Ten simple rules for making a vocabulary FAIR
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2021Author
Cox, Simon J. D.
Gonzalez-Beltran, Alejandra N.
Magagna, Barbara
Marinescu, Maria- Cristina
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We present ten simple rules that support converting a legacy vocabulary—a list of terms
available in a print-based glossary or in a table not accessible using web standards—into a
FAIR vocabulary. Various pathways may be followed to publish the FAIR vocabulary, but
we emphasise particularly the goal of providing a globally unique resolvable identifier for
each term or concept. A standard representation of the concept should be returned when
the individual web identifier is resolved, using SKOS or OWL serialised in an RDF-based
representation for machine-interchange and in a web-page for human consumption. Guidelines
for vocabulary and term metadata are provided, as well as development and maintenance
considerations. The rules are arranged as a stepwise recipe for creating a FAIR
vocabulary based on the legacy vocabulary. By following these rules you can achieve the
outcome of converting a legacy vocabulary into a standalone FAIR vocabulary, which can
be used for unambiguous .....
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PLoS Computational BiologyVolume
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15pp.Document Language
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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal. pcbi.1009041Citation
Cox, S.J.D., Gonzalez-Beltran, A.N., Magagna, B. and Marinescu, M-C .(2021) Ten simple rules for making a vocabulary FAIR. PLoS Computational Biology, 17(6): e1009041, 15pp. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal. pcbi.1009041Collections
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