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Alignment with the framework

Alignment with the framework page.

1. Get the data
1.1. Data access

Considerations relating to how data is accessed, eg through APIs, via controlled access

1.2. Data retrieval

Considerations relating to data retrieval, eg query language, results representation and exporting capabilities

2. Model the domain
2.1. Identify data types

Data type identification informs the selection of appropriate data standards, ontologies and target repositories

3. Select the identifier scheme
3.1. Identifier minting

How to create unique, persistent and resolvable identifiers

3.2. Reusing community identifiers

How to reuse existing identifiers in a dataset

4. Apply data standards
4.1. Reusing existing data standards

How to reuse existing data standards

4.2. Developing data standards

How to develop a new data standard if no appropriate standards exist

4.3. Applying data standards

How to apply data standards to datasets, especially retroactively

4.4. Validating against data standards

How to use validation to ensure that a dataset is compliant with a data standard

5. Choose data vocabularies
5.1. Selecting data vocabularies

How to select the most appropriate vocabularies to annotate a dataset

5.2. Developing data vocabularies

How to develop new vocabularies from scratch

5.3. Annotating with data vocabularies

How to annotate data and metadata with terms from vocabularies

5.4. Managing vocabularies

How to manage vocabularies and ontologies

6. Transform data for inter-operability
6.1. Identifier mapping

How to map between different types of equivalent identifiers

6.2. Vocabulary alignment

How to map between different equivalent vocabulary terms

6.3. Data model mapping

How to map equivalent concepts from different data models

7. Host your data
7.1. Data hosting

Considerations around data hosting infrastructure such as markup and search engine optimisation

7.2. Data versioning

Considerations around data versioning

7.3. Data transfer

Considerations around data transfer such as file formats, repository types and checksumming

8. Share your data
8.1. Data licensing

Data licensing considerations such as data which license is most appropriate for a given scenario

8.2. Data anonymisation

Data anonymisation considerations

8.3. Data release

Data release considerations such as when to release a dataset and where to release it