FAIRsFAIR Guidance & Alignment Tools
The FAIRsFAIR project has produced a suite of practical guides, reports, and interpretive documents to help digital repositories align CoreTrustSeal certification efforts with the FAIR data principles. The following resources provide mapping tools, self-assessment aids, policy recommendations, and case studies, making them essential for repositories pursuing both trustworthiness and FAIR compliance.
| RESOURCE TITLE | YEAR | DESCRIPTION | FORMAT | LINK |
| D4.1 Draft Recommendations on Requirements for Fair Datasets in Certified Repositories | 2020 | Documentation on peer-to-peer approaches and community engagement in certification support programs. | Access | |
| Evaluation of CoreTrustSeal, Implications for Maturity Modeling | 2020 | Maps CTS requirements to FAIR principles; helps repositories self-assess their readiness for both standards. | Access | |
| Evaluation of Procedures and Processes of Certification Mechanisms Provided | 2020 | Detailed mapping report of CTS requirements against FAIR principles with recommendations for evidence provision. | Access | |
| M4.2 Draft Maturity Model Based on Extensions and-or Additions to CoreTrustSeal Requirements | 2020 | Actionable recommendations for institutions and policymakers establishing CTS/FAIR-aligned certification support initiatives. | Access | |
| M4.9 Report on Fair Data Assessment Mechanisms to Develop Pragmatic Concepts for Fairness Evaluation at the Dataset Level | 2020 | Slide decks and training modules supporting repository staff with CTS–FAIR alignment processes. | Access | |
| D3.5 Description of FAIRsFAIR’s Transition Support Programme for Repositories | 2020 | Practical template enabling repositories to evaluate and document their CTS–FAIR alignment status. | Access | |
| M2.10 Report on basic framework on FAIRness of services | 2020 | Real-world examples illustrating challenges and solutions in aligning with CTS/FAIR; includes lessons learned from the support program cohort. | Access | |
| D4.3 Report on the certification support and guidance for repositories and reviewers | 2021 | Guidance for repositories & reviewers; lessons learned from in-depth support program | Access | |
| D2.7 Framework for assessing FAIR Services | 2021 | Checklist for reviewing/improving repository data stewardship policies | Access | |
| Report on a maturity model towards FAIR data in FAIR repositories (D4.6) | 2022 | Real-world case studies from repositories pursuing CTS/trustworthy certification; practical solutions & lessons learned | Access | |
| D3.8 Final report on policy and practice recommendations and support | 2022 | Actionable policy recommendations for better FAIR alignment | Access | |
| Information Architecture For Secure Trustworthy Data Services | 2022 | Training slides, checklists, and exercises for repository self-assessment against CTS/FAIR trustworthiness standards | Access | |
| Trust Standards, Support and FAIR Enabling Trustworthy Repositories | 2022 | Framework supporting development of data stewardship policies aligned with CTS & FAIR | Access | |
| CoreTrustSeal+FAIR: Feedback on Requirements V2.0 (2020-2022) | 2022 | Ready-to-adapt templates for robust data stewardship policies | Access | |
| Increasing the ReUse of Data through FAIR enabling Certification of Trustworthy Digital Repositories | 2022 | Real-world implementation stories from repositories | Access |