RDA TIGER built on the existing, mature RDA infrastructure and processes for community-lead adoptable solutions. It aimed to strengthen the work of RDA WGs by providing a professionalised service platform, which would not only reduce the administrative burden of RDA WGs and support their membership in focusing on producing results, but also verbalise the major contributions of WGs in Europe. Results:
-An adaptable mature service model that addresses all components in the WGs lifecycle. Further uptake depends on available funding and industry interest in RDA as a venue for development of solutions.
-RDA TIGER concretised support mechanisms with documentation for each of its service components. All service documentation is available on Zenodo zenodo.org/communities/rda-tiger/records including the ‘WG Group Facilitation Best Practice Handbook’. Further exploitation is contingent on funding enabling the provision of such services to RDA at the same scale, regional funding opportunities where the service model(s) are adopted at a local level, and industry engagement with RDA.
-RDA outputs have the potential for formal standardisation, a time intensive and complex process. RDA TIGER consulted the Horizon Standardisation booster and developed a set of guidance and documentation in support of RDA WGs wishing to pursue standardisation of their outputs, available on www.kb-rda.org
-The ‘Facilitation Tips & Tools Guide’ is a distillation of lessons learned within the project and the RDA community, applicable to facilitators of groups in similar contexts. doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18011922
-The RDA Knowledge Base enables making RDA solutions more finable, increasing their potential for adoption and reuse. Importantly, the RDA-KB allows the annotation of resources beyond those developed and published by RDA Groups, also extending to materials published elsewhere; this feature creates bridges between related work done in different contexts, thus building on existing community resources and results and avoiding duplication of effort.
-RDA TIGER verbalised the value of RDA outputs in addressing the broad range of challenges in the European setting. RDA outputs are widely adopted in Europe, and their use contributes to the EOSC ecosystem in many ways, but no single source detailing their contribution and potential impact existed previously. doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17877370
-The project delivered a comprehensive documentation of the OS landscape, bringing together initiatives within and beyond EOSC. The Landscape analysis service fosters increased visibility and discoverability of RDA WGs by strengthening their integration within broader OS and EOSC-related initiatives. Sustainability pathways can be personalised or generic, participative or automatic for the future integration, reuse, and scaling of landscape results within European and international OS frameworks.
-‘10 Things for Running a Selection Committee’ is a resource that will be useful to other HE consortia running cascade grants and coordinating selection committees. doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18033882
