Meeting objectives: 

• Collaborative Notes Link:  https://drive.google.com/open?id=1F84c5k5Iu4w8ycYv5AhCpSXrSmgm–aDkQYJor…
• Remote access registration: 
  • 8 April 2020, 4pm UTC: https://aarnet.zoom.us/meeting/register/uJ0ocu2rrzoompLVIzwSBFtalL2jBqHcpw
  • 9 April 2020, 10pm UTC: https://aarnet.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcuf-CppzkjM2yEZWBxAhPMEa3niH8m8g

If you are a member of RDA, you can join the Virtual Research Environment IG (VRE-IG) by going to the group page and clicking “Join Group” on the right hand side. If you are not an RDA member, you can join RDA here: https://rd-alliance.org/user/register (it’s free!) 

The P15 session of the VRE-IG will be focused on continuing the discussion that started in P14 on developing a common vocabulary and architecture for VREs.

The focus of this session will be to discuss the plan of developing a common reference architecture for VREs based on the European VRE4EIC reference architecture (https://www.vre4eic.eu/images/Public_deliverables/D3.5_Final_Architecture_Design_PU.pdf) and the US Science Gateways Community Institute (SGCI) reference architecture paper (http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-2357/paper6.pdf).

Agenda

1. Overview and outcome of the conference calls to transition into a WG (10 min)

2. VRE4EIC reference architecture in a nutshelll (10 min)

3. Science Gateways Community Institute (SGCI) reference architecture in a nutshell (10 min)

4. Presentation of the proposed Terms of Reference (ToR) for establishing a Working Group to develop a combined Common reference architecture. (20 min)
   Panel of 3 experts 

5. Discussion and comments on the ToR (30 min)

6. Next steps and wrap up (10 min)

This session is aimed at anyone who is or has been involved in developing, maintaining or using any form of online collaborative environment or their individual components.

In preparation for this meeting, attendees should refer to the notes from the previous sessions from past RDA Plenary meetings that focused more on understanding the commonalities and differences of the different VRE/SG/VL platforms from the different global regions and sustainability aspects.

Participants should come prepared to share knowledge of online collaborative environments they may be aware of, both past and present, and building blocks they know about.