Using CERIF-based CRIS to support the academic and research community: emerging services in Greece
CERIF-CRIS Overview
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Structure
• The Vision• The CERIF Model• The CERIF Model in use
The Vision
• Any valid user should be able from any location, and via any device, to access research information anywhere in Europe (and wider) whatever the structure and content of the source
• To form the ERA (European Research Area)– With free movement of research information to match
the free movement of goods and services, people, capital
– And hence the ‘knowledge economy’ and now the ‘innovation union’
The Action
• In 1997 EC brought together a group of national experts to develop a mechanism for data exchange and access to CRIS (Current Research Information Systems)– Following earlier multinational pilots
• Experts recommended CERIF2000• EU Recommendation to Member States• 2002 EC requested euroCRIS to maintain,
develop and promote CERIF
Structure
• The Vision• The CERIF Model• The CERIF Model in use
The Users
• Research and Development Information– For the political decision-makers– For the funding organisations– For the entrepreneurs– For the researchers– For the research managers– For the innovators– For the media– For the general public
Project
Person / CV
Institution
Event
Equipment
Books
Journal/article
PatentResearch
Group
Publisher
Information of Interest
PROJECT
ORGUNIT
Skills
CV
GeneralFacility
ParticularEquipment
Contact
ResultsPublication
ResultsPatentResultsProduct
Service
FundingProgramme
Event
ClassificationPrize/Award
PERSON
The CERIF Model
RESULT_PUBLICATION
PROJECT
ORGUNITPERSON
Result_Publication
Can Express:Person A (DT1 - DT2) (is author of) Publication XOrgunit O (DT1 - DT2) (is owner of IPR in) Publication XPerson A (DT1 - DT2) (is employee of ) Orgunit OPerson A (DT1 - DT2) (is project leader of) Project PPerson A (DT1-DT2) (is member of) Orgunit MPerson A (DT1-DT2) (is member of) Orgunit NOrgunit M (DT1-DT2) (is part of) Orgunit OOrgunit N (DT1-DT2) (is part of) Orgunit O
CERIF Expressiveness
Result_PublicationInstance Diagram
Person A
Publication X
OrgUnit O
OrgUnit M
OrgUnit N
Project P
member
member
employee
Part of
Part of
owns IPRauthor
Project leader
Recommended Architecture
CERIF-CRIS
Repository
Data for researchers, research managers, evaluators, innovators
Rich contextual Metadata linking to full text or multimedia in a repository
CERIF-CRIS and other Metadata• DC developed as metadata
to access internet content (full text or multimedia)
• DC does not contain elements needed for many research management tasks
• DC improved with qualified DC (namespaces) and RDF version (structured assertions) but remains incomplete
CERIF-CRIS and other Metadata
• OpenAIRE system developed to manage evaluation of output from EC funded projects
• added (some of) CERIF to the original data model
• Does not make use of the full potential of CERIF
CERIF is more expressive than other models
• First order logic– E.g. <Thomas Hardy> <is author of> <‘The Dynasts’>– Can assert or deduce or induce
• Formal Syntax– Structure flexible and defined
• ensures structural integrity • and computing efficiency
• Declared Semantics in separate layer– Class schemes: Ensures semantic integrity
• Terms defined in relation to each other– Multiple semantic schemes over same syntax possible
• Allows for e.g. Classification crosswalks
CERIF interoperates
• If have ‘n’ systems that wish to interoperate– If each interoperates with each other have n*(n-1)
convertor systems or wrappers– If all use CERIF have only n convertor systems or
wrappers• From CERIF can generate many other
(meta)data standards in research information
CRIS + Repositories at 1 institution
CRISResearch Context
[projects, persons, organisational unitsfunding, products, patents, publications
facilities, equipment, events]
OA Repository(hypermedia) Documents
e-Research repositoryDatasets and Software
OAI-PMH
Various
protocols
End-User
CERIFCERIF
….and multiple institutions
CRIS
OA repository
e-Researchrepository
CRIS
OA repository
e-Researchrepository
CRIS
OA repository
e-Researchrepository
End-User End-User End-User
Institution A Institution B Institution C
Structure
• The Vision• The CERIF Model• The CERIF Model in use
Rationale
• Increasingly – Universities need to manage their research– Funders need to justify expenditure on research by
outputs, outcomes and impact• And there is a need for comparison
– Nationally– Internationally
• so need to use the same model for exchange and access
CERIF-CRIS Being Useful
• Management information / decision support– Improved investment– Improved career management– Improved management of IP
• Evaluation– Automated generation of indicators
• Covering funding, output, environment, impact– Comparison of performance– funding decisions
A CERIF-CRIS improves management and reduces effort in reporting
CERIF-CRIS Being Useful• Researcher CVs• Bibliographies• Web pages (semantic web)• Improved scholarly publications• Improved research proposals• Finding collaborators• Finding reviewers• Current awareness of relevant research activity• Finding appropriate funding opportunities• Innovation (knowledge and technology transfer)A CERIF-CRIS improves quality and reduces effort in daily work
CERIF in Use•National systems: IS, NO, DK, NL, SK, SL, BE, RU (SE)•In use in funding organisations and universities or research institutions in many more countries: DE, FR, IT, FI, IE, GR, CZ•In UK ~40 universities using it or working on it
–HEFCE, UUK, RCUK, ARMA, other funders agreed (2010) CERIF is UK standard for research information–Used for REF and for RC evaluation of research output
•ERC, ESF specified CERIF for their (being developed) systems•CORDIS planning for CERIF
Flexible Architecture
• Central CERIF-CRIS with direct input: NO• Central CERIF-CRIS with CERIF-XML input from
universities: BE• Individual university and funding council CRIS
(some CERIF, some wrapped) with interoperation using CERIF-XML: UK
• now need to interoperate internationally
CERIF-CRIS at One Organisation
Publicationrepository
DatasetSoftwarerepository
Finance system
HumanResources
system
Project Management
system
CERIF-CRIS
Web pages DirectoryServices
This is fine for one organisation but research is international, so…
CERIF Interoperation
CERIF-CRIS CERIF-CRIS
CERIF-CRIS
CERIF provides interoperation of CRIS and associated systems with formal syntax and declared semantics so that it is reliable and scalable.
Interconnect
Backplane
Research Environment Architecture
CERIF INTEROPERATION BACKPLANE
Web 2.0 / Social Networking Environment
Direct user communication
Indirect user communication Indirect u
ser communica
tion
Heterogeneous information sources
presentation
CERIF-CRIS
CERIF-CRIS
CERIF-WRAPPED CRIS
CERIF-WRAPPED CRIS
CERIF Evolves
• CERIF Task Group– Open to any euroCRIS member– Discusses proposals for improvements to CERIF– Releases versions (backward compatible)– Provides scripts for CERIF-CRIS initiation– Provides schemas for CERIF-XML for interchange
• Now 4 commercial companies offer CERIF-compatible CRIS
Task Groups & Executive Functions• CRIS-IR
– Interface CRIS to repositories• Best Practice / DRIS
– How best to use CRIS and CERIF
• Architecture– Software services for CRIS
and CERIF• Projects
– Joint projects to develop and promote CERIF-CRIS
• Strategy– Strategic partners– External relations– Strategic seminar
• Conferences– Guiding / managing /
overseeing• Website
– Major channel of communication for euroCRIS