JISC RIM2 project endorsement of CERIF

Continuing the series of posts on the JISC Research Information Management (RIM) Programme second phase synthesis, it is worth highlighting the projects’ firm endorsement of the CERIF standard. Given the phase 2 declared focus on the CERIF standard, this is sometimes implicit in project reporting. However the projects found that CERIF did allow them to do the job they set out to do. Given that they were working in new areas, this was by no means a certainty at the beginning of the programme. IRIOS, for example, considered their finding that CERIF is fit for purpose to be one of the main project results – working as an interchange language for communication between Research Councils and institutions. Nonetheless, the general endorsement by all projects was set alongside the declared need to improve awareness and understanding of CERIF and its application in the UK. A series of initiatives is addressing this need. More on this topic to follow…