© Brigitte Jörg euroCRIS Membership Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, November 7th, CERIF – The Common European Research Information Format Brigitte Jörg, M.A. (Information Science) Language Technology Lab, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) Berlin, Germany  C E R I F 2008 – 1.2  The Common European Research Information Format

© Brigitte Jörg euroCRIS Membership Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, November 7th, CERIF – The Common European Research Information Format Introduction of Speaker Brigitte Jörg M.A. Information Science Information Systems, Economics  Researcher, Project Manager DFKI GmbH, Language Technology Lab, Manager Virtual Information Center Berlin  CERIF TG Leader, Board Member euroCRIS  Contact: dfki.de

© Brigitte Jörg euroCRIS Membership Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, November 7th, CERIF – The Common European Research Information Format Outline  CERIF – Common European Research Information Format  Grounding Explanations  CERIF Entities Types and Features  Base Entities  Result Entities  2nd Level Entities  Link Entities  Semantic Layer  Multilinguality  CERIF XML Interchange Format  CERIF Formalized Semantics (CERIF CORE)  Discussion

© Brigitte Jörg euroCRIS Membership Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, November 7th, CERIF – The Common European Research Information Format The C E R I F Model C ommon E uropean R esearch I nformation F ormat

© Brigitte Jörg euroCRIS Membership Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, November 7th, CERIF – The Common European Research Information Format What is a model ?  … is a simplified view to describe a particular area of interest  … allows for a better communication between parties (mutual understanding)  … supports (re-)design decisions  … supports workflow identification  … supports documentation  … can be exchanged, re-used, iterated, extended A B informs C D is part of X Z depends on F G waits for

© Brigitte Jörg euroCRIS Membership Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, November 7th, CERIF – The Common European Research Information Format „Metadata is structured data which describes the characteristics of a resource.” An Introduction to Metadata, by Chris Taylor, University of Queensland An Introduction to Metadata “Metadata is sometimes defined literally as 'data about data,' but the term is normally understood to mean structured data about resources that can be used to help support a wide range of operations. These might include, for example, resource description and discovery, the management of information resources and their long-term preservation.” Metadata in a NutshellMetadata in a Nutshell, by Michael Day, UKOLN What is Metadata ? Support for a wide range of operations …

© Brigitte Jörg euroCRIS Membership Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, November 7th, CERIF – The Common European Research Information Format What is Metadata ? Book: Title: The Hitchhiker‘s Guide to the Galaxy Date of Publication: 1979 Game Cover Image: The Hitchhiker‘s Guide to the Galaxy Source: Retrieved: May 30, 2008 Radio Series: Title: The Hitchhiker‘s Guide to the Galaxy Description: is a science fiction comedy series created by Douglas Adams. Originally a radio comedy broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1978, […] Source: Wikipedia Date of Query: May 30, 2008 Series of five Books: Title: The Hitchhiker‘s Guide to the Galaxy. Between: TV Series: Title: The Hitchhiker‘s Guide to the Galaxy Screened: 1981 Computer Game: Title: The Hitchhiker‘s Guide to the Galaxy Released: 1984 Comic Book Adaptions: Title: The Hitchhiker‘s Guide to the Galaxy Between: 1993 – 1996 Links: HTML-Title: Cult – The Hitchhiker‘s Guide to the Galaxy s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy HTML-Title: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Data about Data Structure: Type of Resource Title Description Source Date Author, Creator, … Metadata

© Brigitte Jörg euroCRIS Membership Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, November 7th, CERIF – The Common European Research Information Format Metadata Categories – Descriptive Metadata [intellectual contents] – Administrative Metadata Technical [file formats...] Rights Management [permissions...] Provenance [creation, subsequent treatment,...]... – Structural Metadata [internal structure of items: page order...] – Contextual Metadata Project Context [funding programme, participating organisations …] Publication Context [number of authors, external authors, first …] Usage Context [downloads, requests, …]... See also: JISC Report from April 2008 “ Metadata for digital libraries: state of the art and future directions ” by Richard Gartner What is Metadata ? Support for a wide range of operations …

© Brigitte Jörg euroCRIS Membership Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, November 7th, CERIF – The Common European Research Information Format Metadata Categories – Descriptive Metadata [intellectual contents] – Administrative Metadata Technical [file formats...] Rights Management [permissions...] Provenance [creation, subsequent treatment,...]... – Structural Metadata [internal structure of items: page order...] – Contextual Metadata Project Context [funding programme, participating organisations …] Publication Context [number of authors, external authors, first …] Usage Context [downloads, requests, …]... What is semantic, formal Metadata ? Semantics, Formalization = based on a Model Support for a wide range of operations …

© Brigitte Jörg euroCRIS Membership Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, November 7th, CERIF – The Common European Research Information Format What is Research Information ? Data/Metadata or Information about: Scientists Project Managers Ongoing and Completed Projects Research Departments Funding Organisations and Programmes Research Results Publications Equipment Facilities their timely Relationships ( Semantics )...

