Federated Research Patterns
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Across research data infrastructure there is no shared understanding on what is achievable and required to enable sustainable federation. Beyond a definition, there is a gap in translating the technologically possible and what is operationally necessary.
To address these challenges, the Federated Research Patterns framework was created to:
- consistently describe paths towards different models of federation
- define what is required to operationalise federation for TREs
- acknowledge the limitations of models of federation
The key to the framework is the representation of needs of stakeholders involved in deploying and using federated research data infrastructe:
- Researchers: What analysis is possible?
- Data organisations: Does the solution adhere to organisation policy and procedures?
- TREs: What controls are there over the data?
- Information Governance: Does is adhere to data standards and best-practice?