Building NanoPharos as FAIR Infrastructure

How NovaMechanics designed NanoPharos as a modelling-ready, FAIR-native registry for nanomaterials environmental health and safety datasets.

Linked publication case study

The Challenge

Making NanoEHS Data Reusable for Modelling

NanoEHS datasets are often difficult to reuse because they are distributed across projects, described with inconsistent metadata, and not structured for direct computational modelling.

NovaMechanics built NanoPharos to serve as a FAIR-native resource that combines curated metadata, persistent identifiers, and programmatic access for modelling-ready scientific reuse.

NanoPharos
FAIR Registry
Built as a modelling-ready NanoEHS data platform
API
Programmatic Access
Supports machine access and workflow integration
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Scientific Metadata
Combines domain-specific records with identifiers and provenance

How We Built the Platform

A FAIR-native repository design process for modelling-ready nanomaterials data

Define the metadata model

Structured bibliographic, scientific, and provenance metadata to support meaningful machine-readable records.

Create persistent identifiers

Implemented identifier strategies and linked references that improve findability, traceability, and long-term citation.

Support programmatic reuse

Enabled access patterns that make NanoPharos usable in downstream analytical and modelling workflows.

Position the platform for interoperability

Designed the registry so it can connect with FAIR ecosystems, repositories, and scientific decision-support pipelines.

Results at a Glance

Modelling-ready
Data Resource
Curated repository built for reuse in scientific workflows
Persistent
Identifiers
Improves findability, referencing, and traceability
Programmatic
Reuse
Supports downstream computational access
FAIR-native
Architecture
Designed around machine-readable scientific metadata
Interoperable
Platform Design
Ready to connect with other FAIR systems
Reusable
NanoEHS Evidence
Supports analysis beyond a single project

How NovaMechanics Applies This Work

Scientific Repositories & Platforms

NovaMechanics builds domain-specific repositories and cloud-native systems for structured research data reuse.

Explore FAIR infrastructure

Scientific Databases

Browse the broader Pharos ecosystem and related domain repositories for chemistry, personalised medicine, and nanomaterials.

Explore databases

NanoPharos demonstrates how NovaMechanics turns fragmented scientific evidence into a FAIR-native, modelling-ready repository that supports machine-readable reuse and long-term value creation.

Read the linked paper