The Research Data Alliance celebrated its 10th Anniversary Plenary Meeting on 21-23 March 2023 in Sweden, and OpenAIRE took an active role in this event that brought together data professionals, researchers, and industry leaders to share their expertise and knowledge. The event drew attendees from across the globe, both in-person and online, providing a unique opportunity for our team to contribute and participate.
We are excited to share the reflections of three of our colleagues who attended the three-day hybrid conference. Paolo, our Chief Technology Officer, co-chaired the Open Science Graphs for FAIR Data Interest Group session, which was attended by around 120 participants. He highlights the critical role of Scientific Knowledge Graphs (SKGs) in Europe and worldwide and provides insights into the collaborative definition of an Interoperability Framework for SKGs.
Venkat, our Training Officer, attended the EOSC Future Global Research Commons session, where he had the opportunity to network with professionals from Europe and beyond. He shares his thoughts on various initiatives focused on training and support for research, such as the Education and Training on Handling of Research Data Interest Group (ETHRD IG) and Professionalising Data Stewardship IG.
Finally, Giulia, our Outreach and Engagement Officer, shares her personal experience of attending the RDA Plenary for the first time. She highlights the importance of the OpenAIRE Guidelines and the research community's commitment to improving them and expresses her curiosity about the discussion on research data management, interoperability, and community engagement.
We hope these reflections will provide valuable insights into the RDA Plenary for those who were unable to attend and inspire others to participate in future events.
As OpenAIRE CTO I had the pleasure to co-chair the Open Science Graphs for FAIR Data Interest Group session. We were happy to see that around 120 people attended the event, in person and online, sensing the timely role of Scientific Knowledge Graphs (SKGs) in Europe and globally. Work is progressing towards the collaborative definition of an Interoperability Framework for SKGs, to enable data exchange across cross-discipline, scientific, or regional SKGs with the aim of supporting an infrastructure of open data-based monitoring and discovery services in support of science. Colleagues from DataCite, OpenCitations, and ResaerchGraph.orgpresented their roadmap to implementation of the framework and (together with initiative such as Crossref, ORKG, OpenAIRE, and OpenAlex) committed to exchange data via the set of common protocols and formats delivered by the Interest Group. Register to RDA and join us as member, your contribution and engagement as SKG provider or consumer is important!
Peripheral to the main RDA programme, EOSC Future hosted a session on “Global research Commons: Europe and beyond” and which I as WP9 Training and Skills attended. This was a great opportunity to network and participate in efforts aimed at a more global level. Moreover, as OpenAIRE Training Officer, I took the opportunity to reconnect with the RDA community in-person after Covid. There are several initiatives that focus on training and support for research, such as the Education and Training on Handling of Research Data Interest Group (ETHRD IG) and Professionalising Data Stewardship IG, and also the CODATA/RDA Schools of Research Data Science in which I am a co-chair. Beyond these, there are other initiatives that also have an impact on work being done in EOSC Future, such as sensitive data and which also hold a personal interest for me and was a good opportunity to hear about the state-of-the-art.
It was my first time attending the RDA Plenary and what I think made my experience more special was joining the RDA during its milestone of the 10 th Anniversary. I listened to the experience and the roadmap of this bottom-up initiative with great interest, enjoying the talks of researchers at different career stages who are facing the same challenges and trying to find common solutions. As Outreach and Engagement officer, I started working closely with the RDA during the activities for EOSC-Future, in which the had been involved. However, meeting them in person gave me the opportunity to understand the motivation that drives data scientists to share their own experiences, what for them works, and what is still a challenge. I was very proud to hear about the adoption of the OpenAIRE Guidelines Guidelines and how the research community wants to improve them for their research fields or repositories. I was curious about the discussion on research data management, interoperability and how to engage the research community. Overall, I was very happy to meet colleagues in our present projects and hopefully new collaborators in the future!
As OpenAIRE CTO I had the pleasure to co-chair the Open Science Graphs for FAIR Data Interest Group session. We were happy to see that around 120 people attended the event, in person and online, sensing the timely role of Scientific Knowledge Graphs (SKGs) in Europe and globally. Work is progressing towards the collaborative definition of an Interoperability Framework for SKGs, to enable data exchange across cross-discipline, scientific, or regional SKGs with the aim of supporting an infrastructure of open data-based monitoring and discovery services in support of science. Colleagues from DataCite, OpenCitations, and ResaerchGraph.orgpresented their roadmap to implementation of the framework and (together with initiative such as Crossref, ORKG, OpenAIRE, and OpenAlex) committed to exchange data via the set of common protocols and formats delivered by the Interest Group. Register to RDA and join us as member, your contribution and engagement as SKG provider or consumer is important!
Peripheral to the main RDA programme, EOSC Future hosted a session on “Global research Commons: Europe and beyond” and which I as WP9 Training and Skills attended. This was a great opportunity to network and participate in efforts aimed at a more global level. Moreover, as OpenAIRE Training Officer, I took the opportunity to reconnect with the RDA community in-person after Covid. There are several initiatives that focus on training and support for research, such as the Education and Training on Handling of Research Data Interest Group (ETHRD IG) and Professionalising Data Stewardship IG, and also the CODATA/RDA Schools of Research Data Science in which I am a co-chair. Beyond these, there are other initiatives that also have an impact on work being done in EOSC Future, such as sensitive data and which also hold a personal interest for me and was a good opportunity to hear about the state-of-the-art.
It was my first time attending the RDA Plenary and what I think made my experience more special was joining the RDA during its milestone of the 10 th Anniversary. I listened to the experience and the roadmap of this bottom-up initiative with great interest, enjoying the talks of researchers at different career stages who are facing the same challenges and trying to find common solutions. As Outreach and Engagement officer, I started working closely with the RDA during the activities for EOSC-Future, in which the had been involved. However, meeting them in person gave me the opportunity to understand the motivation that drives data scientists to share their own experiences, what for them works, and what is still a challenge. I was very proud to hear about the adoption of the OpenAIRE Guidelines Guidelines and how the research community wants to improve them for their research fields or repositories. I was curious about the discussion on research data management, interoperability and how to engage the research community. Overall, I was very happy to meet colleagues in our present projects and hopefully new collaborators in the future!
