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Sophie Servan's picture
29 Apr 2020

ExPaNDS survey: what would researchers or data miners be searching for if they had access to a database of Photon and Neutron science related data?

  • By Sophie Servan

Dear all,

In ExPaNDS we have created a questionnaire to survey researchers and data miners on what they would be searching for if they had access to a database of Photon and Neutron science related data. We'll use the results to build search tools for our future EOSC data catalogues that best meet peoples needs.

The link to the form is here. It consists of 4 main questions:

  • Who: is searching for the data – what is their role and motivation (e.g. are they the data owner looking to find and re-process their data or are they the non-data owner but facility user wanting to look for additional work)
  • What: is being searched for? Is it processed data or some information about a sample?
  • How: Are they searching for it? What are the search criteria and, importantly, how might the user refine the search? If they are searching
    • ...

Sara Pittonet Gaiarin's picture
28 Apr 2020

RDA COVID-19 Recommendations and guidelines 1st release - open for comments

  • By Sara Pittonet Gaiarin

Dear all,

on Friday 24th April the first release of the RDA COVID-19 recommendations and guidelines have been published, and are open for your feedback and comments.

The Group was set-up at the end of March 2020 in response to a direct request from the European Commission, one of the RDA funding agencies, with 5 sub-groups focusing on essential thematic areas: Clinical, Community Participation, Epidemiology, Omics, and Social Sciences. The initial work was divided into these 5 areas as a way to both focus the conversations and provide an initial set of guidelines within a tight timeframe.

In the spirit of the RDA community and its open process, RDA is seeking feedback from the COVID-19 WG members, as well as the whole community, early and often during this process. This feedback will inform the work and will be incorporated into the sub-group discussions, and the next set of writing sprints....

Bert Meerman's picture
26 Apr 2020

RDA, CODATA, WDS and GO FAIR announce cooperation ; read the DATA TOGETHER statement

  • By Bert Meerman

GO FAIR, together with the Committe on Data CODATA), Research Data Alliance (RDA), and World Data Systems (WDS) (the four major international data organisations), are pleased to outline their joint commitment to work together to optimise the global research data ecosystem and to identify the opportunities and needs that will trigger federated infrastructures to service the new reality of data-driven science.

 Link to Data Together statement  for more information on this important cooperation

 

 

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Federico Drago's picture
15 Apr 2020

REMINDER: Open Call for a team of experts to perform a study on legal and regulatory issues related to the application of FAIR principles

  • By Federico Drago

The EOSC FAIR Working Group is looking for a team of experts to develop and deliver a study on legal and regulatory issues related to the application of FAIR principles across and within different EU jurisdictions. Call closes on 17 April 2020 (12:00 CEST)

Diego Scardaci's picture
14 Apr 2020

Have Your Say on the EOSC-hub Proposals for technical specifications of Helpdesk, Accounting and Monitoring

  • By Diego Scardaci

EOSC-hub has produced technical specifications for three services candidates for inclusion in the future EOSC core: Helpdesk, Accounting and Monitoring.

Each specification details the main features, the high-level architecture and the deployment models of the service in EOSC and defines interoperability guidelines that enable various integration paths to allow any EOSC service provider to fully exploit their features.

The proposed specifications are put forward for further discussion and a consultation on the proposals has been launched to collect feedback from stakeholders. Your feedback is very welcome.

Deadline to provide your comments: 8th of May 2020

 

Sara Pittonet Gaiarin's picture
06 Apr 2020

New deadline for the ARCHIVER Request for Tender: 28 April 2020

  • By Sara Pittonet Gaiarin

Dear all,

this is to inform you that an additional two-week extension as been granted to the ARCHIVER Request for Tenders by the the ARCHIVER consortium

The new deadline for responding to the Request for Tenders is set to 28 April 2020, 4 pm Geneva time. No further extension will be granted.

For more information about the tender, visit the Request for Tender page

 

Sara

 

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Federico Drago's picture
25 Mar 2020

REMINDER: Open Call for a team of experts to perform a study on legal and regulatory issues related to the application of FAIR principles

  • By Federico Drago

The EOSC FAIR Working Group is looking for a team of experts to develop and deliver a study on legal and regulatory issues related to the application of FAIR principles across and within different EU jurisdictions. Call closes on 17 April 2020 (12:00 CET)

Sara Pittonet Gaiarin's picture
20 Mar 2020

FAIR requirements for persistence and interoperability & Policy Recommendations: feedback needed on FAIRsFAIR deliverables

  • By Sara Pittonet Gaiarin

Dear EOSC colleagues,

During these days when everybody is online, we hope to make your time richer by inviting you to comment on two recent deliverables released by FAIRsFAIR for which a Request for Comments is open:

D2.1 Report on FAIR requirements for persistence and interoperability 2019
The findings from the FAIRsFAIR investigation into persistent identifier usage and semantic interoperability across data infrastructures Europe-wide reveal a multiplicity of technical solutions and wide variation both within and between scientific domains. The report, based on a review of projects and landmarks listed by the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI) and various Research Data Alliance (RDA) groups, is now available for perusal and comment.

