Getting in touch with metadata: a DDI subset for FAIR metadata production in clinical psychology.

When addressing metadata with researchers, it is important to use models that include familiar domain concepts. In the Social Sciences, the Data Documentation Initiative (DDI) is a well-accepted source of such domain concepts. To create data and metadata, that is Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable (FAIR), it is necessary to establish a compact set of DDI elements that meet project requirements and are likely to be adopted by researchers inexperienced with metadata creation. Over time, we have engaged in interviews and data description sessions with research groups in the Social Sciences, identifying a manageable DDI subset. TOGETHER, recent Clinical Psychology project dealing with risk assessment for hereditary cancer, considered the inclusion of a DDI subset for the production of metadata that are timely and interoperable with data publication initiatives in the same domain. Taking the DDI subset identified by the data curators, we present a preliminary assessment of its use as a realistic effort on the part of the researchers, taking into consideration the metadata created in two data description sessions, the effort involved, and the overall metadata quality. A follow-up questionnaire was used to assess the perspectives of the researchers regarding data description. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]