Compilation of Recommendations

Details

Short Title

Rec. 1: Define FAIR for implementation

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

Policy, Capacity building/ incentivisation

Addressed Stakeholders

research funders, coordination fora, policy makers, institutions, standards bodies

Keywords

FAIR definition, data selection concept, long-term stewardship concept, assessability concept, legal interoperability concept, timelines of sharing concept,relationship FAIR vs. Open

Text

To make FAIR data a reality it is necessary to incorporate and emphasise concepts that are implicit in the FAIR principles, namely: data selection, long-term stewardship, assessability, legal interoperability and thetimeliness ofsharing. Action 1.1: Additional concepts and policies should be refined that make explicit that data selection, long-term stewardship, assessability, legal interoperability and timeliness of sharing are necessary for the implementation of FAIR. Action 1.2: The term FAIR is widely-used and effective so should not be extended with additional letters. Action 1.3: The relationship between FAIR and Open should be clarified and well-articulated as the concepts are often wrongly conflated. FAIR does not mean Open. However, in the context of the EOSC and global drive towards Open Science, making FAIR data a reality should be supported by policies requiring appropriate Openness and protection, which can be expressed as ‘as Open as possible, as closed as necessary’.