<div dir="ltr"><div><div><span id="m_8358892435899366157gmail-docs-internal-guid-0b99cc53-7fff-b2d9-0efa-7d0aedaecaa3"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span 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;white-space:normal"><img src="https://codata.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/CDIF4EOSC_Horizontal_ColourPos-1-1024x311.jpg" alt="" width="619" height="188" class="gmail-CToWUd gmail-a6T" tabindex="0" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; margin: 0px 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; float: right; display: inline;"></span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;font-size:11pt;vertical-align:baseline">The </span><a href="https://www.cdif4eosc.eu/" target="_blank" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="gmail-il"><span class="gmail-il">CDIF4EOSC</span></span> project</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;font-size:11pt;vertical-align:baseline">, coordinated by </span><a href="https://codata.org/" target="_blank" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">CODATA</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;font-size:11pt;vertical-align:baseline"> and involving </span><a href="https://cdif4eosc.eu/" target="_blank" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">21 partners</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;font-size:11pt;vertical-align:baseline">, was <span class="gmail-il"><span class="gmail-il">launched</span></span> on 1 June 2026! Shortly after we released </span><a href="https://codata.org/release-of-the-cross-domain-interoperability-framework-cdif-version-1-1/" target="_blank" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">version 1.1 of the Cross-Domain Interoperability Framework (<span style="border-style:none;background:none"><span aria-invalid="spelling" class="LI ng" style="border-style:none;background:none">CDIF</span></span>)</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;font-size:11pt;vertical-align:baseline">, which will provide a baseline for the project work.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The distinct approach of the <span class="gmail-il"><span class="gmail-il">CDIF4EOSC</span></span> project (</span><a href="https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101292473/en" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span class="gmail-il"><span class="gmail-il">CDIF4EOSC</span></span>: Developing and implementing the Cross-Domain Interoperability Framework for EOSC</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">) is to build on the </span><a href="https://cdif.codata.org/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Cross-Domain Interoperability Framework (<span style="border-style:none;background:none"><span aria-invalid="spelling" class="LI ng" style="border-style:none;background:none">CDIF</span></span>)</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. The project will extend the <span style="border-style:none;background:none"><span aria-invalid="spelling" class="LI ng" style="border-style:none;background:none">CDIF</span></span> recommendations, adding profiles and guidelines, and use case based examples, to form a comprehensive and actionable playbook for FAIR Integration in the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) and beyond.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">What is <span style="border-style:none;background:none"><span aria-invalid="spelling" class="LI ng" style="border-style:none;background:none">CDIF</span></span>? What does it seek to do? What does it recommend and why is it useful to EOSC and other Research Infrastructure initiatives? How will the <span class="gmail-il"><span class="gmail-il">CDIF4EOSC</span></span> project develop it further and how can you get involved?</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Register here to find out more! </span><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/pYUUWpukSii3TSP6mg2kNA#/registration" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/pYUUWpukSii3TSP6mg2kNA#/registration</span></a></p><br><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This event is public and open to any interested colleagues! This is conceived as the first in a series of webinars, tutorials and other events to familiarise the broad research data stewardship community in EOSC and beyond with the vision of <span style="border-style:none;background:none"><span aria-invalid="spelling" class="LI ng" style="border-style:none;background:none">CDIF</span></span> and the mission and objectives of the <span class="gmail-il"><span class="gmail-il">CDIF4EOSC</span></span> project.  The event will introduce the <span class="gmail-il"><span class="gmail-il">CDIF4EOSC</span></span> project and will cover CDIF v.1.1 at a conceptual level, suitable for policy experts, data stewards and managers of research infrastructures.  Some of the more technical aspects of the CDIF profiles and recommendations will be covered: although we will happily field questions from technical experts, more detailed events for a technical audience will be organised in due course.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The webinar will cover at least the following topics:</span></p><br><ol style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:decimal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Welcome to the <span class="gmail-il"><span class="gmail-il">CDIF4EOSC</span></span> project!</span></p></li><ol style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:lower-alpha;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Aims and objectives</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:lower-alpha;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline">How to get involved, to comment and give feedback!</span></p></li></ol><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:decimal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline">What is <span style="border-style:none;background:none"><span aria-invalid="spelling" class="LI ng" style="border-style:none;background:none">CDIF</span></span>?</span></p></li><ol style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:lower-alpha;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Vision and background</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:lower-alpha;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline">What is the purpose of CDIF?</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:lower-alpha;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline">What does it NOT aim to do?</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:lower-alpha;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Why is it important and useful?</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:lower-alpha;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Timeline of v 1.0 and subsequent developments</span></p></li></ol><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:decimal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Introduction to v 1.1</span></p></li><ol style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:lower-alpha;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Scope</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:lower-alpha;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline">What is a &quot;<span style="border-style:none;background:none"><span aria-invalid="spelling" class="LI ng" style="border-style:none;background:none">CDIF</span></span> Profile&quot;? (Implementation Artifacts and Conformance)</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:lower-alpha;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;whit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