You searched for feed - CODATA, Committee on Data of the ISC https://codata.org/ CODATA Fri, 11 Sep 2026 10:22:32 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://codata.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/cropped-WWW-site-logo-sub_blue@3x-32x32.png You searched for feed - CODATA, Committee on Data of the ISC https://codata.org/ 32 32 CDIF Version 1.1 Now Final https://codata.org/cdif-version-1-1-now-final/ Fri, 11 Sep 2026 10:20:50 +0000 https://codata.org/?p=15043 After the initial release of the CDIF version 1.1 Profiles in June, and a subsequent round of testing and implementation, they have now been finalised. The release will henceforth be stable, with all further issues and features addressed in subsequent versions. The release can be found at https://book.cdif.org/ and https://github.com/Cross-Domain-Interoperability-Framework Version 1.1 consists of profiles for JSON-LD […]

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]]> After the initial release of the CDIF version 1.1 Profiles in June, and a subsequent round of testing and implementation, they have now been finalised. The release will henceforth be stable, with all further issues and features addressed in subsequent versions. The release can be found at https://book.cdif.org/ and https://github.com/Cross-Domain-Interoperability-Framework

Version 1.1 consists of profiles for JSON-LD implementation in support of cross-domain FAIR systems and applications:

Core (Schema.org) – basic general and administrative metadata
Discovery (Schema.org) – support for detailed cataloging and search
Concept Scheme (SKOS, OWL, XKOS) – Ontologies, glossaries, and other types of controlled vocabularies
Codelist (SKOS) – enumerated values for populating variables
Data Description (Schema.org/DDI-CDI) – describing data sets, including structural and physical information, plus links to semantics
Data Structure (DDI-CDI) – description of reusable data structures and variables
Manifest (RO Crate) – Packaging of related sets of metadata and data

Version 1.1 also includes guidelines for data access using ODRL, and guidance regarding time, geography, and units of measure. These areas and some additional ones (including provenance, data quality, mappings, etc.) are now being actively developed within the CDIF4EOSC project for upcoming releases of the CDIF guidelines. Work is also being undertaken to produce a DCAT native version of Core and Discovery.

Each profile gives a subset of fields and specific guidance on interoperable implementation for large-scale exchange of FAIR resources between different domains, infrastructures, and communities. It is a practical realization of a technical “lingua franca” based on common, domain-neutral  specifications.

For more information, please contact cdif-feedback@codata.org

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]]> Launch of CDIF4EOSC and CDIF v.1.1: recording and presentations now available! https://codata.org/initiatives/making-data-work/cdif4eosc/launch-of-cdif4eosc-and-cdif-v-1-1-recording-and-presentations-now-available/ Tue, 14 Jul 2026 11:25:54 +0000 https://codata.org/?page_id=14891 On 2 July, the CDIF4EOSC project, held a public webinar to publicly launch the project and CDIF v.1.1. The recording, meeting notes, and presentations are publicly available and can be accessed from the link below: Webinar Recording Meeting Notes Launch of CDIF4EOSC and CDIF v.1.1 Presentation CDIF Profiles Presentation If you experience any issues accessing these materials […]

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]]> On 2 July, the CDIF4EOSC project, held a public webinar to publicly launch the project and CDIF v.1.1.

The recording, meeting notes, and presentations are publicly available and can be accessed from the link below:

If you experience any issues accessing these materials or have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at info@codata.org.

To join the CDIF Community List: https://bit.ly/Joint-CDIF-Community

To provide feedback on CDIF or on the webinar: cdif-feedback@codata.org

This event was conceived as the first in a series of webinars, tutorials and other events to familiarise the broad research data stewardship community in EOSC and beyond with the vision of CDIF and the mission and objectives of the CDIF4EOSC project. The event introduced the CDIF4EOSC project and covered CDIF v.1.1 at a conceptual level, suitable for policy experts, data stewards and managers of research infrastructures. Some of the more technical aspects of the CDIF profiles and recommendations were also introduced.

Specifically, the following topics were covered:

  1. Introduction to CDIF4EOSC and to CDIF v1.1
  2. What is a CDIF profile?
  3. Overview of CDIF v1.1 profiles
  4. Which CDIF profile should I use?
  5. CDIF metadata production

About the CDIF4EOSC Project and CDIF

The CDIF4EOSC project, coordinated by CODATA and involving 21 partners, was launched on 1 June 2026! Shortly after we released version 1.1 of the Cross-Domain Interoperability Framework (CDIF), which will provide a baseline for the project work.

