EPOS - European Plate Observing System

The presentation EPOS - European Plate Observing System was presented as keynote talk at the Base4NFDI User Conference 2024 (https://events.gwdg.de/event/658/). The European Plate Observing System (EPOS, https://www.epos-eu.org/) pan-European Research Infrastructure (RI) enables interdisciplinary collaboration by providing integrated and open access to high-quality data, services, and computational resources in solid Earth science. The EPOS RI is operated by a European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC) and adopts a federated governance model to ensure the coordination of its heterogenous distributed resources. The challenge of long-term sustainability is tackled by addressing technical, legal, governance and financial dimensions in a synergic way. The EPOS Platform, in compliance with FAIR principles, acts as a multidisciplinary gateway, enabling seamless access to harmonized data and services from almost 300 providers from 26 European countries. The Platform relies on a federated architecture, rich metadata, and service-driven approach. EPOS overcomes challenges related to data interoperability and standardization and provides a unique point of access to the wealth of resources in the solid Earth domain. This fosters excellent science and contributes to address societal challenges such as natural hazard risk assessment and environmental sustainability. Available as an open-source software package, the Platform envisages to include data analysis, processing, and advanced visualization tools.