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1. Working Paper2026Open Access

   Collective action for Open Research Information: Introducing ORION-DBs and a new FORCE11 Working Group(opens in a new tab)

   

   Mazoni, Alysson; Kramer, Bianca; Neylon, Cameron; Costas, Rodrigo; van Eck, Nees Jan

   With ORION-DBs, a growing set of actors are hosting large research information datasets in shared spaces, notably in Google BigQuery. To coordinate amongst current and future contributors and work towards community standards for discovery, processing, preservation and documentation, we are starting a FORCE11 working group. The working group will also seek to build a community around future alternatives to proprietary cloud systems for data sharing at scale and identify future paths to community-led training and development resources. Our goal is to build a community with a focus on supporting the users of Open Research Information resources to make more sophisticated and complex use of these data sources. We will do this by consolidating and expanding the resources themselves through supporting providers, gathering user stories and developing training materials. Finally we will scope pathways to technological independence from proprietary systems consistent with the needs of users. This webinar will introduce the ORION-DB initiative, present a number of use cases and introduce the FORCE11 Working Group. If you are a data provider, metadata user or infrastructure developer and want to learn more about ORION-DB and the planned activities of the working group, you are invited to attend the webinar. The version of this slide deck on Google was originally: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ua88tr2gP2HTurQPkM4-A7eWjFiDLUI_ht3MJdHxOxc/edit?usp=sharing

   DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.22304573open research informationopen datadatabasesscientometricsMetadata
2. Working Paper2026Open Access

   Appendix A. Definitions of technological information(opens in a new tab)

   

   Damian, Ieda Pelógia Martins; Araujo de Rezende Alvares, Lillian Maria; Segundo, Washington; Garcia de Souza, Marcel

   Introduction: technological information plays a strategic role in scientific, technological, and industrial development, especially in contexts marked by innovation and competitiveness. Objective: this study aims to present an updated concept of technological information that reflects current demands in academic and productive sectors. Methodology: a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) was conducted using national and international databases in the field of Information Science. The search resulted in 1,108 documents, from which 68 relevant definitions of technological information were selected and analyzed. Results: the analysis enabled the identification of recurring themes and common elements in existing definitions, allowing for a deeper understanding of the concept. The study highlights the main characteristics and functions of technological information, such as its association with innovation, competitiveness, and strategic decision-making. It emphasizes its role in improving products, processes, and services, and its relevance in patents and research outputs. Conclusion: the study proposes a new definition of technological information as knowledge related to technologies that generate strategic value through their application. This updated definition contributes to theoretical advances in Information Science and offers practical support to organizations aiming to use technological information as a strategic asset. It also broadens the understanding of the term’s scope, reinforcing its importance for sustainable development and innovation.

   DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.21376153Technological informationInnovationIbictInformation systemTechnological change
3. Working Paper2026Open Access

   Operationalizing FAIR in National Research Information Systems: The BrCris Example and Its Role in Open Repositories(opens in a new tab)

   

   Segundo, Washington; Dias, Thiago Magela; Souza, Marcel Garcia; do Canto, Fábio Lorensi; Sena, Priscila Machado

   The adoption of the FAIR principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) has become a cornerstone of Open Science, guiding practices aimed at improving the quality, transparency, and reuse of scientific data. In the context of CRIS (Current Research Information Systems), these principles play a strategic role in supporting the integration, standardization, and governance of scientific information on a national scale. This article analyzes the application of the FAIR principles within the Brazilian Scientific Research Information Ecosystem (BrCris), developed by the Brazilian Institute of Information in Science and Technology (Ibict), with the aim of discussing how its technical and organizational practices contribute to building a more reliable, interoperable, and reusable scientific data infrastructure. The methodology adopted is based on a literature review of the FAIR principles and a document analysis of technical reports, scientific articles, and institutional materials related to BrCris. The results indicate that BrCris shows significant progress in adopting the FAIR principles, especially in the use of persistent identifiers, semantic data integration, interoperability with international infrastructures, and the availability of data in open and reusable formats. It is concluded that BrCris constitutes a strategic infrastructure for the implementation of the FAIR principles in Brazil.

   DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.20789089OR2026FAIR PrinciplesOpen ScienceBrCris PlatformInteroperability
4. Working Paper2025Open Access

   The multiversatory: fostering diversity and inclusion in research information by means of a multiple-perspective observatory(opens in a new tab)

   

   Rafols, Ismael; Costas, Rodrigo; Bezuidenhout, Louise; Brasil, André

   For science and technology to contribute to social justice, scientometrics analyses need to be able to produce descriptions that are appropriate to specific contexts and values. Given that the participation of stakeholders in the analyses is crucial for these perspectives to be realized, this requires research information analyses that are “open”. In this paper, we propose that this “openness” in research information concerns several dimensions. In the first place, research information should be open in the sense of being transparent and accessible. Second, research information should be open in the sense of being inclusive and diverse, which includes two dimensions: that stakeholders can actually use it, and that the contents include different types of knowledge. Third, the research information should be provided in forms that empower interrogation by stakeholders, so that they can retrieve and construct the descriptions of science and technology that are more appropriate for their context. This last step implies efforts to make visible many scientific contributions from the global south which are currently invisible. We call this vision “the multiversatory”: an approach to the observation of science that facilitates pluralistic analyses of the knowledge created across a variety of places and contexts, the pluriverse.

   DOI: https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/dn2axdiversityevaluationinclusioninformationmonitoringobservatoryresearch