Challenge the future
DelftUniversity ofTechnology
Research Information Systems, the Dutch way
Marjan Vernooy-Gerritsen, SURFfoundation
Bert van Zomeren, Delft University of Technology
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Agenda• The Dutch CRIS now: Metis
• properties
• position in the application landscape
• baseline domain architecture
• Future Dutch CRIS
• wishes
• challenges
• target domain architecture
• Next Steps
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Metis
• Built and maintained by University Centre of Information Services at Radboud University in Nijmegen
• Start in 1993• Used by all 13 universities and the Royal Academy
• Contains only metadata, no content• Central concept: Affiliation (relation between
person and organisation)
• Current version (2.x) is at the end of its life cycle
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Must be re
placed
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Metis Entity Relationship diagram
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How is Metis Used?
• differences between universities
• differences within universities
• between faculties
• medical faculties!
• for varying purposes
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Two Surveys
• interfaces to other systems, to what purpose?
• what functionality do we want to have in the future
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Registration
Registration
Impact analysis
Collection building
Collection building
Reputation
Reputation
Communication
Evaluation
Control
Budget
Repository InfrastructureCurrent Research Information System (CRIS)
Delfi(NWO)
Metis (university)
Repositories(universities)
NARCIS(KNAW)
(DAREnet)
NOD(KNAW)
ERP-systeem(university)
HRM-systeem (university)
Iris(NWO)
ERP(NWO)
DWH(NWO)
D-NET(DRIVER
Europe)
baseline domain architecture (2010)
eDepot(KB)
metadata
publications
metadata
metadata
metadata
metadata
publications
DataDepot(DANS)
metadata
metadata
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1. Input & registration
2. Output & reporting
3. Functional application management
4. Workflow engine
5. Usability
6. Interoperability
7. Adaptability
8.1 Cooperation/shared services
8.2 Use central reference data bases
Main issues for future CRIS
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Moscow Analysis on Main Issues
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Moscow priorities on sub-issues
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To recapitulate• all universities in .nl use metis (unique!)
• great diversity between universities wrt use
• even great diversity within universities
• current metis is at the end of it’s life cycle
• universities can (probably) reach agreement on a
LEAN and MEAN replacement for metis.....
• which is NOT a full text repository
• which does NOT contain advanced workflow facilities
• which does NOT offer advanced reporting facilities
• which does NOT have a “My personal CRIS” facility
• which IS able to interface to many different
systems
• which has a standard configuration
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Repository InfrastructureCurrent Research Information System (CRIS)
Delfi(NWO)
Metis (university)
Repositories(universities)
NARCIS(KNAW)
(DAREnet)
NOD(KNAW)
ERP-systeem(university)
HRM-systeem (university)
Iris(NWO)
ERP(NWO)
DWH(NWO)
D-NET(DRIVER
Europe)
baseline domain architecture (2010)
eDepot(KB)
metadata
publications
metadata
metadata
metadata
metadata
publications
DataDepot(DANS)
metadata
metadata
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Universities, 3TU datacenter, …
Research Information System
Beyond(NWO)
NL-RIS(Shared Service)
NARCISPortal(KNAW)
ERP(NWO)
DWH(NWO)
D-NET(DRIVER
Europe)
ERP
HRM
Target domain architecture
DataDepot
(3TU)
eDepot(KB)
DataDepot(DANS)
repositories
publications
datasets
metadata
metadata
metadata metadatametadata
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Next steps
• Unite stakeholders:
• Research universities
• Universities of Applied Sciences
• Medical Faculties
• Start European Tender
• specifications
• project organization
• Acquire additional funding
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DRIVER series
• http://dare.uva.nl/aup/nl/record/316871 - The European Repository Landscape 2008 : Inventory of Digital Repositories for Research Output - Van der Graaf, Maurits
• http://dare.uva.nl/aup/nl/record/316870 - Emerging Standards for Enhanced Publications and Repository Technology : Survey on Technology – Van Godtsenhoven, Karen et al.
• http://dare.uva.nl/aup/nl/record/316849 - Enhanced Publications : Linking Publications and Research Data in Digital Repositories - Woutersen-Windhouwer, Saskia et al.
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Thank you!