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Timeline

2021-09-28T11:40:03Z

Małgorzatam: /* July */

<accesscontrol>Administrators,consortium</accesscontrol>

= Timeline of the implementation of the project =
Overview of steps undertaken in EERAdata to implement the project. The focus is on steps forward and backward. It will help us later to come up with realistic suggestions in the recommendations and lessons learned to help others who are interested in FAIRifying and opening their data. For example, how long does the preparation take? How difficult is the organizational effort? Furthermore, it will support the reporting to EC.

== Year 2020 ==
=== January ===

*7 January 2020, Meeting with CESSDA in Bergen, to discuss involvement in EERAdata and prepare WS 1. Co-hosting institution. Ron Dekkar Member of Advisory Board.
*7 January 2020, Presentation of EERAdata at HVL annual meeting of the Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences to reach out beyond the EERAdata consortium.
*15 January 2020, Establishing contact with Philipp Conzett, Univ. of Tromso and DATAVERSE. Linking EERAdata to DATAVERSE.

=== March ===

*'''11-12 March 2020, '''[https://www.open-science-conference.eu/ Open Science Conference 2020]''' and Barcamp, Berlin, Germany:''' Presentation of August Wierling (HVL), incl. abstract: [https://zenodo.org/record/3776858#.XrP-w3Yza90 https://zenodo.org/record/3776858#.XrP-w3Yza90 ]. Establishing personal contact with Ludwig Hülk, Rainer-Lemoine-Institute (Open Mode Initiative).
*'''18 March 2020''', [https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/Products/Files/doceditor.aspx?fileid=5383483 Executive Board Meeting No. 1], Preparing online kick off
*Establishing contacts with CESSDA, NEIC, EOSC WG FAIR data,
*'''25 March 2020''', Online meeting with Trond Kvamme, Norwegian Center for Research Data (NSD, discussing collaboration on DMP and workshop participation).

=== April ===

*'''3 April 2020, [https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/Products/Files/doceditor.aspx?fileid=5348498 Kickoff workshop of EERAdata]''', online, Starting the project - introduction to organization, objectives, collaboration infrastructure
*'''3 April 2020''', Training on using Only Office online collaboration platform
*'''24 April 2020''', [https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/Products/Files/doceditor.aspx?fileid=5311235 Executive Board Meeting No. 2], Follow up of kick of, Deliverables D1.1 and D8.1a, website and CI discussion
*27 April 2020, Participation in PiAI seminar, Toyohiro Chikyow, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Japan: How we can increase the data for Materials Informatics?
*'''28 April 2020''', [https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/products/projects/tasks.aspx?prjID=236894&id=1239815 UC 1 Kickoff], discussing FAIR/O and metadata approach, databases to select. The meeting successfully held. August also participated to deliver the approach of WP2. We clarified a number of questions with the contribution of August and other team members. Road ahead was set. The first task was assigned via only office to the partners that are involved in WP4.

=== May ===

*'''5 May 2020''', [https://www.eera-set.eu/events/859:eera-9th-general-assembly.html EERA General Assembly]: Presentation of EERAdata project by Secretary-General of EERA, Adel al Gamal
*'''6 May 2020''', Online meeting with JP Wind, coordinator Flaminia Riccioni Capelli, to discuss postponed EERA workshop on FAIR and open energy data: when to re-organize and how to best link with EERAdata
*'''6 May 2020''', [https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/products/projects/messages.aspx?prjID=236894&id=62375#comments Gap analysis] - Online discussion of how to approach and connect with use cases
*'''6 May 2020''', Discussion with Holger Ihssen (KIT, member of the advisory board), Involvement in EERAdata and WS1, linking EERAdata with EERA and JP Digitalization
*'''12 May 2020''', UC 4 kickoff 
*'''13 May 2020''', UC 2 kickoff
*'''14 May 2020''', [https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/Products/Files/doceditor.aspx?fileid=5311235 EB meeting No. 3] to prepare WS1
*'''14 May 2020,''' Online meeting with Ilaria Fava, OpenAIRE project to discuss linking projects, involvement in WS1 and advisory board. EERAdata considers applying for their fund.
*'''15 May 2020''', UC 3 kickoff
*'''15 May 2020,''' Online meeting with Andreas Jaunsen, Nordforsk & EOSC-Nordic to invite to the workshop as presenter and discussant. Candidate for the EERAdata advisory board.
*'''18 May 2020''', Online meeting with Anna Maria Sempreviva, DTU, and IRP wind to invite to the workshop as presenter and discussant.
*'''18 May 2020''', Online interview about EERAdata with Stavanger Region European Office. Linking to Triangulum project and EU initiative "e-translation" 
*'''18 May 2020''', Online discussion with transversal EERA JP on digitalization (tJP Digitalization). EERAdata (Valeria) to lead the planned subprogram on FAIR and Open energy data.
*'''20 May 2020''', Discussion with Tomasz Miksa (TU Wien, an expert on machine-actionable DMPs), Involvement in EERAdata and WS1
*'''21 May 2020''', Discussion with Elena Giulia (UNITO, member of the advisory board), Involvement in EERAdata and WS1
*'''25 May 2020''', [http://eeradata.webfactional.com/mediawiki-1.30.0/index.php?title=WS1 EERAdata project wiki] established at webfactional
*'''27 May, 2020'''. Online meeting with Diane van Gunten and Jakob Rager to connect with H2020 EnergMap. Projects presented to each other, discussing synergies and collaboration possibilities (incl. joint special issue). Collaboration on platforms useful.
*'''28 May, 2020'''. Online meeting UC 3 (preparation of workshop)
*'''29 May, 2020''', Online meeting UC 2 (preparation of workshop)
*'''29 May''', '''2020''', Online workshop "EERA JP Wind & SETWind Cross-cutting workshop on Open and Fair Data" [https://www.eerajpwind.eu/eera-jp-wind-setwind-cross-cutting-workshop-on-open-fair-data/ Invitation and registration]
*'''29 May, 2020,''' [https://github.com/RDA-DMP-Common/hackathon-2020 Participation in online hackathon for machine-actionable DMPs]
*Establishing contacts with advisory board members: KIT, UNITO, Open AIRE, Nordic EOSC, DLR.

=== June ===

*'''2-4 June 2020, EERAdata Workshop No. 1 as an online hackathon, "Define. Concept for FAIR implementation. '''Skills for FAIR.": [https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/Products/Files/doceditor.aspx?fileid=5296590 Agenda]. Includes EERAdata storyboard and metadata game.
*'''3-5 June, 2020''', [https://th.fhi-berlin.mpg.de/meetings/fairdi2020/ Conference on FAIR data infrastructure for genomics]. EERAdata participated.
*'''5 June 2020,''' Online meeting with Sebastian Duprez from https://www.eccsel.org/, European Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage Laboratory Infrastructure.
*'''8 June, 2020''', [https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/Products/Files/doceditor.aspx?fileid=5493018 EB meeting No. 4].
*'''10 June 2020,''' Online meeting with Sarah Barber on FAIR and open data, wind technology. Follow-up from JP Wind workshop. Leader of network  https://www.wedowind.ch/.
*'''11 June, 2020,''' Online meeting with Michael Belsnes, SINTIF and OpenENTRANCE project [https://www.sintef.no/en/projects/open-entrance/ ,  https://www.sintef.no/en/projects/open-entrance/, ]
*'''11 June 2020,''' Drafting of work plan for SP on FAIR and open energy data for tJP Digitalization,
*'''18 June, 2020,''' EERAdata workshop at annual '''EERA e3s''' meeting,
*'''29 June 2020, PiAI Seminar Series "Physics informed AI in Plasma Science"''' (organized by Prof. [https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Satoshi_Hamaguchi Satoshi Hamaguchi], Osaka University), Presentation by Valeria Jana Schwanitz (HVL), "Towards metadata standards in low carbon energy research - insights from the EERAdata project"

=== July ===
*'''20 July 2020,''' 14:00 hrs CEST and it will be about “Scientific Annotation - Engineering Applications, Discovery and Preservation”. If you are interested in participate you can find more information and the registration link here: https://rd-alliance.org/group/metadata-ig-working-and-interest-group-chairs-preservation-tools-techniques-and-policies

=== August ===
* '''5 August 2020''', Discussion with Holger Ihssen, KIT, on WS2 strategy

=== September ===

* '''1 September 2020''', [https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/Products/Files/doceditor.aspx?fileid=5589857 EB meeting No. 5] to prepare WS2, metadata work & platform
* '''1 September 2020''', Kickoff WP3 - Platform meeting
*'''11 September 2020''', Discussion with Holger Ihssen (KIT) to prepare WS2
*'''14-18 September 2020''', Participation in [https://www.eerajpwind.eu/?post_type=events&p=1164 EERA JP Wind & SETWind Online Annual Event 2020], [https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/Products/Files/doceditor.aspx?fileid=5704239&action=view EERAdata poster] contribution
*'''15 September 2020''', Participation in online workshop [https://www.rd-alliance.org/group/metadata-ig-working-and-interest-group-chairs-fairsharing-registry-wg-connecting-data-and Building metadata standards within Engineering disciplines and communities]
* '''21 September 2020''', UC 4 meeting to discuss state of the art paper
* '''25 September 2020''', Participation in RDA workshop "[https://www.rd-alliance.org/group/metadata-ig-working-and-interest-group-chairs-fairsharing-registry-wg-connecting-data-and-2 Building metadata standards within Engineering disciplines and communities]".

