FAIR EOSC: FAIR e-Infrastructure Service vs FAIR Research Infrastructure Services

[CaroleGoble]

At the EOSC Summit I expected quite some discussion about the differences between FAIR Data services

1. EOSC e-Infrastructure services : file storage, general catalogues, AAI, metadata needed for finding files, compute resources, etc
2. Research Infrastructures using the EOSC services : data sets, subject specific catalogues, specialist Commons

But there was little discussion about (1). It was mostly (2). In fact there seemed a huge disconnect between the two. Most (2) use commercial services not EU services. the NIH FAIR Data Commons RFA (https://commonfund.nih.gov/sites/default/files/RM-17-026_CommonsPilotPhase.pdf) recognises this and actively encourages partnership with commercial service providers.

We need:

• common FAIR services
• federated services
• to clarify and respect the roles of EOSC and RI services