Rec. 2: Implement a model for FAIR Digital Objects

Short Title: Rec. 2: Implement a model for FAIR Digital Objects
Source Documnent: Turning FAIR into reality: Final report and action plan from the European Commission expert group on FAIR data
Source Document Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.2777/1524
Publishing Organisation: European Commision
Date of Publication: 2018-11-26
Topic: Interlinking/ interoperability, Discovery/ indexing/ search, Access/ integration, Capacity building/ incentivisation, Metadata richness/ ingest/ submission, Quality control/ curation
Keywords: FAIR Digital Object, licencing, PID, FDO
Addressed Stakeholders: data service providers, data stewards, research community, institutions, coordination fora
Full Text: Implementing FAIR requires a model for FAIR Digital Objects. These, by definition, have a PID linked to different types of essential metadata including provenance and licencing. The use of community standards and sharing of rich documentation is fundamental for interoperability and reuse of all objects. Action 2.1: The universal use of appropriate PIDs for FAIR Digital Objects needs to be facilitated and implemented. Action 2.2: Educational programmes are needed to raise awareness, understanding and use of relevant standards; tools are needed to facilitate the routine capture of metadata during the research process. Action 2.3: Systems must be refined and implemented to make automatic checks on the existence and accessibility of PIDs, metadata, a licence or waiver, and code, and to test the validity of the links between them.

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