© Brigitte Jörg euroCRIS Membership Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, November 7th, CERIF – The Common European Research Information Format What is a CRIS ? C urrent R esearch I nformation S ystem = CRIS … information about People + Organisations + Projects + Funding Programmes + Research Results + … … that means Timeliness Vitality … driven by A Concept A Model … incorporated as a Implementation (ICT) an integrated approach towards managing research information

© Brigitte Jörg euroCRIS Membership Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, November 7th, CERIF – The Common European Research Information Format What is a CRIS ? C urrent R esearch I nformation S ystem = CRIS … information about People + Organisations + Projects + Funding Programmes + Research Results + … … that means Timeliness Vitality … driven by A Concept A Model … incorporated as a Implementation (ICT) an integrated approach towards managing research information heterogenous entities changing relationships CERIF Metadata Integration

© Brigitte Jörg euroCRIS Membership Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, November 7th, CERIF – The Common European Research Information Format Who are CRIS users ? Researchers to find partners, track competitors, form collaborations Research Managers to assess performance, assess output, find proposal reviewers Research Strategists to decide on priorities and resourcing, compare with other countries Publication Editors to find potential authors, find paper reviewers Intermediaries / Brokers to find research products, identify ideas to be carried forward Media to communicate results General Public for interest

© Brigitte Jörg euroCRIS Membership Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, November 7th, CERIF – The Common European Research Information Format Who are CRIS users ? Researchers to find partners, track competitors, form collaborations Research Managers to assess performance, assess output, find proposal reviewers Research Strategists to decide on priorities and resourcing, compare with other countries Publication Editors to find potential authors, find paper reviewers Intermediaries / Brokers to find research products, identify ideas to be carried forward Media to communicate results General Public for interest Research is International Research Information involves various Entities

© Brigitte Jörg euroCRIS Membership Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, November 7th, CERIF – The Common European Research Information Format What kind of Questions do we want to answer from CRISs?  How many articles has author X published in 2007 as a first author?  How often have articles by author X been cited?  Did author X publish with institutionally external authors?  In how many FP7 projects does organisation Z participate?  How many publications have resulted from project Y?  How many people have been employed in the course of FP6 projects from the 1st call in the NMS?  How many PhD students have participated in FP6 projects?  How many women have been involved in FP6 projects?  How often have articles in journal A been requested in 2007?  How many articles have been published in the field of B?

© Brigitte Jörg euroCRIS Membership Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, November 7th, CERIF – The Common European Research Information Format C E R I F C ommon E uropean R esearch I nformation F ormat

© Brigitte Jörg euroCRIS Membership Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, November 7th, CERIF – The Common European Research Information Format What is CERIF ? C ommon E uropean R esearch I nformation F ormat – Conceptual Level ( Specification) A concept about research entities and their relationships – Logical Level (Conceptual Model) A formal abstract description of the research entities and their relationships according to the concept – Physical Level (Database Scripts) A formal machine readable description of the entities and their relationships according to the concept – Semantic Layer (current Formal Semantics) A formalized controlled vocabulary describing a general contextual semantics of the research domain SQL Script CREATE Table Person CREATE Table Project CREATE Table OrgUnit is author (numbered) of is author of is reviewer of is author (percentage) of is editor (numbered) of is editor of is subject of is translator of is publisher of Person_Publication Scheme

© Brigitte Jörg euroCRIS Membership Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, November 7th, CERIF – The Common European Research Information Format What is CERIF ? C ommon E uropean R esearch I nformation F ormat  CERIF is an EU Recommendation to Member States  The European Commission (EC) has authorised euroCRIS to maintain and develop CERIF and its usage

