FAIR adoption stories
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Strengthening FAIR data practices in heritage science: the FAIRMap4ART implementation story
by Ioana Maria Cortea — Published on November 11, 2025 — Reading time: 10 min Part of the INFRA-ART FAIR Journey article series Imagine hundreds of curated, high-quality scientific datasets capturing the unique chemical fingerprints of pigments and other materials found in artworks or archaeological artifacts — all open, yet not machine-actionable. At the INFRA-ART Spectral read more
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FAIR way forward: building an EOSC-aligned interoperability roadmap for the INFRA-ART Spectral Library
by Ioana Maria Cortea — Published on July 14, 2025 — Reading time: 14 min Part of the INFRA-ART FAIR Journey article series The data interoperability challenge Digital data serve as both the outputs of research and the foundation for new investigations, studies, and educational initiatives. To enable data to be reused in novel ways—often beyond read more
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TRUST-inspiring and FAIR-enabling digital repositories: an implementation story
by Ioana Maria Cortea — Published on June 27, 2025 — Reading time: 11 min Part of the INFRA-ART FAIR Journey article series What is metadata and why is important? Metadata—commonly described as “data about data”—is the structured information that makes datasets findable, understandable, and reusable. According to ISO 11179, metadata is defined as “descriptive data read more