On May 9, 2025, an online meeting was held, organized by the team of the State Scientific and Technical Library of Ukraine (Director Alla Zharinova and Deputy Director for Research and International Cooperation Tetiana Yaroshenko, https://dntb.gov.ua), with open data and repository infrastructure expert Viacheslav Tykhonov (https://dataverse.nl). Volodymyr Kotsyubynskyi, Head of PNU-OpenLab (https://open-lab.pnu.edu.ua/), took part in the meeting.
The discussion focused on strategic approaches to developing a national system of scientific repositories aligned with the FAIR principles. Special attention was given to the role of controlled vocabularies such as Finto, BioPortal, and OntoPortal, which ensure data interoperability in scientific infrastructures.
The capabilities of the Dataverse platform were presented, highlighting its implementation in the Netherlands for the academic sector and discussing its potential as a technical and conceptual foundation for building a Ukrainian repository system.
