D12.3 Interim report on JRA activities

This deliverable describes the progress on the Joint Research Activities (JRAs for short) of the ARIADNEplus project, and provides an integrated overview of all the scientific and technological developments that have taken place in JRA Work Packages. These Work Packages are:
• WP12 JRA1 - Data Integration and Interoperability (Lead beneficiary CNR)
• WP13 JRA2 - ARIADNEplus Infrastructure Operation and Management (Lead beneficiary CNR)
• WP14 JRA3 - The ARIADNEplus knowledge management system (Lead beneficiary FORTH)
• WP15 JRA4 - Innovative Services for Users (Lead beneficiary SND)
• WP16 JRA5 - Innovative Methods and Pilots (Lead beneficiary INRAP)
This deliverable covers Months 26-36 of the project and corresponds to the activities of task 12.6.

The document consists of one main Section (Section 3) which provides an overview of the progress in the JRA WPs, followed by a section for each of the WPs, from WP12 to WP16. Each WP Section has the same structure:

1. Goal of the WP
2. Planned schedule of activities (table)
3. Results obtained from Month 26 to Month 36 (bulleted list)
4. Problems encountered and open issues, if any
5. Future outlook

Progress in the JRA WPs was carried out on five main fronts:

• Infrastructure and Virtual Research Environments setup and operation
• Aggregation infrastructure
• The ARIADNE Content Cloud
• The ARIADNE Portal
• Services and pilots

On each of these fronts, the JRA activities of ARIADNEplus are proceeding according to the planned schedule. The only milestone in the third year of the project for the JRAs, MS19 First four innovative pilots launched, set for M35, has been achieved in spite of the difficulties created by the pandemic. At the moment there is every reason to believe that the objectives set for the final year of the project will be fully achieved.