=== October ===
*'''2 October 2020''', [https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/Products/Files/doceditor.aspx?fileid=5701552 EB meeting No. 6], all WP progress
*'''9 October 2020''', Participation in RDA seminar, 15.30-17.00, Invitation to follow, EERAdata participates with a presentation
*'''16 October 2020''', Online paper writing workshop "Towards FAIR and open data for low carbon energy - current state and call for action"
*'''16 October 2020''', Online meeting to prepare WS2
*'''19 October 2020''', Presentation of EERAdata at the International Open Access Week
*'''26-30 October 2020''', Week dedicated to work on the state of the art on FAIR/O energy data
*'''October-November 2020''', Participation in the NEIC workshop on FAIRification (biweekly, half day)

=== November ===
*'''3-4 November 2020''', Annual assembly of sister project ENERMAPS, invited to present EERAdata
*'''5 November''', [https://www.eeradata.eu/event/1645:preparatory-workshop-fair-and-open-metadata-for-low-carbon-energy-research.html Preparatory/Briefing workshop to EERAdata Workshop No. 2]
*'''6 November''', [https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/Products/Files/DocEditor.aspx?fileid=5787317 EB meeting No. 7], all WP progress
*'''9-10 November''', [https://rd-alliance.org/plenaries/rda-16th-plenary-meeting-costa-rica-virtual RDA 16th Plenary Meeting] - Costa Rica (Virtual), participation
*'''11 November''', Participation in ontology developer meeting of [https://openenergy-platform.org/ontology/ open energy ontology]
*'''11 November 2020''', Discussion with Holger Ihssen (KIT) to prepare WS2
*'''11 November 2020''', Discussion with Erik Schultes (GOFAIR) to prepare WS2 and have a joined session to prepare EERAdata M4Mworkshops within the Convergence Symposium 2020
*'''13 November 2020''', Discussion with Peter McQuilton, FAIRSHARING.org and Oxford University about possible contributions of EERAdata to the FAIRSHARing database
*'''16-19 November''', [https://www.eosc-hub.eu/events/realising-european-open-science-cloud REALISING THE EUROPEAN OPEN SCIENCE CLOUD], Towards a FAIR research data landscape for the social sciences, humanities and beyond - Participation with a booth
*'''20 November''', [https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/Products/Files/DocEditor.aspx?fileid=5931610 EB meeting No. 8], all WP progress and WS preparation
*'''20 November''', EERAdata participates in SUPEERA project on policy indicators to connect with the project and co-host of WS2 KIT
*'''30 November - 7 December 2020''', EERAdata Workshop No. 2 "[https://www.eeradata.eu/event/1518:paper-writing-workshop-fair-and-open-metadata-for-low-carbon-energy-research-day-1.html FAIR AND OPEN METADATA FOR LOW CARBON ENERGY RESEARCH]" (7 workshops)
*'''30 November 2020''', planned submission of state of the art paper

=== December ===
*''' 2020, EERAdata Workshop No. 2 as an online hackathon to write a community paper, "FAIR and open metadata for low carbon energy research": [http://eeradata.webfactional.com/mediawiki-1.30.0/index.php?title=WS2].
Topical workshops:
* 1st of December - EU Policy and Energy Research Taxonomies (lead by GIG), 10am-2pm
* 2nd of December - Buildings efficiency & metadata (led by IUE), 10-12 pm
* 3rd of December - Metadata user stories (led by AIT), 10-12 pm
* 4th of December - Online art project - FAIR data & SDGs, 10-3pm
* 4th of December - Joint session with the [https://conference.codata.org/FAIRconvergence2020/sessions/265/ International FAIR Convergence Symposium "Making domain-relevant machine-actionable metadata at scale"].
* 7th of December - Framing session 10am-4pm
*'''11th of December''', [https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/Products/Files/DocEditor.aspx?fileid=5985372 EB meeting No. 9] to debrief WS2 and the state of EERAdata for 2020

== Year 2021 ==
=== January ===
* January Kick-off of new EERA Joint Program Digitalization of Energy, Valeria to lead the Subprogramme on "Data Science & AI"
* 6th of January - Meeting with general secretary of EERA, Adel El Gamal, to discuss linking EERAdata and EERA with new tjP Digitalization
* 11 th of January - Coordinator meeting of tJP Digitalization of Energy, presentation of EERAdata and invitation to community paper
* 13 th of January - 2-3pm, Discussion with AIT on gap analysis deliverable
* 15 th of January - sending out of 1st draft of community paper on advancing energy FAIR metadata practices
* 22 th of January - discussion of draft for paper on state-of-the-art of FAIR and open energy data
* 22 th of January - [https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/Products/Files/DocEditor.aspx?fileid=6066674 EB meeting No. 10], upcoming deliverables, planning of WS3
* 27 th of January - Workshop on FAIR and open metadata for the COMETS inventory (use case 'electricity market actors', EERAdata WP5). Collaboration between COMETS and EERAdata consortium 10-3pm.
* 31 st of January - Deadline, first round of review of community paper

=== February ===
*2 nd February - Discussion with Philipp Conzett, Univ. of Tromso and DATAVERSE on preparing the upload of a use case to dataverse.no (incl. PID)
*3 rd February - Participation in NORDIC EOSC Workshop "[https://indico.neic.no/event/171/ FAIRification STEP 2 – FAIR principle F3]"
*4 th Februrary - sending out of 2nd draft of community paper on advancing energy FAIR metadata practices
*20th February - submission of community paper

=== March ===
*9 th March - Participation in [https://www.eosc-nordic.eu/events/second-eosc-nordic-policy-workshop-nordic-and-baltic-collaboration-as-eosc-enabler/ Second EOSC-Nordic Policy Workshop: Nordic and Baltic collaboration as EOSC enabler]
*12th March - EB meeting
*25th March - Presentation of EERAdata/FAIR and open data topic at the [https://www.ucl.ac.uk/artificial-intelligence/public-policy/ai-policy-roundtables UCL Roundtables on AI & Policy], follow up with a policy brief
*29/03-02 April - Participation in the 3rd International Conference on Data-Driven Plasma Science (online conference organized by Univ. of Osaka, Japan)
*31 March - Brainstorming workshop for WS3 in conjunction with EERA tJP Digitization for Energy

=== April ===

*9 th April - Discussion on follow-up project for EERAdata as part of kick-off for tJP DfE SP2
*12 th April - Presentation of EERAdata and idea for follow-up project at the EERA brokerage event.
*16 th April - EB meeting
*20 th April - Meeting with sister project [https://enermaps.eu/ ENERMAPS]
*21 th April - Presentation of EERAdata at [https://www.etip-snet.eu/events/ 11TH ETIP SNET REGIONAL WORKSHOP]
*22 nd April - [https://www.rd-alliance.org/rdas-17th-plenary-meeting-programme RDA, 17th plenary meeting - presentation of EERAdata]
*29 th April - [https://www.eosc-nordic.eu/events/fairification-step-3-generic-metadata-standards/ EOSC Nordic webinar, step 3, generic metadata standards]

=== Mai ===

*6 th May - EERA assembly
*10th May - EM4I - Meeting to prepare workshop series "Energy Materials for Interoperability"
*12th May - Preparation meeting WS3
*18 th May - Consortium meeting energy data space
*17 th May - Submission of proposal to EU Energy Week together with sister project [https://enermaps.eu/ ENERMAPS]
*21 th May - EB meeting
*25-27 May - Participation in data week [https://www.big-data-value.eu/data-week-2021/]
*28 May - Participation in SUPEERA Webinar "A European Green Deal fit for the Digital Age: What’s in for Clean Energy Research?”

