This assessment highlights the ways in which EBRAINS fulfills the 17 core data FAIRness metrics proposed by FAIRsFAIR for sharing datasets.
| FINDABLE | |
FsF-F1-01D - Data is assigned a globally unique identifier | Information about access restrictions or rights, such as for sensitive human data, can be identified in the EBRAINS data card. |
FsF-A1-02M - Metadata is accessible through a standardized communication protocol | The URL for the EBRAINS data card is based on the https protocol. The EBRAINS KG is built on an open API not requiring registration. |
FsF-A1-03D - Data is accessible through a standardized communication protocol | The URL for the EBRAINS data card is based on the https protocol. The EBRAINS KG is built on an open API not requiring registration. |
FsF-A2-01M - Metadata remains available, even if the data is no longer available. | Metadata includes a resolvable link to data based on the https protocol. If this link is broken, the metadata will still be available (as ensured in the EBRAINS policies). |
| ACCESSIBLE | |
FsF-A1-01M - Metadata contains access level and access conditions of the data. | Information about access restrictions or rights, such as for sensitive human data, can be identified in the EBRAINS data card. |
FsF-A1-02M - Metadata is accessible through a standardized communication protocol | The URL for the EBRAINS data card is based on the https protocol. The EBRAINS KG is built on an open API not requiring registration. |
FsF-A1-03D - Data is accessible through a standardized communication protocol | The URL for the EBRAINS data card is based on the https protocol. The EBRAINS KG is built on an open API not requiring registration. |
FsF-A2-01M - Metadata remains available, even if the data is no longer available. | Metadata includes a resolvable link to data based on the https protocol. If this link is broken, the metadata will still be available (as ensured in the EBRAINS policies). |
| INTEROPERABLE | |
FsF-I1-01M - Metadata is represented using a formal knowledge representation language.
| openMINDS is an open and structured metadata language suited for neuroscience data structures. openMINDS metadata are defined in JSON and JSON-LD. |
FsF-I1-02M - Metadata uses semantic resources.
| openMINDS is a metadata framework that integrates community-wide accepted neuroscience ontologies, in close collaboration with the Interlex project. |
FsF-I3-01M -Metadata includes links between the data and its related entities.
| openMINDS metadata schemas include references to internal (linked types) and external metadata (ontology identifier) through internationalized resource identifiers (IRI) |
| REUSABLE | |
FsF-R1-01MD - Metadata specifies the content of the data. | The content of the dataset is thoroughly described in the Data records section of the EBRAINS data descriptor, as well as via openMINDS terms. |
FsF-R1.1-01M - Metadata includes license information under which data can be reused. | All datasets have a Creative Commons license that is added as an openMINDS term. |
FsF-R1.2-01M - Metadata includes provenance information about data creation or generation.
| A minimum level of data provenance must be described in the Methods section of the EBRAINS Data descriptor. Data provenance can also be captured in machine-readable metadata as openMINDS protocols and protocol executions, or other modality-specific schemas. |
FsF-R1.3-01M - Metadata follows a standard recommended by the target research community of the data. | openMINDS is an open and community-driven metadata standard uniting knowledge from a number of research initiatives. |
FsF-R1.3-02D - Data is available in a file format recommended by the target research community. | EBRAINS recommends data providers share data in open file formats. But, proprietary file formats are also accepted when necessary. |