Figure 1
Development methodology.
Table 1
FAIR data maturity model indicators.
| FAIR | ID | Indicator | Priority | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| F1 | RDA-F1-01M | Metadata is identified by a persistent identifier | □□□ | Essential |
| F1 | RDA-F1-01D | Data is identified by a persistent identifier | □□□ | Essential |
| F1 | RDA-F1-02M | Metadata is identified by a globally unique identifier | □□□ | Essential |
| F1 | RDA-F1-02D | Data is identified by a globally unique identifier | □□□ | Essential |
| F2 | RDA-F2-01M | Rich metadata is provided to allow discovery | □□□ | Essential |
| F3 | RDA-F3-01M | Metadata includes the identifier for the data | □□□ | Essential |
| F4 | RDA-F4-01M | Metadata is offered in such a way that it can be harvested and indexed | □□□ | Essential |
| A1 | RDA-A1-01M | Metadata contains information to enable the user to get access to the data | □□ | Important |
| A1 | RDA-A1-02M | Metadata can be accessed manually (i.e. with human intervention) | □□□ | Essential |
| A1 | RDA-A1-02D | Data can be accessed manually (i.e. with human intervention) | □□□ | Essential |
| A1 | RDA-A1-03M | Metadata identifier resolves to a metadata record | □□□ | Essential |
| A1 | RDA-A1-03D | Data identifier resolves to a digital object | □□□ | Essential |
| A1 | RDA-A1-04M | Metadata is accessed through standardised protocol | □□□ | Essential |
| A1 | RDA-A1-04D | Data is accessible through standardised protocol | □□□ | Essential |
| A1 | RDA-A1-05D | Data can be accessed automatically (i.e. by a computer program) | □□ | Important |
| A1.1 | RDA-A1.1-01M | Metadata is accessible through a free access protocol | □□□ | Essential |
| A1.1 | RDA-A1.1-01D | Data is accessible through a free access protocol | □□ | Important |
| A1.2 | RDA-A1.2-01D | Data is accessible through an access protocol that supports authentication and authorisation | □ | Useful |
| A2 | RDA-A2-01M | Metadata is guaranteed to remain available after data is no longer available | □□□ | Essential |
| I1 | RDA-I1-01M | Metadata uses knowledge representation expressed in standardised format | □□ | Important |
| I1 | RDA-I1-01D | Data uses knowledge representation expressed in standardised format | □□ | Important |
| I1 | RDA-I1-02M | Metadata uses machine-understandable knowledge representation | □□ | Important |
| I1 | RDA-I1-02D | Data uses machine-understandable knowledge representation | □□ | Important |
| I2 | RDA-I2-01M | Metadata uses FAIR-compliant vocabularies | □□ | Important |
| I2 | RDA-I2-01D | Data uses FAIR-compliant vocabularies | □ | Useful |
| I3 | RDA-I3-01M | Metadata includes references to other metadata | □□ | Important |
| I3 | RDA-I3-01D | Data includes references to other data | □ | Useful |
| I3 | RDA-I3-02M | Metadata includes references to other data | □ | Useful |
| I3 | RDA-I3-02D | Data includes qualified references to other data | □ | Useful |
| I3 | RDA-I3-03M | Metadata includes qualified references to other metadata | □□ | Important |
| I3 | RDA-I3-04M | Metadata include qualified references to other data | □ | Useful |
| R1 | RDA-R1-01M | Plurality of accurate and relevant attributes are provided to allow reuse | □□□ | Essential |
| R1.1 | RDA-R1.1-01M | Metadata includes information about the licence under which the data can be reused | □□□ | Essential |
| R1.1 | RDA-R1.1-02M | Metadata refers to a standard reuse licence | □□ | Important |
| R1.1 | RDA-R1.1-03M | Metadata refers to a machine-understandable reuse licence | □□ | Important |
| R1.2 | RDA-R1.2-01M | Metadata includes provenance information according to community-specific standards | □□ | Important |
| R1.2 | RDA-R1.2-02M | Metadata includes provenance information according to a cross-community language | □ | Useful |
| R1.3 | RDA-R1.3-01M | Metadata complies with a community standard | □□□ | Essential |
| R1.3 | RDA-R1.3-01D | Data complies with a community standard | □□□ | Essential |
| R1.3 | RDA-R1.3-02M | Metadata is expressed in compliance with a machine-understandable community standard | □□□ | Essential |
| R1.3 | RDA-R1.3-02D | Data is expressed in compliance with a machine-understandable community standard | □□ | Important |
Table 2
Priorities.
| Indicator priorities |
|---|
| Essential: Such an indicator addresses an aspect that is of the utmost importance to achieve FAIRness under most circumstances, or, conversely, FAIRness would be practically impossible to achieve if the indicator were not satisfied. |
| Important: Such an indicator addresses an aspect that might not be of the utmost importance under specific circumstances, but its satisfaction, if at all possible, would substantially increase FAIRness. |
| Useful: Such an indicator addresses an aspect that is nice-to-have but is not necessarily indispensable. |