Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen

OpenAIREplus

Open Access Infrastructure for Research in Europe plus

OpenAIREplus (Open Access Infrastructure for Research in Europe) is a 30 month project funded under the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) of the European Commission.  It expands on the OpenAIRE project, moving beyond the realm of FP7 to include the wider Open Access repository infrastructure built by the DRIVER projects , and extends to accredited data repositories.
Its main objective is to facilitate the cross-linking of research publications to associated data and funding schemes, contributing to the Open Linked Data initiatives. Exploiting the existing infrastructure, it will be possible to link from a scientific publication in the OpenAIRE / DRIVER systems to further information such as a dataset or grant information, in essence creating a richer, value added publication, i. e., an „enhanced publication.
With the collaboration of three scientific domain communities, EBI for molecular biology data, DANS for social science and BADC for climate data, innovative underlying technical structures will be deployed to support the management of and inter-linking between associated scientific data. Metadata from these Open Access datasets will be harvested, enriched and stored, as is currently done for publications. End user services for enhanced publication visualization, creation and curation will be offered through the portal.

Additional information

Funder: Europäische Kommission

Local Partner: Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen

External Partner: Sarminfo SRL, Universitetet i Tromsø, Landspitali University Hospital, Ethniko Idryma Erevnon, Universität Konstanz, Helsingin Yliopisto, Trinity College Dublin, Vysoká škola bánská - Technická Univerzita Ostrava, Univerza V Ljubljani, Couperin, Ruder Boskovic Institute, Zagreb, Croatia, Izmir Institute of Technology, Kungliga Biblioteket Stockholm, Malta Council For Science And Technology, Tartu Ülikool, Library of the University of Latvia, Universität Wien, Universiteit Utrecht, Consorzio interuniversitario per le Applicazioni di Supercalcolo Per Università e Ricerca, Debreceni Egyetem, Bulgarian Academy of Science / Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Universiteit Gent, Uniwersytet Warszawski, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Universität Bielefeld, European Organization for Nuclear Research, Universidade do Minho, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom, Stichting eIFL.net, Fundacion Espanola Para la Ciencia Y La Tecnologia, Univerzitna Kniznica, Kauno Technologijos Universitetas, European Molecular Biology Laboratory – European Bioinformatics Institute, Danmarks Tekniske Universitet, Universität Zürich, Science and Technology Facilities Council, UK, Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, Universiteit van Amsterdam

Website: publications.goettingen-research-online.de/cris/project/pj00687

External Partner

  • Sarminfo SRL
  • Universitetet i Tromsø
  • Landspitali University Hospital
  • Ethniko Idryma Erevnon
  • Universität Konstanz
  • Helsingin Yliopisto
  • Trinity College Dublin
  • Vysoká škola bánská - Technická Univerzita Ostrava
  • Univerza V Ljubljani
  • Couperin
  • Ruder Boskovic Institute
  • Zagreb
  • Croatia
  • Izmir Institute of Technology
  • Kungliga Biblioteket Stockholm
  • Malta Council For Science And Technology
  • Tartu Ülikool
  • Library of the University of Latvia
  • Universität Wien
  • Universiteit Utrecht
  • Consorzio interuniversitario per le Applicazioni di Supercalcolo Per Università e Ricerca
  • Debreceni Egyetem
  • Bulgarian Academy of Science / Institute of Mathematics and Informatics
  • Universiteit Gent
  • Uniwersytet Warszawski
  • Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
  • Universität Bielefeld
  • European Organization for Nuclear Research
  • Universidade do Minho
  • University of Nottingham
  • United Kingdom
  • Stichting eIFL.net
  • Fundacion Espanola Para la Ciencia Y La Tecnologia
  • Univerzitna Kniznica
  • Kauno Technologijos Universitetas
  • European Molecular Biology Laboratory – European Bioinformatics Institute
  • Danmarks Tekniske Universitet
  • Universität Zürich
  • Science and Technology Facilities Council
  • UK
  • Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen
  • Universiteit van Amsterdam