D7.7.1.1 Designing a Consortium Service Portfolio – NFDI4Energy's Criteria and Process for Integrating Services

Useful services that help researchers to better deal with their research data and software and make them FAIR are a key outcome of NFDI4Energy. However, deciding what qualifies as a service and which services should be included in a consortium's service portfolio can raise questions that an NFDI consortia has to be aware of. Based on previous works from NFDI, EOSC, and other consortia, we present the current status of the selection and onboarding process for services into the NFDI4Energy Service Portfolio. We define what constitutes a NFDI4Energy Service and outline the requirements for a service to achieve full NFDI4Energy Service status. These requirements include legal clarity, operational readiness, documentation, user support, and interoperability with relevant standards for service provision. The NFDI4Energy Service Portfolio supports FAIR data management, aligns service understanding and development, and contributes to the broader NFDI strategy. With this work, we want to document our service selection process, base it on clearly defined rules, and provide guidance to consortia that have not created a service portfolio yet.