The FAIRsFAIR project released their FAIR-enabling data policy checklist in 2022 to help policy makers self-assess whether elements of existing data policies are FAIR-enabling as well as providing recommendations on what should be addressed when developing new data policies. The checklist was also intended to help harmonise the description of policy content to improve its comparability and, to this end, a structured policy description template was created based on the content of the checklist. FAIRsharing - a curated, informative and educational resource on data and metadata standards, databases and policies - updated their own policy metadata in 2023 to reflect the fields covered by the FAIRsFAIR policy checklist and template. As a result, policies registered with FAIRsharing can now make the content of their policies more explicit and comparable by both humans and machines which could make monitoring the policy landscape more straightforward and efficient in the years to come. This support action worked with up to individuals/small teams to support them to coordinate the registration of data policies from stakeholders in their country/region/domain with the FAIRsharing registry and consider how we can leverage this shared pool of information for ongoing policy monitoring activities.
This FAIR Implementation Story outlines the specific aims and actions of TU/e in relation to their participation in the support action.
Author:
Liz Guzman-Ramirez, Product Owner Data Steward Team at the Library and Information Services from Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e)
