Self-evaluation Photon and Neutron RIs for FAIR data certification
This ExPaNDS project deliverable describes a FAIR self-assessment undertaken by the ten
ExPaNDS partner Photon and Neutron Research Infrastructures (PaN RIs) over the
three-month period July – September 2022. After reviewing selected examples of existing
FAIR evaluation frameworks designed to...
Keywords: FAIR, metadata, expands, European Photon and Neutron facilities , wp2-ExPaNDS
Resource type: Document
Self-evaluation Photon and Neutron RIs for FAIR data certification
https://zenodo.org/record/7246802
https://pan-training.eu/materials/self-evaluation-photon-and-neutron-ris-for-fair-data-certification
This ExPaNDS project deliverable describes a FAIR self-assessment undertaken by the ten
ExPaNDS partner Photon and Neutron Research Infrastructures (PaN RIs) over the
three-month period July – September 2022. After reviewing selected examples of existing
FAIR evaluation frameworks designed to enable assessment at different levels (dataset,
repository, and organisation), the report describes the evaluation approach adopted for the
ExPaNDS FAIR self-assessment. As no existing framework met our specific need to focus
on FAIR workflows and processes in PaN RIs, it was necessary to select, combine, and
adapt existing frameworks. Supported by four underlying guiding principles, our approach
drew heavily on the FAIR Principles, the RDA FAIR Data Maturity Model, and FAIRsFAIR’s
CoreTrustSeal+FAIRenabling framework. Post-evaluation feedback from ExPaNDS partners
indicated that they found the FAIR self-assessment a useful and valuable exercise for
understanding current levels of FAIRness at their facilities and for articulating what
implementations they have in progress or planned to support FAIR in future. A key output of
the ExPaNDS FAIR evaluation is the collected self-assessment reports from the ten partner
facilities. These reports are published openly and in full as part of the deliverable. In addition,
the self-assessments are supplemented with some high-level observations on the state of
the FAIR journey across the ExPaNDS facilities.
FAIR, metadata, expands, European Photon and Neutron facilities , wp2-ExPaNDS
PaN Community
Draft recommendations for FAIR Photon and Neutron Data Management
ExPaNDS WP2 has the objective of Enabling FAIR Data, providing guidelines, recommendation and practical experience to the project and the wider PaN community on the best practise in generating FAIR experimental data for National RIs. In order for the facility to deliver experimental data “FAIR at...
Keywords: FAIR, metadata, expands, experimental lifecycle, wp2-ExPaNDS
Resource type: Document
Draft recommendations for FAIR Photon and Neutron Data Management
https://zenodo.org/record/4312825#.X-DBT9j7SUk
https://pan-training.eu/materials/draft-recommendations-for-fair-photon-and-neutron-data-management
ExPaNDS WP2 has the objective of Enabling FAIR Data, providing guidelines, recommendation and practical experience to the project and the wider PaN community on the best practise in generating FAIR experimental data for National RIs. In order for the facility to deliver experimental data “FAIR at the point of leaving the facility”, the infrastructure systems and procedures involved in the facilities experimental lifecycle should be coordinated to construct and maintain the FAIRness of that data. In particular, at each stage in the experimental lifecycle, metadata and contextual information should be collected (automatically and manually) to form as complete a record as possible of the experiment so that that data can be FAIR.
In this report, we give an analysis of the metadata that should be generated and recorded at each stage of the lifecycle and consider its contribution to making that data FAIR. This delivers a prioritization which we use to determine which metadata should be collected. We use that prioritization to make a series of recommendations on the types of metadata that should be collected at each stage. These recommendations give a framework for setting standards for common metadata formats and provide a basis for assessing the FAIRness of data generated by facilities. Further work will develop these draft recommendations into our final recommendations for common metadata formats and use of metadata in practice.
FAIR, metadata, expands, experimental lifecycle, wp2-ExPaNDS
PaN Community
ExPaNDS and PaNOSC project members
ExPaNDS D3.2: Ontologies v1.0
We present ontologies for the domain of photon and neutron (PaN) science. With the primary goal of supporting PaN FAIR data catalogue services, we have developed three ontologies: PaN experimental techniques (PaNET), an ontology of NeXus definitions (NeXusOntology), and a semantic integration...
Keywords: expands, ontology, EOSC, Photon science, experimental techniques, Neutron science, deliverable, D3.2, wp3-ExPaNDS
Resource type: Document
ExPaNDS D3.2: Ontologies v1.0
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4806026
https://pan-training.eu/materials/expands-d3-2-ontologies
We present ontologies for the domain of photon and neutron (PaN) science. With the primary goal of supporting PaN FAIR data catalogue services, we have developed three ontologies: PaN experimental techniques (PaNET), an ontology of NeXus definitions (NeXusOntology), and a semantic integration ontology for the PaN domain (PaNmapping). The ontologies are presented as initial versions, supported by community development workflows. The work represents deliverable D3.2 of the Horizon 2020 ExPaNDS project.
expands, ontology, EOSC, Photon science, experimental techniques, Neutron science, deliverable, D3.2, wp3-ExPaNDS
