Table 4.
Indicators for FAIR vocabulary features. Alignment between the FAIR vocabulary features and RDA data maturity level indicators
| FAIR vocabulary Feature | RDA indicator ID | Indicator |
|---|---|---|
| FVF-1: Vocabulary and their terms are assigned globally unique and persistent identifiers. | RDA-F1-01M | Metadata is identified by a persistent identifier |
| RDA-F1-01D | Data is identified by a persistent identifier | |
| RDA-F1-02M | Metadata is identified by a globally unique identifier | |
| RDA-F1-02D | Data is identified by a globally unique identifier | |
| FVF-2: Vocabularies and their terms have rich metadata. | RDA-F2-01M | Rich metadata is provided to allow discovery |
| FVF-3: Vocabularies and their terms can be accessed using the identifiers, preferably by both humans and machines. | RDA-A1-01M | Metadata contains information to enable the user to get access to the data |
| RDA-A1-02M | Metadata can be accessed manually(i.e. with human intervention) | |
| RDA-A1-02D | Data can be accessed manually(i.e. with human intervention) | |
| RDA-A1-03M | Metadata identifier resolves to a metadata record | |
| RDA-A1-03D | Data identifier resolves to a digital object | |
| RDA-A1-05D | Data can be accessed automatically(i.e. by a computer program) | |
| FVF-4: Vocabularies and their terms are registered or indexed in a searchable engine or a resource. | RDA-F4-01M | Metadata is offered in such a way that it can be harvested and indexed |
| FVF-5: Vocabularies and their terms are retrievable using a standardised communications protocol, preferably open, free and universally implementable protocols. and allows for authentication and authorisation, where necessary. | RDA-A1-04M | Metadata is accessed through standardised protocol |
| RDA-A1-04D | Data is accessible through standardised protocol | |
| RDA-A1.1-01M | Metadata is accessible through a free access protocol | |
| RDA-A1.1-01D | Data is accessible through a free access protocol | |
| RDA-A1.2-01D | Data is accessible through an access protocol that supports authentication and authorisation | |
| FVF-6: Vocabularies and their terms are persistent over time and are appropriately versioned. | RDA-A2-01M | Metadata is guaranteed to remain available after data is no longer available |
| RDA-R1.2-01M | Metadata includes provenance information according to community-specific standards | |
| RDA-R1.2-02M | Metadata includes provenance information according to a cross-community language | |
| FVF-7: Vocabularies and their terms use a formal, accessible and broadly applicable, and preferably machine-understandable language for knowledge representation. | RDA-I1-01M | Metadata uses knowledge representation expressed in standardised format |
| RDA-I1-01D | Data uses knowledge representation expressed in standardised format | |
| RDA-I1-02M | Metadata uses machine-understandable knowledge representation | |
| RDA-I1-02D | Data uses machine-understandable knowledge representation | |
| FVF-8: Vocabularies and terms use qualified references to other vocabularies. | RDA-I3-02D | Data includes qualified references to other data |
| RDA-I3-03M | Metadata includes qualified references to other metadata | |
| FVF-9: Vocabularies and terms are described with a plurality of accurate and relevant attributes. | RDA-R1-01M | Plurality of accurate and relevant attributes are provided to allow reuse |
| FVF-10: Vocabularies are released with a standard data usage licence, preferably a machine-readable licence. | RDA-R1.1-01M | Metadata includes information about the licence under which the data can be reused |
| RDA-R1.1-02M | Metadata refers to a standard reuse licence | |
| RDA-R1.1-03M | Metadata refers to a machine-understandable reuse licence | |
| FVF-11: Vocabularies meet domain relevant community standards. | RDA-R1.3-01M | Metadata complies with a community standard |
| RDA-R1.3-01D | Data complies with a community standard | |
| RDA-R1.3-02M | Metadata is expressed in compliance with a machine-understandable community standard | |
| RDA-R1.3-02D | Data is expressed in compliance with a machine-understandable community standard |