engGünther, GerritBaunack, SebastianMannix, OonaghMistry, AndrewOceano, IsabellaSchneide, ChristianeSchwarz, KilianSchörner-Sadenius, ThomasServe, VivienStein, Lisa-MarieTypel, StefanWilfert, MalteCapozza, LuigiFreyermuth, OliverGonzalez-Caminal, PauGou, BoxingIsaak, JohannKarstensen, SvenLindner, AxelMaas, FrankSchaa, Volker RWGötz, AndyVenter, JohanWhite, KarenRobichon, MarieRowland, VivienneIR of FAIR - Principles at the Instrument LevelAccelerator PhysicsSoftwareAwareness of the need for FAIR data management has increased in recent years but examples of how to achieve this are often missing. Focusing on the large-scale instrument A4 at the MAMI accelerator, we transfer findings of the EMIL project at the BESSY synchrotron* to improve raw data, i.e. the primary output stored on long-term basis, according to the FAIR principles. Here, the instrument control software plays a key role as the central authority to start measurements and orchestrate connected (meta)data-taking processes. In regular discussions we incorporate the experiences of a wider community and engage to optimize instrument output through various measures from conversion to machine-readable formats over metadata enrichment to additional files creating scientific context. The improvements were already applied to currently built next generation instruments and could serve as a general guideline for publishing data sets.JACoW Publishing, Geneva, Switzerland 5 pages (2024). doi:10.18429/JACOW-ICALEPCS2023-WE3BCO09info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObjectinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionThe 19th Biennial International Conference on Accelerator and Large Experimental Physics Control Systems, ICALEPCS2023, Cape Town, South Africa, 2023-10-09 - 2023-10-09JACoW Publishing, Geneva, Switzerland2024info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessDEhttps://repository.gsi.de/record/357074https://repository.gsi.de/search?p=id:%22GSI-2025-00313%22Researchersinfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.15120/GSI-2025-00313info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.18429/JACOW-ICALEPCS2023-WE3BCO09