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Description: The Field Acquired Information Management Systems Project (FAIMS), based at Macquarie University, has been developing and deploying a generalised, customisable, open-source platform specifically designed for data capture during field research since 2012. FAIMS’ goals are to: • Increase the efficiency and quality of scientific field data recording; • Promote transparency and reproducibility in support of research integrity; and • Facilitate data interoperability in support of large-scale research. We originally designed our platform, FAIMS Mobile, for archaeologists. However, it has been used for over 40 workflows at some 30 field projects around the world in domains including: archaeology, ecology, geology, and oral history. FAIMS Mobile was initially developed in 2012-14, and has continually improved in collaboration with field researchers