© Brigitte Jörg euroCRIS Membership Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, November 7th, CERIF – The Common European Research Information Format The CERIF Evolution EU Working Group on Research Databases Workshop CERIF 91 PROJECT Similar Ideas UN/UNESCO OECD CODATA Acronym: ERGO Participant: Keith Jeffery, Anne Asser son, many more Organisations: Rutherford Appleton, Uni- versity of Bergen, … Acronym: ERGO Participant: Keith Jeffery, Anne Asser son, many more Organisations: Rutherford Appleton, Uni- versity of Bergen, … 2000 CLASSIFICATION RESULTSEQUIPMENT PROJECT OrgUnitPERSON EXPERTISE Roles CERIF 2000 Model - Networking of DBs - Exchange of Records - EC Recommendation to Member States -Data Model - Multilinguality - Controlled Vocabulary - Roles / Types - User-driven - EC Recommendation to Member States 2ndLevel Base Language Semantics Link CERIF 2006 / 2008 Model - Data Model - Model Normalization - Robust/Consistent Structure - Extensible Structure - Semantic Layer - XML Exchange Specification - Elaboration on Publication - CERIF Core Semantics ( ) /2012 FORMALSEMANTICSFORMALSEMANTICS + CERIF Ontology

© Brigitte Jörg euroCRIS Membership Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, November 7th, CERIF – The Common European Research Information Format euroCRIS –non-for-profit organisation, legally registered in The Netherlands –promotion and improvement of communication and interaction between global CRISs –work together to create value for members / the community –Task Groups: Projects, CERIF, CRIS-IR, Best Practise, CRIS Architecture –Strategic seminars from 2003 onwards –maintain and publish the CERIF recommendation (Common European Research Information Format) and any standards endorsed by euroCRIS –strategic partners: EC, ESF, EARMA, ALLEA, ICSU/CODATA, ERCIM, JISC, APA –organize and run the CRIS series of conferences with associated workshops and other events; –organize bi-annual Membership Meetings

© Brigitte Jörg euroCRIS Membership Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, November 7th, CERIF – The Common European Research Information Format CERIF C ommon E uropean R esearch I nformation F ormat

© Brigitte Jörg euroCRIS Membership Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, November 7th, CERIF – The Common European Research Information Format Concept of the CERIF Model - Structure CERIF Entity Types  Base Entities  Result Entities  2nd Level Entities  Link Entities very powerful! CERIF Features  Multiple Language  Semantics

© Brigitte Jörg euroCRIS Membership Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, November 7th, CERIF – The Common European Research Information Format CERIF Base Entities

© Brigitte Jörg euroCRIS Membership Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, November 7th, CERIF – The Common European Research Information Format CERIF Base Entities in Detail Person ID URI Gender FirstNames OtherNames FamilyNames NameVariants ResearchInterest Keywords Project ID URI Acronym StartDate EndDate Title Abstract Keywords OrganisationUnit ID URI Acronym Name HeadCount CurrencyCode Turnover ResearchActivity Keywords

© Brigitte Jörg euroCRIS Membership Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, November 7th, CERIF – The Common European Research Information Format CERIF Result Entities

© Brigitte Jörg euroCRIS Membership Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, November 7th, CERIF – The Common European Research Information Format CERIF Result Entities in Detail ResultProduct ID URI InternationalID ResultPublication ID URI Title Subtitle Abstract Bibl. Note PublicationDate TotalPages StartPage EndPage Keywords ResultPatent ID URI PatentNumber Title CountryCode RegistrationDate ApprovalDate Description Keywords

© Brigitte Jörg euroCRIS Membership Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, November 7th, CERIF – The Common European Research Information Format CERIF Base, Result and 2nd Level Entities Citation CV Prize Qualification ExpertiseAndSkills Equipment Facility Funding Service ElectronicAddresse PostalAddress Country Currency LanguageEvent Metrics

© Brigitte Jörg euroCRIS Membership Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, November 7th, CERIF – The Common European Research Information Format Some CERIF 2nd Level Entities in Detail Facility ID URI Name Description Keywords Funding ID URI Name CurrencyCode Budget StartDate EndDate Description Keywords Event ID URI Name FeeOrFree StartDate EndDate CityTown CountryCode Description Keywords ResultPatent ID URI PatentNumber Title CountryCode RegistrationDate ApprovalDate Description Keywords Service ID URI Name Description Keywords Citation CV Prize Qualification ExpertiseAndSkills Equipment Facility Funding Service ElectronicAddresse PostalAddress Country Currency LanguageEvent Metrics

