status: Recognised & Endorsed

Chair (s): CJ Woodford, Mark Leggott, Andrew Treloar

Group Email: [group_email]

Secretariat Liaison: Bridget Walker


The Global Open Research Commons (GORC) International Model WG works under the umbrella of the GORC IG. NOTE: Earlier versions of the charter refer to Benchmarking - name was changed after discussion with Council.

 

The GORC IG is working on a set of deliverables to support coordination amongst national, pan-national and domain specific organizations such as the European Open Science Cloud, the African Open Science Platform, and the International Virtual Observatory Alliance as they work to build interoperable resources necessary to enable researchers to address societal grand challenges. The realized vision of GORC will provide frictionless access to all research artifacts including, but not limited to: data, publications, software and compute resources; and metadata, vocabulary, and identification services to everyone everywhere, at all times.

 

The GORC IG is working to develop a roadmap for global alignment to help set priorities for Commons development and integration. In support of this roadmap, this International Model WG will collect and curate a set of attributes that will allow Commons developers to compare features across science clouds and commons.

 

When relevant, the WG will also collect information about how existing commons are measuring success, adoption or use of their attributes and services within their organization, such as number or amount of data downloads, contributed software, and similar key performance indicators (KPI) and access statistics.

 

The WG will create and populate a model or framework to describe Commons attributes, but we are not interested in endorsing, certifying or otherwise placing a value judgement on Commons and their features, nor do we intend this to be the only or penultimate model of a Commons.

 

The WG is expected to submit final outputs for RDA endorsement in early November 2023. We currently have a version 0.5 draft commons model based on the essential elements of commons identified in the IG definitions document. We have task groups working on refining this draft and plan to have a second draft in July 2023. There is an open call for members of the RDA community to provide feedback on our drafts, join the WG, and join task groups.

 

Our group communicates through posts on the RDA website as well as directly through email. We meet on the fourth Thursday of the month at 13:00 UTC to hear from commons representatives, and encourage everyone to join these meetings. More information on our meetings and recordings of previous meetings can be found on our Group Meetings wiki page.

Posts

23
May
2023

25 May, 2023 GORC-WG meeting - Nordic e-Infrastructure Collaboration (NeIC)

by CJ Woodford

Hello all,   At our meeting this Thursday, 25 May, 2023 at 13:00 UTC, we will be hearing from Abdulrahman Azab, Senior Advisor on the Executive Team with the Nordic e-Infrastructure Collaboration (NeIC). You can join the call here: https://uvic.zoom.us/j/82763336137?pwd=VjA3VlJTcjRBSVB5ZU1KRkFFNXlIdz09  
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15
May
2023

Invitation to MOSP launching ceremony - 16 May 2023 6:30 - 9:30 UTC

by CJ Woodford

Hi folks,   Please see below an invitation from the Malaysian Open Science Platform to attend their launching ceremony starting at 6:30 UTC on Tuesday 16 May. Recall that we were fortunate to have a sneak-peak at the MOSP commons during our 2022 December meeting, and this is a great opportunity to hear about their new and upcoming plans. Sincerely, CJ """ Greetings from the Academy of Sciences Malaysia (ASM)!  
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04
May
2023

GORC-WG timeline update and next steps

by CJ Woodford

Hello everyone,   We are entering the last 6 months of the GORC-WG, and there’s lots to do! We felt this was a good time to reflect on what we have been working on and what is coming up.  
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27
April
2023

First draft of international commons attribute & KPI model

by CJ Woodford

Dear RDA IG and WG chairs, members of the GORC-IG, and members of the GORC-WG,   The Global Open Research Commons International Model Working Group (GORC-WG) has been working to create a model describing commons attributes so that commons developers can compare features across research clouds and commons. After extensive review, evaluation, and face-to-face discussion during the recent RDA 20th Plenary, we are ready to present our first draft.  
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01
March
2023

Call for co-chairs and workshop reminder

by CJ Woodford

Hello everyone,   This is a reminder that the deadline to register for in-person attendance at the GORC-WG Synthesis Workshopon 24 March 2023 co-located with RDA20 is 6 March 2023 - this coming Monday. We are encouraging all GORC-WG members, and especially TG members, to attend. You can register here: https://forms.gle/kzZoYtfZvBgKJQqm7 . Note that in-person registrations are limited, but we still have openings.  
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23
February
2023

GORC-WG 23 Feb 2023 Meeting Recap

by CJ Woodford

Hi Everyone,    Thank you to those that attended the GORC-WG meeting earlier today. For those unable to attend, you can find the meeting recording and rolling notes on our meeting wiki.   
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