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15-07-2020

Are you also curious about FAIR data and how you can achieve this?

At the beginning of July, you could have heard everything about it: then the final online seminar of the research project 'FAIR: not words but data' was held. This research took place within the context of the SPRONG project 'People in Motion', in which three faculties of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) worked together: Health; Exercise, Sports & Nutrition; and Digital Media & Creative Industry. Our colleague Marije Kanis of Digital Life represented the latter Faculty DMCI.

BE FAIR

In this context, 'FAIR data' goes much further than literally fair data. FAIR stands for:

The Covid-19 outbreak has shown that valuable data - essential to get a grip on a pandemic - is often difficult to find, accessible and interoperable, let alone reusable. This made the project even more relevant.

PIONEERS

At first glance, these seem to be logical principles that every research process takes into account in advance. The opposite is true: it turns out that all four are difficult areas, especially the interchangeability. This means that data must also be readable by a computer or machine and this requires a considerable investment in practice. In short, there is still much to pioneer.

WHAT HAS BEEN ACHIEVED

Within this Seed Money project 'No words but data', considerable steps have been taken in the pioneering work. This has been achieved:

 

TO BE CONTINUED

Finally, the attendants praised the research team involved, who paved the way for awareness of FAIR data. The precise translation to further application in practice is an important next step. Ultimately, this is how we make the world of research increasingly more FAIR.