© Brigitte Jörg euroCRIS Membership Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, November 7th, CERIF – The Common European Research Information Format Some CERIF Link Entities

© Brigitte Jörg euroCRIS Membership Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, November 7th, CERIF – The Common European Research Information Format Some CERIF Semantic Features role=author role=coordinator role=CEO role=deliverable1.2 role=author1 institute role=funder Semantic Features are associated with Link Entities

© Brigitte Jörg euroCRIS Membership Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, November 7th, CERIF – The Common European Research Information Format More CERIF Semantic Features role=author role=author1 role=reviewer role=... ? role=coordinator role=manager role=CEO role=researcher role=project-manager role=deliverable1.2 role=journal article role=public report role=author1-institute role=editor role=... ? role=funder role=investigator role=member Semantic Features are associated with Link Entities

© Brigitte Jörg euroCRIS Membership Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, November 7th, CERIF – The Common European Research Information Format Associated Formal Semantic Features in more Detail Person_ResultPublication PersID PublID ClassificationID ClassificationSchemeID Fraction;StartDate;EndDate Project_Person ProjID PerslID ClassificationID ClassificationSchemeID StartDate; EndDate OrganisationUnit_Result Publication OrgID PublID ClassificationID ClassificationSchemeID StartDate; EndDate Project_ResultPublication PersID PublID ClassificationID ClassificationSchemeID Fraction;StartDate;EndDate Project_Organisation ProjID OrgID ClassificationID ClassificationSchemeID StartDate; EndDate Person_OrganisationUnit PersID OrgID ClassificationID ClassificationSchemeID StartDate; EndDate Project_Funding ProjID FundID ClassificationID ClassificationSchemeID StartDate; EndDate role=author role=originator role=coordinator role=affiliation role=author1 institute role=co-funder role=investigatedBy CERIF Model

© Brigitte Jörg euroCRIS Membership Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, November 7th, CERIF – The Common European Research Information Format CERIF Semantic Layer Classification ClassID (Author) ClassSchemeID (CERIF-PP-Semantics) StartDate, EndDate URI Term [language=EN] Author Description [language=EN] An author... ClassificationScheme ClassSchemeID (CERIF-PP-Semantics ) URI ( Description [language=EN] Classification_Classification ClassID1 (Author) ClassID2 (Creator) ClassSchemeID1 (CERIF-PP-Semantics) ClassSchemeID2 (DublinCore-1.1) ClassId (mapsTo) ClassSchemeID (CERIF-DC-Mapping) Fraction (0.3) StartDate, EndDate ClassScheme_ClassScheme ClassSchemeID1 (CERIF-PP-Semantics) ClassSchemeID2 (DublinCore-1.1) ClassID (mapsTo) ClassSchemeID (CERIF-DC-Mapping) Fraction (1.0) StartDate, EndDate

© Brigitte Jörg euroCRIS Membership Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, November 7th, CERIF – The Common European Research Information Format CERIF Semantic Layer  Allows to capture any Schema or Structure Flat Lists Classification Systems (i.e. SKOS, FOAF,...) Taxonomies Ontologies  Open / Extensible in all directions New Schemas New Concepts / Terms New Relationships  Enables to manage Roles / Types Semantics Subject Headings Archiving (Time component)  Allows for simple Mappings between Schemas (Interchange)

© Brigitte Jörg euroCRIS Membership Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, November 7th, CERIF – The Common European Research Information Format Citation CV Prize Qualification ExpertiseAndSkills Equipment Facility Funding Service ElectronicAddresse PostalAddress Country Currency LanguageEvent Metrics CERIF Entities CERIF Relationships Current CERIF CORE CERIF Semantics Manager

© Brigitte Jörg euroCRIS Membership Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, November 7th, CERIF – The Common European Research Information Format Current CORE Entities cfPerson_Person cfPerson_Classification cfPerson_OrgansiationUnit cfPerson_Project cfPerson_ResultPublication cfPerson_Funding cfOrgansationUnit_OrganisationUnit cOrganisationUnit_Classification cfOrganisationUnit_Project cfOrganisationUnit_ResultPublication cfOrganisation_Funding cfProject_Project cfProject_Classification cfProject_ResultPublication cfProject_Funding cfResultPublication_ResultPublication cfResultPublication_Classification cfResultPublication_Funding cfFunding_Funding cfFunding_Classification CERIF 2008 – 1.2 Semantics maintained within the Semantic Layer cfPerson_Person: Manager cfPerson_Person: Mentor cfPerson_Person: Supervisor ResultPublication Organisation Unit Project Funding Current CERIF CORE Classification Manager Supervisor Mentor Author FirstAuthor Person

