Under the 2023-2026 Data Strategy for the Federal Public Service, Data for decision-making mission, action item 2.2b calls for the development of a FAIR principles (Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability, and Reusability) assessment tool, and guidance on assessing existing data for reuse.
TBS performed an environmental scan of existing FAIR principles assessment tools and literature to respond to action item 2.2b and identified the FAIR-Aware tool, a questionnaire developed and maintained by the Dutch national centre of expertise and repository for research data – the Data and Archiving Network Services (DANS) – as having the best potential to be adapted for use by the GC.
Government of Canada community members are invited to provide feedback to ensure that this adapted “FAIR Principles Assessment Tool” is complete, correct, understandable, implementable, and useful for the GC.
Consultation Period: February 2 to March 15, 2024
Visit the Service and Digital Consultation list on GCpedia for results and a What We Heard report once this consultation closes.
For additional information contact the Information and Data Governance, Data and Digital Policy Sector, Office of the CIO of Canada, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat.
