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1 | 1 | # FAIR Data - Better Science Through Data Sharing |
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| 3 | +[][xkcd-discoveries] |
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| 7 | +[xkcd-discoveries]: https://xkcd.com/1805/ |
| 8 | +[by-nc]: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ |
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3 | 12 | Wouldn't it be great if you could quickly find data generated from |
4 | 13 | other people's experiments, combine it with your own data, and produce |
5 | 14 | new, high-value output? Wouldn't it be even better if other people |
6 | 15 | could discover your data, utilize it, and cite your data in their |
7 | | -papers? That is precisely the goal of FAIR Data - making results |
8 | | -Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable. |
| 16 | +papers? That is precisely the goal of FAIR Data - making results |
| 17 | +**F**indable, **A**ccessible, **I**nteroperable, and **R**eusable. |
| 18 | +Originally introduced in the article titled _[The FAIR Guiding |
| 19 | +Principles for scientific data management and |
| 20 | +stewardship][fair-paper]_ in 2016, these principles have become a |
| 21 | +fundamental framework for scientific data management and stewardship. |
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10 | 23 | In this section of the X-CITE training materials, we'll look at the |
11 | 24 | motivations behind FAIR, take a more detailed look at each of the four |
@@ -107,7 +120,7 @@ Moving on to "Accessible", let's take a look at what goes into that: |
107 | 120 | * A2. metadata are accessible, even when the data are no longer available |
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109 | 122 | There are two basic aims here. The first is to use a well-known, |
110 | | -fully-documented, unencumbered protocol that (optionally) allow for |
| 123 | +fully-documented, unencumbered protocol that (optionally) allows for |
111 | 124 | authentication and authorization tasks ("logging in") to be |
112 | 125 | completed. The last aim is unexpected at first blush but makes sense |
113 | 126 | when you think about it: metadata live forever, even after the data |
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