Prefaced by a vision, the report has 12 recommendation sets, under the following headings:
1. Funding
2. An e-Infrastructure of and for European e-Science digital repositories
3. Support for data producers
4. Discovery and navigation
5. Open access to publicly funded data
6. Collections management, selection and appraisal, for sustainability
7. Preservation of digital information
8. Trust and recognition
9. Governance and management
10. Training and awareness
11. Legal issues
12. International
This numbering follows from the discussion at the final workshop in Lisbon. However, the recommendations for action can be grouped in different ways, for example, according to perspective, area or level of action or impact. Four sample groupings are:
A. Build an e-Infrastructure which ensures research continuity
B. Engage users and service providers
C. Provide access to researchers, educators, students
D. Maintain and preserve information.
The following list groups the recommendations sets under these headings, with each set appearing just once. Of course, the recommendations are cross-cutting and mutually reinforcing.
A: Build an e-Infrastructure which ensures research continuity
R1. Funding
R2. An e-Infrastructure of and for European e-Science digital repositories
R9. Governance and management
B. Engage users and service providers
R3. Support for data producers
R8. Trust and recognition
R10. Training and awareness
C. Provide access to researchers, educators and students
R4. Discovery and navigation
R5. Open access to publicly funded data
R11. Legal issues
R12. International
D. Maintain and preserve information
R6. Collections management, selection and appraisal for sustainability
R7. Preservation of digital information.
For convenience, we also set out the vision and recommendations in the following sub-pages [to follow]
