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FAIR Metroline news - Pages published and available for review
The FAIR Metroline provides practical steps to help you as a researcher to achieve your FAIR goals and make your research data FAIR. The Metroline Writing Group, comprising experts from Health-RI and the regional nodes, collaboratively develops high-quality pages. Each page undergoes an external expert review by the Reviewing group to ensure accuracy and relevance.
We are proud to announce that the following additional pages of the FAIR Metroline have just been published:
- Assess availability of your metadata – Metadata describes a resource, like a book’s title and author or a photo’s date and location, which help with organization and discovery of that resource. This Metroline step describes the types of metadata, where you can find them for your resource and how to improve their quality. Filling metadata gaps enhances a resource’s visibility and reusability.
- Register resource level metadata – To make your resource (e.g. data), available for reuse, its metadata can be published in a catalogue. This step helps you find a catalogue where you can register these resource metadata and explains why adding your resource to such a catalogue is important.
We sincerely thank our writers and reviewers for their continuous efforts in making this possible.
Additional pages available for review
Additionally, we are pleased to announce that the following pages are ready for external review:
- Analyse data semantics – In this step, the aim is to gain more insight into the existing data, or the data that you aim to collect. Clearly defining the meaning (semantics) of the data is an important step for creating the semantic model, as well as for data collection via, for example, electronic case report forms (eCRFs).
- Design solution plan – This step is about turning the findings from the pre-FAIR assessment into a clear, actionable plan. It means choosing the right tools, deciding who does what, and making sure the process is simple and effective so data can actually become FAIR.
- Obtain informed consent or opt-out – Collecting data as well as its reuse for scientific purposes typically requires participants consent or opt-out. To ensure your data and materials can be reused in the future, your subject information sheet (SIS) and informed consent/opt-out form (ICF) must address reuse. This Metroline step provides consideration and resources for preparing your SIS and ICF.
Send us your feedback!
We invite you to provide your valuable feedback to help us develop high-quality, practical pages that meet your needs. The deadline for feedback is the 19 May 2025.
You can share your feedback by sending us a Word document, through our Quick feedback form or by joining the Reviewing group. As a member of the Reviewing group, you will be acknowledged on our Contributors page. For more details, visit our How to Contribute page.
If you are interested in joining the group or have any questions about the Metroline steps, please contact Sander (sander.deridder@health-ri.nl) or Mijke (mijke.jetten@health-ri.nl).
Thank you for your support in making the FAIR Metroline a valuable resource!