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General Questions
The EOSC EU Node is in the focus of the European Commission's mission to transform science through openness, serving as the “seed in the ground” for promoting innovation and optimising research processes. It is an infrastructure node in production that may serve as a reference model for the EOSC ecosystem, encompassing the strategic, operational, and regulatory elements required to align efforts with European values and policies. Designed to provide researchers with multi-disciplinary and multi-national resources, it allows for seamless access to data and services, breaking down barriers. Moreover, it establishes a blueprint that will guide and inspire the development of future EOSC Nodes, shaping a cohesive and federated European Open Science Cloud ecosystem.
You can find a detailed overview of the services that will be available via the EOSC EU Node here. In short, you will find application services for data management:
A File Sync and Share facility to maintain consistent data sharing across your multiple work environments.
A Notebook environment to create and share documents with real-time code execution.
A Large File Transfer function to reliably send files to colleagues.
If you are a more Information Technology (IT) oriented user, you will also find infrastructure services:
Access to Virtual Machines to support processing, analytics, and other data and compute-intensive use cases.
A Cloud Container Platform to streamline the execution of cloud-native research workflows.
A Bulk Data Transfer system to efficiently move large datasets without incurring in any loss.
Yes. The services outlined in the Services Page are provided for free by the European Commission. Detailed Access Policy is subject to apply. Information about usage and accounting will be collected and transparently shown to users.
Primarily, services and resources that are native to the EOSC EU Node – which has been procured by the European Commission – are made available via the front office. In addition to these, services and resources directly onboarded to the EOSC EU Node will also be available (coming in Q3 2024).
Moreover, the platform offers access to a Resource Hub which includes metadata collected from the broader EOSC ecosystem such as:
Research data, publications, software published in EOSC and beyond
Services offered by the broader research community
Support and learning material to help you practice FAIR and Open Science
Deployment tools and recipes that enable execution of data science workflows (coming in Q3 2024)
The EOSC EU Node is a European Commission-operated platform that serves as a European level gateway to the Web of FAIR data and interoperable services and can be recognised as a blueprint for emerging EOSC Node candidates. All activities are in close collaboration with the EOSC Association (overseen by the EOSC Tripartite Governance), communicating developments to its members and the broader EOSC community.
Services provided by the EOSC EU Node are procured by the European Commission, and hosted and operated by the following third-party contractors:
The EOSC ecosystem is envisioned to be a network of interconnected autonomous nodes that collectively provide federated services, such as computing resources, data storage, and data management tools, all operating under a common framework of standards, policies, and best practices. This ensures interoperability and enables researchers to combine resources from different nodes for their research projects. As such, it is expected that more EOSC Nodes will appear. Horizon Europe projects EOSC Beyond and OSCARS intend to help establish national and/or thematic EOSC Nodes.
Keep track of our progress for upcoming developments!
The EOSC EU Node is expected to be fully operational by the end of the third quarter of 2024 (Q3 2024), with a phased introduction of its services. This will be accompanied by the introduction of additional features and services in the future.
The post-2027 governance structure and the EOSC EU Node platform operation is currently under discussion in the EOSC Tripartite Governance with Member States and Associated Countries. The European Commission is committed to fund EOSC in the long term.
Researchers
The EOSC EU Node is your gateway to a world of collaborative research, no matter your field. It provides a one-stop shop for researchers across all disciplines, offering powerful tools and resources to streamline your data-driven endeavours. With EOSC EU Node, you can:
Find and use existing data: Easily discover and access data sets relevant to your research even from different disciplines and locations.
Store and share your data: Securely store your research data and effortlessly share it with your colleagues across the globe.
Analyse your data: Access powerful computing tools and software to analyse your data and make groundbreaking discoveries.
Publish your findings: Share your research results with ease, following the principles of Open Science.
The EOSC EU Node cuts through the complexity of managing data in your research. It helps you focus on what matters most: doing amazing research and making a difference.
The EOSC EU Node platform provides access to a comprehensive Resource Hub with research data, publications, software, and learning materials to assist you in practicing FAIR principles and Open Science. These are collected from authoritative data sources in Europe and around the world, validated using well-established processes to ensure their FAIRness, and enriched to create a Knowledge Graph that helps you navigate across disciplines. It currently includes resources from the OpenAIRE Graph, and in Q3 2024 it will also include resources from the European Open Data Portal and Software Heritage.
Its very design fosters seamless access to and sharing of research data, tools, and workflows, making your research more transparent, collaborative, and impactful. Here is how the EOSC EU Node empowers you as an Open Science advocate:
Discover and be discovered: EOSC EU Node implements clear metadata standards and powerful search tools. This makes your research data and outputs (publications, code, etc.) highly discoverable by the global research community, fostering collaboration and accelerating scientific progress.
Make your research FAIR and Open: EOSC EU Node integrates with Open Access repositories and community platforms, helping you comply with the FAIR principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable). This ensures your research outputs are not only discoverable but also easily usable by others, maximising the impact of your work.
Unique identification: EOSC EU Node assigns unique identifiers to your research data and other outputs, ensuring they are clearly and permanently citable. This eliminates confusion and streamlines the research process.
Rich descriptions: EOSC EU Node encourages the use of semantically rich descriptions for your research data. This allows others to understand your data more comprehensively, facilitating reuse and new discoveries.