The distinct approach of the CDIF4EOSC project (CDIF4EOSC: Developing and implementing the Cross-Domain Interoperability Framework for EOSC) is to build on the Cross-Domain Interoperability Framework (CDIF). The project will extend the CDIF recommendations, adding profiles and guidelines, and use case based examples, to form a comprehensive and actionable playbook for FAIR Integration in the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) and beyond.
Going beyond the original FAIR principles, CDIF4EOSC will develop a FAIR-by-design approach for creating FAIR digital objects. The overarching objective of the project is to enable FAIR integration by developing the CDIF4EOSC Playbook and situating this at the heart of EOSC practices, and fully integrated in the EOSC Federation.

The project will work closely with three Use Cases on oceans sciences, climate adaptation and safe-and-sustainable by design materials development, develop a suite of AI-assisted FAIRification tools and services and ensure integration with the EOSC Federation, EOSC Nodes and the Common European Data Spaces.

The suite of AI-assisted FAIRification tools and services will accelerate FAIRification at scale and have significant benefits for EOSC and the European Research Area. To maximise impact, targeted steps will be taken to implement the project outputs in EOSC Federation Nodes and Common European Data Spaces.

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]]> Launch of CDIF4EOSC and CDIF v.1.1: recording and presentations now available! https://codata.org/launch-of-cdif4eosc-and-cdif-v-1-1-recording-and-presentations-now-available/ Tue, 14 Jul 2026 11:23:30 +0000 https://codata.org/?p=14888 On 2 July, the CDIF4EOSC project, held a public webinar to publicly launch the project and CDIF v.1.1. The recording, meeting notes, and presentations are publicly available and can be accessed from the link below: Webinar Recording Meeting Notes Launch of CDIF4EOSC and CDIF v.1.1 Presentation CDIF Profiles Presentation If you experience any issues accessing these materials […]

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]]> On 2 July, the CDIF4EOSC project, held a public webinar to publicly launch the project and CDIF v.1.1.

The recording, meeting notes, and presentations are publicly available and can be accessed from the link below:

If you experience any issues accessing these materials or have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at info@codata.org.

To join the CDIF Community List: https://bit.ly/Joint-CDIF-Community

To provide feedback on CDIF or on the webinar: cdif-feedback@codata.org

This event was conceived as the first in a series of webinars, tutorials and other events to familiarise the broad research data stewardship community in EOSC and beyond with the vision of CDIF and the mission and objectives of the CDIF4EOSC project. The event introduced the CDIF4EOSC project and covered CDIF v.1.1 at a conceptual level, suitable for policy experts, data stewards and managers of research infrastructures. Some of the more technical aspects of the CDIF profiles and recommendations were also introduced.

Specifically, the following topics were covered:

  1. Introduction to CDIF4EOSC and to CDIF v1.1
  2. What is a CDIF profile?
  3. Overview of CDIF v1.1 profiles
  4. Which CDIF profile should I use?
  5. CDIF metadata production

About the CDIF4EOSC Project and CDIF

The CDIF4EOSC project, coordinated by CODATA and involving 21 partners, was launched on 1 June 2026! Shortly after we released version 1.1 of the Cross-Domain Interoperability Framework (CDIF), which will provide a baseline for the project work.

The distinct approach of the CDIF4EOSC project (CDIF4EOSC: Developing and implementing the Cross-Domain Interoperability Framework for EOSC) is to build on the Cross-Domain Interoperability Framework (CDIF). The project will extend the CDIF recommendations, adding profiles and guidelines, and use case based examples, to form a comprehensive and actionable playbook for FAIR Integration in the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) and beyond.
Going beyond the original FAIR principles, CDIF4EOSC will develop a FAIR-by-design approach for creating FAIR digital objects. The overarching objective of the project is to enable FAIR integration by developing the CDIF4EOSC Playbook and situating this at the heart of EOSC practices, and fully integrated in the EOSC Federation.

The project will work closely with three Use Cases on oceans sciences, climate adaptation and safe-and-sustainable by design materials development, develop a suite of AI-assisted FAIRification tools and services and ensure integration with the EOSC Federation, EOSC Nodes and the Common European Data Spaces.

