Report on state of standards interoperability and gap analysis for next stage of DiSSCo RI development - Deliverable 4.1

This report provides an overview of the current status of data standards interoperability within the DiSSCo (Distributed System of Scientific Collections) infrastructure and identifies critical gaps and development priorities as DiSSCo progresses from the Transition phase to the Construction phase. It evaluates the advancement and provides updates on the implementation status of fundamental standards such as Latimer Core, MIDS (Minimum Information about a Digital Specimen), and openDS (Open Digital Specimen), while examining their contributions to collection-level descriptions, digitisation tracking, and machine-actionable specimen data. The research additionally addresses the obstacles to standards adoption, encompassing institutional constraints, deficiencies in tools, and dependence on a limited expert group for development initiatives.

DiSSCo Transition Project is funded by the European Union, under grant number 101130121. Views and opinions expressed are those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Research Executive Agency. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.