The Global Open Research Commons has now been active for a year. We have harmonised on a definition of the Commons as “A global trusted ecosystem that provides seamless access to high quality interoperable research outputs and services”. The key values which should be characteristic of the commons were rated by the group as trusted, open, standards-based, distributed and community governed.
The other aspect of our remit which we intend to progress in this meeting is the typology of a Commons. There have been a number of discussions about possible mandatory and desirable elements, and this meeting will seek to finalise these elements.
The GORC IG has created a Case Statement for a WG with the name GORC International Model WG, and Council accepted that Case Statement in late July. The meeting will provide an update on the work to be undertaken by this WG.
CODATA are sponsoring a group with a related title: the Global Open Science Cloud (GOSC). This meeting will provide an overview of the GOSC activity and its connections with GORC.
Finally, a new group called OSCER (Open Science Cloud Executives Roundtable), has been created to provide a forum for those directly involved in the development of OSCs. This meeting will provide an overview of OSCER and discussions to date.
