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European Open Science Cloud

These days, there is a lot of European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) in the air. There are events all across Europe (overview), projects related to EOSC (OSCARS, EOSC Focus, OSTrails and FAIRCORE4EOSC to name a few), and funding calls aimed at the enabling of an operational, open and FAIR EOSC ecosystem (INFRAEOSC, a part of the Horizon Europe Research Infrastructures work programme).  

But what is it really about? How can you use it? And how does EOSC relate to CLARIN? Here, we group the information into a selection of topics. You can also watch a video that shows how readily available the CLARIN services and datasets are that have been integrated into EOSC.

CLARIN Services in the EOSC

‌Learn more and try it

This video shows how many language processing services, both from CLARIN centres and other providers, are just a click away. These thematic services can be applied to the thousands of digitised language resources that are accessible online. The CLARIN infrastructure helps discover the resources and connects these data sets and tools. In this model of service federation all CLARIN nodes are working together on the European Open Science Cloud!

 

CLARIN at the Launch of the EOSC Portal

‌Go to the EOSC demonstration

The video demonstration below of the EOSC Portal using CLARIN data and thematic services was presented at the EOSC launch event on 23 November 2018 in Vienna. It gives a good insight in how CLARIN – together with other research infrastructures – is shaping the EOSC.

 

CLARIN's Involvement in EOSC and EOSC-Related Projects

In June 2017, CLARIN ERIC signed the EOSC Declaration, as member of a coalition of 'doers'.  CLARIN ERIC is a member of the EOSC Association (EOSC-A) that was established in 2020.

Several CLARIN representatives have been involved in EOSC Task Forces (active till 2023) and Opportunity Areas (active since 2024)

Over the past years CLARIN has joined some of the H2020/Horizon Europe projects aimed at the further development of EOSC.  Find out more on the projects, the consortia involved, etc. via the project factsheets, and the blog post on the integration of the Virtual Language Observatory in EOSC.

  • CLARIN ERIC and/or nodes in the CLARIN network are currently participating in the following Horizon Europe projects: 
  • Earlier on CLARIN participated in the H2020 projects EOSC-hub (2018-2021) and EOSC Future (2021-2023)
  • Between 2019 and 2022, the project 'Social Sciences and Humanities Open Cloud' (SSHOC) has proven an important vehicle for the collaboration between the Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) research infrastructures (RIs). The ERICs involved acted as a science cluster (aka thematic cluster) in the context of the emerging EOSC ecosystem. As of April 2022 the parties involved collaborate under the name of SSH Open Cluster. The project outcomes and results are summarised in the an overview of the SSHOC Legacy booklet . Find out more about SSHOC:
    • about CLARIN's role in SSHOC in the SSHOC factsheet
    • about the common platform where the thematic services from and for SSH domain can be registered: SSH Open Marketplace
    • about the SSH Open Cluster that was established as an outcome of the SSHOC project and that is open for participation by all reserach infrastructures and related organsiations in the SSH domain
  • Position papers of SSHOC and the other science clusters on the future of EOSC: 
    • position paper (2019) on Expectations and Long-Term Commitment in Open Science
    • position paper (2024) on operational commitment to EOSC and Open Research  

The EOSC Association

The EOSC Association was founded in 2020 as the legal entity to govern the European Science Cloud.and has currently over 200 members and observers.
  • The EOSC Association website provides information on a range of topics including governance model, strategy, task forces, calls and projects.
  • As of 2024 work has started to turn the eco-system of very diverse service providers (including generic servie providers, national  and regional initiatives, and thematic service providers such as CLARIN) into an EOSC Federation consisting of infrastructural nodes.  EOSC Nodes will be entry points for users of the EOSC Federation service offer, with each node offering its own and possibly third-party services, including data reposing and accessing services. More info on the process towards the establishment of the EOSC Federation can be found here.
  • The EOSC Association issues a monthly public newsletter. You can sign up here.

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