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We reappraise the basis for measuring data quality by laying out a concept for a framework that addresses data quality from the foundational basis of the FAIR data guiding principles. We advocate for a federated data contextualisation framework able to handle the FAIR-related quality dimensions in the general data contextualisation descriptions and the remaining intrinsic data quality dimensions in associated dedicated context spaces without being overly prescriptive. A framework designed along these lines provides several advantages, not least of which is its ability to encapsulate most other data quality frameworks. Moreover, by contextualising data according to the FAIR data principles, many subjective quality measures are managed automatically and can even be quantified to a degree, whereas objective intrinsic quality measures can be handled to any level of granularity for any data type. 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