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Designing a FAIR Catalogue of Services for the Heritage Science community

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  • 1. National Research Council –National Institute of Optics (CNR-INO), Largo E. Fermi 6, Florence, 50125, Italy

Description

Heritage Science is an interdisciplinary domain focused on the scientific study of cultural and natural heritage, bridging the humanities and the sciences. Researchers in this field require access to scientific laboratories and services to better understand, study, interpret, analyze, and intervene on cultural or natural objects.

Many of these services are now accessible thanks to E-RIHS, the European Research Infrastructure for Heritage Science. Its online Catalogue of Services provides an easy, research-need-oriented way to explore and access these resources.

The Catalogue was developed as a standalone FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) platform, integrated with automated workflows and an AI-based recommendation engine designed to assist even non-expert users in identifying the most suitable services for their projects.

Created through a co-creation process, the platform has become one of the most advanced tools available to the heritage science community and continues to evolve based on user feedback.

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