Level 4

Description

This level of maturity is defined at cross-community level. At the level, the focus is on cross-domain interoperability and is meant to be the level required for larger harmonization and integration projects.

Level 4 is an aspirational level of FAIR maturity. The main focus of Level 4 is establishing semantic interoperability between datasets within and across multiple studies.

Example

Level4-Overview

Level4-Model

FAIR-DSM Level 4 Indicators

DSM-4-C1

Identifier	DSM-4-C1
Name	A Semantic Data Model includes Study Design Elements and the relationships between them.
Maturity Level	4
Category	Content-related requirements
Granularity Level	Dataset
Description	When dataset(s) are typed semantically, means that the data is structured and represented in a logical way. It adds a basic meaning to the data and the relationships that lie between them, for data consisteny and easy maintenance.
Related DSM Indicator
Related FAIR Principle	I1. (Meta)data use a formal, accessible, shared, and broadly applicable language for knowledge representation.
Cross-reference FAIR indicators

DSM-4-C2

Identifier	DSM-4-C2
Name	Dataset(s) content is harmonised against a designed-for-purpose Semantic Data Model.
Maturity Level	4
Category	Content-related requirements
Granularity Level	Dataset Fields
Description	When dataset(s) are typed semantically, means that the data is structured and represented in a logical way. It adds a basic meaning to the data and the relationships that lie between them, for data consisteny and easy maintenance.
Related DSM Indicator
Related FAIR Principle	I1. (Meta)data use a formal, accessible, shared, and broadly applicable language for knowledge representation.
Cross-reference FAIR indicators

DSM-4-C3

Identifier	DSM-4-C3
Name	Key Dataset Fields are mapped to Common Data Elements as defined by the Semantic Data Model
Maturity Level	4
Category	Content-related requirements
Granularity Level	Dataset Field Values
Description
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Related FAIR Principle
Cross-reference FAIR indicators

DSM-4-C4

Identifier	DSM-4-C4
Name	Values for key Domain Entities reported in the Dataset(s) are standardised and assigned unique Standard Identifiers
Maturity Level	4
Category	Content-related requirements
Granularity Level	Dataset Field Values
Description
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Related FAIR Principle
Cross-reference FAIR indicators

DSM-4-C5

Identifier	DSM-4-C5
Name	The Semantic Data Model includes a pre-defined set of Common Data Elements reported within the Datasets and the relationships between them.
Maturity Level	4
Category	Content-related requirements
Granularity Level	Dataset Field Values
Description
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Related FAIR Principle
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DSM-4-H1

Identifier	DSM-4-H1
Name	Data Hosting environment stores data in a relevant linked data store (e.g., Triple Store or Graph Database).
Maturity Level	4
Category	Hosting Environment
Granularity Level	Search Capability
Description
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Related FAIR Principle
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DSM-4-H2

Identifier	DSM-4-H2
Name	Data Hosting Environment provides semantic querying capability.
Maturity Level	4
Category	Hosting Environment
Granularity Level	Semantic Querying Capability
Description
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Related FAIR Principle
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DSM-4-H3

Identifier	DSM-4-H3
Name	Data Hosting Environment provides semantic search capability.
Maturity Level	4
Category	Hosting Environment
Granularity Level	Search Capability
Description
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DSM-4-R1

Identifier	DSM-4-R1
Name	Contextual Metadata and study related Metadata are formally defined and represented by a set of Study Design Elements.
Maturity Level	4
Category	Metadata representation
Granularity Level	Dataset
Description
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Related FAIR Principle
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DSM-4-R2

Identifier	DSM-4-R2
Name	Dataset(s) content is semantically represented using Linked Data Represetations conforming to a Semantic Data Model.
Maturity Level	4
Category	Data representation
Granularity Level	Dataset Field Values
Description
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Related FAIR Principle
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DSM-4-R3

Identifier	DSM-4-R3
Name	The Semantic Data Model (Metadata) used for data harmonisation across Datasets is formally defined and represented using Linked Data Representations.
Maturity Level	4
Category	License representation
Granularity Level	Dataset
Description
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DSM-4-R4

Identifier	DSM-4-R4
Name	The Semantic Data Model (Metadata) is represented in a Machine Readable and Machine Interptretable format.
Maturity Level	4
Category	License representation
Granularity Level	Dataset
Description
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DSM-4-R5

Identifier	DSM-4-R5
Name	Datasets are available in a Machine Readable and Machine Interptretable format.
Maturity Level	4
Category	License representation
Granularity Level	Dataset
Description
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DSM-4-R6

Identifier	DSM-4-R6
Name	If applicable, license information and/or permitted use and accessability to parts of the dataset is formally represented and encoded in a Machine Readable Format.
Maturity Level	4
Category	License representation
Granularity Level	Dataset
Description
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Related FAIR Principle
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