The following report will be of interest to some CNI-announce readers concerned with large scale research data management infrastructure planning.

Clifford Lynch
Director, CNI

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"Requirements for a multi-disciplinary Research Data Infrastructure",
English translation of project report published.

The objective of this project was the development of a roadmap and
recommendations for a multi-disciplinary Research Data Infrastructure in
Germany. The project team identified requirements for generic components
of existing infrastructures and potential for cross-linking of
multi-disciplinary components. The resulting analysis is based on a
survey of existing and new projects and includes measures for community
building. Key aspects of the analysis are the technical components of
the infrastructure, the cost model and the investigation of
cross-disciplinary topics. The results of the project was discussed with
experts at two national workshops in 2012 and 2013. The project
consortium consisted of partners from major research organisations in
Germany and reflects the multi-disciplinary approach.

<http://www.forschungsdaten.org/en/uber-radieschen/>

The English translation can be downloaded from
<http://dx.doi.org/10.2312/RADIESCHEN_009>

Best regards,

Jens Klump

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Dr. Jens Klump
Centre for GeoInformation Technology
Phone: +49 331 288-1702
FAX: +49 331 288-1703
E-mail: jens.klump@gfz-potsdam.de
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