(2 Apr 2024) OpenAIRE and NII have come together to collaborate on enhancing the interoperability and promoting of good practices for research infrastructures. The agreement aims to provide FAIRable research infrastructures to academic organisations by sharing know-how on metadata standards, aggregations, and curation of scholarly information including research data.
One of the goals of this collaboration is to increasethe coverage and quality of the CiNii Research Knowledge Graph and, thereby, the OpenAIRE Graph, as they are connected. To do so, OpenAIRE will share its expertise in metadata enrichment and deduplication. NII will then be onboarded in OpenOrgs, the OpenAIRE service used to deduplicate and curate the affiliations entities, where they will act as curators for Japan Research Performing Organisations (RPOs).
Moreover, OpenAIRE and NII will work to provide training to users on responsible research assessment (RRA) and Open Science monitoring. The contents of these training sessions will be aligned with the work done in the CoARA working group Towards an Open Infrastructure for Responsible Research Assessment and also supported by the Horizon Europe GraspOS, PathOS, and Pattern projects. Concerning Open Science monitoring and research assessment, OpenAIRE and NII will explore indicators and functions that users need to incorporate into research infrastructures.
To promote FAIR-enabling research data management, the Data Governance Function of NII RDC and OpenAIRE’s ARGOS Service for Data Management Plan will exchange knowledge about interoperability practices regarding machine-actionable data management plans (maDMPs). This will be done through events and webinars in the context of the Open Science Trails (OS Trails), a project that aims to advance processes and instruments for Planning, Tracking, and Assessing scientific knowledge production beyond state-of-the-art.
With the implementation of this strategic 3-phased plan, the collaborative efforts of OpenAIRE and NII are set to increase the impact of research outputs for the institutions they serve. By fostering knowledge exchange, this partnership not only enhances transparency and collaboration in the OpenAIRE Graph and the CiNii Research Knowledge Graph but also contributes to the global advancement of Open Science. Together, OpenAIRE and NII are forging a path toward a more impactful and collaborative future for research institutions worldwide.
The announcement is here.
