Implementation of OpenAIRE Guidelines for CRIS managers onto the Finnish VIRTA Publication Information Service

Abstract

The presentation describes the workflows for information exchange underpinning the national-level VIRTA publications database in Finland. The situation with regard to OpenAIRE aggregation for Finnish publications is analysed and the conclusion is that it makes technical and economic sense to implement a centralised approach to OpenAIRE compliance based on VIRTA. This is to be achieved via the CERIF-XML Guidelines for CRIS Managers. The implementation process for this interoperability mechanism is described, including the CERIFication of the VIRTA data model, the setting of an OAI-PMH endpoint on the system and considerations on the validation of the metadata feed. A call is put out for closer collaboration among the different projects working in the same area of meeting the requirements in the OpenAIRE Guidelines.