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Specifications for the minimum information that should be collected about research data in order for it to be re-used.

The International Journal of Digital Curation (IJDC) is an online journal entirely devoted to papers, articles and news items on the curation of digital objects and related issues.

The Access to Biological Collections Data (ABCD) Schema is an evolving comprehensive standard for the access to and exchange of data about specimens and observations ...

The objective of this report is to summarise the results of the mapping of existing Open Science (OS) professional networks and highlight gaps in the European landscape. Towards that objective, the ...

Our Guides and Checklists are aimed at the those in research data management support roles.

This paper is milestone 4.1 of the FAIRsFAIR task 4.1 (Capability Maturity models towards FAIR Certification) within the FAIR Certification work package (WP4). This document presents the first ...

FAIRsFAIR’s analysis of the data policy landscape in 2019 (D3.1 FAIR Policy Landscape Analysis) has shown that the priority and supporting actions outlined in the Turning FAIR into Reality (TFiR) ...

FAIRsFAIR is working to better define good practice for repositories through our involvement in certification efforts that enable FAIR data. This document describes a proposed programme of support ...

This report summarises the outcomes, recommendations and conclusions of the EOSCpilot WP7 on Skills and Capability. The emerging EOSC ecosystem provides the context for a focus on developing the data ...

Read more about New DCC paper on Open and FAIR ...

The standard framework does not include any standards useful for conceptualising data.