<div dir="ltr"><div><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 1em;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;,Arial,sans-serif"><img class="gmail-wp-image-14536 gmail-alignright" src="https://codata.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/CDIF4EOSC_Horizontal_ColourPos-1024x311.jpg" alt="" width="461" height="140" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; margin: 0px 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; float: right; display: inline;">CODATA is very pleased to communicate that we are well-advanced with the Grant Agreement Preparation process with the European Commission for the recently approved proposal CDIF4EOSC: Developing and implementing the Cross-Domain Interoperability Framework for EOSC.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 1em;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;,Arial,sans-serif">The distinct approach of the CDIF4EOSC project is to build on <a href="https://cdif.codata.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;color:rgb(46,163,242);text-decoration-line:none">the Cross-Domain Interoperability Framework (CDIF)</a>. The project will extend the CDIF recommendations, adding profiles and guidelines, and use case based examples, to form a comprehensive and actionable playbook for FAIR Integration in <a href="https://research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/strategy/strategy-research-and-innovation/our-digital-future/open-science/european-open-science-cloud-eosc_en" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;color:rgb(46,163,242);text-decoration-line:none">the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC)</a> and beyond.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 1em;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;,Arial,sans-serif">This is a remarkable opportunity to extend and refine CDIF, and to furnish EOSC with a comprehensive and implementable guide to interoperability!</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 1em;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;,Arial,sans-serif">Going beyond the original FAIR principles, CDIF4EOSC will develop a FAIR-by-design approach for creating FAIR digital objects. The overarching objective of the project is to enable FAIR integration by developing the CDIFEOSC Playbook and situating this at the heart of EOSC practices, and fully integrated in the EOSC Federation. The project will work closely with three Use Cases on oceans sciences, climate adaptation and safe-and-sustainable by design materials development, develop a suite of AI-assisted FAIRification tools and services and ensure integration with the EOSC Federation, EOSC Nodes and the Common European Data Spaces.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 1em;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;,Arial,sans-serif">The suite of AI-assisted FAIRification tools and services will accelerate FAIRification at scale and have significant benefits for EOSC and the European Research Area. To maximise impact, targeted steps will be taken to implement the project outputs in EOSC Federation Nodes and Common European Data Spaces.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 1em;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;,Arial,sans-serif">The three year project has a total budget of 8M euros and is set to start on 1 June 2026.  The project involves an excellent consortium: <a href="https://codata.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;color:rgb(46,163,242);text-decoration-line:none">CODATA</a>, France; <a href="https://www.technovativesolutions.co.uk/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;color:rgb(46,163,242);text-decoration-line:none">TVS</a>, UK; <a href="https://odissei-data.nl/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;color:rgb(46,163,242);text-decoration-line:none">EUR-ODISSEI</a>, The Netherlands; <a href="https://www.cessda.eu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;color:rgb(46,163,242);text-decoration-line:none">CESSDA ERIC</a>, Norway; <a href="https://ukdataservice.ac.uk/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;color:rgb(46,163,242);text-decoration-line:none">University of Essex (UKDS)</a>, UK; <a href="https://sikt.no/en/home" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;color:rgb(46,163,242);text-decoration-line:none">Sikt</a>, Norway; <a href="https://www.demokritos.gr/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;color:rgb(46,163,242);text-decoration-line:none">NCSRD (Demokritos)</a>, Greece; <a href="https://noc.ac.uk/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;color:rgb(46,163,242);text-decoration-line:none">NOC</a>, United Kingdom; <a href="https://www.maris.nl/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;color:rgb(46,163,242);text-decoration-line:none">MARIS</a>, The Netherlands; <a href="https://sevenpastnine.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;color:rgb(46,163,242);text-decoration-line:none">7P9-SI</a>, Slovenia; <a href="https://sevenpastnine.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;color:rgb(46,163,242);text-decoration-line:none">7P9-DE</a>, Germany; <a href="https://www.sintef.no/en/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;color:rgb(46,163,242);text-decoration-line:none">SINTEF</a>, Norway; <a href="https://esciencelab.org.uk/about/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;color:rgb(46,163,242);text-decoration-line:none">University of Manchester</a>, UK; <a href="https://www.iopan.pl/en/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;color:rgb(46,163,242);text-decoration-line:none">IOPAN</a>, Poland; <a href="https://www.data-terra.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;color:rgb(46,163,242);text-decoration-line:none">CNRS (DataTerra)</a>, France; <a href="https://en.ird.fr/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;color:rgb(46,163,242);text-decoration-line:none">IRD</a>, France; <a href="https://www.inrae.fr/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;color:rgb(46,163,242);text-decoration-line:none">INRAE</a>, France; <a href="https://www.egi.eu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;color:rgb(46,163,242);text-decoration-line:none">EGI</a>, The Netherlands; <a href="https://www.ifremer.fr/fr" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;color:rgb(46,163,242);text-decoration-line:none">IFREMER</a>, France; <a href="https://www.gofair.foundation/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;color:rgb(46,163,242);text-decoration-line:none">GO FAIR Foundation</a>, The Netherlands; <a href="https://group-gac.com/en/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;color:rgb(46,163,242);text-decoration-line:none">GAC</a>, France.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 1em;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;,Arial,sans-serif">The substantive Work Packages cover: 1) Development of the CDIF4EOSC Playbook, led by CODATA; 2) Data Quality Protocols and Infrastructure, led by 7P9-SI; 3) CDIF4EOSC Tools and Services Development, led by the University of Essex; 4) FAIR Integration with EOSC Nodes and EU Data Spaces, led by EGI; 5) Use Cases, led by NOC; 6) Integration of CDIF4EOSC, Tools and Services for EOSC Federation, led by CNRS (DataTerra); 7) Dissemination, training, stakeholder engagement, led by GAC.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;,Arial,sans-serif">We have already been working with the EOSC Association to produce the project logo! Watch this space for further updates and announcement as we finalise the GAP and the project gets underway.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;,Arial,sans-serif"><br></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;,Arial,sans-serif">Thanks,</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;,Arial,sans-serif">Asha</p></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">___________________________<br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div><a href="https://doi.org/10.5334/dsj-2026-009" target="_blank"><b>Things Fall Apart: Lessons from a Defunded Data Repository</b></a></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><br></b></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b>Beyond Articles: Rethinking Diamond Open Access for a Data-Driven Research Future - <a href="https://codata.org/beyond-articles-rethinking-diamond-open-access-for-a-data-driven-research-future/" target="_blank">CODATA Connect Session at the Third Global Summit on Diamond Open Access</a></b></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><a href="https://codata.org/towards-a-data-strategy-for-the-fifth-international-polar-year-ipy5/" target="_blank"><b>Towards a data strategy for the Fifth International Polar Year (IPY5)</b></a></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><a href="https://codata.org/read-now-february-2026-publications-in-the-data-science-journal/" target="_blank">February 2026 publications</a> in the <a href="https://datascience.codata.org/" target="_blank">CODATA Data Science Journal</a><br><br><b>Stay in touch with CODATA:</b><br><br>Stay up to date with CODATA activities: <a href="http://lists.codata.org/mailman/listinfo/codata-international_lists.codata.org" target="_blank">join the CODATA International News list</a><br><br>Looking for training and career opportunities in data science and data stewardship?  <a href="http://lists.codata.org/mailman/listinfo/data_science_training_lists.codata.org" target="_blank">Sign up to the CODATA early career community-run data science training and careers list</a><br><br>Follow us on social media! <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/codata-isc.bsky.social" target="_blank">Bluesky</a> - <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/simon-hodson-b3711a11/" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_sign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