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Figure 13.4 ReCoLeCtA portal, an open science harvester for Spanish digital
repositories (http://recolecta.fecyt.es).
Digital repositories at universities are increasingly using the OpenAIRE and
DRIVER guidelines and claim compliance. Taking the example of Spain, the
national portal Recolector de Ciencia Abierta (RECOLECTA [Spanish for Open
Science Harvester]) (Figure 13.4) is an open science harvester at national level that
collects research data in form of scientific publications from digital repositories that
are provided by Spanish universities. Scientific publications are harvested using
Open Archives Initiative-Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH; Open
Archives Initiative, 2002), which is both a widespread standard and an interopera-
bility tool to enable communication and exchange information among OAI-PMH-
compliant repositories. Those resources from Spanish digital repositories that are
compliant with the OpenAIRE and DRIVER guidelines are also reachable from
the OpenAIRE portal. In this way, interoperability and integration of different
digital repositories are achieved across Europe. The guidelines thus enable sophisti-
cated and added-value services to both researchers and the general public.
13.2.2.2 European Data Infrastructure
Whereas the focus of OpenAIRE is to enable open access and sharing of scientific
publications, the European Data Infrastructure (EUDAT)* goes beyond scientific
* http://www.eudat.eu.