eLTER PLUS Deliverable D11.4 - Concept and extension of registering research objects

This deliverable describes current concepts and frameworks for the description of research objects and their relevance to eLTER. In this regard, a research object is defined as a “method for the identification, aggregation and exchange of scholarly information on the internet”. The document also lists all types of research objects that can already be described using the different components of the eLTER Information System at the time of writing and which types of ROs should be documented in the future. It further discusses which frameworks, models and formats would aid the documentation process as a whole or particular aspects of it as well as support the usage of the research objects in the community and how this would benefit all of eLTER.
The deliverable also delineates work done in the scope of task 11.2 consisting of the subtasks 11.2.1, 11.2.2 and 11.2.3 as well as task 11.3 consisting of 11.3.1 and 11.3.2.
While datasets are an important type of RO, they are mostly excluded from this document because they will primarily be addressed by deliverable D11.5 “Framework for data documentation and provenance using semantics”.