The suite of AI-assisted FAIRification tools and services will accelerate FAIRification at scale and have significant benefits for EOSC and the European Research Area. To maximise impact, targeted steps will be taken to implement the project outputs in EOSC Federation Nodes and Common European Data Spaces.

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]]> Launch of CDIF4EOSC and CDIF v.1.1: an open, public webinar, Thursday 2 July, 15:00-17:00 CEST https://codata.org/launch-of-cdif4eosc-and-cdif-v-1-1-an-open-public-webinar-thursday-2-july-1500-1700-cest/ Mon, 15 Jun 2026 12:01:49 +0000 https://codata.org/?p=14735 The CDIF4EOSC project, coordinated by CODATA and involving 21 partners, was launched on 1 June 2026! Shortly after we released version 1.1 of the Cross-Domain Interoperability Framework (CDIF), which will provide a baseline for the project work. The distinct approach of the CDIF4EOSC project (CDIF4EOSC: Developing and implementing the Cross-Domain Interoperability Framework for EOSC) is […]

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]]> The CDIF4EOSC project, coordinated by CODATA and involving 21 partners, was launched on 1 June 2026! Shortly after we released version 1.1 of the Cross-Domain Interoperability Framework (CDIF), which will provide a baseline for the project work.

The distinct approach of the CDIF4EOSC project (CDIF4EOSC: Developing and implementing the Cross-Domain Interoperability Framework for EOSC) is to build on the Cross-Domain Interoperability Framework (CDIF). The project will extend the CDIF recommendations, adding profiles and guidelines, and use case based examples, to form a comprehensive and actionable playbook for FAIR Integration in the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) and beyond.

What is CDIF? What does it seek to do? What does it recommend and why is it useful to EOSC and other Research Infrastructure initiatives? How will the CDIF4EOSC project develop it further and how can you get involved?

Register here to find out more! https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/pYUUWpukSii3TSP6mg2kNA#/registration

This event is public and open to any interested colleagues! This is conceived as the first in a series of webinars, tutorials and other events to familiarise the broad research data stewardship community in EOSC and beyond with the vision of CDIF and the mission and objectives of the CDIF4EOSC project.  The event will introduce the CDIF4EOSC project and will cover CDIF v.1.1 at a conceptual level, suitable for policy experts, data stewards and managers of research infrastructures.  Some of the more technical aspects of the CDIF profiles and recommendations will be covered: although we will happily field questions from technical experts, more detailed events for a technical audience will be organised in due course.

The webinar will cover at least the following topics:

  1. Welcome to the CDIF4EOSC project!
      • Aims and objectives
      • How to get involved, to comment and give feedback!
  2. What is CDIF?
      • Vision and background
      • What is the purpose of CDIF?
      • What does it NOT aim to do?
      • Why is it important and useful?
      • Timeline of v 1.0 and subsequent developments
  3. Introduction to v 1.1
      • Scope
      • What is a “CDIF Profile”? (Implementation Artifacts and Conformance)
      • Development and Production Process
      • Maintenance: Issues, Versioning and Repositories
  4. Current CDIF 1.1 profiles
  5. Roadmap: CDIF4EOSC and ongoing developments
      • Why is this important for EOSC and other international and national RI initiatives?
  6. Next Steps: feedback on v.1.1, how to get involved with CDIF and CDIF4EOSC.

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]]> CDIF 1.1 Release https://codata.org/initiatives/making-data-work/cdif4eosc/cdif-1-1-release/ Tue, 09 Jun 2026 14:41:03 +0000 https://codata.org/?page_id=14726 CODATA is pleased to announce that — to coincide with the launch of the CDIF4EOSC project — Version 1.1 of the Cross-Domain Interoperability Framework (CDIF) has just been released, and can be found at https://cdif.codata.org. Version 1.1 represents a substantial enhancement of the CDIF recommendations, with increased support for FAIR functional requirements, and a new […]

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]]> CODATA is pleased to announce that — to coincide with the launch of the CDIF4EOSC project — Version 1.1 of the Cross-Domain Interoperability Framework (CDIF) has just been released, and can be found at https://cdif.codata.org.

Version 1.1 represents a substantial enhancement of the CDIF recommendations, with increased support for FAIR functional requirements, and a new technical approach, featuring validation tools and improved documentation. While a significant step forward, resulting from two years of implementation and further development since the initial CDIF release in May 2024, version 1.1 is also forward-looking: the CDIF4EOSC project has just started, and will drive the next major round of CDIF developments. To support this, improvements to date have been consolidated in version 1.1 and will provide a baseline for further developments led by the CDIF4EOSC project.

