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As stated in F1, many repositories will generate globally unique and persistent identifiers for deposited datasets that can be used for this purpose.<\/p>\n<p><b>Example\u00a0<\/b><br \/>\nThe connection should be annotated in a formal manner, for example using the foaf:primaryTopic predicate in the case of RDF metadata.<\/p>\n<p><b>Links to Resources<\/b><br \/>\nThe <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/FAIRDataTeam\/OpenRefine-metadata-extension\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FAIRifier tool<\/a> guarantees F3.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What does this mean? This is a simple and obvious principle, but of critical importance to FAIR. The metadata and the dataset they describe are usually separate files. 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