Summary

FIDELIS’ Transparent Trustworthy Repository Attributes Matrix (TTRAM) highlights policies and standards as key repository functions and activities. In recent years, policy makers at various levels have been working to ensure that their policies support the creation and reuse of data that are findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable (FAIR).

Description

FIDELIS’ Transparent Trustworthy Repository Attributes Matrix (TTRAM) highlights policies and standards as key repository functions and activities. In recent years, policy makers at various levels have been working to ensure that their policies support the creation and reuse of data that are findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable (FAIR). The FAIRsFAIR project released their FAIR-enabling data policy checklist in 2022 to help policy makers self-assess whether elements of their data policies are FAIR-enabling as well as providing recommendations on what should be addressed when developing new data policies. 

While the checklist was originally intended to support the development and refinement of policies by research performing organisations and funding bodies, we believe there is potential for the checklist to be adapted for use by repositories seeking to demonstrate that they are FAIR-enabling. In this interactive session, the main aim will be to introduce the policy checklist to participants, to consider the range of policies that repositories may need to review, and to work collaboratively towards a first draft of an adaptation of the checklist to support its use by repositories.

Following the workshop, there will be an opportunity for interested participants to continue to feed into the adapted checklist and all contributors will receive credit as co-authors on the resulting publication.