Features of a FAIR vocabulary
Abstract Background The Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable(FAIR) Principles explicitly require the use of FAIR vocabularies, but what precisely constitutes a FAIR vocabulary remains unclear. Being able to define FAIR vocabularies, identify features of FAIR vocabularies, and provide ass...
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| author | Fuqi Xu Nick Juty Carole Goble Simon Jupp Helen Parkinson Mélanie Courtot |
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| description | Abstract Background The Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable(FAIR) Principles explicitly require the use of FAIR vocabularies, but what precisely constitutes a FAIR vocabulary remains unclear. Being able to define FAIR vocabularies, identify features of FAIR vocabularies, and provide assessment approaches against the features can guide the development of vocabularies. Results We differentiate data, data resources and vocabularies used for FAIR, examine the application of the FAIR Principles to vocabularies, align their requirements with the Open Biomedical Ontologies principles, and propose FAIR Vocabulary Features. We also design assessment approaches for FAIR vocabularies by mapping the FVFs with existing FAIR assessment indicators. Finally, we demonstrate how they can be used for evaluating and improving vocabularies using exemplary biomedical vocabularies. Conclusions Our work proposes features of FAIR vocabularies and corresponding indicators for assessing the FAIR levels of different types of vocabularies, identifies use cases for vocabulary engineers, and guides the evolution of vocabularies. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d52a0806f88e4545ac08d795c799da602023-06-04T11:42:23ZengBMCJournal of Biomedical Semantics2041-14802023-06-0114111110.1186/s13326-023-00286-8Features of a FAIR vocabularyFuqi Xu0Nick Juty1Carole Goble2Simon Jupp3Helen Parkinson4Mélanie Courtot5European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Wellcome Genome CampusThe University of ManchesterThe University of ManchesterSciBite BioData Innovation Centre, Wellcome Genome CampusEuropean Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Wellcome Genome CampusEuropean Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Wellcome Genome CampusAbstract Background The Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable(FAIR) Principles explicitly require the use of FAIR vocabularies, but what precisely constitutes a FAIR vocabulary remains unclear. Being able to define FAIR vocabularies, identify features of FAIR vocabularies, and provide assessment approaches against the features can guide the development of vocabularies. Results We differentiate data, data resources and vocabularies used for FAIR, examine the application of the FAIR Principles to vocabularies, align their requirements with the Open Biomedical Ontologies principles, and propose FAIR Vocabulary Features. We also design assessment approaches for FAIR vocabularies by mapping the FVFs with existing FAIR assessment indicators. Finally, we demonstrate how they can be used for evaluating and improving vocabularies using exemplary biomedical vocabularies. Conclusions Our work proposes features of FAIR vocabularies and corresponding indicators for assessing the FAIR levels of different types of vocabularies, identifies use cases for vocabulary engineers, and guides the evolution of vocabularies.https://doi.org/10.1186/s13326-023-00286-8FAIR principlesOntologyVocabularyFAIR assessment |
| spellingShingle | Fuqi Xu Nick Juty Carole Goble Simon Jupp Helen Parkinson Mélanie Courtot Features of a FAIR vocabulary Journal of Biomedical Semantics FAIR principles Ontology Vocabulary FAIR assessment |
| title | Features of a FAIR vocabulary |
| title_full | Features of a FAIR vocabulary |
| title_fullStr | Features of a FAIR vocabulary |
| title_full_unstemmed | Features of a FAIR vocabulary |
| title_short | Features of a FAIR vocabulary |
| title_sort | features of a fair vocabulary |
| topic | FAIR principles Ontology Vocabulary FAIR assessment |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13326-023-00286-8 |
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