Improving existing services

Next Generation of EOSC Core Services

Target Group: Content and Service Providers

These advancements are focused on enhancing the interoperability, scalability, and user experience of services that form the backbone of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) ecosystem. Collectively, these developments demonstrate EOSC Beyond’s strong alignment with EOSC’s federated architecture vision. They lay the groundwork for broader service adoption, easier onboarding for providers, and more cohesive collaboration across national and thematic Nodes.

EOSC Core Services addressed in EOSC Beyond

Authentication & Authorisation Infrastructure (AAI): The AAI service enables federated authentication and secure access across EOSC services and resources. It provides a consistent user experience by integrating with users' home identities and supporting the harmonised release of identity and authorisation information.
Service Catalogue: The EOSC Service Catalogue provides data and functionality to register, maintain, administer and share resources onboarded by various providers. It also serves as the point of reference for all EOSC Core components that add value to this information, making the data and services searchable and accessible through various tools for both researchers and end users.
Interoperability Framework Registry: The EOSC Interoperability Framework (IF) Registry, as part of the EOSC Platform, is designed to provide tools for detailing the interoperability capabilities of resources, specifically through Interoperability Guidelines (IG). The registry allows for the annotation of EOSC resources across various research and e-infrastructure domains, indicating the interoperability guidelines they adhere to. It facilitates an interoperability-focused overlay of EOSC resources across diverse disciplines, enabling discovery based on their interoperability capabilities and characteristics.
Service Providers Dashboard: The EOSC Providers Portal components offer front-end functionality to users representing a Provider organisation, who wish to onboard their organisation and onboard resources into the EOSC Resource Catalogue, allowing them to manage and customise the way offerings are presented to end users and finally to gain insights on a multitude of usage statistics, user-generated events and statistics collected.
Knowledge Graph: The EOSC Knowledge Graph is a subset of the OpenAIRE Graph searchable via the Front Office. The data model has been extended to include the notion of “EOSC Pilot Nodes”, and the resources have been tagged for the EOSC Pilot Node they are associated with.
Front Office: The EOSC Beyond Front Office is a platform enabling researchers to discover, request, and access the services, analytical tools, data management solutions, storage, and computing resources essential to their work. This integrated platform provides access to a range of services across multiple research domains, as well as data and integrated data analytics tools. Additionally, the Front Office offers a platform for local, national, and international providers, including European e-Infrastructures and Research Infrastructures, to showcase their services and resources, and facilitate access for a broader international user community.
Discovery Hub: The Discovery Hub is a core service that enables researchers to search, organise, and execute an array of scientific resources, including publications, data, software, services, bundles, training materials and more. It provides an environment for configuring, ordering, and tracking resources within customisable projects tailored to specific research goals.
Research Product Provider Dashboard as a Service for EOSC Nodes: The service offers to EOSC Pilot Nodes managers a dedicated Provider Dashboard where they can manage their data sources, monitor compliance with the EOSC IF Guidelines for research product onboarding.
PID Service: The Persistent Identifiers (PID) Service provides a reliable infrastructure for managing and maintaining persistent identifiers using B2HANDLE technology.
Monitoring: The EOSC Monitoring Service provides insights into the availability and reliability of EOSC services across both the Core and Exchange layers.
Messaging: The EOSC Messaging Service (EMS) is a real-time messaging platform that facilitates communication between independent applications by allowing users to send and receive messages using a Publish/Subscribe model over HTTP.
Accounting for Services: The Accounting Service is a robust and scalable platform designed to streamline the collection, aggregation, and exchange of usage metrics across heterogeneous infrastructures, service providers, and projects. It facilitates reliable tracking of resource consumption, promotes interoperability, and supports accurate reporting and accountability across the ecosystem.
Helpdesk: The EOSC Helpdesk provides a centralised support service for users across multiple communities and e-infrastructures.