OSDN: An Open Science Data Network for Interdisciplinary Research

Vincent-Nam Dang, Nathalie Aussenac-Gilles, Imen Megdiche, Franck Ravat

Abstract: Open Science is a movement in scientific research aimed at opening up data and knowledge creation processes to enable new collaborations. Feedback on Open Science deployment describes an absence of inter and intra-community coordination solution. To overcome the lack of data management coordination in Open Science, we propose the Open Science Data Network (OSDN). The OSDN allows an interconnection of Open Science data management platforms and implements an interdisciplinary information exchange. The OSDN is evaluated on a realistic scenario based on existing platforms and demonstrating its benefits to facilitate data findability and access from one data portal to another, even in a cross-disciplinary context.