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CRIS interoperability in the UK: developing solutions
for Open Access and Research Data Management
Dr Tamsin Burland
Who are Jisc?
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Jisc R&D (Jisc Futures)
The goal is
Developing new national shared
technology services
Delivered by
Collaborating across the sector
Facilitated by
Using
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Jisc as a national body with
a technology focus
Jisc’s co-design innovation
process
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UK CRIS market
In 2014,
only 49%
of systems
UK HEIs manage
use a CRIS,
but
Commercial
CRIS
80%
of these
UK
managepublications
91% of publications
Source credit: Johnson, R (2016) Shaping the future of Jisc OA services – A sector-wide view.
https://scholarlycommunications.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2016/04/15/shaping-the-future-of-jisc-oa-services-a-sector-wide-view/
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CRIS as a repository
CRIS (Pure) acts as the institutional repository in 5% of UK
HEIs, but for 11% of UK publications
Pure is also
used as a data repository in a few UK HEIs
Source credit: Johnson, R (2016) Shaping the future of Jisc OA services – A sector-wide view.
https://scholarlycommunications.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2016/04/15/shaping-the-future-of-jisc-oa-services-a-sector-wide-view/
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Jisc and Open Access
www.jisc.ac.uk/content/open-access/our-role
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Jisc and Research Data Management
Research at Risk
» Research data shared service pilot
(RDSS)
» Research data discovery service
(RDDS)
» Research data metrics for usage
(IRUSdata-UK)
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Jisc services and CRIS interoperability
Router
API
Requires OAIPMH or CRIS
API
X
X
CRIS
Requires tracker
protocol and OAIPMH or plug-in
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Open
APIs
Requires OAIPMH, API or
work-around
CRUD
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Jisc Publications Router
Main issues in CRIS interoperability with Router
» API development required (repositories use SWORD2).
Required new data model.
» All stakeholders (publishers, HEIs and CRIS vendors) want to
see demand from others in sector before committing resource
(‘chicken and egg’)
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Jisc Research Data Shared Service (RDSS) Pilot
A research data management service to enrich UK research,
providing
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Research data repositories
Research data preservation platforms and tools
Research data reporting platforms and tools
Interoperability with internal and external systems
www.jisc.ac.uk/rd/projects/research-data-shared-service
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Interoperability in the RDM Architecture
Credit for Architecture concepts: John Lewis (Sheffield) & Stuart Lewis (Edinburgh) http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.1202230
Jisc serves in the RDM Architecture
Research Data Shared Pilot
Service Area
Research Data
Discoverability Service Area
Existing Jisc
Services/Agreement Areas
Credit for Architecture concepts: John Lewis (Sheffield) & Stuart Lewis (Edinburgh) http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.1202230
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Jisc RDSS pilots’ CRIS integration requests
» CRIS at the front end
› RDSS ‘hidden’ behind CRIS system.
› Researchers ingest data via the CRIS
» CRIS integrations at the back end
› Metadata In
– Update CRIS with new objects ingested into RDSS
– Update CRIS with changes in metadata
– Update CRIS with preservation activity
– Update CRIS with usage stats
› Metadata Out:
– CRIS provides RDSS with researcher/project/grant information
– CRIS provides RDSS with linked publications
» CRIS as repository
› Can provide data and metadata for preservation and reporting
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RDSS and CRIS challenges
» CRIS has to be able to push/pull info
» Mapping to CRIS data model problematic
» Lack of buy-in from vendors – requests for integrations
join a queue behind other requirements
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PEST summary
Jisc Router
Jisc RDSS
P Chicken/egg: each stakeholder wants to Vendors focus on developing own
see others move first
E Scheduling of required development of
CRIS by vendors dependent on user
group pressure.
products and systems before working
on interoperability with others.
Scheduling of required development of
CRIS by vendors dependent on user
group pressure.
S CRIS users have different expectations to Recognising the diverse need/use cases
repository users. Don’t see value unless
additional functionality (eg info/ORCIDs
for co-authors).
T Interoperability with repositories is via
SWORD 2, while for commercial CRIS
systems an API is required (now
available)
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of stakeholders. Need to open up to
work with other services (Open Data
models and Open Protocols)
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Need a Create, Read, Update,
Delete (CRUD) API for automated
ingest metadata updates.
Need OAI-PMH end-point to
harvest metadata, and allow
compliance with OpenAire research
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data pilot.
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Research Data Network – June 2017
»When: 27th to 28th June 2017
»Where: York
»Cost: Free!
Registration now open
http://jisc.ly/UD2if7
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More information on the RDN website
http://researchdata.network
Image: Sebastiaan ter Burg
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Thank you
Dr Tamsin Burland
Senior co-design manager
Digital Futures
[email protected]
jisc.ac.uk
Except where otherwise noted, this work
is licensed under CC-BY-NC-ND
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