D3.3 Policy Enhancement Recommendations
FAIRsFAIR has tabled preliminary data policy recommendations formulated on the basis of their analysis of the European...

Sara Pittonet Gaiarin's picture
17 Mar 2020

The ARCHIVER tender deadline extended to 14 April. Info Session tomorrow

  • By Sara Pittonet Gaiarin

In light of the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak and consequent movement restrictions imposed in some European countries, the ARCHIVER Project Office has decided to grant a two-week extension to the Request for Tenders, which is therefore extended to 14 April, 4 pm Geneva time.

I also kindly remind you that the information session to be held tomorrow 18th March 2020 at 10.00 is confirmed: we strongly invite all interested parties to join!

 

Best

Sara

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Federico Drago's picture
16 Mar 2020

Reminder: Open call for for a consultant to write the analytical part of the Landscape analysis report from the EOSC Landscape WG

  • By Federico Drago

This is a reminder about the Open Call launched by the EOSC Landscape Working Group, looking for a consultant to write the analytical part of the Landscape analysis report. Call closes on 23 March 2020 (12:00 pm CET)

 

Bert Meerman's picture
13 Mar 2020

GOING GLOBAL - SCIENCE BUSINESS report

  • By Bert Meerman

GOING GLOBAL  - Connecting the clouds - A document produced by SCIENCE BUSINESS on global developments.

 

Preamble

In the context of international initiatives, we have already provided several blog posts on Open Science developments in US, Asia and Africa. This report, produced by SCIENCE BUSINESS and written by David Pringle delivers a very good and well written inside perspective on the global developments. Most of the findings are in line with earlier posts and observations as recorded in the “EOSC observatory”. The report offers excellent insights for everyone that is interested in the EOSC; please find its main conclusions below. 

 

Executive Summary

  • Interoperability is vital for the success of Open Science Clouds.
  • Connect the Regional Open Science Initiatives – seek convergence.
  • Where possible benefit from regional strengths.
  • Stimulate reciprocity when datasets are visited and/or shared.
  • Protect data quality – include sensitivity and security aspects of data.
  • Create consensus on
    • ...

Bert Meerman's picture
13 Mar 2020

GOING GLOBAL - SCIENCE BUSINESS report

  • By Bert Meerman

GOING GLOBAL  - Connecting the clouds - A document produced by SCIENCE BUSINESS on global developments.

 

Preamble

In the context of international initiatives, we have already provided several blog posts on Open Science developments in US, Asia and Africa. This report, produced by SCIENCE BUSINESS and written by David Pringle delivers a very good and well written inside perspective on the global developments. Most of the findings are in line with earlier posts and observations as recorded in the “EOSC observatory”. The report offers excellent insights for everyone that is interested in the EOSC; please find its main conclusions below. 

 

Executive Summary

  • Interoperability is vital for the success of Open Science Clouds.
  • Connect the Regional Open Science Initiatives – seek convergence.
  • Where possible benefit from regional strengths.
  • Stimulate reciprocity when datasets are visited and/or shared.
  • Protect data quality – include sensitivity and security aspects of data.
  • Create consensus on
    • ...

Federico Drago's picture
19 Feb 2020

ESFRI cluster projects - Position papers on expectations and planned contributions to the EOSC

  • By Federico Drago

The ESFRI cluster projects, ESCAPE, ENVRI-FAIR, SSHOC, PaNOSC and EOSC-Life, produced concise position papers featuring their views and expectations about EOSC as well as the ESFRI contributions to the European data infrastructure. The papers were collected by EOSC Secretariat in a unique file, and made available online.

 

 

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Sarah Jones's picture
14 Feb 2020

Interim recommendations for FAIR metrics and service certification to apply within EOSC

  • By Sarah Jones

The EOSC FAIR Working Group is tasked to provide recommendations on metrics to assess FAIR data and frameworks to certify services that enable FAIR. The Working Group set up a Metrics and Certification Task Force co-chaired by Françoise Genova and Magnus Aronsen to develop our recommendations. Two interim documents are released today for feedback. Several projects and initiatives are currently working in these two domains. The interim reports provide an overview of ongoing activities and preliminary discussion of key issues. The results of the initiatives to date, as well as the comments gathered through this consultation, will be taken into account in the final recommendations we make for implementing FAIR metrics and certifying services within EOSC.

 

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