SIGMA CRIS, an implementation of VIVO in Spain

Anna Guillaumet

Keywords: CRIS, Spain, SIGMA, VIVO, Duraspace, ontology, openScience, openAccess, FAIR data, science

TL;DR: The experience of implementing the VIVO ontology adapted to the Spanish science model

Abstract:

The growing complexity of the digital research environments and specially with the advance of the OpenScience that includes not only the OpenAccess, but OpenData, and the need to make the data FAIR, has highlighted the importance of evolving the way we search and visualize the research results with powerful tools. In this way, when the scientific information is correctly stored in the CRIS, it must also be easy to search and find, and must guide the discovery of the information.

This is one of the goals of the SIGMA Strategic Plan for the Research area that, since the beginning of 2018, is working to improve the search tools and results for the scientific production of the researchers of an institution.

This project began by evaluating the best ontology to translate the current data model for SIGMA CRIS, to a semantic model. To do this, we analyzed some of the semantic engines that exist and finally we decided to test the VIVO solution.

We found that VIVO ontology fits more than 80% with the Spanish model for Research and took into account that VIVO is an OpenSource software supported by members and an ontology to represent the scholarship that is used by relevant universities, highly positioned in the international rankings and, finally, we also value the large community of members behind VIVO and Duraspace.

For these reasons, SIGMA decided to join the DuraSpace community at the beginning of 2018, participating in the governance of the VIVO project. During this time SIGMA has collaborated with VIVO to define the 2019 Roadmap of the product, having now a calendar of sprints scheduled to carry out what was agreed in the Product direction. This calendar it’s aligned by the SIGMA side with its strategic plan.

So, we have now an adapted SIGMA ontology based on the VIVO ontology and some tools that we will show in this presentation as examples of the VIVO ontology and tools, adapted to the Spanish science model.

ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1944-5259

Submission Type: presentation proposal