Expanding the research graph underpinning the implementation of Open Science: research instruments and facilities

Abstract

A round table to discuss the emerging information collection workflows for research instruments and facilities was held during the Autumn 2024 euroCRIS membership meeting at the INRAE in Paris last Nov. The panellists were representatives of various national and regional research information portals across Europe. This paper summarises certain areas of the discussion and examines the way this additional research entity would fit into the ever-expanding research graph underpinning research information collection and its structure. Emphasis is made on the still early steps for the persistent identification of instruments and facilities and on the side-benefits that the consolidation of this additional area of research information might represent for institutions in the area of technician recognition.