Service Readiness Levels (SRL): Assessing the maturity of socio-technical services in research data infrastructures
Authors/Creators
- 1. Technische Informationsbibliothek TIB
- 2. TIB – Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology
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Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
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GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences
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RWTH Aachen University
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ZB MED - Information Centre for Life Sciences
Contributors
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Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
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Forschungszentrum Jülich
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GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences
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University of Mannheim
Description
Service Readiness Levels (SRL): A Service Maturity Framework for Research Data Infrastructure
The Service Readiness Levels (SRL) are a nine-level maturity framework for assessing services in digital curation and research data infrastructure. Developed within Base4NFDI in response to the limitations of Technology Readiness Levels (TRL) for non-technical and socio-technical services, the SRL framework reframes maturity around a service as a whole rather than its technical readiness alone. It is designed as a self-assessment instrument, to be completed by service teams themselves.
This release contains:
- the SRL framework document (PDF), describing the background, structure, and the nine levels;
- the SRL self-assessment template (PDF and ODT), listing the full evidence criteria with fields to record status and evidence.
We thank the Base4NFDI Co-Spokespersons for their review and feedback on the SRL framework during its development.
Notes
This is a first version; feedback is welcome at base4nfdi-office@lists.nfdi.de.
Files
Service Readiness Level (SRL) Framework.pdf
Additional details
Funding
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- Base4NFDI 521453681, 521460392, 521462155, 521463400, 521466146, 521471126, 521473512, 521474032, 521475185, 521476232.