PUB - Publikationen an der Universität Bielefeld

Current research information systems (CRIS), also known as Research Information Management Systems (RIMS), open up the potential to provide contextualized research information and to exchange it with other services. The Common European Research Information Format (CERIF) XML Exchange Format provides a basis for this. The OpenAIRE Guidelines for CRIS Managers, among others, are based on this format. They enable the aggregation of research information from CRIS systems into OpenAIRE and thus become part of the OpenAIRE Research Graph. An open question is to what extent these guidelines are aligned with the requirements for discoverability, accessibility, interoperability, and reuse of research information defined in the FAIR Data Principles. The FAIR Data Maturity Model criteria are an important reference point for assessing compliance with these principles. It is novel to apply these criteria to properties and attributes of research information as well. Building on this, the report examines how the  *OpenAIRE Guidelines for CRIS managers* relate to the FAIR Data Maturity Model. The attached sheet (ODS format) has been modified as described in the text and used to make the assessment of the FAIR principles.