1: PUBLIC.
- 1.1: Home.
- 1.2: News.
- 1.3: About euroCRIS.
  - 1.3.1: Organisation.
  - 1.3.2: Charter.
  - 1.3.3: Brochure.
  - 1.3.4: Partners.
- 1.4: Events.
  - 1.4.1: Conferences.
    - 1.4.1.1: CRIS 2010.
    - 1.4.1.2: CRIS 2008.
  - 1.4.2: Seminars.
  - 1.4.3: Membership meetings.
  - 1.4.4: Courses.
- 1.5: Join euroCRIS.
- 1.6: Contact us.
- 1.7: Disclaimer and Terms of use.
2: CERIF.
- 2.1: Introduction.
- 2.2: Tutorial.
- 2.3: CERIF Releases.
  - 2.3.1: CERIF 2004.
  - 2.3.2: CERIF 2006.
  - 2.3.3: CERIF 2008.
3: MEMBERS.
- 3.1: Members area.

Task Groups

The euroCRIS Meeting may establish Task Groups in cases requiring extensive work beyond the normal euroCRIS Annual Business Meeting schedule, for the examination of special topics, for the planning of new activities or for the investigation of immediate short-term problems. Membership of a Task Group is open to all institutional and individual members with expertise related to the terms of reference defined for the Task Group. The President may authorize the Task Groups for the discretion and availability of Task Group members to meet projected user requirements. The Task Group shall formulate the terms of reference for the Task Group, the list of members, and the detailed work plan and budget. The Task Group shall meet at its discretion and produce progress reports, deliverables and proposals for future activities.

At present fiveTask Groups (TGs) have been established and are fully operational: CERIF TG, Institutional Repositories (IR-CERIF) TG, Best Practice TG (including also the Directory of Research Information Systems DRIS), Projects TG and CRIS Architecture and Development TG.

CERIF TG

Business aims of the CERIF Task Group are: (a) to empower researchers to do better research and so 'enhance wealth creation and the quality of life' by the creation of standard digital research systems and (b) to increase open access to all research publications and data by the international acceptance and use of the CERIF standard. Technical aim is to maximise interoperability and functionality of research information systems by the creation and maintenance of a CERIF standard for CRIS systems. Business and technical strategy are under review by the euroCRIS Board.

Institutional Repositories (IR-CERIF) TG

The IR-CERIF Task Group aims at furthering the science and technology of the linkage between CRIS and repositories and specifically open access institutional repositories of publications, although data and software repositories are also of interest. This involves working on the architecture for linkage, the metadata and the mechanisms. There are outstanding issues in these areas concerned with syntax, semantics and software processes.

Best Practice TG

Aims of the Best Practice Task Group are:

(a) To record cases of modern practice in developing and using CRISs, including CERIF usage, symbiosis with open access repositories, approaches to connect CRISs with research e-infrastructure, building of information spaces over integrated CRISs content, and other CRIS-related innovations;

(b) To propagate recorded best practices and assist CRIS developers and users in implementing advanced concepts, design and tools;

Part of (a) is mapping of European CRISs and CERIF-related successful implementations in a Directory of Research Information Systems (DRIS).

DRIS aims at producing and maintaining a directory of CRIS at different levels (national, regional, according to scientific disciplines, etcetera). Emphasis will be on Europe, but in principle there will be no geographical limitations. In addition to the mapping of basic elements like name, URL, contact information and content/scope, due attention will be paid to CERIF compatibility, interoperability of the CRIS and the willingness of the producer to make the CRIS available on the euroCRIS website. DRIS will be supportive to a future comprehensive European research e-infrastructure.

Projects TG

The Project Task Group aims at joining euroCRIS members expertise in the field of current research information systems (CRIS) - both as regards content and technology - for appropriate actions and projects, either initiated by euroCRIS or by third parties (partners, European Commission, national/regional authorities), coordinates internal euroCRIS projects and acts proactively to opportunities in the European / international CRIS field.

CRIS Architecture and Development

The Task Group CRIS Architecture and Development focuses on those aspects of CRIS software and development processes which are suitable for sharing or reuse throughout the CRIS community. This includes best practice and "soft" topics, like task analysis, software specification, selection of technologies or third party products, software architecture, user interaction patterns, management of the implementation process, and testing. But it also covers functional modules, like bibliometric or statistical analysis of CRIS data, data presentation and visualization, (social) network analysis, tranformation between data formats, search features etc.