Current projects

HALiance aims to rework HAL’s core services and to match the recommandations and excellence criteria defined by the French higher education and research organisations through the National Plan for Open Science within the scope of international initiatives for Open Science (COAR, EOSC, cOAlition S). It rests upon the renewal of both the hardware and the software.

Funding	Equipment for research P.I.A.3 – ESR/EquipEx+
Project reference	21-ESRE-0047
Durée du projet	5,5 years
Investment	3,4 M€
Duration	January 2022
Consortium	CNRS, Inria, IN2P3, INRAE
Partners	Equipex+ Commons (OpenEdition, Metopes, Huma-Num)

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The aim of the nepHAL+ project is to develop an innovative stand-alone submission and evaluation module that will allow peer review of pre-publications, datasets and research software. It will also enable the publication of open review reports. It will be made available as a free software so that it can be reused by other players in scholarly publishing.

Funding	National fund for open science
Duration	36 months
Project kick-off	2024
Investment	270 000 €
Partnership	DARIAH, Inria, Software Heritage
Project leader	Raphaël Tournoy

The project is organized into 3 work packages:

• WP1: Modularisation and modernisation of the Episciences code
• WP2: Design and implementation of new functionalities for the evaluation of datasets and software, linked or not to publications
• WP3: Opening to other platforms and integration into HAL and Sciencesconf

Édisciences meets a need for journals in terms of editorial support. Its aim is to facilitate the editorial preparation of articles and to produce structured publications in accordance with editorial quality standards (FAIR principles).a publication de rapports de relecture ouverts.

Funding	National fund for open science
Duration	12 mois
Project kick-off	2024
Investment	33 203 €
Partnership	Association pour la Recherche en Didactique des Mathématiques (ARDM), Association Française des Instituts de transport et de logistique (AFITL), Inria for the Journal of Theoretical, Computational and Applied Mechanics (JTCAM)
Project leader	Céline Barthonnat

Deliverables:

1. structured templates in .indd and LaTeX format;
2. workflows and editorial checklists;
3. directory of service providers.

Programme

• 25 September: Launch webinar to identify the key issues for libraries and presentation of the programme.
• 9-11 October: ADBU Congress, stand 32.
• 12 December: “Open Science Talks” webinar about software preservation: how to raise awareness and mobilise decision-making bodies, and what type of partnerships to develop? The webinar will also provide an opportunity to hear from institutions that have included a “Software” component in their strategy.

HAL and Software Heritage bring together their expertise in the service of open science: HAL ensures the durability and dissemination of research results, while Software Heritages is dedicated to safeguarding and identifying software. These services help to promote more transparent, reproducible and collaborative research.

The main objective of the FAIRCORE4EOSC project is to develop and introduce new components that will be seamlessly integrated with the existing EOSC-Core services. Episciences’ participation in the project aims to improve the platform’s interoperability with Software Heritage for software citation.

Funding	European Union
Partnership	Inria, Software Heritage
Coordination for Episciences	Raphaël Tournoy

Methodology

1. Diagnosis Sprint
   Examining things as they are from all sides, indentifying the critical points for the user, and offering work leads.
2. User Sprint
   Identifying the needs, stakes and specificities of the users.
3. Design Sprint
   Agile design and revision of HAL and connected services.
4. Detailed Design
   Detailed design of all pages.
5. Iteration et dialogue with the developers
   Handover of the design to developers and monitoring to ensure the quality of the end product.

Planning