© Brigitte Jörg euroCRIS Membership Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, November 7th, CERIF – The Common European Research Information Format CERIF Modularisation Citation CV Prize Qualification ExpertiseAndSkills Equipment Facility Funding Service ElectronicAddresse PostalAddress Country Currency LanguageEvent Metrics ProjectFunding ResultPublication Time Role X Role Y Role Z

© Brigitte Jörg euroCRIS Membership Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, November 7th, CERIF – The Common European Research Information Format CERIF Modularisation Citation CV Prize Qualification ExpertiseAndSkills Equipment Facility Funding Service ElectronicAddresse PostalAddress Country Currency LanguageEvent Metrics OrganisationUnit ProjectFundingResultPublication SCHEMA 1 Role X Role Y Role Z SCHEMA 3 Role A Role C Role B Semantic Layer SCHEMA 2 Role A Role C Role B

© Brigitte Jörg euroCRIS Membership Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, November 7th, CERIF – The Common European Research Information Format CERIF Base Entities in Detail (ERM View)

© Brigitte Jörg euroCRIS Membership Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, November 7th, CERIF – The Common European Research Information Format CERIF Result Entities in Detail (ERM View)

© Brigitte Jörg euroCRIS Membership Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, November 7th, CERIF – The Common European Research Information Format CERIF 2nd Level Entities (ERM View) Citation CV Prize Qualification ExpertiseAndSkills Equipment Facility Funding Service ElectronicAddresse PostalAddress Country Currency LanguageEvent Metrics

© Brigitte Jörg euroCRIS Membership Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, November 7th, CERIF – The Common European Research Information Format Some CERIF Link Entities (ERM View)

© Brigitte Jörg euroCRIS Membership Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, November 7th, CERIF – The Common European Research Information Format CERIF Semantic Layer (ERM View)

© Brigitte Jörg euroCRIS Membership Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, November 7th, CERIF – The Common European Research Information Format Some CERIF Multiple Language Features (ERM View)

© Brigitte Jörg euroCRIS Membership Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, November 7th, CERIF – The Common European Research Information Format CERIF: C ommon E uropean R esearch I nformation F ormat

© Brigitte Jörg euroCRIS Membership Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, November 7th, CERIF – The Common European Research Information Format CERIF Interchange Format: CERIF XML  According to the CERIF Model Structure  Base Entities  Result Entities  2nd Level Entities  Link Entities  Multilingual Features  Semantic Features Entity Person Entity Interchange Entity 1:1

© Brigitte Jörg euroCRIS Membership Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, November 7th, CERIF – The Common European Research Information Format CERIF Interchange Format 1 female 2 male --- Person ID URI Gender

© Brigitte Jörg euroCRIS Membership Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, November 7th, CERIF – The Common European Research Information Format CERIF Interchange Format journal.html?ID2 --- ResultPublication ID URI PublicationDate Num Vol Edition Series Issue TotalPages StartPage EndPage ISBN ISSN ResultPublication

© Brigitte Jörg euroCRIS Membership Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, November 7th, CERIF – The Common European Research Information Format CERIF Interchange Format Person_Publication personID publicationID ClassID ClassSchemeID Fraction StartDate EndDate Person_Publication

© Brigitte Jörg euroCRIS Membership Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, November 7th, CERIF – The Common European Research Information Format CERIF XML Interchange Format  Based on W3C Standards  Refers to XML Schema for Validation  XML files corresponding to CERIF Structure -> Entities / Separation of Relationships  Available Specification Document as part of the CERIF 2008 Release

© Brigitte Jörg euroCRIS Membership Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, November 7th, CERIF – The Common European Research Information Format CERIF Example (Integrated Person) Citation CV Prize Qualification ExpertiseAndSkills Equipment Facility Service ElectronicAddresse PostalAddress Country Currency LanguageEvent Metrics Funding ProjectFunding Programme ResultPublic ation

© Brigitte Jörg euroCRIS Membership Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, November 7th, CERIF – The Common European Research Information Format CERIF XML Example (Person) BrigitteJoerg f BrigitteJoerg Joerg Brigitte BrigitteJoerg DataScienceJournalArticle Article REF2010-Evaluation BrigitteJoerg DFKI Affilation REF2010-Evaluation

