Current Research Information Systems (CRIS) as OpenAIRE data providers

The presentation summarises the current status of the process for adding CRIS systems to the range of certified OpenAIRE data providers via the implementation of the CERIF-XML Guidelines for CRIS Managers v1.1.1. The case is made for the exposure of the CRIS metadata feed to OpenAIRE regardless of whether the associated institutional repository is already OpenAIRE-compliant. It is argued that the contextual metadata provided by CRIS systems may prove invaluable as a complement to the outputs delivered by literature and data repositories as we move towards a subject-based implementation of Open Science