Maturity Dimension Name,Maturity Dimension Definition,Dimension Sub-Criteria Label, Dimension Sub-Criteria Definition
Metadata,"The identification of the minimal set of metadata to describe the catalogue and its semantic artefacts. Huge importance is also given to the use of metadata standards and schemas (e.g., DCAT or Schema.org), the adoption of machine-readable formats, the documentation associated, and the licenses used to release the metadata.",custom vocabulary,custom metadata is used to describe semantic artefacts
Metadata,"The identification of the minimal set of metadata to describe the catalogue and its semantic artefacts. Huge importance is also given to the use of metadata standards and schemas (e.g., DCAT or Schema.org), the adoption of machine-readable formats, the documentation associated, and the licenses used to release the metadata.",standard vocabulary,"a well-known, widely shared or standard metadata vocabulary is used"
Metadata,"The identification of the minimal set of metadata to describe the catalogue and its semantic artefacts. Huge importance is also given to the use of metadata standards and schemas (e.g., DCAT or Schema.org), the adoption of machine-readable formats, the documentation associated, and the licenses used to release the metadata.",primary metadata,metadata for each distribution/version of semantic artefact is available
Metadata,"The identification of the minimal set of metadata to describe the catalogue and its semantic artefacts. Huge importance is also given to the use of metadata standards and schemas (e.g., DCAT or Schema.org), the adoption of machine-readable formats, the documentation associated, and the licenses used to release the metadata.",version metadata,metadata for each distribution/version of semantic artefact is available
Metadata,"The identification of the minimal set of metadata to describe the catalogue and its semantic artefacts. Huge importance is also given to the use of metadata standards and schemas (e.g., DCAT or Schema.org), the adoption of machine-readable formats, the documentation associated, and the licenses used to release the metadata.",human readable,metadata is visible in the user interface in an harmonised manner
Metadata,"The identification of the minimal set of metadata to describe the catalogue and its semantic artefacts. Huge importance is also given to the use of metadata standards and schemas (e.g., DCAT or Schema.org), the adoption of machine-readable formats, the documentation associated, and the licenses used to release the metadata.",machine readable,metadata is accessible via API or machine supported formats
Openness,"The concept of being open from different perspectives. On the one hand, it concerns technical openness, referring to the metadata handled in the catalogue, the software used to run the catalogue, and the services and protocols used to access the metadata. On the other hand, openness also refers to the social attitude of enabling anyone interested in depositing and also helping govern the catalogue.",fully oss,based on open source software
Openness,"The concept of being open from different perspectives. On the one hand, it concerns technical openness, referring to the metadata handled in the catalogue, the software used to run the catalogue, and the services and protocols used to access the metadata. On the other hand, openness also refers to the social attitude of enabling anyone interested in depositing and also helping govern the catalogue.",customised oss,the catalog is based on an open source software but the customised instance is not available for public
Openness,"The concept of being open from different perspectives. On the one hand, it concerns technical openness, referring to the metadata handled in the catalogue, the software used to run the catalogue, and the services and protocols used to access the metadata. On the other hand, openness also refers to the social attitude of enabling anyone interested in depositing and also helping govern the catalogue.",open model,the metadata model / ontology used to document the semantic artefacts is openly available
Openness,"The concept of being open from different perspectives. On the one hand, it concerns technical openness, referring to the metadata handled in the catalogue, the software used to run the catalogue, and the services and protocols used to access the metadata. On the other hand, openness also refers to the social attitude of enabling anyone interested in depositing and also helping govern the catalogue.",open contribution,external or registered users can add/propose new semantic artefacts for inclusion
Quality,"The possibility of having mechanisms to check the quality of the metadata provided and, thus, of the catalogue itself. In particular, if processes and workflow are in place for peer reviewing new entities and curating the catalogue.",curation by owner,changes (or new submissions) to the semantic artefact can only be conducted by the catalog owner
Quality,"The possibility of having mechanisms to check the quality of the metadata provided and, thus, of the catalogue itself. In particular, if processes and workflow are in place for peer reviewing new entities and curating the catalogue.",curation by maintainer,changes (or new submissions) to the semantic artefact can be made by the maintainers/curators of the artefact
Quality,"The possibility of having mechanisms to check the quality of the metadata provided and, thus, of the catalogue itself. In particular, if processes and workflow are in place for peer reviewing new entities and curating the catalogue.",certified maintainer,the maintainers/curators of the semantic artefacts are certified and assigned by the catalogue owner
Quality,"The possibility of having mechanisms to check the quality of the metadata provided and, thus, of the catalogue itself. In particular, if processes and workflow are in place for peer reviewing new entities and curating the catalogue.",metadata by editor,metadata is curated by a group of editors
Quality,"The possibility of having mechanisms to check the quality of the metadata provided and, thus, of the catalogue itself. In particular, if processes and workflow are in place for peer reviewing new entities and curating the catalogue.",metadata by system,metadata is generated/curated by an assessment system
Availability,It refers to the availability of the metadata and if there are methods in place for guaranteeing privacy and access only to certain data due to legal or other contextual issues.,no restriction,no authentication methods provided; contents are freely available without restrictions
Availability,It refers to the availability of the metadata and if there are methods in place for guaranteeing privacy and access only to certain data due to legal or other contextual issues.,multilinguality,tems are translated and available in several languages
Availability,It refers to the availability of the metadata and if there are methods in place for guaranteeing privacy and access only to certain data due to legal or other contextual issues.,moderated services,some functionalities for access and modification of semantic artefact are available only to registered users and content creators
