DRIVER – Digital Repository Infrastructure Vision for European Research
http://www.driver-repository.eu/

DRIVER sets out to build the testbed for a future knowledge infrastructure of the European Research Area. Aimed to be complimentary to GEANT2, the successful infrastructure for computing resources, data storage and data transport, DRIVER will deliver the content resources, i.e. any form of scientific output, including scientific/technical reports, working papers, pre-prints, articles and original research data. The vision, to be accomplished in a second phase, is to establish the successful interoperation of both data network and knowledge repositories as integral parts of the E-infrastructure for research and education in Europe. DRIVER meets the three key strategic objectives of the EC programme for research infrastructures: a) it optimises the use of the technical infrastructure GEANT by delivering all types of content resources, b) it contributes to the creation of a new Europe wide infrastructure for knowledge and c) it aggregates and presents the knowledge base of European research to the world. The knowledge infrastructure testbed, delivered by DRIVER, will be based on nationally organised digital repository infrastructures, similar to GEANT2 and the NREN’s. The successful DARE network in the Netherlands, recently presented to the public by the project partner SURF, will serve as model to DRIVER. This has been added to Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog.