CHAPTER 6
Data cycle step 5: Data linking and ‘integration’
In this chapter, data linking and integration are approached from the perspective of the FAIR principles: How to render data findable (also for others and especially for machines), accessible under welldefined conditions, including basic licensing information, interoperable and therefore reusable. Semantic and syntactic interoperability is explained and the guiding principles are explained, including some hints on how to choose proper formats, workflows, and terminology systems to render data (and tools) FAIR.
Much of data-driven research includes the combination of different data sources, many of them ‘born digital’. This process is broadly referred to as ‘data integration’. Although ...
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