After the initial work in the WorldFAIR project, resulting in the release of CDIF version 1.0, the WorldFAIR+ Initiative continued testing and development of the framework. CDIF has been used in several different projects, including the OSCARS-funded CDIF4XAS project on X-ray absorption spectroscopy, implementation in the Climate-Adapt4EOSC project, the International Science Council supported project on Disaster Relief and Preparedness in Malawi, an ADA astro-materials prototype, and several others. Feedback from these projects has been incorporated in version 1.1, as have requested minor changes to some of the standards recommended for use. Version 1.1 may not be a major version change, but it represents a significant improvement in the maturity of the recommendations.

Changes in the scope and coverage of CDIF are:

  • Identification of a set of Core fields, for use in all profiles
  • Addition of support for binary data file such as HDF5, NetCDF, and Parquet
  • Inclusion of the Manifest profile, to enable packaging of resources into FAIR Digital Objects (FDOs) using RO Crate or similar packaging technologies
  • Reorganization of the Data Description profile to cover the publication of reusable data structure descriptions and variables with DDI-CDI
  • Increased nuance in the description of controlled vocabularies with SKOS: Codelist and Concept Scheme profiles express the difference between lists of enumerated values used in data, and broader semantic resources

These features complement the existing capability to support FAIR access with ODRL and discovery and cataloguing using Schema.org. While significant work has been undertaken in the description of provenance information, this is not yet included in this release, nor is the upcoming revision to the Access profile. These profiles — along with several other enhancements for the description of Units of Measure, integration with Croissant for use by agentic AI, and a more-complete implementation using DCAT — are expected to be released soon. The CDIF4EOSC project will add additional support for describing data quality, context and complex variables (using (I-ADOPT), packaging (using RO-Crates), semantic mapping, and software resources.

Importantly in the CDIF 1.1 release, there is significant increase in the set of specific artefacts to support developers. CDIF Profiles now have a set of implementation tools and documentation, including:

  • Detailed descriptions of each recommended metadata field
  • SHACL rules for validation of JSON-LD instances
  • JSON Schema for validation of JSON-LD instances
  • JSON-LD Frames and Python tools for populating them
  • A set of example instances
  • Graphical documentation of the JSON Schema implementation

The production system for CDIF is now being transitioned to a UML Model-driven architecture, where a detailed model serves as the integrated source for all profiles, ensuring consistency across the entire set of implementation artefacts and alignment of metadata objects across different profiles and standards. All the various validation tools and documentation will be generated from this model. It is expected that the set of implementation tools will also be increased as CDIF continues to grow, with a major development effort being included in the CDIF4EOSC project.

CDIF version 1.1 establishes a strong basis for the implementation of systems to enable FAIR exchange across domain and infrastructure boundaries and paves the way for even greater future developments.

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]]> Release of the Cross-Domain Interoperability Framework (CDIF) Version 1.1 https://codata.org/release-of-the-cross-domain-interoperability-framework-cdif-version-1-1/ Tue, 09 Jun 2026 14:40:08 +0000 https://codata.org/?p=14723 CODATA is pleased to announce that — to coincide with the launch of the CDIF4EOSC project — Version 1.1 of the Cross-Domain Interoperability Framework (CDIF) has just been released, and can be found at https://cdif.codata.org. Version 1.1 represents a substantial enhancement of the CDIF recommendations, with increased support for FAIR functional requirements, and a new […]

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]]> CODATA is pleased to announce that — to coincide with the launch of the CDIF4EOSC project — Version 1.1 of the Cross-Domain Interoperability Framework (CDIF) has just been released, and can be found at https://cdif.codata.org.

Version 1.1 represents a substantial enhancement of the CDIF recommendations, with increased support for FAIR functional requirements, and a new technical approach, featuring validation tools and improved documentation. While a significant step forward, resulting from two years of implementation and further development since the initial CDIF release in May 2024, version 1.1 is also forward-looking: the CDIF4EOSC project has just started, and will drive the next major round of CDIF developments. To support this, improvements to date have been consolidated in version 1.1 and will provide a baseline for further developments led by the CDIF4EOSC project.