=== June ===
* 10 June - Meeting with EERA JP Digitization for Energy (DfE) to brainstorm on collaboration with EERAdata
* 10 June - Consortium meeting for developing a proposal for Energy data space
* 17 June - Consortium meeting for developing a proposal for Energy data space
* 18 June - Meeting with EERA JP DfE, preparation of joined conference/workshop in October
* 21-23 June - Participation in [https://www.go-fair.org/events/fair-festival-2021/ GOFAIR sharing festival]
* 23 June - Participation in meeting to prepare EM4I workshop series (programm committee)
* 24 June - Consortium meeting for developing a proposal for Energy data space

=== July ===
* 1st of July - [https://www.eera-set.eu/events/events-of-eera-and-its-partners/2856:energy-materials-for-innovation-em4i-workshop-series-materials-discovery-and-development.html Energy Materials for Innovation (EM4I) Workshop series] - Materials Discovery and Development
* 2nd of July - EB meeting
* 6th of July - Lecture series and discussion as part of EERAdata workshop no. 3
* 29th of July - Presentation of EERAdata project and aspects of open data and FAIR as tools for implementing Industry 4.0 on the regional workshop in Silesia Region (online, in Polish) "[https://ris.slaskie.pl/czytaj/spotkanie_warsztatowe_online_pt__rozne_perspektywy_budowania_potencjalu_przemyslu_4_0 Challenges and different perspectives on building the potential of Industry 4.0 in Silesia Region]"

=== August ===
* 26th of August - Lead partner meeting prepare midterm reporting
* 27th of August - EB meeting

=== September ===
* 2nd of September - Preparation meeting for Workshop no. 3 to prepare topical sessions of use cases
* 17th of September - EB meeting
* 27th of September - EERAdata meets FAIRsharing (discussion on metadata contribution to FAIRsharing by EERAdata)
* 29th of September - Participation in the conference Standards in support of the industrial data value chain (recommendation from advisory board member Tim Austin)

Timeline

2021-09-28T11:39:06Z

Małgorzatam: /* July */

<accesscontrol>Administrators,consortium</accesscontrol>

= Timeline of the implementation of the project =
Overview of steps undertaken in EERAdata to implement the project. The focus is on steps forward and backward. It will help us later to come up with realistic suggestions in the recommendations and lessons learned to help others who are interested in FAIRifying and opening their data. For example, how long does the preparation take? How difficult is the organizational effort? Furthermore, it will support the reporting to EC.

== Year 2020 ==
=== January ===

*7 January 2020, Meeting with CESSDA in Bergen, to discuss involvement in EERAdata and prepare WS 1. Co-hosting institution. Ron Dekkar Member of Advisory Board.
*7 January 2020, Presentation of EERAdata at HVL annual meeting of the Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences to reach out beyond the EERAdata consortium.
*15 January 2020, Establishing contact with Philipp Conzett, Univ. of Tromso and DATAVERSE. Linking EERAdata to DATAVERSE.

=== March ===

*'''11-12 March 2020, '''[https://www.open-science-conference.eu/ Open Science Conference 2020]''' and Barcamp, Berlin, Germany:''' Presentation of August Wierling (HVL), incl. abstract: [https://zenodo.org/record/3776858#.XrP-w3Yza90 https://zenodo.org/record/3776858#.XrP-w3Yza90 ]. Establishing personal contact with Ludwig Hülk, Rainer-Lemoine-Institute (Open Mode Initiative).
*'''18 March 2020''', [https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/Products/Files/doceditor.aspx?fileid=5383483 Executive Board Meeting No. 1], Preparing online kick off
*Establishing contacts with CESSDA, NEIC, EOSC WG FAIR data,
*'''25 March 2020''', Online meeting with Trond Kvamme, Norwegian Center for Research Data (NSD, discussing collaboration on DMP and workshop participation).

=== April ===

*'''3 April 2020, [https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/Products/Files/doceditor.aspx?fileid=5348498 Kickoff workshop of EERAdata]''', online, Starting the project - introduction to organization, objectives, collaboration infrastructure
*'''3 April 2020''', Training on using Only Office online collaboration platform
*'''24 April 2020''', [https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/Products/Files/doceditor.aspx?fileid=5311235 Executive Board Meeting No. 2], Follow up of kick of, Deliverables D1.1 and D8.1a, website and CI discussion
*27 April 2020, Participation in PiAI seminar, Toyohiro Chikyow, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Japan: How we can increase the data for Materials Informatics?
*'''28 April 2020''', [https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/products/projects/tasks.aspx?prjID=236894&id=1239815 UC 1 Kickoff], discussing FAIR/O and metadata approach, databases to select. The meeting successfully held. August also participated to deliver the approach of WP2. We clarified a number of questions with the contribution of August and other team members. Road ahead was set. The first task was assigned via only office to the partners that are involved in WP4.

=== May ===

*'''5 May 2020''', [https://www.eera-set.eu/events/859:eera-9th-general-assembly.html EERA General Assembly]: Presentation of EERAdata project by Secretary-General of EERA, Adel al Gamal
*'''6 May 2020''', Online meeting with JP Wind, coordinator Flaminia Riccioni Capelli, to discuss postponed EERA workshop on FAIR and open energy data: when to re-organize and how to best link with EERAdata
*'''6 May 2020''', [https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/products/projects/messages.aspx?prjID=236894&id=62375#comments Gap analysis] - Online discussion of how to approach and connect with use cases
*'''6 May 2020''', Discussion with Holger Ihssen (KIT, member of the advisory board), Involvement in EERAdata and WS1, linking EERAdata with EERA and JP Digitalization
*'''12 May 2020''', UC 4 kickoff 
*'''13 May 2020''', UC 2 kickoff
*'''14 May 2020''', [https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/Products/Files/doceditor.aspx?fileid=5311235 EB meeting No. 3] to prepare WS1
*'''14 May 2020,''' Online meeting with Ilaria Fava, OpenAIRE project to discuss linking projects, involvement in WS1 and advisory board. EERAdata considers applying for their fund.
*'''15 May 2020''', UC 3 kickoff
*'''15 May 2020,''' Online meeting with Andreas Jaunsen, Nordforsk & EOSC-Nordic to invite to the workshop as presenter and discussant. Candidate for the EERAdata advisory board.
*'''18 May 2020''', Online meeting with Anna Maria Sempreviva, DTU, and IRP wind to invite to the workshop as presenter and discussant.
*'''18 May 2020''', Online interview about EERAdata with Stavanger Region European Office. Linking to Triangulum project and EU initiative "e-translation" 
*'''18 May 2020''', Online discussion with transversal EERA JP on digitalization (tJP Digitalization). EERAdata (Valeria) to lead the planned subprogram on FAIR and Open energy data.
*'''20 May 2020''', Discussion with Tomasz Miksa (TU Wien, an expert on machine-actionable DMPs), Involvement in EERAdata and WS1
*'''21 May 2020''', Discussion with Elena Giulia (UNITO, member of the advisory board), Involvement in EERAdata and WS1
*'''25 May 2020''', [http://eeradata.webfactional.com/mediawiki-1.30.0/index.php?title=WS1 EERAdata project wiki] established at webfactional
*'''27 May, 2020'''. Online meeting with Diane van Gunten and Jakob Rager to connect with H2020 EnergMap. Projects presented to each other, discussing synergies and collaboration possibilities (incl. joint special issue). Collaboration on platforms useful.
*'''28 May, 2020'''. Online meeting UC 3 (preparation of workshop)
*'''29 May, 2020''', Online meeting UC 2 (preparation of workshop)
*'''29 May''', '''2020''', Online workshop "EERA JP Wind & SETWind Cross-cutting workshop on Open and Fair Data" [https://www.eerajpwind.eu/eera-jp-wind-setwind-cross-cutting-workshop-on-open-fair-data/ Invitation and registration]
*'''29 May, 2020,''' [https://github.com/RDA-DMP-Common/hackathon-2020 Participation in online hackathon for machine-actionable DMPs]
*Establishing contacts with advisory board members: KIT, UNITO, Open AIRE, Nordic EOSC, DLR.

