TU Wien & OSTrails: Connecting services

Modern research infrastructure has arrived at a point where researchers have an array of services available to help with many tasks in their research workflows. However, these services still mostly exist as island solutions with limited interoperability. TU Wien has the technical lead in a European project called OSTrails aiming to define "Interoperability Frameworks" and APIs for common workflows spanning various types of research infrastructure services (DMPs, SKGs, FAIR assessment). These APIs are designed to enable (semi-)automatic execution of common workflows spanning different types of services, and thus eliminate some manual work for researchers. Further, by defining these APIs in a service-agnostic manner, the risk of vendor lock-in can be reduced which will lead to a more sustainable ecosystem. At OR2023, we presented a preview of such an integration between a research data repository and a DMP tool where users could report datasets as being reused in a DMP via the interface of the repository. In late 2024, TU Wien deployed this integration, connecting our InvenioRDM-based research data repository and Damap-based DMP tool. This poster is intended to spread awareness of the ongoing standardization effort in the OSTrails project, and perhaps even inspire follow-up projects beyond European borders.