Reproducible workflows: EOSC EU Node supports the sharing of publishing workflows and recipes for reproducibility. This allows others to replicate your research findings, fostering trust and transparency in your work.
Standardised tools: EOSC EU Node promotes the use of standard research tools and methodologies. This ensures interoperability between different research projects and facilitates collaboration across disciplines.
Security and privacy by design: EOSC EU Node prioritises security and privacy throughout its infrastructure. This ensures that your research data is safe and that privacy regulations are upheld.
EOSC Authentication and Authorisation Infrastructure (AAI): EOSC EU Node implements an identity and access management system. This allows researchers to access data and resources across different institutions using a single sign-on, simplifying collaboration and data sharing.
The EOSC EU Node promotes the use of two major European Commission funded and free repositories so that you may seamlessly deposit your work:
Zenodo for research data, software snapshots, preprints, and supporting material.
Open Research Europe for your preprints or publications (with open peer review – currently only for Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe beneficiaries).
However, the EOSC EU Node maintains a list of community used repositories, allowing you to choose a repository from your own community.
If you are interested in open publishing, the EOSC EU Node will also promote the use of the Open Research Europe publishing platform of the Commission as an alternative to scientific journals.
Choosing between the EOSC EU Node and a domain-specific service depends on your specific research needs, the nature of your data, and the scale of your project. The EOSC EU Node platform is one of the many entry points to EOSC and it is expected to work in tandem with, and possibly include services from, domain discipline ones. Advantages of using the EOSC EU Node are:
Ability to do cross-disciplinary research as the platform is not limited to a single domain.
Access to a wide range of datasets from various disciplines.
Utilisation of various integrated and free services.
Good hygiene of Open Science practices.
If you would like to know which domain-specific services the EOSC EU Node is considering for future integration, please follow our announcements to stay informed.
Research Communities
There will be services allowing you to sync your research output with the EOSC EU Node. In the meantime, you can keep using your preferred repository. If it is part of the repositories already contributing to the EOSC EU Node Resource Hub, you will see it promptly among the discoverable resources. If not, please contact our Helpdesk, or visit the OpenAIRE PROVIDE service to register your repository or catalogue.
Check our Services page; each service has details that you might want to explore to understand which solution fits your needs. Access Policy is subject to apply. If something is unclear, or you need to know how to integrate in your community’s workflows, please contact our helpdesk for more information.
EOSC EU Node offers services to facilitate data-driven and FAIR science. It also serves as a gateway to domain specific services provided by the broader research community. Check our Services page to see how you can use and adapt services to fit your community needs or visit the Resource Hub to find services provided by the EOSC Community. If you see that a relevant service is missing, let us know by contacting our helpdesk. We will explore how to best include it.
This page gives you a comprehensive list of the contributing sources (repositories, journals, catalogues, CRIS) to the EOSC EU Node Resource Hub.
Yes, you can become a contributor. The EOSC EU Node is the first of what we hope to be many and will serve as a reference for the architecture of all future nodes to be federated. The recommendations for defining and establishing future EOSC Nodes will be published on this website as soon as it is available.
Contributors
The EOSC EU Node is currently the first but one of the many possible entry points to EOSC in the future. As a reference node in the envisioned EOSC federation, it will show a model and practical example for the architecture and deployment options of future emerging nodes.
As a Contributor to the EOSC EU Node, you can:
Contribute with your curated and FAIR research outputs to the Resource Hub of the EOSC EU Node ensuring discovery and findability.
Onboard your selected research outputs directly to the EOSC EU Node as an integrated infrastructure provider hooking up to the EOSC EU Node core capabilities
Establish your autonomous EOSC Node, considering the reference implementation of the EOSC EU Node, and become part of the EOSC federation.
Please consult the Contributors section for more information. Rules of Participation is subject to apply.
The EOSC EU Node is the culmination of the research infrastructure community's efforts through the establishment of a cohesive, accessible, and efficient platform that supports Open Science across the European research landscape. Contributing to the EOSC EU Node presents a unique opportunity for you to be part of shaping the future, i.e., to have a say in the development of policies, standards, and best practices that shape the emerging EOSC federation. By sharing and integrating your resources in EOSC EU Node, not only do you increase their visibility within the European and global research communities and foster cross-disciplinary collaborations that were not possible before, but you can also make a stronger case for a more stable base of support and justify future investments.
Transition from the previous EOSC Portal
The previous EOSC Portal will no longer exist. Its development and operation had been funded by the European Commission under the EOSC Future project grant, which concluded on 15 April 2024. Some of the specific portal services (e.g., EOSC Observatory) that are not taken over by the EOSC EU Node will be catered by the EOSC Association.
Yes. The EOSC EU Node allows you to discover the same set of research outputs and services. After the production launch of the EOSC EU Node in Q3 of 2024 you will be able to access many more high-quality resources and services across Europe. Stay tuned!
No. The ‘onboarding’ of Providers in the previous EOSC Portal has been discontinued as of 15 March 2024. The EOSC EU Node will provide similar functionalities for our Contributors under a revised policy framework.
Please simply follow the instructions communicated to you by the previous EOSC Future project team to ensure that we have your explicit consent and contact information. If you have missed the deadline, you can fill out the form on this page. In both cases, we will get in touch with you soon for the next steps!