The panel discussion held in Brussels on February 14-15, 2018, focused on supporting blue growth through innovative applications using EU e-infrastructures. Key questions included the interest in global data sources, the willingness of data providers to integrate their repositories, and the challenges of validation and authoritative data sources. The discussions aimed at exploring how e-infrastructures can aid in the creation and management of global data repositories.

1. PANEL DISCUSSION ON GLOBAL
REPOSITORIES OF MERGED PUBLIC DATA
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2. "Supporting Blue Growth with innovative applications based on EU e-infrastructures”, 14-15 February 2018, Brussels
Questions (1)
• Is there an interest in creating global data
sources?
• Are data providers willing to open and
integrate the content of their own repositories
for different usages?
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3. "Supporting Blue Growth with innovative applications based on EU e-infrastructures”, 14-15 February 2018, Brussels
Questions (2)
• What are the pros and cons of having an
authoritative data source with respect to a
data source that just expose the
collected/submitted data?
• How should a process of validation of the
content of a global data source be organized?
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4. "Supporting Blue Growth with innovative applications based on EU e-infrastructures”, 14-15 February 2018, Brussels
Questions (3)
• What are the major difficulties in creating a
global data source?
• How can an e-infrastructure facilitate the
creation of a global data source?
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