CA4EOSC Interactive

Objectives

Explore our open-source tools, contribute to their development and engage with the Climate-Adapt4EOSC community.

Climate-Adapt4EOSC is developing and adapting a range of open-source tools and services to support FAIR data management, interoperability and integration within the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC).

CA4EOSC Interactive brings together the project’s technical developments and opportunities for engagement, providing researchers, developers, data providers and other stakeholders with access to software resources, technical discussions and collaborative activities.

Whether you are interested in exploring the project’s tools, testing their functionalities or identifying opportunities for reuse in other research contexts, discover how you can contribute to the Climate-Adapt4EOSC ecosystem.

CLIMATE-ADAPT4EOSC main objectives

Explore our software developments

The project’s dedicated GitHub repository provides access to seven publicly available software repositories, covering different aspects of FAIR data management, legal and organisational interoperability, research data documentation and climate impact assessment.

These developments are designed to address specific project requirements while also offering potential applications beyond climate adaptation research.

Software

Dataset Profiles (dsprofile)

A utility for creating profiles of geospatial datasets in different formats to support their FAIRification.

Potential applications: Helping research infrastructures, environmental data providers and geospatial data platforms improve dataset descriptions and facilitate data discovery and reuse.

Software

ODRL Infrastructure (odrl-infra)

An infrastructure based on the Open Digital Rights Language (ODRL), incorporating FAIR identification through decentralised identifiers (DIDs).

Potential applications: Supporting machine-readable data access and usage policies across research infrastructures, data-sharing platforms and other environments requiring interoperable rights management.

Software

Legal and Organisational Interoperability (LOI)

A framework providing automated tools to convert licences into standardised, machine-readable ODRL policies.

Potential applications: Helping data providers and research infrastructures improve the interpretation and management of licensing conditions, supporting interoperability across different data-sharing environments.

Software

Dataverse

A project-specific fork of Dataverse, an established open-source research data repository platform supporting the management, preservation and sharing of research datasets.

Potential applications: Supporting research data repositories and organisations seeking to adapt existing data management infrastructure to particular technical or interoperability requirements.

Software

Nectar Publisher

An adapted version of an existing open-source project, providing initial developments towards a tool for documenting research variables.

Potential applications: Supporting structured variable documentation and improving the understanding and reuse of research datasets, particularly in data-intensive research environments.

Software

Synthetic Impact Workflow

A demonstration workflow for climate impact assessment using synthetic data.

Potential applications: Exploring and testing climate impact assessment processes, supporting methodological demonstrations and providing a potential starting point for adapting workflows to other research contexts.

Software

Footnotes

A software component providing footnote functionality for commonly used web browsers.

Potential applications: Exploring approaches to referencing and contextualising information in browser-based environments.

Contribute to our software developments

Climate-Adapt4EOSC encourages researchers, developers and technical experts to explore its open-source components and contribute to their continuous improvement.

Each GitHub repository provides access to its available source code and an Issues section, where users can follow reported problems, raise technical questions or suggest improvements.

How can you contribute?

  • Explore the available tools and assess their potential applications in your research or technical environment.
  • Report bugs, technical limitations or interoperability challenges through GitHub Issues.
  • Suggest additional functionalities or improvements based on your experience.
  • Share feedback on the usability, documentation and potential reuse of individual components.

Explore all Climate-Adapt4EOSC repositories on GitHub

Building on existing open-source solutions

Climate-Adapt4EOSC builds on existing open-source technologies to support the development of interoperable research data solutions.

Some components, including Dataverse and Nectar Publisher, are maintained within the project’s GitHub organisation as forks of existing software projects.

A fork allows developers to create a separate version of an existing codebase, making it possible to introduce adaptations while retaining a connection to the original software.

Within Climate-Adapt4EOSC, this approach provides opportunities to explore project-specific functionalities, address technical integration requirements and build on established open-source developments.

Documenting these adaptations is important to help external users understand how the project’s versions differ from the original solutions and assess their potential relevance to other research infrastructures.

Building on existing open-source solutions

Join the Climate-Adapt4EOSC Stakeholder Forum

Interested in exploring the project’s technical developments in greater detail?

The Climate-Adapt4EOSC Stakeholder Forum provides a dedicated opportunity to engage with project partners, follow the development of tools and services, and exchange knowledge with researchers, technical experts and other stakeholders.

As a member, you can:

  • Follow project developments: Gain closer insights into the progress of the project’s services, tools and technical activities.
  • Discover demonstrations: Explore how Climate-Adapt4EOSC solutions are being developed and tested through dedicated presentations and demonstrations.
  • Participate in interactive discussions: Join Stakeholder Forum meetings and exchange perspectives with consortium partners and other participants.
  • Share your feedback: Contribute ideas, identify potential applications and help inform the project’s future developments.

Explore opportunities for collaboration: Connect with stakeholders interested in FAIR data, climate adaptation and research infrastructures.

The Forum also welcomes broader discussions on the project’s software developments, including their interoperability, potential reuse and integration into other research environments.

Join the Climate-Adapt4EOSC Stakeholder Forum today

Discover our tools through interactive demonstrations

Climate-Adapt4EOSC is exploring opportunities to organise dedicated technical demonstrations and interactive sessions to present its software developments and encourage exchanges with the wider EOSC community.

These activities could provide opportunities to:

  • Discover the functionalities and potential applications of selected software components.
  • Learn how the tools contribute to FAIR data management and interoperability.
  • Discuss implementation challenges and opportunities for reuse.
  • Exchange with project developers and external technical experts on developments within the EOSC ecosystem.

Further information about upcoming demonstrations and engagement activities will be shared through the project’s communication channels and Stakeholder Forum.

Get involved in CA4EOSC Interactive!

Explore our tools, share your expertise and contribute to advancing FAIR and interoperable research data solutions.