Interoperable

I1. (meta)data use a formal, accessible, shared, and broadly applicable language for knowledge representation

See the following:

• Vocabularies and research data
• Thing 11 - Metadata schema (within 23 (research data) things)

See also these broader discussions of (meta)data:

• Metadata guide
• Storing metadata
• Data reuse
• Data policies and journals (Research Data for Journal Editors Guide)

For a domain specific discussion see Geospatial data and metadata.

I2. (meta)data use vocabularies that follow FAIR principles

The ARDC provides the Research Vocabularies Australia portal, which allows you to create, publish, and manage your own controlled vocabularies, and re-purpose and integrate those from other providers:

• Research Vocabularies Australia

See these resources on vocabularies:

• Vocabularies and research data
• Thing 12 - Vocabularies for data description

For a domain specific discussion see Geospatial data and metadata.

I3. (meta)data include qualified references to other (meta)data

See the following:

• Thing 14 - Identifiers and linked data
• Metadata guide

Additional resources on Interoperability

The following resources contain detail relevant to or are complementary to enhancing interoperability:

• 23 (research data) things
• Creating a data management framework (incorporating the capability maturity model)