© Brigitte Jörg euroCRIS Membership Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, November 7th, CERIF – The Common European Research Information Format CERIF Example (Integrated Organisation) Citation CV Prize Qualification ExpertiseAndSkills Equipment Facility Service ElectronicAddresse PostalAddress Country Currency LanguageEvent Metrics Funding ProjectFunding Programme ResultPublic ation

© Brigitte Jörg euroCRIS Membership Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, November 7th, CERIF – The Common European Research Information Format CERIF XML Example (Organisation) DFKI EURO DFKI German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence DFKI PrivateNotForProfit OrganisationTypes DFKI Artificial-Intelligence Research-Fields

© Brigitte Jörg euroCRIS Membership Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, November 7th, CERIF – The Common European Research Information Format CERIF Example (Integrated Project) Citation CV Prize Qualification ExpertiseAndSkills Equipment Facility Service ElectronicAddresse PostalAddress Country Currency LanguageEvent Metrics Funding ProjectFunding Programme ResultPublic ation

© Brigitte Jörg euroCRIS Membership Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, November 7th, CERIF – The Common European Research Information Format CERIF XML Example (Project) LT-World LT World LT-World Language Technology World LT-World DFKI Coordinator Project-OrgUnit-Roles LT-World National Project-Types

© Brigitte Jörg euroCRIS Membership Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, November 7th, CERIF – The Common European Research Information Format CERIF Example (Integrated Publication) Citation CV Prize Qualification ExpertiseAndSkills Equipment Facility Service ElectronicAddresse PostalAddress Country Currency LanguageEvent Metrics Funding ProjectFunding Programme ResultPublic ation

© Brigitte Jörg euroCRIS Membership Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, November 7th, CERIF – The Common European Research Information Format CERIF XML Example (Publication) JoergEtAl JoergEtAl2008 Analyzing European Research Competencies JoergEtAl2008 Conference-Article REF-PublicationTypes Brigitte-Joerg JoergEtAl2008 FirstAuthor REF-AuthorScheme Keith-Jeffery JoergEtAl2008 2ndAuthor REF-AuthorScheme

© Brigitte Jörg euroCRIS Membership Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, November 7th, CERIF – The Common European Research Information Format CERIF-based Example Record in BibTex See also CERIF FDM Introduction and

© Brigitte Jörg euroCRIS Membership Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, November 7th, CERIF – The Common European Research Information Format CERIF 2008 – 1.2 Semantics cfPerson_Person-Roles - Manager - Mentor - Supervisor cfPerson_OrganisationUnit-Roles - Affiliation - Subaffiliation - Head - Employee - Member - Director - Deputy Director - Dean - Principle - Head of Department - Group Leader - Manager - Associate - Fellow - Reviewer - Contractor - Subcontractor cfPerson_OrganisationUnit-Roles - Administrator - Secretary - Researcher - Junior Researcher - Senior Researcher - Consultant - Junior Consultant - Senior Consultant - Lecturer - Junior Lecturer - Senior Lecturer - Guest Lecturer - Professor - Assistant Professor - Honorary Professor - Visiting Professor - Doctor (med) - Research Fellow - PostDoc - …

© Brigitte Jörg euroCRIS Membership Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, November 7th, CERIF – The Common European Research Information Format CERIF Semantics [Publication Types] Book Review Book Chapter Book Chapter Abstract Inbook Book Chapter Review AnthologyMonograph Reference Book Textbook Encyclopedia Otherbook Journal Article Journal Article Abstract Journal Article Review Conference Proceedings Article Letter to Editor PhD Thesis Doctoral Thesis Poster Presentation Book Manual Conference Proceedings Letter Report Short Communication Commentary Annotation News Clipping Publication Types

© Brigitte Jörg euroCRIS Membership Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, November 7th, CERIF – The Common European Research Information Format CERIF Semantics [Person-Publication Roles] is author (numbered) of is author of is reviewer of is author (percentage) of is editor (numbered) of is editor of is subject of is translator of is publisher of Person_Publication Scheme

© Brigitte Jörg euroCRIS Membership Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, November 7th, CERIF – The Common European Research Information Format CERIF Semantics [Some more examples] number of authors number of incoming citations number of requests number of external institutes number of downloads number of access is of publication type ISI Impact Factor claims IPR of Publication_Metrics Roles received Best Paper Award number of self citations area/type of research number of citations

