Membership Meeting Porto 14 15 November 2013 Some

Membership Meeting Porto (14 -15 November 2013) Some Conclusions Ed Simons, President of euro. CRIS

Conclusions • We (again) can look back to an interesting and successful meeting. • There is a great potential of expertise, experience and knowledge about RI available within the euro. CRIS organization. • There are common issues concerning RI we are all being confronted/dealing with: • Research Data Management (storage, discovery, accessibility, re-use, preservation) • Evaluation, performance, benchmarking, impact. • Interoperability as a key aspect for (harvesting, harmonization, integration, . . ) • For apporpriate solutions regarding the above optimal availabiliy, storage and handling of qualiy metadata is the key:

Conclusions • Quality metadata • • Correct Up to date Accurate Unambiguous Detailed (enough) Reliable Secure Sustainable • Optimal storage and handling of metadata: the CERIF metadata model.

Conclusions • Apart from the euro. CRIS events (MM, conferences) we should explore and promote ways for exchange of expertise within the euro. CRIS community, be it from euro. CRIS to its members or directly between members. Concrete ways to start this off could be: • For euro. CRIS to organise a RI expert(ise) knowledge base • To set up a network of national euro. CRIS contact points.

Conclusions Member Meetings are also an outreach of euro. CRIS towards countries: to get to know euro. CRIS within these countries and communicatie the possible added value of euro. CRIS for stakeholders in the Research Information Domain and invite them to join the euro. CRIS Community. So we would very warmly welcome new members from Portugal.

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