What is the EUDAT EOSC Node?
The EUDAT EOSC Node provide a collaborative space for individual researchers, research teams, transnational research projects and research communities enabling cross border collaboration while supporting the creation of high-value FAIR-by-design datasets. This workspace will be composed of the existing and continuously developed EUDAT services suite which is federated through a common proxy (B2ACCESS), compliant with AARC blueprint specifications and compatible with the EOSC Federation AAI. EUDAT operates a Monitoring service that is fully compatible with EOSC EU Node Monitoring, ensuring reliable tracking of service performance and availability. The workspace will be supported by a collection of resources provided by the EUDAT CDI (link to the EUDAT CDI about page) (data storage, data archiving and connection to compute), enhancing the service capability of the wider EOSC federation. The EUDAT workspace integrates and will allow onboarding of complementary services operated by EUDAT members and other EOSC Node, thereby contributing to the FAIRification of datasets and construction of scientific workflows to enable the acceleration of scientific discovery in Europe.
How will EUDAT Contribute to the EOSC Federation?
EUDAT has the privilege to be in the first wave of 13 Nodes setting up the foundation of the EOSC Federation. EUDAT contributes directly to the EOSC Federation by complementing the offering from the other nodes with generic data management services integrated with each other. In parallel, EUDAT services integrate already partially with the EOSC Federation AAI and service and resource catalogue and EUDAT will contribute to the testing and further evolution of the federating services by integrating with the other federating capabilities such as monitoring, helpdesk, accounting, and many others.
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Needs addressed by the development of EUDAT EOSC NODE:
- Extension beyond the capacities of the EOSC EU Node
- FAIR enabling tools: data repositories, data catalogue, PIDs
- Transnational pool of resources supported by a business model
- Long term preservation of the high quality FAIR datasets
This initiative is a unique opportunity to:
- Strengthen data sharing across borders and disciplines
- Establish a business model to provide a transnational pool of resources independent from European Commission funding
- Interconnect with other nodes to provide an enriched data management and data science experience
Who Benefits:
- Research infrastructures with needs for scalability. The offer would enable them to focus their resources on the development of research specific services instead of infrastructure needs and maintenance.
- Individual researchers and research team
- Transnational collaborative research projects
Disclaimer : Please note the workspace below is the mockup version, to be reiterated based on the feedback of the initial users.
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Development timeline for the EUDAT Node
| Deliverable Type | Description | Expected Deadline | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| EUDAT Node Architecture | Definition of the architecture of the EUDAT Node | EOSC Symposium 2025 | DONE |
| Description of the scientific use-cases and demonstrators | One or two use cases agreed and defined with other nodes | May 2025 | DONE |
| EUDAT Node - Mock-up | Interactive mock-up of the node User Interface and functionalities | EOSC Symposium 2025 | DONE |
| EUDAT Node - Proof of Concept | First demonstrable version of the EUDAT Node | May 2026 | Not started |
| Scientific demonstrators implemented | Integration with scientific workflow demonstrators (1-2 multi node use cases) | EOSC Symposium 2025 | In progress |
| EUDAT Node - Production Roll-out | Production roll-out of the EUDAT Node | September 2026 | Not started |