# Attribute Description Value range 1 Name of the tool Name of the tool as it is officially given as the title (without vendor name in front of it, if applicable). free text 2 Provider The developers of the tool. free text 3 Access / Link Link to the tool through which it can be accessed and used. URL 4 Form Categorization of the tool. Can belong to several categories by fulfilling specific properties. [Fully Configurable Tool, Automatic Tools, Improved Survey Tool, Regular List Tool] 5 Publication year Indication of the year when the tool was published for the first time. year 6 Development status Technical state of the tool. Recognizable on the basis of completeness of the questions, version of the source code or also regular updates. [unfinished, complete, ready and will be updated] 7 Automation level of the evaluation Indicates how much interaction is required from the user to perform the evaluation. [completely manual evaluation, manual and automatic evaluation, completely automatic evaluation] 8 Editing time Time needed to get to the final result of the evaluation. minutes (time span, if applicable) 9 Number of upper categories Number of categories or groupings of categories (normally 4 for F-A-I-R). positive integer 10 Number of questions Number of questions (also sub-questions or optional questions) needed to make a complete evaluation. For configurable tools, the default template is used. positive integer 11 Comprehensibility of the evaluation Certain issues/aspects may have different weights for meeting FAIR principles. [all answers equally ranked without weighting, weighting but without indication of weights and without explanation, weighting with indication of weights, weighting with indication of weights and explanation for weighting] 12 Generic Can the tool be applied generically to any data set? [yes, no] or free text] 13 Subject reference Specification of the subject area, if the tool is designed for one. [yes, no] or free text] 14 Explanation of the question Description of the questions and answers, what they mean, and examples of how this might look implemented in a data set, if applicable. [no explanation, short explanation, simple explanation, detailed explanation, detailed explanation with examples] 15 Feedback of the results After the evaluation of the individual or all criteria, is feedback given to the user on what he can do better, possibly with examples? [no feedback, short feedback, simple feedback, detailed feedback, detailed feedback with examples] 16 Final Report Specifies how detailed the result of the evaluation is and whether it can be exported. free text 17 Language List of languages in which the tool is available free text enumeration 18 Registration required Is registration required to use the tool? [yes, no] 19 Costs in euro Indication of costs of the tool that may be incurred once or at time intervals. free text 20 Complies with FAIR principles Indication of whether criteria comply with FAIR principles, criteria have been incorrectly assigned to F-A-I-R categories, or criteria do not comply with principles (such as Open Data or personal data). free text 21 Required knowledge and skills Level of knowledge needed to understand and use the tools. Starting that no previous knowledge is needed, knowledge in RDM (like PID, licenses, documentation details) or in computational science (technical knowledge, like XML or JSON). free text 22 Comment Specific comments about the tool free text free text