JISC RIM3 project meeting in Edinburgh

Last week I participated in a useful kickoff meeting for projects funded in the third phase of the JISC Research Information Management programme (RIM3). There are just two projects in this phase, CERIF in Action (CIA) and IRIOS-2. I presented a technical synthesis of the last RIM programme, covering the four projects in phase two. Given the current projects’ central aims, most of the discussion focused on implementing CERIF using approaches that will ensure interoperability (eg standard mappings, vocabularies, sharing best practice). Demonstrating the benefits of using CERIF will be very important for institutions, something that is currently not well documented. Other discussions included using CERIF in the cloud, and minimising data security issues (need to balance risk with benefits).