The paradigm ofOpen Science and the Fair Principles are essential in disseminating scientific results and curating and distributing research data. Topics like preservation, curation, annotation, interoperability, usability of data and connected service are key in advancing those principles within a research domain, and can only be reflected through an open definition of community driven, shared standards.

The Group
This thematic group is meant to gather experts, and interested people, in topics related to standardization andinteroperability of data and service resources and discuss details and facets specific to the astrophysics domain (to be considered at large: observational to numerical simulations, whatever the subdomain: cosmology, stellar or galactic physics, heliospheric physics, space weather, exoplanets research, …).

Group Goals
Examples of goals and purposes of this group are:
Sharing Knowhow, to factorise experiences, reducing redundancy in work and help overcome common issues;
Tech Forum: to discuss existing technologies, their usage and upgrade;
INAF harmonization: per coordinare la partecipazione e il collegamento con organizzazioni nazionali, europee e globali dedicate allo sviluppo di standard (IVOA, IPDA, IHDEA, VObs.it, ecc.), portando i requisiti e fornendo feedback basati sull’esperienza della comunità INAF.
Supporto alla Ricerca di Finanziamenti: to coordinate participation and connection to national, European and global organizations devoted to standards development (IVOA, IPDA, IHDEA, VObs.it, etc.) to bring requirements and provide feedback from INAF community experience;
For further information please contact: std-int_usc8@inaf.it

Join Discussion Group
To join the group, please get in touch with its initial coordinators:
- Marco Molinaro (marco.molinaro @ inaf.it)
- Romolo Politi (romolo.politi @ inaf.it)
Participants: Cristina Knapic

