A2 - Metadata Longevity

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What is a valid result? & - Successful resolution - Returns a document that represents a plan or policy of some kind - Preferably certified (e.g. DSA) What must be provided? URL to a formal metadata longevity plan

Principle: A

Rationale: Why should we measure it? Cross-references to data from third-party’s FAIR data and metadata will naturally degrade over time, and become “stale links”. In such cases, it is important for FAIR providers to continue to provide descriptors of what the data was to assist in the continued interpretation of those third-party data. As per FAIR Principle F3, this metadata remains discoverable, even in the absence of the data, because it contains an explicit reference to the IRI of the data.

FAIR Metrics: A2. metadata are accessible, even when the data are no longer available

URL(s):

• https://github.com/FAIRMetrics/Metrics/blob/master/Distributions/FM_A2.tex

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