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Concept
Current research information system
Summary
A current research information system (CRIS) is a database or other information system to store, manage and exchange contextual metadata for the research activity funded by a research funder or conducted at a research-performing organisation (or aggregation thereof).
CRIS systems are also known as Research Information Management or RIM Systems (RIMS).
The data model underpinning a CRIS relies on a set of basic entities as defined by the Common European Research Information Format (CERIF ) model maintained by the non-profit organisation euroCRIS.
The links connecting these entities provide a standardised semantic layer that provides consistency to the data model. The basic CERIF entities are people, organisations, projects and outputs (publications, research data, patents). Further second-level entities in the comprehensive snapshot of research provided by CERIF are for instance funding, research facilities and equipment or skills.
System interoperability lies at the core of CRIS operation, both from an internal and an external viewpoint. Internally, information is exchanged between the multiple information-gathering systems at institutions (HR systems, project management tools, finance management systems, etc.) and the one-stop-shop CRIS where all the institutional research information is kept. From an external interoperability perspective, metadata need to be exchanged between the systems at research-performing organisations where the research is actually conducted and the systems run by research funders and governmental bodies in charge of research assessment processes. By providing a standard approach to information description, the CERIF model becomes a key feature for enabling this system interoperability.
A particularly important area of system interoperability is CRIS/IR interoperability, i.e. the information exchange workflows between Current Research Information Systems and Institutional Repositories.
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