Compilation of Recommendations

Details

Short Title

Rec. 3: Develop components of a FAIR ecosystem

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

Access/ integration, Discovery/ indexing/ search, Interlinking/ interoperability, Machine-actionability, Policy, Certification/ evaluation

Addressed Stakeholders

data service providers, policy makers, research community, coordination fora

Keywords

Data Management Plan, registries, policies, DMP, PID, repository, standard

Text

The realisation of FAIR data relies on, at minimum, the following essential components: policies, Data Management Plans, identifiers, standards and repositories. There need to be registries cataloguing each component of the ecosystem, and automated workflows between them. Action 3.1: Registries need to be developed and implemented for all of the FAIR components and in such a way that they know of each other's existence and can interact. Work should begin by enhancing existing registries for policies, standards and repositories to make these comprehensive, and to initiate registries for Data Management Plans (DMPs) and identifiers. Action 3.2: By default, the FAIR ecosystem as a whole and each of its individual components should work for humans and for machines. Policies and DMPs should be machine-readable and actionable. Action 3.3: The infrastructure components that are essential in specific contexts and fields, or for particular parts of research activity, should be clearly defined. Action 3.4: Testbeds need to be used to continually evaluate, evolve, and innovate the ecosystem.