=== June ===

*'''2-4 June 2020, EERAdata Workshop No. 1 as an online hackathon, "Define. Concept for FAIR implementation. '''Skills for FAIR.": [https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/Products/Files/doceditor.aspx?fileid=5296590 Agenda]. Includes EERAdata storyboard and metadata game.
*'''3-5 June, 2020''', [https://th.fhi-berlin.mpg.de/meetings/fairdi2020/ Conference on FAIR data infrastructure for genomics]. EERAdata participated.
*'''5 June 2020,''' Online meeting with Sebastian Duprez from https://www.eccsel.org/, European Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage Laboratory Infrastructure.
*'''8 June, 2020''', [https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/Products/Files/doceditor.aspx?fileid=5493018 EB meeting No. 4].
*'''10 June 2020,''' Online meeting with Sarah Barber on FAIR and open data, wind technology. Follow-up from JP Wind workshop. Leader of network  https://www.wedowind.ch/.
*'''11 June, 2020,''' Online meeting with Michael Belsnes, SINTIF and OpenENTRANCE project [https://www.sintef.no/en/projects/open-entrance/ ,  https://www.sintef.no/en/projects/open-entrance/, ]
*'''11 June 2020,''' Drafting of work plan for SP on FAIR and open energy data for tJP Digitalization,
*'''18 June, 2020,''' EERAdata workshop at annual '''EERA e3s''' meeting,
*'''29 June 2020, PiAI Seminar Series "Physics informed AI in Plasma Science"''' (organized by Prof. [https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Satoshi_Hamaguchi Satoshi Hamaguchi], Osaka University), Presentation by Valeria Jana Schwanitz (HVL), "Towards metadata standards in low carbon energy research - insights from the EERAdata project"

=== July ===
*'''20 July 2020,''' 14:00 hrs CEST and it will be about “Scientific Annotation - Engineering Applications, Discovery and Preservation”. If you are interested in participate you can find more information and the registration link here: https://rd-alliance.org/group/metadata-ig-working-and-interest-group-chairs-preservation-tools-techniques-and-policies

=== August ===
* '''5 August 2020''', Discussion with Holger Ihssen, KIT, on WS2 strategy

=== September ===

* '''1 September 2020''', [https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/Products/Files/doceditor.aspx?fileid=5589857 EB meeting No. 5] to prepare WS2, metadata work & platform
* '''1 September 2020''', Kickoff WP3 - Platform meeting
*'''11 September 2020''', Discussion with Holger Ihssen (KIT) to prepare WS2
*'''14-18 September 2020''', Participation in [https://www.eerajpwind.eu/?post_type=events&p=1164 EERA JP Wind & SETWind Online Annual Event 2020], [https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/Products/Files/doceditor.aspx?fileid=5704239&action=view EERAdata poster] contribution
*'''15 September 2020''', Participation in online workshop [https://www.rd-alliance.org/group/metadata-ig-working-and-interest-group-chairs-fairsharing-registry-wg-connecting-data-and Building metadata standards within Engineering disciplines and communities]
* '''21 September 2020''', UC 4 meeting to discuss state of the art paper
* '''25 September 2020''', Participation in RDA workshop "[https://www.rd-alliance.org/group/metadata-ig-working-and-interest-group-chairs-fairsharing-registry-wg-connecting-data-and-2 Building metadata standards within Engineering disciplines and communities]".

=== October ===
*'''2 October 2020''', [https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/Products/Files/doceditor.aspx?fileid=5701552 EB meeting No. 6], all WP progress
*'''9 October 2020''', Participation in RDA seminar, 15.30-17.00, Invitation to follow, EERAdata participates with a presentation
*'''16 October 2020''', Online paper writing workshop "Towards FAIR and open data for low carbon energy - current state and call for action"
*'''16 October 2020''', Online meeting to prepare WS2
*'''19 October 2020''', Presentation of EERAdata at the International Open Access Week
*'''26-30 October 2020''', Week dedicated to work on the state of the art on FAIR/O energy data
*'''October-November 2020''', Participation in the NEIC workshop on FAIRification (biweekly, half day)

=== November ===
*'''3-4 November 2020''', Annual assembly of sister project ENERMAPS, invited to present EERAdata
*'''5 November''', [https://www.eeradata.eu/event/1645:preparatory-workshop-fair-and-open-metadata-for-low-carbon-energy-research.html Preparatory/Briefing workshop to EERAdata Workshop No. 2]
*'''6 November''', [https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/Products/Files/DocEditor.aspx?fileid=5787317 EB meeting No. 7], all WP progress
*'''9-10 November''', [https://rd-alliance.org/plenaries/rda-16th-plenary-meeting-costa-rica-virtual RDA 16th Plenary Meeting] - Costa Rica (Virtual), participation
*'''11 November''', Participation in ontology developer meeting of [https://openenergy-platform.org/ontology/ open energy ontology]
*'''11 November 2020''', Discussion with Holger Ihssen (KIT) to prepare WS2
*'''11 November 2020''', Discussion with Erik Schultes (GOFAIR) to prepare WS2 and have a joined session to prepare EERAdata M4Mworkshops within the Convergence Symposium 2020
*'''13 November 2020''', Discussion with Peter McQuilton, FAIRSHARING.org and Oxford University about possible contributions of EERAdata to the FAIRSHARing database
*'''16-19 November''', [https://www.eosc-hub.eu/events/realising-european-open-science-cloud REALISING THE EUROPEAN OPEN SCIENCE CLOUD], Towards a FAIR research data landscape for the social sciences, humanities and beyond - Participation with a booth
*'''20 November''', [https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/Products/Files/DocEditor.aspx?fileid=5931610 EB meeting No. 8], all WP progress and WS preparation
*'''20 November''', EERAdata participates in SUPEERA project on policy indicators to connect with the project and co-host of WS2 KIT
*'''30 November - 7 December 2020''', EERAdata Workshop No. 2 "[https://www.eeradata.eu/event/1518:paper-writing-workshop-fair-and-open-metadata-for-low-carbon-energy-research-day-1.html FAIR AND OPEN METADATA FOR LOW CARBON ENERGY RESEARCH]" (7 workshops)
*'''30 November 2020''', planned submission of state of the art paper

=== December ===
*''' 2020, EERAdata Workshop No. 2 as an online hackathon to write a community paper, "FAIR and open metadata for low carbon energy research": [http://eeradata.webfactional.com/mediawiki-1.30.0/index.php?title=WS2].
Topical workshops:
* 1st of December - EU Policy and Energy Research Taxonomies (lead by GIG), 10am-2pm
* 2nd of December - Buildings efficiency & metadata (led by IUE), 10-12 pm
* 3rd of December - Metadata user stories (led by AIT), 10-12 pm
* 4th of December - Online art project - FAIR data & SDGs, 10-3pm
* 4th of December - Joint session with the [https://conference.codata.org/FAIRconvergence2020/sessions/265/ International FAIR Convergence Symposium "Making domain-relevant machine-actionable metadata at scale"].
* 7th of December - Framing session 10am-4pm
*'''11th of December''', [https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/Products/Files/DocEditor.aspx?fileid=5985372 EB meeting No. 9] to debrief WS2 and the state of EERAdata for 2020

== Year 2021 ==
=== January ===
* January Kick-off of new EERA Joint Program Digitalization of Energy, Valeria to lead the Subprogramme on "Data Science & AI"
* 6th of January - Meeting with general secretary of EERA, Adel El Gamal, to discuss linking EERAdata and EERA with new tjP Digitalization
* 11 th of January - Coordinator meeting of tJP Digitalization of Energy, presentation of EERAdata and invitation to community paper
* 13 th of January - 2-3pm, Discussion with AIT on gap analysis deliverable
* 15 th of January - sending out of 1st draft of community paper on advancing energy FAIR metadata practices
* 22 th of January - discussion of draft for paper on state-of-the-art of FAIR and open energy data
* 22 th of January - [https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/Products/Files/DocEditor.aspx?fileid=6066674 EB meeting No. 10], upcoming deliverables, planning of WS3
* 27 th of January - Workshop on FAIR and open metadata for the COMETS inventory (use case 'electricity market actors', EERAdata WP5). Collaboration between COMETS and EERAdata consortium 10-3pm.
* 31 st of January - Deadline, first round of review of community paper

