A FAIR based approach to data sharing in Europe
Journal article, 2022

The European fusion research activities have, over recent decades, generated a vast and varied set of data. The volume and diversity of the data that need to be catalogued and annotated make the task of organising and making the data available within a broader environment very challenging. Nevertheless, there are strong scientific drivers as well as incentives and mandates from national research agencies suggesting that a more coherent approach to data referencing, dissemination and sharing would provide strong benefits to the fusion research community and beyond. Here, we discuss the technical requirements and developments needed to transition the current, and future, range of fusion research data to an open and Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable data sharing structure guided by the principle 'as open as possible, as closed as necessary'. Here we propose a set of recommendations and technical implementations needed to form a European data sharing environment for the fusion research programmes. Consistency with the emerging IMAS (ITER Integrated Modelling and Analysis Suite) infrastructure is considered to facilitate future deployments.

research data

FAIR

fusion

Author

Pär Strand

Chalmers, Space, Earth and Environment, Astronomy and Plasmaphysics

D. P. Coster

Max Planck Society

M. Plociennik

Poznan Supercomp & Networking Ctr PCSS

S. de Witt

United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority

I. A. Klampanos

National Center for Scientific Research “Demokritos”

J. Decker

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL)

F. Imbeaux

The French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA)

J. F. Artaud

The French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA)

B. Bosak

Poznan Supercomp & Networking Ctr PCSS

N. Cummings

United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority

L. Fleury

The French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA)

A. Ikonomopoulos

National Center for Scientific Research “Demokritos”

S. Konstantopoulos

National Center for Scientific Research “Demokritos”

Andrei Osipov

Chalmers, Space, Earth and Environment, Astronomy and Plasmaphysics

P. Maini

The French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA)

J. Morales

The French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA)

M. Owsiak

Poznan Supercomp & Networking Ctr PCSS

Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion

0741-3335 (ISSN) 1361-6587 (eISSN)

Vol. 64 10 104001

Subject Categories

Other Computer and Information Science

Information Science

Fusion, Plasma and Space Physics

DOI

10.1088/1361-6587/ac8618

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