Ecosystem Approach Community of Practice: NEAFC2ICES

The many opportunities provided by Virtual Research EnvironmentA ''system'' with the following distinguishing features: ''(i)'' it is a Web-based working environment; ''(ii)'' it is tailored to serve the needs of a Community of Practice; ''(iii)'' it is expected to provide a community of practice with the whole array of commodities needed to accomplish the community’s goal(s); ''(iv)'' it is open and flexible with respect to the overall service offering and lifetime; and ''(v)'' it promotes fine-grained controlled sharing of both intermediate and final research results by guaranteeing ownership, provenance, and attribution. operated through a gCube-based infrastructure at times may be overwhelming and difficult to grasp by representatives from e.g. the Communities of Practice behind the Business Cases.

In order to facilitate the collection of and negotiations on specific desiderata, a template that captures first the CoPCommunity of Practice. 'wishlist', and then discusses these with Board representatives, WP3 members, and PEB delegates.

The current template contains:

Product

Describe the expected service in maximum 3 sentences

Priority to CoPCommunity of Practice.

List proposed solution priority following the iMarine Board priority setting criteria:

• Potential target community;
• Users;
• Potential for co-funding;
• Structural allocation of resources;
• Referred in DoW;
• Business Cases;
• How does the proposed action generally support sustainability aspects;
• How consistent it is with EC regulations/strategies (eg INSPIRE);
• Re-usability – benefits – compatibility;

Parentage

Relation to CoPCommunity of Practice. Software

Relation to D4S technologies

Productivity

Are the proposed measures effective?

Does it reduce a known workload?

Presentation

How must the component be delivered to users? (UI Design / on-line help / training material / support)

Policy

Are there any policies available that describe data access and sharing?

Have the Copyright / attribution / metadata / legal aspects been addressed from a user and technology perspective?