=== February ===
*2 nd February - Discussion with Philipp Conzett, Univ. of Tromso and DATAVERSE on preparing the upload of a use case to dataverse.no (incl. PID)
*3 rd February - Participation in NORDIC EOSC Workshop "[https://indico.neic.no/event/171/ FAIRification STEP 2 – FAIR principle F3]"
*4 th Februrary - sending out of 2nd draft of community paper on advancing energy FAIR metadata practices
*20th February - submission of community paper

=== March ===
*9 th March - Participation in [https://www.eosc-nordic.eu/events/second-eosc-nordic-policy-workshop-nordic-and-baltic-collaboration-as-eosc-enabler/ Second EOSC-Nordic Policy Workshop: Nordic and Baltic collaboration as EOSC enabler]
*12th March - EB meeting
*25th March - Presentation of EERAdata/FAIR and open data topic at the [https://www.ucl.ac.uk/artificial-intelligence/public-policy/ai-policy-roundtables UCL Roundtables on AI & Policy], follow up with a policy brief
*29/03-02 April - Participation in the 3rd International Conference on Data-Driven Plasma Science (online conference organized by Univ. of Osaka, Japan)
*31 March - Brainstorming workshop for WS3 in conjunction with EERA tJP Digitization for Energy

=== April ===

*9 th April - Discussion on follow-up project for EERAdata as part of kick-off for tJP DfE SP2
*12 th April - Presentation of EERAdata and idea for follow-up project at the EERA brokerage event.
*16 th April - EB meeting
*20 th April - Meeting with sister project [https://enermaps.eu/ ENERMAPS]
*21 th April - Presentation of EERAdata at [https://www.etip-snet.eu/events/ 11TH ETIP SNET REGIONAL WORKSHOP]
*22 nd April - [https://www.rd-alliance.org/rdas-17th-plenary-meeting-programme RDA, 17th plenary meeting - presentation of EERAdata]
*29 th April - [https://www.eosc-nordic.eu/events/fairification-step-3-generic-metadata-standards/ EOSC Nordic webinar, step 3, generic metadata standards]

=== Mai ===

*6 th May - EERA assembly
*10th May - EM4I - Meeting to prepare workshop series "Energy Materials for Interoperability"
*12th May - Preparation meeting WS3
*18 th May - Consortium meeting energy data space
*17 th May - Submission of proposal to EU Energy Week together with sister project [https://enermaps.eu/ ENERMAPS]
*21 th May - EB meeting
*25-27 May - Participation in data week [https://www.big-data-value.eu/data-week-2021/]
*28 May - Participation in SUPEERA Webinar "A European Green Deal fit for the Digital Age: What’s in for Clean Energy Research?”

=== June ===
* 10 June - Meeting with EERA JP Digitization for Energy (DfE) to brainstorm on collaboration with EERAdata
* 10 June - Consortium meeting for developing a proposal for Energy data space
* 17 June - Consortium meeting for developing a proposal for Energy data space
* 18 June - Meeting with EERA JP DfE, preparation of joined conference/workshop in October
* 21-23 June - Participation in [https://www.go-fair.org/events/fair-festival-2021/ GOFAIR sharing festival]
* 23 June - Participation in meeting to prepare EM4I workshop series (programm committee)
* 24 June - Consortium meeting for developing a proposal for Energy data space

=== July ===
* 1st of July - [https://www.eera-set.eu/events/events-of-eera-and-its-partners/2856:energy-materials-for-innovation-em4i-workshop-series-materials-discovery-and-development.html Energy Materials for Innovation (EM4I) Workshop series] - Materials Discovery and Development
* 2nd of July - EB meeting
* 6th of July - Lecture series and discussion as part of EERAdata workshop no. 3
* 29th of July - Presentation of EERAdata project and aspects of open data and FAIR as tools for implementing Industry 4.0 on the regional workshop in Silesia Region(online, in Polish) "[https://ris.slaskie.pl/czytaj/spotkanie_warsztatowe_online_pt__rozne_perspektywy_budowania_potencjalu_przemyslu_4_0 Challenges and different perspectives on building the potential of Industry 4.0 in Silesia Region]"

=== August ===
* 26th of August - Lead partner meeting prepare midterm reporting
* 27th of August - EB meeting

=== September ===
* 2nd of September - Preparation meeting for Workshop no. 3 to prepare topical sessions of use cases
* 17th of September - EB meeting
* 27th of September - EERAdata meets FAIRsharing (discussion on metadata contribution to FAIRsharing by EERAdata)
* 29th of September - Participation in the conference Standards in support of the industrial data value chain (recommendation from advisory board member Tim Austin)

Timeline

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= Timeline of the implementation of the project =
Overview of steps undertaken in EERAdata to implement the project. The focus is on steps forward and backward. It will help us later to come up with realistic suggestions in the recommendations and lessons learned to help others who are interested in FAIRifying and opening their data. For example, how long does the preparation take? How difficult is the organizational effort? Furthermore, it will support the reporting to EC.

== Year 2020 ==
=== January ===

*7 January 2020, Meeting with CESSDA in Bergen, to discuss involvement in EERAdata and prepare WS 1. Co-hosting institution. Ron Dekkar Member of Advisory Board.
*7 January 2020, Presentation of EERAdata at HVL annual meeting of the Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences to reach out beyond the EERAdata consortium.
*15 January 2020, Establishing contact with Philipp Conzett, Univ. of Tromso and DATAVERSE. Linking EERAdata to DATAVERSE.

=== March ===

*'''11-12 March 2020, '''[https://www.open-science-conference.eu/ Open Science Conference 2020]''' and Barcamp, Berlin, Germany:''' Presentation of August Wierling (HVL), incl. abstract: [https://zenodo.org/record/3776858#.XrP-w3Yza90 https://zenodo.org/record/3776858#.XrP-w3Yza90 ]. Establishing personal contact with Ludwig Hülk, Rainer-Lemoine-Institute (Open Mode Initiative).
*'''18 March 2020''', [https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/Products/Files/doceditor.aspx?fileid=5383483 Executive Board Meeting No. 1], Preparing online kick off
*Establishing contacts with CESSDA, NEIC, EOSC WG FAIR data,
*'''25 March 2020''', Online meeting with Trond Kvamme, Norwegian Center for Research Data (NSD, discussing collaboration on DMP and workshop participation).

=== April ===

*'''3 April 2020, [https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/Products/Files/doceditor.aspx?fileid=5348498 Kickoff workshop of EERAdata]''', online, Starting the project - introduction to organization, objectives, collaboration infrastructure
*'''3 April 2020''', Training on using Only Office online collaboration platform
*'''24 April 2020''', [https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/Products/Files/doceditor.aspx?fileid=5311235 Executive Board Meeting No. 2], Follow up of kick of, Deliverables D1.1 and D8.1a, website and CI discussion
*27 April 2020, Participation in PiAI seminar, Toyohiro Chikyow, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Japan: How we can increase the data for Materials Informatics?
*'''28 April 2020''', [https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/products/projects/tasks.aspx?prjID=236894&id=1239815 UC 1 Kickoff], discussing FAIR/O and metadata approach, databases to select. The meeting successfully held. August also participated to deliver the approach of WP2. We clarified a number of questions with the contribution of August and other team members. Road ahead was set. The first task was assigned via only office to the partners that are involved in WP4.

