The 3 Pillars of Standardisation: Driving Interoperability in Research Information

Abstract

The presentation deals with the conditions to realise optimal research information infrastructures, based upon interoperability between information systems. In order to realise this interoperability the implementaiton of international standards for vocabularies, identifiers and exchange format is a condition sine qua non. Aspects hampering (the realisation of) interoperability are dealt with as well as (positive) developments which may lead to possible solutions in the near future. At the end two alternative architectural models for the realisation of a European research information infrastructure are presented.