TG Projects status Nikos Houssos euroCRIS 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) – 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 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 : 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?