Licensing information is provided on the tool’s homepage.

The tool utilizes a community-accepted ontology.

A standardized ID or accession number is used to identify the dataset.

The dataset can be downloaded for free from the repository.

Contact information is provided for the creator(s) of the dataset.

The structure of the repository permits efficient discovery of data and metadata by end users.

Version information is provided for each resource, where available.

The metadata includes a title for the data resource

Taxonomies in use are clearly defined and use community accepted terminology

Update information is available

The date of the last update or modification is available.

Attribution information is available

The names of the creators of a digital object and their corresponding roles/titles are clearly defin...