You spent months collecting your data. You documented... nothing.

Sound familiar? Metadata is the difference between data that's reusable in 5 years and a mystery folder called "final_v3_FINAL_real."

Good metadata doesn't have to be complicated. A few consistent habits go a long way.

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FAIR Principles - GO FAIR

In 2016, the ‘FAIR Guiding Principles for scientific data management and stewardship’ were published in Scientific Data. The authors intended to provide guidelines to improve the Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability, and Reuse of digital assets. The principles emphasise machine-actionability (i.e., the capacity of… Continue reading →

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