=== May ===

*'''5 May 2020''', [https://www.eera-set.eu/events/859:eera-9th-general-assembly.html EERA General Assembly]: Presentation of EERAdata project by Secretary-General of EERA, Adel al Gamal
*'''6 May 2020''', Online meeting with JP Wind, coordinator Flaminia Riccioni Capelli, to discuss postponed EERA workshop on FAIR and open energy data: when to re-organize and how to best link with EERAdata
*'''6 May 2020''', [https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/products/projects/messages.aspx?prjID=236894&id=62375#comments Gap analysis] - Online discussion of how to approach and connect with use cases
*'''6 May 2020''', Discussion with Holger Ihssen (KIT, member of the advisory board), Involvement in EERAdata and WS1, linking EERAdata with EERA and JP Digitalization
*'''12 May 2020''', UC 4 kickoff 
*'''13 May 2020''', UC 2 kickoff
*'''14 May 2020''', [https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/Products/Files/doceditor.aspx?fileid=5311235 EB meeting No. 3] to prepare WS1
*'''14 May 2020,''' Online meeting with Ilaria Fava, OpenAIRE project to discuss linking projects, involvement in WS1 and advisory board. EERAdata considers applying for their fund.
*'''15 May 2020''', UC 3 kickoff
*'''15 May 2020,''' Online meeting with Andreas Jaunsen, Nordforsk & EOSC-Nordic to invite to the workshop as presenter and discussant. Candidate for the EERAdata advisory board.
*'''18 May 2020''', Online meeting with Anna Maria Sempreviva, DTU, and IRP wind to invite to the workshop as presenter and discussant.
*'''18 May 2020''', Online interview about EERAdata with Stavanger Region European Office. Linking to Triangulum project and EU initiative "e-translation" 
*'''18 May 2020''', Online discussion with transversal EERA JP on digitalization (tJP Digitalization). EERAdata (Valeria) to lead the planned subprogram on FAIR and Open energy data.
*'''20 May 2020''', Discussion with Tomasz Miksa (TU Wien, an expert on machine-actionable DMPs), Involvement in EERAdata and WS1
*'''21 May 2020''', Discussion with Elena Giulia (UNITO, member of the advisory board), Involvement in EERAdata and WS1
*'''25 May 2020''', [http://eeradata.webfactional.com/mediawiki-1.30.0/index.php?title=WS1 EERAdata project wiki] established at webfactional
*'''27 May, 2020'''. Online meeting with Diane van Gunten and Jakob Rager to connect with H2020 EnergMap. Projects presented to each other, discussing synergies and collaboration possibilities (incl. joint special issue). Collaboration on platforms useful.
*'''28 May, 2020'''. Online meeting UC 3 (preparation of workshop)
*'''29 May, 2020''', Online meeting UC 2 (preparation of workshop)
*'''29 May''', '''2020''', Online workshop "EERA JP Wind & SETWind Cross-cutting workshop on Open and Fair Data" [https://www.eerajpwind.eu/eera-jp-wind-setwind-cross-cutting-workshop-on-open-fair-data/ Invitation and registration]
*'''29 May, 2020,''' [https://github.com/RDA-DMP-Common/hackathon-2020 Participation in online hackathon for machine-actionable DMPs]
*Establishing contacts with advisory board members: KIT, UNITO, Open AIRE, Nordic EOSC, DLR.

=== June ===

*'''2-4 June 2020, EERAdata Workshop No. 1 as an online hackathon, "Define. Concept for FAIR implementation. '''Skills for FAIR.": [https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/Products/Files/doceditor.aspx?fileid=5296590 Agenda]. Includes EERAdata storyboard and metadata game.
*'''3-5 June, 2020''', [https://th.fhi-berlin.mpg.de/meetings/fairdi2020/ Conference on FAIR data infrastructure for genomics]. EERAdata participated.
*'''5 June 2020,''' Online meeting with Sebastian Duprez from https://www.eccsel.org/, European Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage Laboratory Infrastructure.
*'''8 June, 2020''', [https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/Products/Files/doceditor.aspx?fileid=5493018 EB meeting No. 4].
*'''10 June 2020,''' Online meeting with Sarah Barber on FAIR and open data, wind technology. Follow-up from JP Wind workshop. Leader of network  https://www.wedowind.ch/.
*'''11 June, 2020,''' Online meeting with Michael Belsnes, SINTIF and OpenENTRANCE project [https://www.sintef.no/en/projects/open-entrance/ ,  https://www.sintef.no/en/projects/open-entrance/, ]
*'''11 June 2020,''' Drafting of work plan for SP on FAIR and open energy data for tJP Digitalization,
*'''18 June, 2020,''' EERAdata workshop at annual '''EERA e3s''' meeting,
*'''29 June 2020, PiAI Seminar Series "Physics informed AI in Plasma Science"''' (organized by Prof. [https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Satoshi_Hamaguchi Satoshi Hamaguchi], Osaka University), Presentation by Valeria Jana Schwanitz (HVL), "Towards metadata standards in low carbon energy research - insights from the EERAdata project"

=== July ===
*'''20 July 2020,''' 14:00 hrs CEST and it will be about “Scientific Annotation - Engineering Applications, Discovery and Preservation”. If you are interested in participate you can find more information and the registration link here: https://rd-alliance.org/group/metadata-ig-working-and-interest-group-chairs-preservation-tools-techniques-and-policies

=== August ===
* '''5 August 2020''', Discussion with Holger Ihssen, KIT, on WS2 strategy

=== September ===

* '''1 September 2020''', [https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/Products/Files/doceditor.aspx?fileid=5589857 EB meeting No. 5] to prepare WS2, metadata work & platform
* '''1 September 2020''', Kickoff WP3 - Platform meeting
*'''11 September 2020''', Discussion with Holger Ihssen (KIT) to prepare WS2
*'''14-18 September 2020''', Participation in [https://www.eerajpwind.eu/?post_type=events&p=1164 EERA JP Wind & SETWind Online Annual Event 2020], [https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/Products/Files/doceditor.aspx?fileid=5704239&action=view EERAdata poster] contribution
*'''15 September 2020''', Participation in online workshop [https://www.rd-alliance.org/group/metadata-ig-working-and-interest-group-chairs-fairsharing-registry-wg-connecting-data-and Building metadata standards within Engineering disciplines and communities]
* '''21 September 2020''', UC 4 meeting to discuss state of the art paper
* '''25 September 2020''', Participation in RDA workshop "[https://www.rd-alliance.org/group/metadata-ig-working-and-interest-group-chairs-fairsharing-registry-wg-connecting-data-and-2 Building metadata standards within Engineering disciplines and communities]".

=== October ===
*'''2 October 2020''', [https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/Products/Files/doceditor.aspx?fileid=5701552 EB meeting No. 6], all WP progress
*'''9 October 2020''', Participation in RDA seminar, 15.30-17.00, Invitation to follow, EERAdata participates with a presentation
*'''16 October 2020''', Online paper writing workshop "Towards FAIR and open data for low carbon energy - current state and call for action"
*'''16 October 2020''', Online meeting to prepare WS2
*'''19 October 2020''', Presentation of EERAdata at the International Open Access Week
*'''26-30 October 2020''', Week dedicated to work on the state of the art on FAIR/O energy data
*'''October-November 2020''', Participation in the NEIC workshop on FAIRification (biweekly, half day)

=== November ===
*'''3-4 November 2020''', Annual assembly of sister project ENERMAPS, invited to present EERAdata
*'''5 November''', [https://www.eeradata.eu/event/1645:preparatory-workshop-fair-and-open-metadata-for-low-carbon-energy-research.html Preparatory/Briefing workshop to EERAdata Workshop No. 2]
*'''6 November''', [https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/Products/Files/DocEditor.aspx?fileid=5787317 EB meeting No. 7], all WP progress
*'''9-10 November''', [https://rd-alliance.org/plenaries/rda-16th-plenary-meeting-costa-rica-virtual RDA 16th Plenary Meeting] - Costa Rica (Virtual), participation
*'''11 November''', Participation in ontology developer meeting of [https://openenergy-platform.org/ontology/ open energy ontology]
*'''11 November 2020''', Discussion with Holger Ihssen (KIT) to prepare WS2
*'''11 November 2020''', Discussion with Erik Schultes (GOFAIR) to prepare WS2 and have a joined session to prepare EERAdata M4Mworkshops within the Convergence Symposium 2020
*'''13 November 2020''', Discussion with Peter McQuilton, FAIRSHARING.org and Oxford University about possible contributions of EERAdata to the FAIRSHARing database
*'''16-19 November''', [https://www.eosc-hub.eu/events/realising-european-open-science-cloud REALISING THE EUROPEAN OPEN SCIENCE CLOUD], Towards a FAIR research data landscape for the social sciences, humanities and beyond - Participation with a booth
*'''20 November''', [https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/Products/Files/DocEditor.aspx?fileid=5931610 EB meeting No. 8], all WP progress and WS preparation
*'''20 November''', EERAdata participates in SUPEERA project on policy indicators to connect with the project and co-host of WS2 KIT
*'''30 November - 7 December 2020''', EERAdata Workshop No. 2 "[https://www.eeradata.eu/event/1518:paper-writing-workshop-fair-and-open-metadata-for-low-carbon-energy-research-day-1.html FAIR AND OPEN METADATA FOR LOW CARBON ENERGY RESEARCH]" (7 workshops)
*'''30 November 2020''', planned submission of state of the art paper

