This document describes a FAIR benchmark and associated components tailored to the needs of the LS-RI cluster within OSTrails as part of work package 4. This document is a human-readable, narrative description of this community’s requirements for FAIR assessment of databases for any digital object type within the life sciences, without the inclusion of technical details. It follows the Assess-IF and, once complete, can be used as a starting point for the creation of required technical components. This document was created using a template found at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17901310. This template can be copied and used within any community to begin preparations for a FAIR benchmark specific to your needs.