The FAIR Data Point: Interfaces and Tooling

Data Intelligence, vol. 5, pp. 184–201

Abstract

ABSTRACT While the FAIR Principles do not specify a technical solution for ‘FAIRness’, it was clear from the outset of the FAIR initiative that it would be useful to have commodity software and tooling that would simplify the creation of FAIR-compliant resources. The FAIR Data Point is a metadata repository that follows the DCAT(2) schema, and utilizes the Linked Data Platform to manage the hierarchical metadata layers as LDP Containers. There has been a recent flurry of development activity around the FAIR Data Point that has significantly improved its power and ease-of-use. Here we describe five specific tools—an installer, a loader, two Web-based interfaces, and an indexer—aimed at maximizing the uptake and utility of the FAIR Data Point.

Authors 6

1. Oussama Mohammed Benhamed

   Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria · Centre for Plant Biotechnology and Genomics · Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

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   Departamento de Biotecnología-Biología Vegetal, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Agronómica, Alimentaria y de Biosistemas, Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas UPM-INIA, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) - Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA), Madrid, ES 28223, Spain

2. Rajaram Kaliyaperumal Aachen

   Leiden University Medical Center

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   Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, 2333 ZC, the Netherlands

3. Luiz Olavo Bonino da Silva Santos Aachen

   Leiden University Medical Center · University of Twente

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   Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, 2333 ZC, the Netherlands

   University of Twente, Enschede, 7513 GB, the Netherlands

4. Marek Suchánek

   Czech Technical University in Prague

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   Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, CZ 15000, Czech Republic

5. Jan Slifka

   Czech Technical University in Prague

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   Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, CZ 15000, Czech Republic

6. Mark D. Wilkinson corresponding

   Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria · Centre for Plant Biotechnology and Genomics · Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

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   Departamento de Biotecnología-Biología Vegetal, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Agronómica, Alimentaria y de Biosistemas, Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas UPM-INIA, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) - Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA), Madrid, ES 28223, Spain