Concept
CARE Principles
The CARE Principles for Indigenous Data Governance are principles, not a standard: collective benefit, authority to control, responsibility and ethics.
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Related to
- CARE Principles relates to Indigenous data sovereignty. Principles for putting Indigenous data sovereignty into practice.
- CARE Principles relates to Open data. Asks that opening data also respect collective benefit and control.
- CARE Principles relates to RDA. Its International Indigenous Data Sovereignty Interest Group produced the CARE Principles.
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Also known as: CARE Principles for Indigenous Data Governance
Description
The CARE Principles for Indigenous Data Governance are principles for handling data about Indigenous peoples, not a technical standard or a certification. They were drafted at a workshop in Gaborone in 2018, held during International Data Week and an RDA Plenary, and released by the Global Indigenous Data Alliance (GIDA) in 2019. CARE complements FAIR rather than replacing it: FAIR addresses findability and interoperability; CARE addresses who decides about data that involves Indigenous communities.
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| url | https://www.gida-global.org/careprinciples |
|---|---|
| identifiers | wikidata: Q108558452 |
| status | active |
| governance | Not applicable |
| prominence | extended |
| note | Drafted at a workshop in Gaborone on 8 November 2018, held during International Data Week and an RDA Plenary; released by the Global Indigenous Data Alliance (GIDA) in September 2019. |
| type | Concept |
| Tags | region: global |
Sources
- https://www.gida-global.org/careprinciples(opens in a new tab) (accessed 2026-11-13): Calls them the CARE Principles for Indigenous Data Governance, people- and purpose-oriented principles that complement FAIR; drafted at the Gaborone workshop of 8 November 2018 (International Data Week, RDA Plenary).
- https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-021-00892-0(opens in a new tab) (accessed 2026-11-13): Operationalizing the CARE and FAIR Principles for Indigenous data futures (Scientific Data, 2021; read via Europe PMC, PMC8052430). Names the four principles (collective benefit, authority to control, responsibility, ethics), says GIDA released them in September 2019 and that the RDA International Indigenous Data Sovereignty Interest Group produced them.
Last reviewed: 2026-11-13
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