=== December ===
*''' 2020, EERAdata Workshop No. 2 as an online hackathon to write a community paper, "FAIR and open metadata for low carbon energy research": [http://eeradata.webfactional.com/mediawiki-1.30.0/index.php?title=WS2].
Topical workshops:
* 1st of December - EU Policy and Energy Research Taxonomies (lead by GIG), 10am-2pm
* 2nd of December - Buildings efficiency & metadata (led by IUE), 10-12 pm
* 3rd of December - Metadata user stories (led by AIT), 10-12 pm
* 4th of December - Online art project - FAIR data & SDGs, 10-3pm
* 4th of December - Joint session with the [https://conference.codata.org/FAIRconvergence2020/sessions/265/ International FAIR Convergence Symposium "Making domain-relevant machine-actionable metadata at scale"].
* 7th of December - Framing session 10am-4pm
*'''11th of December''', [https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/Products/Files/DocEditor.aspx?fileid=5985372 EB meeting No. 9] to debrief WS2 and the state of EERAdata for 2020

== Year 2021 ==
=== January ===
* January Kick-off of new EERA Joint Program Digitalization of Energy, Valeria to lead the Subprogramme on "Data Science & AI"
* 6th of January - Meeting with general secretary of EERA, Adel El Gamal, to discuss linking EERAdata and EERA with new tjP Digitalization
* 11 th of January - Coordinator meeting of tJP Digitalization of Energy, presentation of EERAdata and invitation to community paper
* 13 th of January - 2-3pm, Discussion with AIT on gap analysis deliverable
* 15 th of January - sending out of 1st draft of community paper on advancing energy FAIR metadata practices
* 22 th of January - discussion of draft for paper on state-of-the-art of FAIR and open energy data
* 22 th of January - [https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/Products/Files/DocEditor.aspx?fileid=6066674 EB meeting No. 10], upcoming deliverables, planning of WS3
* 27 th of January - Workshop on FAIR and open metadata for the COMETS inventory (use case 'electricity market actors', EERAdata WP5). Collaboration between COMETS and EERAdata consortium 10-3pm.
* 31 st of January - Deadline, first round of review of community paper

=== February ===
*2 nd February - Discussion with Philipp Conzett, Univ. of Tromso and DATAVERSE on preparing the upload of a use case to dataverse.no (incl. PID)
*3 rd February - Participation in NORDIC EOSC Workshop "[https://indico.neic.no/event/171/ FAIRification STEP 2 – FAIR principle F3]"
*4 th Februrary - sending out of 2nd draft of community paper on advancing energy FAIR metadata practices
*20th February - submission of community paper

=== March ===
*9 th March - Participation in [https://www.eosc-nordic.eu/events/second-eosc-nordic-policy-workshop-nordic-and-baltic-collaboration-as-eosc-enabler/ Second EOSC-Nordic Policy Workshop: Nordic and Baltic collaboration as EOSC enabler]
*12th March - EB meeting
*25th March - Presentation of EERAdata/FAIR and open data topic at the [https://www.ucl.ac.uk/artificial-intelligence/public-policy/ai-policy-roundtables UCL Roundtables on AI & Policy], follow up with a policy brief
*29/03-02 April - Participation in the 3rd International Conference on Data-Driven Plasma Science (online conference organized by Univ. of Osaka, Japan)
*31 March - Brainstorming workshop for WS3 in conjunction with EERA tJP Digitization for Energy

=== April ===

*9 th April - Discussion on follow-up project for EERAdata as part of kick-off for tJP DfE SP2
*12 th April - Presentation of EERAdata and idea for follow-up project at the EERA brokerage event.
*16 th April - EB meeting
*20 th April - Meeting with sister project [https://enermaps.eu/ ENERMAPS]
*21 th April - Presentation of EERAdata at [https://www.etip-snet.eu/events/ 11TH ETIP SNET REGIONAL WORKSHOP]
*22 nd April - [https://www.rd-alliance.org/rdas-17th-plenary-meeting-programme RDA, 17th plenary meeting - presentation of EERAdata]
*29 th April - [https://www.eosc-nordic.eu/events/fairification-step-3-generic-metadata-standards/ EOSC Nordic webinar, step 3, generic metadata standards]

=== Mai ===

*6 th May - EERA assembly
*10th May - EM4I - Meeting to prepare workshop series "Energy Materials for Interoperability"
*12th May - Preparation meeting WS3
*18 th May - Consortium meeting energy data space
*17 th May - Submission of proposal to EU Energy Week together with sister project [https://enermaps.eu/ ENERMAPS]
*21 th May - EB meeting
*25-27 May - Participation in data week [https://www.big-data-value.eu/data-week-2021/]
*28 May - Participation in SUPEERA Webinar "A European Green Deal fit for the Digital Age: What’s in for Clean Energy Research?”

=== June ===
* 10 June - Meeting with EERA JP Digitization for Energy (DfE) to brainstorm on collaboration with EERAdata
* 10 June - Consortium meeting for developing a proposal for Energy data space
* 17 June - Consortium meeting for developing a proposal for Energy data space
* 18 June - Meeting with EERA JP DfE, preparation of joined conference/workshop in October
* 21-23 June - Participation in [https://www.go-fair.org/events/fair-festival-2021/ GOFAIR sharing festival]
* 23 June - Participation in meeting to prepare EM4I workshop series (programm committee)
* 24 June - Consortium meeting for developing a proposal for Energy data space

=== July ===
* 1st of July - [https://www.eera-set.eu/events/events-of-eera-and-its-partners/2856:energy-materials-for-innovation-em4i-workshop-series-materials-discovery-and-development.html Energy Materials for Innovation (EM4I) Workshop series] - Materials Discovery and Development
* 2nd of July - EB meeting
* 6th of July - Lecture series and discussion as part of EERAdata workshop no. 3
* 29th of July - Presentation of EERAdata project and aspects of open data and FAIR as tools for implementing Industry 4.0 on the regional workshop on the challenges and different perspectives on building the potential of Industry 4.0 in Silesia Region (online, in Polish) - https://ris.slaskie.pl/czytaj/spotkanie_warsztatowe_online_pt__rozne_perspektywy_budowania_potencjalu_przemyslu_4_0)

=== August ===
* 26th of August - Lead partner meeting prepare midterm reporting
* 27th of August - EB meeting

=== September ===
* 2nd of September - Preparation meeting for Workshop no. 3 to prepare topical sessions of use cases
* 17th of September - EB meeting
* 27th of September - EERAdata meets FAIRsharing (discussion on metadata contribution to FAIRsharing by EERAdata)
* 29th of September - Participation in the conference Standards in support of the industrial data value chain (recommendation from advisory board member Tim Austin)

Timeline

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Małgorzatam: /* July */

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= Timeline of the implementation of the project =
Overview of steps undertaken in EERAdata to implement the project. The focus is on steps forward and backward. It will help us later to come up with realistic suggestions in the recommendations and lessons learned to help others who are interested in FAIRifying and opening their data. For example, how long does the preparation take? How difficult is the organizational effort? Furthermore, it will support the reporting to EC.

== Year 2020 ==
=== January ===

*7 January 2020, Meeting with CESSDA in Bergen, to discuss involvement in EERAdata and prepare WS 1. Co-hosting institution. Ron Dekkar Member of Advisory Board.
*7 January 2020, Presentation of EERAdata at HVL annual meeting of the Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences to reach out beyond the EERAdata consortium.
*15 January 2020, Establishing contact with Philipp Conzett, Univ. of Tromso and DATAVERSE. Linking EERAdata to DATAVERSE.

=== March ===

*'''11-12 March 2020, '''[https://www.open-science-conference.eu/ Open Science Conference 2020]''' and Barcamp, Berlin, Germany:''' Presentation of August Wierling (HVL), incl. abstract: [https://zenodo.org/record/3776858#.XrP-w3Yza90 https://zenodo.org/record/3776858#.XrP-w3Yza90 ]. Establishing personal contact with Ludwig Hülk, Rainer-Lemoine-Institute (Open Mode Initiative).
*'''18 March 2020''', [https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/Products/Files/doceditor.aspx?fileid=5383483 Executive Board Meeting No. 1], Preparing online kick off
*Establishing contacts with CESSDA, NEIC, EOSC WG FAIR data,
*'''25 March 2020''', Online meeting with Trond Kvamme, Norwegian Center for Research Data (NSD, discussing collaboration on DMP and workshop participation).

