Objectives
Research and development of techniques to support interoperability of data between organisations and disciplines.
Background
According to the IEEE definition interoperability refers to “the ability of two or more systems or components to exchange information and to use the information that has been exchanged”. Various aspects or layers of interoperability have been identified, mainly: …
WP25: Interoperability and intelligibility
WP22: Identifiers and Citability
Objectives
The persistent identification of digital, and human, resources is a crucial issue for the whole information society. Location, discoverability and citability of resources (ranging from raw data to datasets to publications etc.) and people depend on Persistent Identifiers (PI). Some notable experiences have emerged in different domains, like URN in use by research institutes and …
Your information needed for the SCIDIP-ES e-infrastructure design
The SCIDIP-ES project is conducting an on-line user consultation (http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/57YTKQL) to understand the current architectures, technologies and approaches used by data repositories and users, with an initial focus on the Earth Science community, for the purposes of data preservation, access and management.
The SCIDIP-ES team, and the APA, would like to invite you to participate in …
Vacancy at British Library to support DataCite – closing date 28 Feb 2012
Full details are available here.
Programme manager vacancies at JISC – closing date 20 Feb 2012
JISC currently has the following Programme Manager vacancies, all the appointments will be made, dependent on relevant qualifications within the Grade 7 scale, currently £40,313 to £47,659, per annum, inclusive of £2,323 London Allowance, per annum. The posts are offered on a Fixed Term Contract of 12 months. The closing date for applications is midnight …
Communication on the developments in the area of access to scientific information
This is a roadmap from DG INFSO unit E4 and DG RTD unit L3, expected to be adopted in Q2 of 2012.
Full details may be obtained here
Digital Agenda for Europe – Mid-Term Review
This a a roadmap from INFSO unit C1, expected to be adopted in Q4 of 2012.
Full details are available here.
