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R1.3

FAIR Guiding Sub-Principle R1.3:

(meta)data meet domain-relevant community standards

Interpretation of R1.3

Where community standards or best practices for data archiving and sharing exist, they should be followed. Several disciplinary communities have defined Minimal Information Standards describing most often the minimal set of metadata items required to assess the quality of the data acquisition and processing and to facilitate reproducibility. Such standards are a good start, noting that true (interdisciplinary) reusability will generally require richer metadata. For a list of such standards, consult for instance FAIRsharing. The required richness of the  provenance metadata will be strongly dependent on the norms generated and agreed upon in the most related research communities. â€‹

FAIR Implementation Profile

Principle R1.3 is addressed by a FAIR Supporting Resource type FAIR Supporting Software [A], defined as any set of machine-readable instructions that support the implementation of FAIR, that conform to a given syntax, that are interpretable by a given processor, and that instruct a computer's processor to perform specific tasks.​

Additionally, Principle R1.3 is addressed by a FAIR Supporting Resource type FAIR Implementation Profile [B], defined as a FAIR Implementation Profile (FIP) is a list of declared technology choices intended to implement each of the FAIR Guiding Principles, made as a collective decision by the members of a particular community of practice.​

Lastly, Principle R1.3 is addressed by a FAIR Supporting Resource type FAIR Practice [C], defined as a method description detailing the use of a specific resource or a combination of resources as applied by a community to achieve FAIR processing of information.

This interpretation of R1.3 is based on 'FAIR Principles: Interpretations and Implementation Considerations'. Jacobsen et al, Data Intelligence 2020; 2 (1-2): 10–29. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/dint_r_00024

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