CRISs for European e-Infrastucture

Session 1: Structure and use of a CRIS - The Common European Research Information Format Model (CERIF)

Anne Gams Steine Asserson¹ & Keith G Jeffery ^2
1 Department of Research Managment, University of Bergen, Norway
e-mail: anne.asserson@fa.uib.no ,

² STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK
e-mail: kgj@rl.ac.uk

Over the past ten years, the euroCRIS community has developed the CERIF (Common European Research Information Format) data model. CERIF is a recommendation from the EU to member states. CERIF can be used as the data model for a CRIS (Current Research Information System) and for data interchange between such systems. CERIF promotes communication, exchange and cooperative work among scientists and stakeholders involved in Research. A key aspect of CERIF is its use for research management in both Research Institutions and Funding Agencies. CERIF allows the representation of Projects, Persons, Organizational Units, Funding, Publications, Patents, Products, Facilities, Equipment, Services and Events. The interrelationships between these entities are role-based and temporally defined.

Presentations are solicited on subjects related to the CERIF format, CRIS systems or related topics. Cross comparative studies with other international systems for improving the management of research are welcome. This session would like to offer the practitioners to debate and discuss the future needs in these fields.