LIFES gathers like minded institutions around the world who express the intention to implement FAIR principles according to the interpretation as developed in the context of the GO FAIR initiative and summarised at the GO FAIR Foundation Website. This includes a radical commitment to Machine Actionability (through so called FAIR digital objects, for instance nanopublications). Next to the FAIR principles as originally defined and later interpreted for implementation, the members will also commit to the following additional premises: 

1. As open as possible, as restricted as necessary [explanation]

2. As distributed as possible, as centralised as necessary [explanation]

3. Follow the ‘hourglass’ approach [explanation]

4. Commitment to avoid vendor and provider lock-in [explanation]