WHERE LEGO®
MEETS
FAIR DATA
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Technological Inno a ion (RIT)
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collec ed, managed and analyzed.
They p o ide open-access knowledge and
se ices aimed a suppo ing expe imen al
es ing as well as applied and indus ial
esea ch p ojec s.
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DATA
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DATA INFRASTRUCTURE
DATA MANGEMENT AND
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DATA SCIENCE
AREA SCIENCE PARK (TRIESTE)
DATA STRUCURED AND USTRUCTURED
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STRUCTURED DATA UNSTRUCTURED DATA
RESEARCH PROJECT and RAW DATA
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FAIR PRINCIPLES
Wilkinson, M., Dumon ie , M., Aalbe sbe g, I. e al. The FAIR Guiding P inciples o scien i ic da a managemen and s ewa dship. Sci Da a 3, 160018
(2016). h ps://doi.o g/10.1038/sda a.2016.18
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Da a a e g owing as e han e e .
The eal challenge is no hei quan i y, bu
ou capaci y o manage hem esponsibly
Speci ic ain on FAIR da a managemen aims a p o iding
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F A I R p inciples
These high-le el FAIR Guiding P inciples
p ecede implemen a ion choices, and do
no sugges any speci ic echnology, s anda d,
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Mo eo e , he P inciples a e no , hemsel es, a s anda d o a speci ica ion.
They ac as a guide o da a publishe s and s ewa ds o assis hem in
e alua ing whe he hei pa icula implemen a ion choices a e ende ing
hei digi al esea ch a e ac s Findable, Accessible, In e ope able, and
Reusable.
Wilkinson, M., Dumon ie , M., Aalbe sbe g, I. e al. The FAIR Guiding P inciples o scien i ic da a managemen and
s ewa dship. Sci Da a 3, 160018 (2016). h ps://doi.o g/10.1038/sda a.2016.18
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FAIR p inciples
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S o age
backup
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Da a
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Raw da a
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Analysis
Ready da a
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Quali y
con ol
Da a
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P o enance
Ve sion
con ol
Da a
sha ing
Code
sha ing
IP & IPR
Licenses
Me ada a
sha ing
Bongae s, N., & Della Chiesa, S. (2022).
Resea ch Da a Managemen Li ecycle (2.0).
Zenodo.
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MDMC is designed o
The undamen al p inciples o ep oducibili y
FAIR DATA MANAGEMENT is no a bu euc a ic bu den
FAIR can be seen as he hecnical implemen a ion o he
scien i ic me hod
HOW LEGO® MEET DATA MANAGEMENT?
Wha we ha e called
cha ac e is ics a e
me ada a (da a abou
da a) o ou aw da a
(LEGO® componen s)
By choosing and assigning
a hie a chy a
cha ac e is ics we induced
a me ada a schema
EXAMPLE OF LEGO® CLASSIFICATION
EXAMPLE OF LEGO® CLASSIFICATION
We ha e wo
s a egies o make a
da ase FAIR…
•analyzing he con en
and s uc u e
•de ining and choosing
a seman ic model,
•en iching he
eco e able me ada a
• ans o ming i in o
an open and linkable
o ma
•assigning licenses.
FAIRi ica ion
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•Planning he s uc u e
•Planning he inges ion
•de ining and choosing a
seman ic model,
•Planning how o collec
me ada a
• how o ans o m da a
in o an open and linkable
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•choosing licenses
FAIR-by-design
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and cu a ed FAIR
da a may lead o
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