Joint meeting: IG National Data Services, IG Data Fabric

Increasing the amount of testing RDA outputs also in combination and if applicable improving the outputs is a primary objective for RDA currently. The discussions in the “Data Fabric - Testing/Testbeds” session will focus on principle aspects of testing up to extracting common knowledge. This session will elaborate on the specific role of national/regional data centres (NRDC) in this scenario. Discussions and projects for example in Europe, Germany, Australia and US indicate that NRDC understand their important role in not only offering testing facilities, but also in offering services that allow communities to use services. NRDCs could also play an important role in disseminating the knowledge about RDA outputs.

It is widely agreed that we need more activities involving specific user communities are required where NRDCs could and need act as catalysers and as fund raisers. We could also imagine a core role of NRDCs in aggregating the information and in facilitating the extraction of common recommendations. 

In this session we would like to invite NRDCs from various countries to report on their actions, views and opportunities and if possible to extract common strategies.