FAIR principles
open science
FAIR
A brief overview of the FAIR data principles.
Findable means you can actually locate the (meta)data. This requires the data to be:
- assigned a persistent identifier (PID)
- accompanied by metadata
- registered in a searchable resource.
Accessible means there should be a clear path to accessing the (meta)data. Preferably accessible via:
- an open, standardised protocol.
- restricted access (authentication), if necessary.
Interoperable means the (meta)data should be in a format that allows them to be used in common applications and workflows, preferably with:
- formal, accessible, broadly applicable language
- vocabularies that follow FAIR principles
- references to other related (meta)data
Reusable means the data should be well-documented, including:
- domain-relevant guidance using community standards for researchers who wish to reuse the data
- provenance of their creation
- a license to indicate the terms of reuse