After the initial work in the WorldFAIR project, resulting in the release of CDIF version 1.0, the WorldFAIR+ Initiative continued testing and development of the framework. CDIF has been used in several different projects, including the OSCARS-funded CDIF4XAS project on X-ray absorption spectroscopy, implementation in the Climate-Adapt4EOSC project, the International Science Council supported project on Disaster Relief and Preparedness in Malawi, an ADA astro-materials prototype, and several others. Feedback from these projects has been incorporated in version 1.1, as have requested minor changes to some of the standards recommended for use. Version 1.1 may not be a major version change, but it represents a significant improvement in the maturity of the recommendations.

Changes in the scope and coverage of CDIF are:

  • Identification of a set of Core fields, for use in all profiles
  • Addition of support for binary data file such as HDF5, NetCDF, and Parquet
  • Inclusion of the Manifest profile, to enable packaging of resources into FAIR Digital Objects (FDOs) using RO Crate or similar packaging technologies
  • Reorganization of the Data Description profile to cover the publication of reusable data structure descriptions and variables with DDI-CDI
  • Increased nuance in the description of controlled vocabularies with SKOS: Codelist and Concept Scheme profiles express the difference between lists of enumerated values used in data, and broader semantic resources

These features complement the existing capability to support FAIR access with ODRL and discovery and cataloguing using Schema.org. While significant work has been undertaken in the description of provenance information, this is not yet included in this release, nor is the upcoming revision to the Access profile. These profiles — along with several other enhancements for the description of Units of Measure, integration with Croissant for use by agentic AI, and a more-complete implementation using DCAT — are expected to be released soon. The CDIF4EOSC project will add additional support for describing data quality, context and complex variables (using (I-ADOPT), packaging (using RO-Crates), semantic mapping, and software resources.

Importantly in the CDIF 1.1 release, there is significant increase in the set of specific artefacts to support developers. CDIF Profiles now have a set of implementation tools and documentation, including:

  • Detailed descriptions of each recommended metadata field
  • SHACL rules for validation of JSON-LD instances
  • JSON Schema for validation of JSON-LD instances
  • JSON-LD Frames and Python tools for populating them
  • A set of example instances
  • Graphical documentation of the JSON Schema implementation

The production system for CDIF is now being transitioned to a UML Model-driven architecture, where a detailed model serves as the integrated source for all profiles, ensuring consistency across the entire set of implementation artefacts and alignment of metadata objects across different profiles and standards. All the various validation tools and documentation will be generated from this model. It is expected that the set of implementation tools will also be increased as CDIF continues to grow, with a major development effort being included in the CDIF4EOSC project.

CDIF version 1.1 establishes a strong basis for the implementation of systems to enable FAIR exchange across domain and infrastructure boundaries and paves the way for even greater future developments.

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]]> Digital Preservation Coalition draft Carbon Footprint Toolkit now available for comment and testing https://codata.org/digital-preservation-coalition-draft-carbon-footprint-toolkit-now-available-for-comment-and-testing/ Mon, 30 Mar 2026 12:37:23 +0000 https://codata.org/?p=14582 Our friends at the Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) are pleased to share a draft version of their new Carbon Footprint Toolkit<https://docs.google.com/document/d/10cn1XkuxH_i7j5qJZwhjzsKjidS562ivRBJcpA3RFxQ/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.o6jb86yldgs2>, now available for community comment and testing. Developed by the DPC Carbon Footprint Task Force, the Toolkit provides a practical methodology to help organisations calculate the carbon footprint of their digital preservation activities, and […]

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]]> Our friends at the Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) are pleased to share a draft version of their new Carbon Footprint Toolkit<https://docs.google.com/document/d/10cn1XkuxH_i7j5qJZwhjzsKjidS562ivRBJcpA3RFxQ/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.o6jb86yldgs2>, now available for community comment and testing.

Developed by the DPC Carbon Footprint Task Force, the Toolkit provides a practical methodology to help organisations calculate the carbon footprint of their digital preservation activities, and includes a Carbon Footprint Calculation Tool to support carbon footprint calculations in practice.

Alicia Wise, Executive Director of CLOCKSS and Chair of the DPC Carbon Footprint Task Force, said: “The DPC’s 170+ members in 20+ countries identified environmental sustainability of digital preservation as a key topic of shared interest, and it has been an honour to chair the talented task and finish group convened to develop a toolkit on calculating the carbon footprint of digital preservation activities.”

