• Findable 
  
• Accessible 
  
• Inter-operable and 
  
• Re-useable 
  

These are all essential elements in making data truly open. This lesson looks into what these aspects mean in practise and allow you to consider your own data and how to increase the opportunities for making it open. 

 After completing this lesson, you will: 

• Understand FAIR principles 
  
• Know how to create Persistant IDentifiers (PIDs) 
  
• Have knowledge how to start developing metadata 
  
• Have awareness of how to licence research data for re-use