FAIR² Access Governance Documentation

Level 2 – Collaborative Access

This document provides the case scenario matrix for Level-2 access, together with metadata examples for each variant.
It follows the official FAIR² interpretation:

Level 2 – Collaborative Access
Access remains open, but users are expected to acknowledge dataset creators, preserve provenance, consider collaboration, and communicate significant results back. Redistribution outside sovereign hosting is discouraged.

1. Overview of Level 2 (Collaborative Access)

Level 2 datasets are freely downloadable.
No authentication is required.
However, reuse is guided by norms of reciprocity, acknowledgment, and scientific collaboration.

FAIR² models Collaborative Access using a base profile refined by constraint axes:

identity: none (baseline), ORCID if encouraged
environment: open (baseline), hybrid if file-level restrictions exist
communityGovernance: none / consultationRecommended
aiTraining: allowed / restricted / prohibited
exportRestriction: none / aggregated-only / derived-only
distribution-level constraints: for mixed datasets

2. Level 2 Case Scenario Matrix

Variant	Description	identity	governance	aiTraining	exportRestriction	distribution-level constraints
2.1	Collaborative open dataset	none	none	allowed	none	none
2.2	Collaborative + ORCID encouraged	ORCID	none	allowed	none	none
2.3	Collaborative with community consultation	none	consultationRecommended	allowed	none	none
2.4	Collaborative, AI training restricted	none	none	restrictedWithConditions	none	none
2.5	Collaborative with export restrictions	none	none	allowed	aggregated-only	none
2.6	Metadata open; some files restricted	none	none	allowed	none	present

3. Metadata Examples for Each Level-2 Variant

All examples use the FAIR² JSON-LD namespace:

fair2: https://fair2.ai/ns/

Variant 2.1 — Collaborative, Fully Open

{
  "@context": {
    "schema": "https://schema.org/",
    "dct": "http://purl.org/dc/terms/",
    "fair2": "https://fair2.ai/ns/"
  },
  "@type": "schema:Dataset",
  "schema:name": "Marine Habitat Observations",
  "dct:license": "https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/by/1-0/",
  "dct:accessRights": "fair2:AgreementLevel2",
  "fair2:constraints": {
    "identity": "none",
    "environment": "open",
    "communityGovernance": "none",
    "aiTraining": "allowed",
    "exportRestriction": "none"
  }
}

Variant 2.2 — Collaborative with ORCID Encouraged

{
  "@context": {
    "schema": "https://schema.org/",
    "dct": "http://purl.org/dc/terms/",
    "fair2": "https://fair2.ai/ns/"
  },
  "@type": "schema:Dataset",
  "schema:name": "Urban Soundscape Recordings",
  "dct:license": "https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/by/1-0/",
  "dct:accessRights": "fair2:AgreementLevel2",
  "fair2:constraints": {
    "identity": "ORCID",
    "environment": "open",
    "communityGovernance": "none",
    "aiTraining": "allowed",
    "exportRestriction": "none"
  }
}

Variant 2.3 — Collaborative with Community Consultation Recommended

{
  "@context": {
    "schema": "https://schema.org/",
    "dct": "http://purl.org/dc/terms/",
    "fair2": "https://fair2.ai/ns/"
  },
  "@type": "schema:Dataset",
  "schema:name": "Traditional Crop Knowledge Registry",
  "dct:license": "https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/by/1-0/",
  "dct:accessRights": "fair2:AgreementLevel2",
  "fair2:constraints": {
    "identity": "none",
    "environment": "open",
    "communityGovernance": "consultationRecommended",
    "aiTraining": "allowed",
    "exportRestriction": "none"
  },
  "fair2:governanceProtocol": "https://community.example.org/consultation"
}

Variant 2.4 — Collaborative, AI Training Restricted

{
  "@context": {
    "schema": "https://schema.org/",
    "dct": "http://purl.org/dc/terms/",
    "fair2": "https://fair2.ai/ns/"
  },
  "@type": "schema:Dataset",
  "schema:name": "Historical Manuscript Transcriptions",
  "dct:license": "https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/by/1-0/",
  "dct:accessRights": "fair2:AgreementLevel2",
  "fair2:constraints": {
    "identity": "none",
    "environment": "open",
    "communityGovernance": "none",
    "aiTraining": "restrictedWithConditions",
    "exportRestriction": "none"
  }
}

Variant 2.5 — Collaborative with Export Restrictions (Aggregated Only)

{
  "@context": {
    "schema": "https://schema.org/",
    "dct": "http://purl.org/dc/terms/",
    "fair2": "https://fair2.ai/ns/"
  },
  "@type": "schema:Dataset",
  "schema:name": "Field Biodiversity Transects",
  "dct:license": "https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/by/1-0/",
  "dct:accessRights": "fair2:AgreementLevel2",
  "fair2:constraints": {
    "identity": "none",
    "environment": "open",
    "communityGovernance": "none",
    "aiTraining": "allowed",
    "exportRestriction": "aggregated-only"
  }
}

Variant 2.6 — Metadata Public, Mixed Distribution-Level Access

{
  "@context": {
    "schema": "https://schema.org/",
    "dct": "http://purl.org/dc/terms/",
    "fair2": "https://fair2.ai/ns/"
  },
  "@type": "schema:Dataset",
  "schema:name": "Collaborative Wildlife Monitoring Dataset",

  "dct:license": "https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/by/1-0/",
  "dct:accessRights": "fair2:AgreementLevel2",

  "fair2:constraints": {
    "identity": "none",
    "environment": "open",
    "communityGovernance": "none",
    "aiTraining": "allowed",
    "exportRestriction": "none"
  },

  "distribution": [
    {
      "@type": "schema:DataDownload",
      "schema:contentUrl": "https://example.org/files/species_counts.csv",
      "fair2:constraints": {
        "environment": "open"
      }
    },
    {
      "@type": "schema:DataDownload",
      "schema:contentUrl": "https://example.org/files/nest_location_raw.csv",
      "fair2:constraints": {
        "identity": "ORCID",
        "environment": "secureHuman",
        "exportRestriction": "aggregated-only"
      }
    }
  ]
}

4. Summary Table

Variant	Meaning	Key FAIR² Constraint
2.1	Pure collaborative reuse	None
2.2	Collaboration with identity encouraged	`identity = ORCID`
2.3	Consultation encouraged	`communityGovernance = consultationRecommended`
2.4	AI training conditionally restricted	`aiTraining = restrictedWithConditions`
2.5	Aggregated-output-only reuse	`exportRestriction = aggregated-only`
2.6	Mixed-access dataset	Distribution-level constraints

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End of Level 2 Documentation — FAIR² Access Governance