Supporting executable scientific workflows in a clustered Infrastructure: DARIAH-IT and H2IOSC

Workflows have become essential in digital humanities, enabling the formalisation, automation and reproducibility of complex research processes. As the humanities increasingly adopt data-driven methodologies, workflows offer structured approaches to manage diverse data and tools while supporting transparency and collaboration. Recognising this need, DARIAH-IT has advanced research infrastructure development by focusing on workflow-based services within the H2IOSC (Humanities and Cultural Heritage Italian Open Science Cloud) project. DARIAH-IT leads the design and implementation of a national cloud system to support digital humanities research, ensuring interoperability, FAIR data practices and semantic integration across disciplines. Central to DARIAH-IT’s effort within H2IOSC is AEON (dAriah sErvice Oriented iNfrastructure), a platform that enables the creation, execution and management of scientific workflows. AEON integrates service provisioning, semantic validation and runtime orchestration, supporting reproducible research and collaborative practices. I workflow sono diventati sempre più rilevanti nell’ambito Digital Humanities, poiché permettono di formalizzare, automatizzare e rendere riproducibili processi di ricerca complessi. Con la crescente adozione di metodologie basatesui dati nelle scienze umane e sociali, i workflow offrono approcci strutturati per gestire dati e strumenti eterogenei, promuovendo al contempo trasparenza e collaborazione. Riconoscendo questa esigenza, DARIAH-IT ha contribuito allo sviluppo di infrastrutture di ricerca focalizzandosi su servizi basati su workflow all’interno del progetto H2IOSC (Humanities and Cultural Heritage Italian Open Science Cloud). In questo contesto, DARIAH-IT ha come obiettivol’implementazione di un sistema cloud nazionale a supporto della ricerca nelle digital humanities, garantendo interoperabilità, pratiche FAIR per i dati e integrazione semantica tra le risorse. Al centro di questo impegno di DARIAH-IT nell’ambito di H2IOSC si colloca AEON (dAriah sErvice Oriented iNfrastructure), una piattaforma che consente la creazione, l’esecuzione e la gestione di workflow scientifici. AEON integra l’erogazione di servizi, la validazione semantica e l’orchestrazione in fase di esecuzione, supportando la riproducibilità della ricerca e le pratiche collaborative.

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Transformations a DARIAH Journal
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2025-10-14
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https://doi.org/10.46298/transformations.14776
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Scientific Computing and Data Management
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Supporting executable scientific workflows in a clustered Infrastructure: DARIAH-IT and H2IOSC

Alessia Spadi, Federica Spinelli, Emiliano Degl’Innocenti, Francesco Pinna
Transformations a DARIAH Journal
Scientific Computing and Data Management
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Supporting executable scientific workflows in a clustered Infrastructure: DARIAH-IT and H2IOSC

Alessia Spadi, Federica Spinelli, Emiliano Degl’Innocenti, Francesco Pinna
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Abstract

Workflows have become essential in digital humanities, enabling the formalisation, automation and reproducibility of complex research processes. As the humanities increasingly adopt data-driven methodologies, workflows offer structured approaches to manage diverse data and tools while supporting transparency and collaboration. Recognising this need, DARIAH-IT has advanced research infrastructure development by focusing on workflow-based services within the H2IOSC (Humanities and Cultural Heritage Italian Open Science Cloud) project. DARIAH-IT leads the design and implementation of a national cloud system to support digital humanities research, ensuring interoperability, FAIR data practices and semantic integration across disciplines. Central to DARIAH-IT’s effort within H2IOSC is AEON (dAriah sErvice Oriented iNfrastructure), a platform that enables the creation, execution and management of scientific workflows. AEON integrates service provisioning, semantic validation and runtime orchestration, supporting reproducible research and collaborative practices. I workflow sono diventati sempre più rilevanti nell’ambito Digital Humanities, poiché permettono di formalizzare, automatizzare e rendere riproducibili processi di ricerca complessi. Con la crescente adozione di metodologie basatesui dati nelle scienze umane e sociali, i workflow offrono approcci strutturati per gestire dati e strumenti eterogenei, promuovendo al contempo trasparenza e collaborazione. Riconoscendo questa esigenza, DARIAH-IT ha contribuito allo sviluppo di infrastrutture di ricerca focalizzandosi su servizi basati su workflow all’interno del progetto H2IOSC (Humanities and Cultural Heritage Italian Open Science Cloud). In questo contesto, DARIAH-IT ha come obiettivol’implementazione di un sistema cloud nazionale a supporto della ricerca nelle digital humanities, garantendo interoperabilità, pratiche FAIR per i dati e integrazione semantica tra le risorse. Al centro di questo impegno di DARIAH-IT nell’ambito di H2IOSC si colloca AEON (dAriah sErvice Oriented iNfrastructure), una piattaforma che consente la creazione, l’esecuzione e la gestione di workflow scientifici. AEON integra l’erogazione di servizi, la validazione semantica e l’orchestrazione in fase di esecuzione, supportando la riproducibilità della ricerca e le pratiche collaborative.

Transformations a DARIAH JournalVol. Workflows(Metadata-based workflows)
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Scientific Computing and Data Management
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