Table 1 Short description of the major FAIR principles used by FAIR-Checker. Adapted from GO-FAIR initiative (https://www.go-fair.org/fair-principles/, consulted in 2022) and RDA guidelines (doi:10.15497/rda00050, 2020)
Abbreviation | Short description (from GO-FAIR) | Priority (from RDA) |
|---|---|---|
F1A | (Meta)data are assigned a globally unique identifier | Essential |
F1B | (Meta)data are assigned a persistent identifier | Essential |
F2A | Data are described with structured metadata | Essential |
F2B | Data are described with metadata populated using shared vocabularies | Essential |
A1.1 | (Meta)data are retrievable by their identifier using a standardised communication protocol: open, free, and universally implementable | Important(for data)/Essential for metadata |
I1 | (Meta)data use a formal, accessible, shared, and broadly applicable language for knowledge representation. | Important |
I2 | (Meta)data use vocabularies that follow FAIR principles | Important |
I3 | (Meta)data include qualified references to other (meta)data | Useful |
R1.1 | (Meta)data are released with a clear and accessible data usage license | Essential |
R1.2 | (Meta)data are associated with detailed provenance | Important |
R1.3 | (Meta)data meet domain-relevant community standards | Essential |