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Group Session November 21, 2025

Broadening the Umbrella of Trust: Workgroup Outputs

Plenary: RDA 26th Plenary Meeting (VP26)

Submitted by
Wim HUGO

Meeting objectives

Collaborative session notes:

Open session notes

In our penultimate session at a plenary, the working group would like to present the draft outputs and support materials produced over the course of the last 16 months and introduce the RDA community to the recommendations from its work.

Meeting presenters

Lauren Maxwell, Wim Hugo, Allyson Lister, Mohan Ramamurty

Meeting agenda

  1. Welcome and introduction of the presenters
  2. Case statement summary and review of work programme
  3. Methodology, supporting materials, and resources created
    1. Attribute mappings, and alignment with EODC EDEN and FIDELIS projects
    2. White Paper
  4.  Recommendations
    1. Criteria for assessment of trustworthy repository service providers (TRSPs) and repository software platforms;
    2. Recommendations in respect of modular assessment, methods of assessment, and validation of assessments
    3. Feedback received from specific organisations and initiatives (CoreTrustSeal, WDS, COAR, re3data, FAIRsharing, …)
  5. Question and answer session, discussion
  6. Next steps and conclusion of working group efforts.

Target audience

Users, managers, curators of repositories, experts interested in appraisal, characterisation, and certification of repositories and associated services, certification authorities, and those interested in TRUST principles.

Group Activities and Scope

The Community-based catalogue of requirements for trustworthy Technical Repository Service Providers Working Group (TRSPs WG) will address a significant need in the community of data repositories and associated services worldwide: how to extend the umbrella of trust to a wider group of data repositories by characterising common attributes of repository service providers (exemplified by formal certification authorities such as ISO, nestor, and CoreTrustSeal). Three types of extension are in scope:

  1. Inclusion of service providers and software developers into mechanisms of assessment;
  2. Defining levels of maturity or performance of repositories and service providers prior to certification;
  3. Broadening the scope of certification to generalist repositories

Additional links to informative material

The group’s working documentation cab be found in this shared folder:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/193ZpTeZRR6-VPAtSj-Gm8_ROuhuWUsqP?usp=drive_link

Short Group Status

Last phase, wrapping up prior to community review of outputs and supporting materials.

The working group was established in December 2024, and will finalise its work by the next plenary.

Applicable Pathways

FAIR, CARE, TRUST - Evaluation and Policy
FAIR, CARE, TRUST - Adoption, Implementation, and Deployment
Data Infrastructures and Environments - Generalist

Avoid conflict with the following groups

RDA/WDS TRUST Principles Outreach and Adoption Working Group

What potential collaborations or synergies do you see between your Group/Birds of a Feather session topic and other RDA Groups or external organisations?

CoreTrustSeal Maintenance WG
RDA/WDS TRUST Principles Outreach and Adoption Working Group
CoreTrustSeal, World Data System, COAR

Please indicate at least (3) three breakout slots that would suit your meeting.

Breakout 3. Tuesday, 17 March, 07:00-08:30 UTC
Breakout 4. Tuesday, 17 March, 13:30-15:00 UTC
Breakout 6. Wednesday, 18 March, 07:00-08:30 UTC