FAIR Data Systems (Spain)

FAIR Data Systems (Spain) is a Madrid-based consultancy and technology provider specialising in the FAIR Data Principles — the widely adopted guidelines that research data should be Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable. The company describes itself as the first FAIR consultancy in Spain and a leader in FAIR-compliant design, positioning its services around the requirements and recommendations of government bodies, funding agencies and scholarly publishers. The firm's offering spans the full lifecycle of research data management. Its FAIR Consultancy service helps clients build individualised FAIR strategies aligned with the expectations of whoever will evaluate their final success, including assistance with European funding programmes and Data Stewardship plans. FAIR Enactment takes that strategy into implementation, either by working alongside a client's existing developers and data stewards to embed FAIR practices in current systems, or by designing a parallel FAIR solution that operates non-disruptively alongside existing data infrastructure. FAIR Publishing and Hosting gives clients a choice between hosting data and metadata on their own infrastructure or on the company's secure servers, which are described as ISO certified for sensitive data such as medical records and GDPR compliant. FAIR Evaluation uses fully automated, objective and comprehensive assessment tools that can be licensed for in-house use or delivered by the company's experts on an ad hoc basis, with detailed feedback on resolving failures. FAIR Training is a modular course aimed at data management professionals and team leaders, covering all aspects of FAIRness with hands-on experience. The company also emphasises data preparation and integration, noting that a large share of data scientists' time is spent finding and manipulating data, and offering to prepare data at source for rapid integration. Its board is said to include the lead author of the FAIR Data Principles, and its consultants are trained to exceed agency requirements. A publicly cited business case is the Duchenne Parent Project. The company is based in Madrid, Spain, and operates primarily in the Spanish and wider European research-data market.

FAIR Data Systems (Spain) is a Madrid-based company that positions itself as the first FAIR consultancy in Spain and a leader in FAIR-compliant design. The FAIR Data Principles — Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable — emerged as a community standard for research data management and have been adopted by funding agencies, governments and scholarly publishers across Europe and beyond. The company was founded to help research organisations meet those expectations. From its base in Madrid, the firm has built a service portfolio that covers the full FAIR lifecycle. Its consultancy work follows the emergent requirements and recommendations of funding agencies and scholarly publishers, preparing individualised FAIR strategies based on who will evaluate a client's final success, including assistance with European funding programmes and Data Stewardship plans. Its enactment service then helps bring those strategies to fulfilment, either by working with a client's existing developers and data stewards to design an in-house strategy embedded in existing systems, or by taking the lead to design a FAIR solution that operates non-disruptively in parallel with existing data infrastructure. The company also offers publishing and hosting, with the option of hosting metadata and data on its own secure servers, which it describes as ISO certified for the storage of sensitive data such as medical records and GDPR compliant. Its evaluation service uses fully automated, objective and comprehensive FAIR assessment tools that can be licensed for in-house use or delivered by its experts on an ad hoc basis. Its training offering is a modular course aimed at data management professionals and team leaders, spanning all aspects of FAIRness with hands-on experience. The company states that its board includes the lead author of the FAIR Data Principles and that its expert consultants have been trained to exceed agency requirements. A publicly cited business case is the Duchenne Parent Project. The company operates primarily in the Spanish and wider European research-data market.

The first FAIR consultancy in Spain and a leader in FAIR-compliant design, guaranteeing compliance with governmental and agency requirements.

• FAIR Consultancy

  Individualised FAIR strategy based on who will evaluate the client's final success, including assistance with European funding programmes and Data Stewardship plans.

• FAIR Enactment

  Bringing the FAIR strategy to fulfilment, either embedded in existing systems or as a non-disruptive parallel solution.

• FAIR Publishing and Hosting

  Hosting of FAIR data and metadata on the client's own infrastructure or on the company's secure, ISO-certified and GDPR-compliant servers.

• FAIR Evaluation

  Fully automated, objective and comprehensive FAIR assessment tools, licensable for in-house use or delivered by company experts.

• FAIR Training

  Modular training course for data management professionals and team leaders, covering all aspects of FAIRness with hands-on experience.

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