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network.title 9 April 2021

Distributed System of Scientific Collections (DiSSCo)

Modified 9 April 2021
www.dissco.eu
Description
The Distributed System of Scientific Collections is a new world-class Research Infrastructure (RI) for natural science collections. The DiSSCo RI works for the digital unification of all European natural science assets u... more
Contacts
  1. Wouter Addink
  2. Distributed System of Scientific Collections (DiSSCo)
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Participating datasets
The Distributed System of Scientific Collections is a new world-class Research Infrastructure (RI) for natural science collections. The DiSSCo RI works for the digital unification of all European natural science assets under common curation, access, policies and practices, and aims to ensure that the data is easily Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable (FAIR). As such, DiSSCo will transform a fragmented landscape of crucial natural science collections into an integrated knowledge base that provides interconnected hard evidence of the natural world. DiSSCo represents with 120+ collection holding institutions in 21 countries, the largest ever formal agreement between organisations of this type. These organisations join forces to develop and operate as a distributed Research Infrastructure. DiSSCo began its so-called Preparatory Phase in September 2018 to develop a comprehensive Construction Masterplan, which will be followed by a construction phase. The RI will become fully operational in 2025. More information is available at the https://dissco.eu. Information about the technical architecture can be found at: https://blog.dissco.tech.

Contacts

Wouter Addink
Technical point of contact
Naturalis Biodiversity Center
2300 RA Leiden
Netherlands
info@dissco.eu
Distributed System of Scientific Collections (DiSSCo)
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