Annotation & Curation (for reusability)

Definition

Processes, tools and standards for verifying accuracy, completeness, representativeness and integrity of data prior to reuse, sharing or publication, and data engineering maturity for data use across the model lifecyle.

Examples

• Trove (National Library of Australia)
• Geoscience Australia metadata services
• Research Data Australia (RDA).

Indicators

• Volume of datasets with persistent digital object identifiers (DOIs) in RDA
• Percentage of datasets with machine-readable metadata (FAIR compliance)

Stocktake

• Guidance on privacy and developing and training generative AI models. Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC). Accessed October 2025. https://www.oaic.gov.au/privacy/privacy-guidance-for-organisations-and-government-agencies/guidance-on-privacy-and-developing-and-training-generative-ai-models

• Research Data Australia Collection Description Quality Policy. Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC). Accessed October 2025. https://documentation.ardc.edu.au/rda/research-data-australia-collection-description-qua

• AUSTLANG: Australian Indigenous Languages Database. Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS). Accessed October 2025. https://aiatsis.gov.au/austlang