The document discusses the user landscape of ENVRI member communities. There is diversity among the communities in terms of the Earth science domains covered, organizational structures, data volumes and storage needs, and computational requirements. However, there are also common needs around transparency, sustainability, metadata cataloguing, and engaging stakeholders. The end users of ENVRI services and data are very diverse, ranging from global initiatives and large projects to individual researchers. It is important for ENVRI to actively engage with these communities by exposing available services, focusing on interoperability, identifying user requirements, and providing mechanisms for user feedback.

1. The ENVRI user landscape
WP9 (services)
Maggie Hellström, Lund University
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2. ENVRI member communities
• Quite some differences:
– Wide range of Earth Science domains
– Simple vs complex organizational structures
– Data volumes & storage needs greatly differ
– Same for computational requirements (HTC, HPC, cloud, ...)
• But also much in common:
– “All eyes on us” (climate sceptics, policymakers, news...)
– FAIRness, transparency & trust
– Need for sustainable solutions (esp. backend services)
– Metadata/cataloguing (data and non-data items)
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3. End users of ENVRI services & data
Very diverse set of “user communities”:
• “Stakeholders”, including global initiatives
• Large projects & collaborations, including RIs
• Research groups
• Individual researchers
Increasingly, there is interest in data and services also from
non-domain-specific communities.
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4. Engaging end users
• Actively engage with communities!
• Expose available services
• Focus on interoperability (of data products and services)
• Identify user requirements, and address them:
– Data product formats, granularity, versioning, ...
– Virtual research environments or other analysis platforms
– Discovery issues: portals, catalogs, visualization tools
– Mechanisms for identification & citation of relevant objects and
entities
• Provide mechanisms for user feedback
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