To support the adoption of FAIR data practices across disciplines and countries, this complex landscape of tools, services and practices needs to be superseded by a framework which codifies solutions to similar problems appearing in different scientific or geographical contexts, based on the actual needs of research communities. The Plan-Track-Assess framework (Figure 1)11 put forward by the OSTrails project provides such a high-level, tool-independent framework that outlines how researchers, research managers, and funders plan, track, and assess the management of Digital Objects in alignment with the FAIR Principles
