# FAIR Enabling Resource (FER) FERs are a subclass of [[FSR|FSRs]] which are explicitly linked to one or more [[GFF FAIR Interpretations|FAIR principles]]. FERs are essential to the operationalization of the FAIR principles. FERs can be available or yet to be developed. FER subtypes include: - [[Identifier service]] - [[Metadata schema]] - [[Metadata-Data linking schema]] - [[Registry]] - [[Communication protocol]] - [[Authentication and Authorization service]] - [[Metadata Preservation Policy]] - [[Knowledge representation language]] - [[Structured vocabulary]] - [[Semantic model]] - [[Data Usage license]] - [[Provenance Model]] ----- ## More information ### Public - [Find examples through FAIR Connect](https://fairconnect.pro/dashboard/) - [See Definitions in FIP Ontology](https://peta-pico.github.io/FAIR-nanopubs/fip/index-en.html#https://w3id.org/fair/fip/terms/FAIR-Enabling-Resource) ### Private - [FIP Wiki - FER](https://github.com/gofair-foundation/FIP-training/wiki/FAIR-Enabling-Resource) - [FIP Wiki - FER Types](https://github.com/gofair-foundation/FIP-training/wiki/FAIR-Enabling-Resource-types) - [FIP Wiki - FER Nanopublication](https://github.com/gofair-foundation/FIP-training/wiki/Understanding-FER-Nanopublications) ------- ## Related - [[Authentication and Authorization service]] - [[Communication protocol]] - [[Data Usage license]] - [[FSR]] - [[GFF FAIR Interpretations]] - [[Identifier service]] - [[Knowledge representation language]] - [[Metadata Preservation Policy]] - [[Metadata schema]] - [[Metadata-Data linking schema]] - [[Provenance Model]] - [[Registry]] - [[Semantic model]] - [[Structured vocabulary]]