Data Consumer

Data_Consumer

Role definition of Data_Consumer

A person, team, or application that finds, accesses, and uses data (and metadata) for analysis, decision-making, or building downstream products, relying on FAIR practices to make data discoverable, understandable, and reusable.

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Derived from Derived from https://fairmetroline.org/index

FAIR Cookbook (ELIXIR) — “Data consumer” used as an actor in user stories: “Data consumer — Validate files before running analysis” https://faircookbook.elixir-europe.org/content/recipes/interoperability/fastq-file-format-validators.html

EOSC CZ FAIR handbook (FAIR guidance document) — “data consumer/user” referenced: “The creator of the data should not attempt to anticipate the needs of the data consumer/user.” https://www.eosc.cz/media/3899961/fair_prirucka_final_en.pdf

https://wiki.esipfed.org/FAIR_Dataset_Quality_Information This page explicitly mentions “end users” and describes them as users who integrate datasets and associated quality information for interoperability and reusability, which is a good FAIR-aligned basis for the “data consumer” category. (wiki.esipfed.org)