1. The Open Science Framework: a Free, Open Source Solution for Connecting Global Research Infrastructure Andrew Sallans Center for Open Science 15 April 2015 Joint COAR-SPARC Conference, Porto, Portugal

2. A little something about COS Est. 2013 Non-profit tech startup 4 leading foundation funders, > $14M Located in Charlottesville, VA Team: ~ 25 FT & 20 interns Mostly software developers and researchers Mission: Improve openness, integrity, and reproducibility of research

3. OSF Philosophy 1.Meet researchers where they are 1.Connect to services that they do use or could use if there were lower transition costs Always free and open source to maximize inclusivity at a global level https://github.com/CenterForOpenScience/

4. OSF features for research Sharing Persistent identifiers Activity logs Versioning Collaboration Discussion Contribution model Analytics Registrations

5. OSF features for research Sharing Persistent identifiers Activity logs Versioning Collaboration Discussion Contribution model Analytics Registrations

6. OSF features for research Sharing Persistent identifiers Activity logs Versioning Collaboration Discussion Contribution model Analytics Registrations

7. OSF features for research Sharing Persistent identifiers Activity logs Versioning Collaboration Discussion Contribution model Analytics Registrations

8. OSF features for preservation Persistence of research objects Provenance tracking Persistent identifiers Endowment specifically for preservation of OSF content Exploring participation in global preservation networks

9. OSF connections to tools/services

10. Building on the OSF: SHARE Over 615,000 research release events so far 30 content harvesters Register your content source: https://osf.io/share/registration/ https://osf.io/share/registration/

11. Building on the OSF: SHARE

12. Building on the OSF: AGU

13. Next up: OSF as an IR Currently evaluating what needs can currently be met and what new features would be needed Seeking pilot institutions to test in coming months and to help define the use cases (small grants potentially available)

14. Strategic Possibilities 1.Utilize existing OSF infrastructure to continue building global connections 2.Grow connections between more repositories and the OSF 3.Make OSF a pipeline to repositories

15. Open Science Framework osf.io Email: contact@osf.io Twitter: @OSFramework