SDH-NEERI 2010Panel on Integrating Infrastructures:

• Moderator: Peter Farago (ESFRI-SSH/FORS)• CLARIN: Steven Krauwer • Open Aire: Wolfram Horstmann• TEL/Europeana: Louise Edwards/Andreas

Juffinger• DARIAH: Peter Doorn • EUDAT: Peter Wittenburg• EEF: Bob Jones

SDH-NEERI 20101. Access to data and tools is the quintessence of most digital research

infrastructures or e-infrastructures in the (social) sciences, humanities and cultural heritage. It is therefore essential that the collaboration among research infrastructures across disciplines be enhanced.

2. Grid and cloud computing (both for data storage and for high performance computing) are important for (future) research in the digital humanities and e-social sciences. As yet, only few researchers in the social sciences and humanities (SSH) are aware of the potential of the grid. It is a challenge for research infrastructures in the SSH to bridge the gap between the grid and the SSH research communities.

3. Providing access to digital cultural heritage for research purposes is conceptually more demanding than providing access to content for the general public.

4. Data integration and interoperability of distributed resources, adherence to (metadata) standards, and data quality are paramount for the successful provision of data.

5. Providing integrated single point access to data produced by scientific research, official statistics, and government administration is a sign of maturity of a research infrastructure.

SDH-NEERI 2010