The Open Science Framework: a Free, Open Source Solution for Connecting

Global Research Infrastructure

Andrew SallansCenter for Open Science

15 April 2015Joint COAR-SPARC Conference, Porto, Portugal

A little something about COS

Est. 2013

Non-profit tech startup

4 leading foundation funders, > $14M

Located in Charlottesville, VA

Team: ~ 25 FT & 20 interns

Mostly software developers and researchers

Mission: Improve openness, integrity, and

reproducibility of research

OSF Philosophy

1. Meet researchers where they are

2. Connect to services that they do use or could use if there were lower transition costs

Always free and open source to maximize inclusivity at a global level

https://github.com/CenterForOpenScience/

OSF features for research Sharing Persistent identifiers Activity logs Versioning Collaboration Discussion Contribution model Analytics Registrations

OSF features for research Sharing Persistent identifiers Activity logs Versioning Collaboration Discussion Contribution model Analytics Registrations

OSF features for research Sharing Persistent identifiers Activity logs Versioning Collaboration Discussion Contribution model Analytics Registrations

OSF features for research Sharing Persistent identifiers Activity logs Versioning Collaboration Discussion Contribution model Analytics Registrations

OSF features for preservation Persistence of research objects Provenance tracking Persistent identifiers Endowment specifically for preservation of OSF content Exploring participation in global preservation networks

OSF connections to tools/services

Building on the OSF: SHARE

• Over 615,000 research release events so far

• 30 content harvesters

• Register your content source: https://osf.io/share/registration/

Building on the OSF: SHARE

Building on the OSF: AGU

Next up: OSF as an IR

• Currently evaluating what needs can currently be met and what new features would be needed

• Seeking pilot institutions to test in coming months and to help define the use cases (small grants potentially available)

Strategic Possibilities

1. Utilize existing OSF infrastructure to continue building global connections

2. Grow connections between more repositories and the OSF

3. Make OSF a pipeline to repositories

Open Science Framework osf.io

Email: contact@osf.ioTwitter: @OSFramework