Examples of FAIR Vocabularies

Exemplars and patterns demonstrating practices that make a vocabulary FAIR

Domain-names for FAIR vocabularies

These examples illustrate

• Rule 5. Assign a unique identifier to (a) the vocabulary and (b) each term in the vocabulary
• Rule 9. Make the vocabulary accessible for humans and machines

Identifier patterns for terms in FAIR vocabularies

These examples illustrate

• Rule 5. Assign a unique identifier to (a) the vocabulary and (b) each term in the vocabulary
• Rule 9. Make the vocabulary accessible for humans and machines

Examples of real FAIR vocabularies

These examples illustrate

• Rule 1. Determine the governance arrangements and custodian responsible for the legacy vocabulary
• Rule 2. Verify that the source license allows repurposing
• Rule 5. Assign a unique identifier to (a) the vocabulary and (b) each term in the vocabulary
• Rule 6. Create machine readable representations of the vocabulary terms
• Rule 7. Add vocabulary metadata