Statistics,"The availability of statistics referred to the catalogue (number of semantic artefacts handled, number of users, etc.) in time to measure the usage of the catalogue and its growth.",catalog statistics,basic metrics about the metadata catalog
Statistics,"The availability of statistics referred to the catalogue (number of semantic artefacts handled, number of users, etc.) in time to measure the usage of the catalogue and its growth.",resource statistics,metrics on each semantic artefact
Statistics,"The availability of statistics referred to the catalogue (number of semantic artefacts handled, number of users, etc.) in time to measure the usage of the catalogue and its growth.",social metrics,"social metrics for semantic artefacts, e.g., stars, likes, and number of contributors"
PID,"The use of persistent identifiers (PIDs) referring to the metadata of the various semantic artefacts described in the catalogue and their contextual entities (author, curator, etc.).",metadata record PID,PID metadata might be specified in the semantic artefact record (e.g. ORCIDs for curators)
PID,"The use of persistent identifiers (PIDs) referring to the metadata of the various semantic artefacts described in the catalogue and their contextual entities (author, curator, etc.).",resource PID,PID used to identify the semantic artefact object
Governance,"The rules to define the governance of the catalogue and its goals and purpose, which should allow community input and responsibility for the integrity of the metadata.",3rd party,"items are managed via 3rd party tool, e.g. GitHub"
Governance,"The rules to define the governance of the catalogue and its goals and purpose, which should allow community input and responsibility for the integrity of the metadata.",description,governance is described as part of the catalog
Governance,"The rules to define the governance of the catalogue and its goals and purpose, which should allow community input and responsibility for the integrity of the metadata.",rules,rules for proposing new items to the catalogue are introduced
Community,"The mechanism in place to involve the community in the catalogue, identifying and reaching target users' expectations and attracting stakeholders from diverse lived experiences and viewpoints.",read only,no direct involvement is possible; users can only communicate to the catalog via read-only API and email
Community,"The mechanism in place to involve the community in the catalogue, identifying and reaching target users' expectations and attracting stakeholders from diverse lived experiences and viewpoints.",read and write,curators and developers can use services to get information from the catalogue and be directly involved through the creation of their own records to be added to the catalogue and increase their visibility
Community,"The mechanism in place to involve the community in the catalogue, identifying and reaching target users' expectations and attracting stakeholders from diverse lived experiences and viewpoints.",3rd party,"community features delegated to 3rd party tool, e.g. GitHub issues"
Community,"The mechanism in place to involve the community in the catalogue, identifying and reaching target users' expectations and attracting stakeholders from diverse lived experiences and viewpoints.",suggestion,a dedicated page for content suggestion is available
Sustainability,The models in place to sustain services financially and preserve the catalogue in the long run.,organization,"the catalog is a service provided by an organization (university, institute or one of its research units)"
Sustainability,The models in place to sustain services financially and preserve the catalogue in the long run.,organization,community,the catalogue is maintained by a community with members from various organizations or infrastructure
Sustainability,The models in place to sustain services financially and preserve the catalogue in the long run.,organization,management board,"a multidisciplinary community-driven service, strongly sustained by an operational team"
Sustainability,The models in place to sustain services financially and preserve the catalogue in the long run.,organization,(research) projects,sustained by funds coming from one or more projects
Technology,"The tools that the catalogue should provide to enable users to have a better experience in exploring the data, such as REST APIs, Web search interfaces, SPARQL endpoints, etc.",REST API,a service to access semantic artefact information and/or metadata via a REST interface
Technology,"The tools that the catalogue should provide to enable users to have a better experience in exploring the data, such as REST APIs, Web search interfaces, SPARQL endpoints, etc.",web search GUI,a service to access semantic artefact information and/or metadata via a web search GUI
Technology,"The tools that the catalogue should provide to enable users to have a better experience in exploring the data, such as REST APIs, Web search interfaces, SPARQL endpoints, etc.",SPARQL endpoint,a service to access semantic artefact information and/or metadata via a SPARQL endpoint
Technology,"The tools that the catalogue should provide to enable users to have a better experience in exploring the data, such as REST APIs, Web search interfaces, SPARQL endpoints, etc.",alignment,a service to align heterogeneous metadata that might be used within a catalogue
Transparency,"The processes behind the catalogue, from the elections of new members of the various governing boards, curators, etc., to the clarity in exposing fees for the services offered by the catalogue itself and its revenue model.",documented curation,data flow of curation is documented
Transparency,"The processes behind the catalogue, from the elections of new members of the various governing boards, curators, etc., to the clarity in exposing fees for the services offered by the catalogue itself and its revenue model.",automatic curation,curation process happened automatically based on a documented process flow
Transparency,"The processes behind the catalogue, from the elections of new members of the various governing boards, curators, etc., to the clarity in exposing fees for the services offered by the catalogue itself and its revenue model.",resource versioning,records on previous version of items are available
Assessment,"The presence of some practice in place for assessing the catalogue against all these dimensions, e.g. by adopting self-assessment exercises and/or by asking third parties to run an independent assessment of the catalogue.",shared metrics,assessment in terms of FAIRness is provided through FAIR Scores
Assessment,"The presence of some practice in place for assessing the catalogue against all these dimensions, e.g. by adopting self-assessment exercises and/or by asking third parties to run an independent assessment of the catalogue.",custom metrics,assessment against catalog own assessment metrics