The Open Science paradigm and FAIR principles are essential in disseminating scientific results and curating and distributing research data. Topics like preservation, curation, annotation, interoperability, usability of data and connected service are key in advancing those principles within a research domain, and can only be reflected through an open definition of community driven, shared standards.

This thematic group is meant to gather experts, and interested people, in topics related to standardization and interoperability of data and service resources and discuss details and facets specific to the astrophysics domain (to be considered at large: observational to numerical simulations, whatever the subdomain: cosmology, stellar or galactic physics, heliospheric physics, space weather, exoplanets research, …).

Examples of goals and purposes of this group are:

  • Sharing Knowhow, to factorise experiences, reducing redundancy in work and help overcome common issues;
  • Tech Forum to discuss existing technologies, their usage and upgrade;
  • INAF harmonization, to coordinate participation and connection to national, European and global organizations devoted to standards development (IVOA, IPDA, IHDEA, VObs.it, etc.) to bring requirements and provide feedback from INAF community experience;
  • Funding Search Support, to Investigate funding opportunities to support standardisation efforts and improve INAF data and services resources in terms of FAIR principles adherence.

For further information please contact:

Std-Int_usc8 @ inaf.it

To join the group, please get in touch with its initial coordinators:

Participants:

Cristina Knapic