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RE: https://vivoweb.org/2026/03/03/request-for-comments-disambiguation-deduplication-spec/

A #disambiguation and #deduplication engine for #VIVO will be developed. The proposed specs are published now, they are open for comments until March 17.

#openresearchInformation #OpenInfrastructures

We’re delighted to share that the City of Vienna (MA 7 - Cultural Department) is providing basic funding for Open Knowledge Maps in 2026 🎉

This support strengthens Open Knowledge Maps as a public-interest research infrastructure, in line with the city's commitment to sustaining the diversity and infrastructure of Vienna's cultural and scientific landscape.

Read the full announcement: https://openknowledgemaps.org/news/2026/02/24/support-stadt-wien

#OpenScience #OpenInfrastructures @wien

New year, new connections ✨

We warmly welcome the University College of Teacher Education Vienna (PH Wien) as a supporting member! PH Wien is the first university college of teacher education in Austria to pledge their support to Open Knowledge Maps.

Learn more here ▶️ https://openknowledgemaps.org/news/2026/02/17/supporting-member-phwien

#OpenScience #OpenInfrastructures

The second #OpenAIRE workshop on Collaborative Pathways to Responsible Research Assessment (RRA) via #OpenInfrastructures gathered research managers, infrastructure providers, & #openscience practitioners.

Participants applied the @CoARAssessment OI4RRA checklist to MyResearchFolio and @graspos Meta-Catalogue, exploring practical ways to support narrative CVs, inclusive research contributions, interoperability, and sustainable assessment practices.

Full recap: https://shorturl.at/Trk0d

At the #OpenAIRE Technical Meeting in Athens, collaboration with #LAReferencia moved into concrete technical collaboration.

Focusing on #metadata exchange, multilingual discovery, repository usage statistics, and interoperability guidelines, these discussions strengthen long-term cooperation and improve the global integration of #OpenInfrastructures.

🔗 Full article:
https://www.openaire.eu/community/blogs/what-s-brewing-in-the-openaire-infrastructure-la-referencia-at-the-openaire-technical-meeting

#OpenScience #FAIRData #ResearchInfrastructure #GlobalCollaboration

How do we put Responsible Research Assessment into action?

Join us on 19 January, 12:00–14:00 CET, for a hands-on workshop applying the @CoARAssessment OI4RRA Open Infrastructure Checklist!

🔎 Explore the checklist: https://zenodo.org/records/17699724

👉 Register here: https://www.openaire.eu/community/events/eventdetail/1582/collaborative-pathways-to-responsible-research-assessment-via-open-infrastructures

#CoARA #RRA #OpenScience #GraspOS #OpenInfrastructures

Trustworthy #research information doesn’t emerge by chance, it must be designed into our infrastructures & workflows.
At #euroCRIS2025 Angeliki Tzouganatou presented the talk "Trust by Design", where she laid out how #OpenInfrastructures support responsible assessment through #transparency, #interoperability, & #community governance.

🔗Get more insights from the event https://tinyurl.com/45xw36sx

#ResearchAssessment #CRISSystems #CRIS #CoARA