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# TECHNICAL BACKGROUND

- [Persistent Identifiers 101](https://docs.desci.com/technical-background/persistent-identifiers-101.md): Persistent Identifiers • DOI • dPID
- [FAIR Data](https://docs.desci.com/technical-background/fair-data.md): FAIR Data • Machine Actionability • Compliance
- [All About FAIR](https://docs.desci.com/technical-background/fair-data/all-about-fair.md)
- [The FAIR Principles](https://docs.desci.com/technical-background/fair-data/all-about-fair/the-fair-principles.md)
- [GoFAIR Criteria](https://docs.desci.com/technical-background/fair-data/all-about-fair/gofair-criteria.md)
- [Red and Blue Principles](https://docs.desci.com/technical-background/fair-data/all-about-fair/red-and-blue-principles.md)
- [FAIR Digital Object Framework (FDOF)](https://docs.desci.com/technical-background/fair-data/all-about-fair/fair-digital-object-framework-fdof.md)
- [The FAIR Hourglass](https://docs.desci.com/technical-background/fair-data/all-about-fair/the-fair-hourglass.md)
- [The Internet of FAIR Data and Services (IFDS)](https://docs.desci.com/technical-background/fair-data/all-about-fair/the-internet-of-fair-data-and-services-ifds.md)
- [FAIR Compliance](https://docs.desci.com/technical-background/fair-data/fair-compliance.md): FIPs • FAIR Assessment Tools
- [DeSci Nodes FIP](https://docs.desci.com/technical-background/fair-data/fair-compliance/desci-nodes-fip.md): FAIR Implementation Profile for DeSci Nodes
- [Standardized Assessments](https://docs.desci.com/technical-background/fair-data/fair-compliance/standardized-assessments.md): FAIR Assessments
- [FAIR Metadata Publishing](https://docs.desci.com/technical-background/fair-data/fair-compliance/fair-metadata-publishing.md): FDPs • APIs • Metadata Publishing
- [Open State Repository](https://docs.desci.com/technical-background/open-state-repository.md): Open State Repository • Infrastructure • Zooko's Triangle
- [PID](https://docs.desci.com/technical-background/open-state-repository/pid.md): dPID • Persistent Identifiers • Content Adressing
- [Data](https://docs.desci.com/technical-background/open-state-repository/data.md): Staging area • OSR storage • Big Data storage
- [Metadata](https://docs.desci.com/technical-background/open-state-repository/metadata.md): RDF graphs • Embeddings •  Traceability
- [Methods](https://docs.desci.com/technical-background/open-state-repository/methods.md): Compute Methods • Compute over Data • Local Compute • Web-Based Compute
- [Roadmap](https://docs.desci.com/technical-background/roadmap.md): Next Up on Nodes