FAIR-Data Principles

These Principles were extracted from the paper: The FAIR Guiding Principles for scientific data management and stewardship

Findability

• (meta)data are assigned a globally unique and persistent identifier
• data are described with rich metadata
• metadata clearly and explicitly include the identifier of the data it describes
• (meta)data are registered or indexed in a searchable resource

Accessibility

• (meta)data are retrievable by their identifier using a standardized communications protocol
  • the protocol is open, free, and universally implementable
  • the protocol allows for an authentication and authorization procedure, where necessary
• metadata are accessible, even when the data are no longer available

Interoperability

• (meta)data use a formal, accessible, shared, and broadly applicable language for knowledge representation.
• (meta)data use vocabularies that follow FAIR principles
• (meta)data include qualified references to other (meta)data

Reusability

• meta(data) are richly described with a plurality of accurate and relevant attributes
  • (meta)data are released with a clear and accessible data usage license
  • (meta)data are associated with detailed provenance
  • (meta)data meet domain-relevant community standards