Presentation on the European Open Science Cloud and work undertaken within the Research Data Alliance to coordinate global open science commons initiatives. The presentation was given to the G7 Open Science Working Group on behalf of the EOSC Executive Board.

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