exchange of data. This includes the use of data and metadata types, controlled vocabularies, and formats that are formally defined through standards to facilitate the exchange. Whereas F4 requires that metadata describing the software are FAIR, this principle ensures that the way that software interacts with other software is clearly described. A domain-relevant standard is an agreed standard that addresses the needs of a given community (or communities). Examples of community standards for data are curated by FAIRsharing at https://fairsharing.org/standards/. Where software interacts via APIs, these should be documented so that their capabilities can be inspected and understood by humans and machines, and they should be open APIs where possible.