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| Digital Repository Infrastructure Vision for European Research | |
|---|---|
| Title | Digital Repository Infrastructure Vision for European Research |
| Established | 2026 |
| Location | Europe |
| Type | Research infrastructure |
Digital Repository Infrastructure Vision for European Research
A pan-European blueprint proposes an integrated, interoperable infrastructure to preserve, discover, and reuse scholarly outputs across institutions such as European Commission, European Organization for Nuclear Research, Max Planck Society, CNRS, and University of Oxford. The vision aligns with initiatives championed by Horizon Europe, Plan S, European Open Science Cloud, ERC and coordinates with repositories like Zenodo, HAL, PubMed Central, arXiv, Figshare and national services in states such as France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Poland.
This vision synthesizes practices from landmark programs including Horizon 2020, Horizon Europe, European Research Council, OpenAIRE, Digital Curation Centre, Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community, and institutions such as Max Planck Society, Wellcome Trust, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, National Institutes of Health, UK Research and Innovation, and Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. It builds on repository precedents at University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, Harvard University, Stanford University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Columbia University, Princeton University, Yale University and consortia like LIBER, SPARC, SHERPA/RoMEO and COAR.
Objectives adopt principles endorsed by UNESCO, European Commission, Council of the European Union, OECD, G7, G20 and standards bodies such as ISO and W3C. Goals: ensure FAIR outputs championed by GO FAIR, enable Open Science as promoted by Plan S, protect intellectual property rights reflected in European Patent Office practice, and secure sensitive data per General Data Protection Regulation and Council of Europe conventions. Equity and inclusion reference actors like European University Association, African Union, United Nations, World Health Organization, and funders including European Investment Bank.
Architecture integrates persistent identifiers from ORCID, DOI, Handle System, metadata schemas influenced by Dublin Core, DataCite, Schema.org, and semantic models from W3C and CIDOC CRM. Storage and compute layers draw on technologies used by CERN, Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure, and HPC centers like PRACE and EuroHPC. Interoperability leverages APIs from Crossref, DataCite, OpenAIRE, and authentication with eduGAIN, Shibboleth, LDAP and identity systems used by European Grid Infrastructure. Preservation strategies mirror best practice from Library of Congress, British Library, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, and standards such as OAIS.
Governance references multilayer models exemplified by European Commission agencies, European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures, and consortia like CERN governance, Max Planck Society assemblies, and ERC panels. Legal compliance follows jurisprudence of the Court of Justice of the European Union and aligns with GDPR, Berne Convention, Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, Lisbon Treaty, and national laws in jurisdictions including France, Germany, Sweden, Netherlands and Spain. Policy coordination draws on frameworks of Horizon Europe, Plan S, European Open Science Cloud, and funders such as Wellcome Trust, UKRI, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft and National Science Foundation.
Service portfolios support disciplines and communities tied to institutions like European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Southern Observatory, CERN, Max Planck Institutes, CNRS laboratories, ETH Zurich, Karolinska Institutet, Imperial College London, and universities across EU. Services include discovery (interfacing with Crossref, DataCite, ORCID), long-term preservation (modeled on LOCKSS and CLOCKSS), data management planning inspired by DANS, UK Data Service, and training via Software Carpentry and Data Carpentry. Community engagement partners include LIBER, SPARC Europe, COAR, OpenAIRE, Research Data Alliance, and national libraries such as British Library and Bibliothèque nationale de France.
Rollout phases mirror modalities used in Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe projects, combining supranational funding from European Commission and European Investment Bank with national contributions from Germany, France, Italy, Spain and philanthropic investments from Wellcome Trust, Gates Foundation, and private-sector partnerships exemplified by collaborations with IBM, Microsoft, Google, and cloud providers. Business models blend subscription consortia like Jisc, cost-recovery used by CERN experiments, and public-private models akin to European Investment Bank financing, with governance oversight by entities resembling European Research Council and ESFRI.
Risks reflect concerns raised by European Court of Auditors, OECD, UNESCO, and funders including Wellcome Trust: legal complexity under GDPR and CJEU rulings, technological lock-in with providers such as Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud Platform, and sustainability pressures seen in transitions at arXiv and PubMed Central. Mitigation strategies cite resilience models from CERN, financial hedging used by European Investment Bank, federated governance exemplified by Max Planck Society and LIBER, and standards adoption promoted by ISO, W3C, DataCite and Crossref.
Category:European research infrastructure