TG Projects status

Nikos HoussoseuroCRIS Board meeting Bath, 11 February 2011

Running projects• ENGAGE• EuroRIs-Net+• OpenAIREPlus

Report on ENGAGE (1/2)

• euroCRIS team formed after EoI – allocation of persons to WPs complete

• 12 persons from 9 countries• Adminstrative issues: need to formalise

relationship with euroCRIS ENGAGE team members (contract) and decide on details (e.g. payments, formal monitoring of work etc.)

Report on ENGAGE (2/2)• WP3: Metadata mapping of PSI data standards to

CERIF already done• WP5: technical development– euroCRIS works with STFC to develop a CERIF-based stack

including generation of RDF– Collaboration environment is being setup at EKT– Support needed by WP3

• WP4: Evaluation of ENGAGE scenarios– Deliverable due December 2012– First informal meeting in Bath

Report on EuroRIs-Net+• Subcontracting work officially assigned by the

NHRF Board to euroCRIS• Ensuring EuroRIs-Net+ data model is CERIF

compliant• 12 months (probably starting March 2012) –

15.000 Euros• Need to allocate work within euroCRIS

Report on OpenAIREPlus• Proposal for mapping the OpenAIRE data model to

CERIF compiled and sent to CNR (Paolo Manghi)• Two teleconferences held between euroCRIS and

EKT/euroCRIS• OpenAIREPlus to support CERIF import/export and

probably some parts of the model natively • Discussions in progress – decisions to be made spring

2012• Administrative procedures to be done by EKT

Accepted projects• Two JISC projects from the last call• UK-RISS (UK Research Information Shared

Services). Lead institution: King's College London.

• DESCRIBE (Definition, Evidence, and Structure to Capture Research Impact andBEnefits. Lead institution: University of Exeter.

Submitted proposals• PERICLES– ICT Call 6– euroCRIS is the coordinator – landmark project for euroCRIS

if successful

• EXEDRA– INFRA-2012-1.1.3. Research infrastructures for

archaeological datasets and related technologies– Coordinated by the University of Oxford– EKT subcontracts euroCRIS for applying CERIF to capture

context in archaeology research activities.– Results expected in February/March

Proposals in preparation• PRODROME proposal prepared for the current

open Science in Society Call• Topic SIS.2012.1.3.3-1: Scientific data: open

access, dissemination, preservation and use• Coordinated by INTRASOFT International• ENGAGE core of partners, including euroCRIS

and STFC

Further opportunities• ICT PSP Call 6 – Deadline: 15 May 2012• Objective 2.2b: Open Data and open access to

scientific information– Only Pilot B: co-financing is an issue - personnel

costs are 50% funded by EC

• Objective 2.2c: Legal aspects of PSI and standards for open data– Two thematic networks– Probably go for the “Standards for open data”

with the ENGAGE partners?