Table 3 Responses to the FAIR Guidelines expressed as the number and percentage of responses, their mean, and the median score for each question, (n = 14)

Findable

Are data assigned a globally unique and persistent identifier?

9 (64.3)

2 (14.3)

3 (21.4)

1

Are data described with rich metadata?

7 (50.0)

3 (21.4)

4 (28.6)

2

Do metadata clearly and explicitly include the identifier of the data it describes?

6 (42.8)

5 (35.7)

3 (21.4)

2

Are data registered or indexed in a searchable resource?

8 (57.1)

2 (14.3)

4 (28.6)

1

MEAN (%)

53.6

21.4

25.0

Accessible

Are data retrievable by their identifier using a standardised communications protocol?

7 (50.0)

3 (21.4)

4 (28.6)

2

Is the protocol open, free, and universally implementable?

2 (14.3)

7 (50.0)

5 (35.7)

2

Does the system allow for an authentication and authorisation procedure, where necessary?

9 (64.3)

2 (14.3)

3 (21.4)

1

Meta (data) are accessible, even when the data are no longer available?

3 (21.4)

7 (50.0)

4 (28.6)

2

Mean (%)

35.7

33.9

28.6

Interoperable

Data use a formal, accessible, shared, and broadly applicable language for knowledge representation?

7 (50.0)

3 (21.4)

4 (28.6)

2

Data include qualified references to other (meta) data?

3 (21.4)

7 (50.0)

4 (28.6)

2

Mean (%)

35.7

35.7

28.6

Reusable

Meta(data) are richly described with a plurality of accurate and relevant attributes?

6 (42.8)

6 (42.8)

2 (14.3)

2

(Meta)data are released with a clear and accessible data usage license?

3 (21.4)

7 (50.0)

4 (28.6)

2

(Meta)data are associated with detailed provenance?

3 (21.4)

7 (50.0)

4 (28.6)

2

(Meta)data meet domain-relevant community standards?

3 (21.4)

7 (50.0)

4 (28.6)

2

Mean (%)

26.8

48.2

25.0