FAIR implementation
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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
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Turning FAIR principles into practice: a starting guide for researchers
by Ioana Maria Cortea — Published on June 20, 2025 — Reading time: 12 min Building a FAIR research ecosystem In the era of open science, producing data is no longer the end of the research process. For data to live beyond the lab, serve new purposes, and be truly useful to others, it must be read more