“We drew on experience from Canada, Finland, the Netherlands, the UK, and the US to deliver a guide that will help you no matter what stage of the journey you are on. Please join us on this journey, and we will be delighted to evolve the toolkit based on your implementation experiences!”

The DPC is now inviting feedback on the draft Toolkit and also seeking participants for a small support group to help test it over the next six months. No prior experience with carbon footprint calculations is necessary, and those interested in joining the group are invited to complete the expression of interest form<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf3TSyA9TEpk-67hJHbV-QNqy4Z-c5q2gmv2lXIa2KA4n0uqA/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=111425233586828748631> by 10 April 2026.

Further information, including access to the draft Toolkit is available here: https://www.dpconline.org/news/draft-carbon-footprint-toolkit-released-for-community-testing.

Apologies for cross-posting.

Kind regards/Met vriendelijke groet,

Angela Puggioni
Community Engagement Manager
Digital Preservation Coalition
https://www.dpconline.org/

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]]> Open Science Cloud Service XI Metadata TG (OSCs XI metadata TG) https://codata.org/initiatives/task-groups/open-science-cloud-service-xi-metadata-tg-oscs-xi-metadata-tg/ Mon, 17 Nov 2025 09:51:41 +0000 https://codata.org/?page_id=14228 Mission and objectives  Among all components of Open Science, the sharing of research resources, such as large-scale data, compute, network, software, algorithms and others across domains and regions ignite more possibilities for scientific discovery but come with considerable additional costs. Cloud services provide an elastic and scalable resource scheduling mechanism to feed the needs of […]

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]]> Mission and objectives 

Among all components of Open Science, the sharing of research resources, such as large-scale data, compute, network, software, algorithms and others across domains and regions ignite more possibilities for scientific discovery but come with considerable additional costs. Cloud services provide an elastic and scalable resource scheduling mechanism to feed the needs of resources sharing across domains but still faces challenges, such as interoperability and others. The OSCs Xi metadata TG aims to overcome these barriers by developing a unified metadata framework designed for Open Science Cloud services. By leveraging the approach of Everything-as-a-service model (XAAS) for Open Science Cloud, it ensures consistent and clear descriptions of various levels of services, types, granularities, attributes of resources and models of service delivery in scenarios.

Significance

We expect the TG deliverables to serve as a cutting-edge portrait of Open Science Infrastructures, addressing the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science. Additionally, they will showcase CODATA’s efforts in promoting Open Science and open data by providing practical solutions to bridge the gaps in managing federated, accessible, interoperable, interconnected, and inclusive research e-infrastructures that support both scientific and societal progress.

Impact

The standardized metadata developed by the TG will be applicable across various research infrastructure platforms. They will support unified metadata for data-model interaction, end-to-end cloud service management, and large-scale, cross-regional, and cross-domain collaborative sharing. These standards will also be implemented within the Global Open Science Cloud (GOSC) initiative, which aims to achieve interconnectivity and interoperability among various open science platforms and initiatives worldwide.

Planned (and later on actual) activities and outputs for 2025-2027

  • A final report drafting a human understandable and machine-readable Xi metadata schema v1.0;
  • Pilot examples of adoption and call for a broadened scope of implementation in regions and domains.
  • 1-2 research articles submitted to the CODATA Data Science Journal and other publishing platforms, open repositories.
  • Annual workshops and seminars that integrate the dialogues and insights delivered for capacity building, supported by the TG and news pieces and blogs co-branded by CODATA highlight the ongoing progress and possible deliverables, as well as an expanded community network for FAIR adoption.

Contacts

Co-chairs: Dr. Lili Zhang (GOSC IPO, CNIC, CAS), Prof. Eva Méndez (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid), Dr. Yin Chen (EGI)

The TG Secretary: Ms. FENG Runjin (GOSC IPO/ Beihang University)

 

Page last updated: 2025-12-18

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]]> Climate-Adapt4EOSC Innovative Services https://codata.org/climate-adapt4eosc-innovative-services/ Mon, 03 Nov 2025 16:01:34 +0000 https://codata.org/?p=14160 The Climate-Adapt4EOSC project has produced two videos, describing the innovative services that are being built by the project. Part 1 describes the four innovative services of the project, designed to support data-driven climate adaptation: OPENHIDRA, 3SES, Just-CURS and BDANALYTICS Part 2 explores the project’s innovative services in greater depth and find answers to the following […]

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]]> The Climate-Adapt4EOSC project has produced two videos, describing the innovative services that are being built by the project.

