The document discusses the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) and the efforts of the G7 Open Science Working Group to establish a global open science commons, including governance principles and stakeholder engagement. It outlines design principles for the EOSC platform, emphasizing co-creation, community involvement, and adaptability to changes. Additionally, it sets a work plan aiming for a minimum viable platform by 2020, detailing initial outputs and future goals for sustainability and inclusiveness in research infrastructure.

1. Building local, thinking global
European Open Science Cloud
.
Sarah Jones
Digital Curation Centre
sarah.jones@glasgow.ac.uk
Twitter: @sjDCC

2. Global Open Science Commons
data commons
18/06/2019

3. Research Data Alliance BoFs
Several sessions run to coordinate work:
• Towards a Global Open Science Commons,
March 2018, Berlin
• Delivering a Global Open Science Commons,
November 2018, Gaborone
• Coordinating Global Open Science Commons
initiatives, March 2019, Philadelphia
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4. RDA Interest & Working groups
Global Open Science
Commons IG
Defining
OSC WG
…. WG … WG
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https://rd-alliance.org

5. Define a typology of the OS Commons
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Technical AND human dimensions
Governance
Sustainability
Stakeholderengagement
Technical layer cake courtesy of Vivien Bonazzi, NIH
Flows…….
Don’t build silos!
Open APIs and open
data where possible
Avoid vendor lock-in.
Infrastructure should
be “forkable” to
move elsewhere if
desired

6. Principles for managing a commons
Ostrom's lessons from how communities co-operate to share resources
1. Define clear group boundaries
2. Match rules governing use of common goods to local needs & conditions
3. Ensure those affected by the rules can participate in modifying the rules
4. Make sure the rule-making rights of community members are respected
by outside authorities
5. Develop a system, carried out by community members, for monitoring
members’ behaviour
6. Use graduated sanctions for rule violators
7. Provide accessible, low-cost means for dispute resolution
8. Build responsibility for governing the common resource in nested tiers
from the lowest level up to the entire interconnected system
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7. Principles for Open Scholarly Infrastructures
3 pillars proposed by Bilder, Lin & Neylon
http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.1314859
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Governance
Sustainability
Insurance

8. Where EOSC is strong?
• Governance
• Community ownership?
• Stakeholder engagement?
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9. What is EOSC?
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10. An open festival for science
• Virtual space where science producers and science
consumers come together
• Inclusive to people of all backgrounds and cultures
• An open-ended range of content and services
• Quality mark « Data made in Europe »
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A platform for European research

11. Grow in stages…
• Underlying infrastructure needs to be developed,
owned and operated publicly
• Extend to engage with private initiatives
• All must adhere to Rules and uphold common values
• Be a living, breathing system that adapts to changes
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12. Design principles
• Co-creation
• Research-led
• Community-driven
• Flexible by design
• Extensible / scalable
• Incremental and iterative
• Hands-on and participatory
• Continuous engagement, consultation & user testing
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13. EOSC Governance 2019-2020
EOSC governance structure
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14. Governance Board
• Representatives from all 28 member states and 10
associated countries
• Chaired by Hans Josef Linkens, BMBF, Germany
• Forming sub-groups to feed strategic inputs into EOSC
Exec Board and Working Groups
https://ec.europa.eu/research/openscience/pdf/ec_rtd
_eosc-governance-board_062019.pdf
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15. Executive Board
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• Karel Luyben & Cathrin
Stover as Co-Chairs
• 8 representatives of
stakeholder groups
• 3 independent experts
https://www.eoscsecretariat.eu/eosc-
governance/eosc-executive-board

16. EOSC Exec Board Working Groups
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17. What is each WG doing?
• Map EOSC-relevant national infrastructures
• Analyse Member State readiness to provide financial resource (with Sustainability)
• Propose mechanisms to facilitate convergence and alignment
Landscape
• Recommend a minimal set of Rules of Participation that define the rights,
obligations and accountability governing all EOSC transactions
• Embrace the principles of openness, transparency and inclusiveness
Rules of P.
• Define, agree and develop an interoperability layer to federate systems i.e.
standards, open APIs and protocols
• Offer a catalogue of EOSC datasets and services
Architecture
• FAIR practices  EOSC interoperability framework (with Arch. & RoP)
• Persistent Identifier (PID) policy for EOSC (with Architecture)
• Frameworks to assess FAIR data and certify services that enable FAIR
FAIR
• Provide a set of strategic and financing orientations for EOSC post 2020
• In-depth analysis of business models and their different implications
• Options for a governance framework to steer & oversee EOSC operations
Sustainability
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https://www.eoscsecretariat.eu/eosc-working-groups

18. Minimum Viable Platform by end 2020
• Agreed and tested Rules of Participation
• A legal entity and post 2020 governance structure
• Functioning federated core & initial services
• Catalogues of EOSC data and services
• EOSC Interoperability Framework
• Persistent Identifier policy
• Metrics for FAIR data and repository certification
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19. Work plan
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Iteration and testing built into plan
Initial / outline outputs  TEST  Updated / final
Agree versions for implementation post 2020

20. Where to follow progress
Check out Cathrin Stover’s blog posts
https://www.eoscsecretariat.eu/news-events-opinion
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Join forthcoming webinar on 1st July at 11am CEST
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_9mJMRilBQhuHkBE2Uut4Ow

21. Thanks for listening!
Questions?
sarah.jones@glasgow.ac.uk
Twitter: @sjDCC