© Brigitte Jörg euroCRIS Membership Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, November 7th, CERIF – The Common European Research Information Format CURRENT CERIF Releaseand Plans CERIF 2008 – 1.2 ( )  CERIF Model Intruduction and Specification  CERIF XML Data Exchange Format Specification  CERIF Formal Semantics  CERIF SQL Scripts  CERIF XML Schemas  CERIF XML Examples Mid-term Plan:  Current Core Semantics to be setup and improved within collibra  CERIF Semantics to be further developed  Funding-related Semantics / Abstraction / Generity Long-term Plan:  2011 Model with extended Semantics  CERIF Ontology  More CERIF XML Examples  CERIF XML Efficiency  CERIF XML Use cases (DC Mapping) available before December 2010

© Brigitte Jörg euroCRIS Membership Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, November 7th, CERIF – The Common European Research Information Format CERIF Components  Conceptual CERIF Entities Types and Features  Base Entities  Result Entities  2nd Level Entities  Link Entities  Semantic Layer  Multilinguality  CERIF Specification Documents  CERIF Full Data Model Introcuction and Specification  CERIF XML Specification  CERIF Semantics  CERIF SQL Scripts for most common databases  Oracle mySQL, MSSQL Access, DB2,...  CERIF XML Interchange Format  XML Files  XML Schema Files  CERIF Formalized CERIF Semantics  CORE Entities  Controlled Vocabulary

© Brigitte Jörg euroCRIS Membership Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, November 7th, CERIF – The Common European Research Information Format Situation in UK (by Keith Jeffery) Research Councils –ROP: Research outcomes project HEFCE –REF: Research Excellence Framework JISC –Commissioned study (EXRI): recommended CERIF –Convened experts from stakeholders: accepted –Supporting several projects to demonstrate: Business case for using CERIF Feasibility of interoperation universities-universities and universities-funders using CERIF

© Brigitte Jörg euroCRIS Membership Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, November 7th, CERIF – The Common European Research Information Format Situation elsewhere Norway: FRIDA Belgium: FRIS Denmark: PURE Sweden: Converis Netherlands: NARCIS euroHORCS recommended convergence to CERIF ESF set up a CERIF driven system Plans in Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Greece, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Russia, Austria, Slovenia.. and within EC (CORDIS) adopted by OpenAIRE interest expressed by VOA3R emerging market of commercial solutions

© Brigitte Jörg euroCRIS Membership Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, November 7th, CERIF – The Common European Research Information Format Maintaining the CERIF Semantics Setup of collibra at DFKI, to manage the CERIF CORE Semantics Think about: Incorporating Semantic Business Vocabulary and Rules (=SBVR) SBVR: a recommendation of the OMG (Open Management Group) Think about supporting of SKOS Simple Knowledge Organisation System SKOS a W3C Recommendation August 2009

© Brigitte Jörg euroCRIS Membership Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, November 7th, CERIF – The Common European Research Information Format Maintaining the CERIF Semantics Consider an elaboration of the CERIF Semantic Layer by attribute extension – SBVR Vocabulary Term (Concept) – SBVR Description – SBVR Definition – SBVR Example – SBVR Synonym – SBVR Source CERIF 2008 – 1.2 Person-Person Roles

© Brigitte Jörg euroCRIS Membership Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, November 7th, CERIF – The Common European Research Information Format

© Brigitte Jörg euroCRIS Membership Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, November 7th, CERIF – The Common European Research Information Format

© Brigitte Jörg euroCRIS Membership Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, November 7th, CERIF – The Common European Research Information Format

© Brigitte Jörg euroCRIS Membership Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, November 7th, CERIF – The Common European Research Information Format

© Brigitte Jörg euroCRIS Membership Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, November 7th, CERIF – The Common European Research Information Format Participation / Contribution / Membership Interested in Participation / Contribution / Becoming a Member ? Upcoming Events: – CERIF TG Meeting December 8 th + 9 th – euroCRIS Members Meeting in Bologna May 2011 – euroCRIS 2012 Conference in Prague

© Brigitte Jörg euroCRIS Membership Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, November 7th, CERIF – The Common European Research Information Format THANK YOU for your attention !!!

© Brigitte Jörg euroCRIS Membership Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, November 7th, CERIF – The Common European Research Information Format “A rose by any other name, would smell as sweet” William Shakespeare in Romeo & Juliet