Part 1 describes the four innovative services of the project, designed to support data-driven climate adaptation: OPENHIDRA, 3SES, Just-CURS and BDANALYTICS

Part 2 explores the project’s innovative services in greater depth and find answers to the following questions :

➡️ Where will the service be demonstrated and why ?
➡️ How will the service be deployed and integrated within EOSC ?

Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASc0CTJS3TQ

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7384870852485615616

Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WET6jrr_zT0

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7387141841617502208/

Climate-Adapt4EOSC YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Climate-Adapt4EOSC

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]]> D2 Mappings from Community Standards to CDIF https://codata.org/initiatives/making-data-work/worldfair-2/cdif-4-xas/d2-mappings-from-community-standards-to-cdif/ Tue, 28 Oct 2025 08:33:59 +0000 https://codata.org/?page_id=14122 The purpose of the CDIF-4-XAS project is to demonstrate that the Cross-Domain Interoperability Framework (CDIF) can function as a practical set of recommendations for an interoperability layer that will facilitate the aggregation and integration of XAS data for various research purposes. The project’s second deliverable presents an overview document and a set of mappings from XAS community standards (XDI […]

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]]> The purpose of the CDIF-4-XAS project is to demonstrate that the Cross-Domain Interoperability Framework (CDIF) can function as a practical set of recommendations for an interoperability layer that will facilitate the aggregation and integration of XAS data for various research purposes.

The project’s second deliverable presents an overview document and a set of mappings from XAS community standards (XDI and NXxas) to CDIF.

CDIF-4-XAS: Mappings from Community Standards to CDIF https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17421917 
 
GitHub Repository: https://github.com/CDIF-4-XAS/XAS-CDIF 

The covering document and the associated spreadsheet and other materials present an initial attempt to take the major community standards used for X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy (XAS) and map them to the standards recommended for cross-domain FAIR sharing of data by the Cross Domain Interoperability Framework (CDIF) guidelines. The current standards landscape within the XAS community has been extensively described in the document “Overview of X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy standards, vocabularies (and ontologies), data formats and practices”. This document builds on the analysis presented in that document as a concrete exploration of how the data and metadata from the two most common XAS standards can be expressed in a CDIF-described package to facilitate use across domain, institutional, and application boundaries. It is felt that a concrete application of the standards and guidelines involved will clearly indicate the next steps for implementation.

While the focus of this document is technical, there are also implications for how other activities by domain groups and standards bodies can most effectively be conducted. These implications can be provided as feedback to various groups, and these will be mentioned here. The specific recommendations to be made to such groups do not, however, form part of this deliverable, but will be formulated more completely in other project deliverables in the future.

The full package comprises the following:

  1. “CDIF-4-XAS: Mappings from Community Standards to CDIF”: this document provides an overview for the mapping exercise. (CDIF4XAS_Mappings_Intro_V1-FINAL_TEMPLATE.pdf
  2. XAFS Data Interchange (XDI) Format Mapping to CDIF: this document shows how the different metadata fields in an XDI file are mapped into Schema.org per the CDIF recommendations. (XDISpec-FieldsCDIF-Schema.orgMapping.docx)
  3. Example of XDI metadata in CDIF: This is a JSON-LD file formatted according to the CDIF recommendations, containing an example of XDI metadata (se_na2so4-testschemaorg-cdiv3.jsonLD)
  4. Input XDI file: this is the XDI file used as the basis of the JSON-LD exammple in 3. (se_na2so4_rt.xdi)
  5. Mapping Spreadsheet for HDF5/NeXus/NXxas: This spreadsheet describes the mapping from HDF5 files created according to the NXxas profile of NeXus to CDIF-recommended standards. (XAS-CDIFImplementation.xlsx)
  6. XAS Glossary Spreadsheet: this spreadsheet provides definitions and other information for a draft community glossary to support this mapping exercise (XAS_Glossary.xslx)
  7. XAS Glossary in SKOS: this files provides a machine-actionable version of the community glossary, to serve as an example of how the glossary could be published for FAIR purposes. (XAS_Glossary_SKOS.json)

The package fulfills ‘D2: Semantic description of at least two XAS community standards using a CDIF profile (XAS-CDIF)’ of the OSCARS-funded project CDIF-4-XAS.

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