=== April ===

*'''3 April 2020, [https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/Products/Files/doceditor.aspx?fileid=5348498 Kickoff workshop of EERAdata]''', online, Starting the project - introduction to organization, objectives, collaboration infrastructure
*'''3 April 2020''', Training on using Only Office online collaboration platform
*'''24 April 2020''', [https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/Products/Files/doceditor.aspx?fileid=5311235 Executive Board Meeting No. 2], Follow up of kick of, Deliverables D1.1 and D8.1a, website and CI discussion
*27 April 2020, Participation in PiAI seminar, Toyohiro Chikyow, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Japan: How we can increase the data for Materials Informatics?
*'''28 April 2020''', [https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/products/projects/tasks.aspx?prjID=236894&id=1239815 UC 1 Kickoff], discussing FAIR/O and metadata approach, databases to select. The meeting successfully held. August also participated to deliver the approach of WP2. We clarified a number of questions with the contribution of August and other team members. Road ahead was set. The first task was assigned via only office to the partners that are involved in WP4.

=== May ===

*'''5 May 2020''', [https://www.eera-set.eu/events/859:eera-9th-general-assembly.html EERA General Assembly]: Presentation of EERAdata project by Secretary-General of EERA, Adel al Gamal
*'''6 May 2020''', Online meeting with JP Wind, coordinator Flaminia Riccioni Capelli, to discuss postponed EERA workshop on FAIR and open energy data: when to re-organize and how to best link with EERAdata
*'''6 May 2020''', [https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/products/projects/messages.aspx?prjID=236894&id=62375#comments Gap analysis] - Online discussion of how to approach and connect with use cases
*'''6 May 2020''', Discussion with Holger Ihssen (KIT, member of the advisory board), Involvement in EERAdata and WS1, linking EERAdata with EERA and JP Digitalization
*'''12 May 2020''', UC 4 kickoff 
*'''13 May 2020''', UC 2 kickoff
*'''14 May 2020''', [https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/Products/Files/doceditor.aspx?fileid=5311235 EB meeting No. 3] to prepare WS1
*'''14 May 2020,''' Online meeting with Ilaria Fava, OpenAIRE project to discuss linking projects, involvement in WS1 and advisory board. EERAdata considers applying for their fund.
*'''15 May 2020''', UC 3 kickoff
*'''15 May 2020,''' Online meeting with Andreas Jaunsen, Nordforsk & EOSC-Nordic to invite to the workshop as presenter and discussant. Candidate for the EERAdata advisory board.
*'''18 May 2020''', Online meeting with Anna Maria Sempreviva, DTU, and IRP wind to invite to the workshop as presenter and discussant.
*'''18 May 2020''', Online interview about EERAdata with Stavanger Region European Office. Linking to Triangulum project and EU initiative "e-translation" 
*'''18 May 2020''', Online discussion with transversal EERA JP on digitalization (tJP Digitalization). EERAdata (Valeria) to lead the planned subprogram on FAIR and Open energy data.
*'''20 May 2020''', Discussion with Tomasz Miksa (TU Wien, an expert on machine-actionable DMPs), Involvement in EERAdata and WS1
*'''21 May 2020''', Discussion with Elena Giulia (UNITO, member of the advisory board), Involvement in EERAdata and WS1
*'''25 May 2020''', [http://eeradata.webfactional.com/mediawiki-1.30.0/index.php?title=WS1 EERAdata project wiki] established at webfactional
*'''27 May, 2020'''. Online meeting with Diane van Gunten and Jakob Rager to connect with H2020 EnergMap. Projects presented to each other, discussing synergies and collaboration possibilities (incl. joint special issue). Collaboration on platforms useful.
*'''28 May, 2020'''. Online meeting UC 3 (preparation of workshop)
*'''29 May, 2020''', Online meeting UC 2 (preparation of workshop)
*'''29 May''', '''2020''', Online workshop "EERA JP Wind & SETWind Cross-cutting workshop on Open and Fair Data" [https://www.eerajpwind.eu/eera-jp-wind-setwind-cross-cutting-workshop-on-open-fair-data/ Invitation and registration]
*'''29 May, 2020,''' [https://github.com/RDA-DMP-Common/hackathon-2020 Participation in online hackathon for machine-actionable DMPs]
*Establishing contacts with advisory board members: KIT, UNITO, Open AIRE, Nordic EOSC, DLR.

=== June ===

*'''2-4 June 2020, EERAdata Workshop No. 1 as an online hackathon, "Define. Concept for FAIR implementation. '''Skills for FAIR.": [https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/Products/Files/doceditor.aspx?fileid=5296590 Agenda]. Includes EERAdata storyboard and metadata game.
*'''3-5 June, 2020''', [https://th.fhi-berlin.mpg.de/meetings/fairdi2020/ Conference on FAIR data infrastructure for genomics]. EERAdata participated.
*'''5 June 2020,''' Online meeting with Sebastian Duprez from https://www.eccsel.org/, European Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage Laboratory Infrastructure.
*'''8 June, 2020''', [https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/Products/Files/doceditor.aspx?fileid=5493018 EB meeting No. 4].
*'''10 June 2020,''' Online meeting with Sarah Barber on FAIR and open data, wind technology. Follow-up from JP Wind workshop. Leader of network  https://www.wedowind.ch/.
*'''11 June, 2020,''' Online meeting with Michael Belsnes, SINTIF and OpenENTRANCE project [https://www.sintef.no/en/projects/open-entrance/ ,  https://www.sintef.no/en/projects/open-entrance/, ]
*'''11 June 2020,''' Drafting of work plan for SP on FAIR and open energy data for tJP Digitalization,
*'''18 June, 2020,''' EERAdata workshop at annual '''EERA e3s''' meeting,
*'''29 June 2020, PiAI Seminar Series "Physics informed AI in Plasma Science"''' (organized by Prof. [https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Satoshi_Hamaguchi Satoshi Hamaguchi], Osaka University), Presentation by Valeria Jana Schwanitz (HVL), "Towards metadata standards in low carbon energy research - insights from the EERAdata project"

=== July ===
*'''20 July 2020,''' 14:00 hrs CEST and it will be about “Scientific Annotation - Engineering Applications, Discovery and Preservation”. If you are interested in participate you can find more information and the registration link here: https://rd-alliance.org/group/metadata-ig-working-and-interest-group-chairs-preservation-tools-techniques-and-policies

=== August ===
* '''5 August 2020''', Discussion with Holger Ihssen, KIT, on WS2 strategy

=== September ===

* '''1 September 2020''', [https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/Products/Files/doceditor.aspx?fileid=5589857 EB meeting No. 5] to prepare WS2, metadata work & platform
* '''1 September 2020''', Kickoff WP3 - Platform meeting
*'''11 September 2020''', Discussion with Holger Ihssen (KIT) to prepare WS2
*'''14-18 September 2020''', Participation in [https://www.eerajpwind.eu/?post_type=events&p=1164 EERA JP Wind & SETWind Online Annual Event 2020], [https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/Products/Files/doceditor.aspx?fileid=5704239&action=view EERAdata poster] contribution
*'''15 September 2020''', Participation in online workshop [https://www.rd-alliance.org/group/metadata-ig-working-and-interest-group-chairs-fairsharing-registry-wg-connecting-data-and Building metadata standards within Engineering disciplines and communities]
* '''21 September 2020''', UC 4 meeting to discuss state of the art paper
* '''25 September 2020''', Participation in RDA workshop "[https://www.rd-alliance.org/group/metadata-ig-working-and-interest-group-chairs-fairsharing-registry-wg-connecting-data-and-2 Building metadata standards within Engineering disciplines and communities]".

=== October ===
*'''2 October 2020''', [https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/Products/Files/doceditor.aspx?fileid=5701552 EB meeting No. 6], all WP progress
*'''9 October 2020''', Participation in RDA seminar, 15.30-17.00, Invitation to follow, EERAdata participates with a presentation
*'''16 October 2020''', Online paper writing workshop "Towards FAIR and open data for low carbon energy - current state and call for action"
*'''16 October 2020''', Online meeting to prepare WS2
*'''19 October 2020''', Presentation of EERAdata at the International Open Access Week
*'''26-30 October 2020''', Week dedicated to work on the state of the art on FAIR/O energy data
*'''October-November 2020''', Participation in the NEIC workshop on FAIRification (biweekly, half day)

=== November ===
*'''3-4 November 2020''', Annual assembly of sister project ENERMAPS, invited to present EERAdata
*'''5 November''', [https://www.eeradata.eu/event/1645:preparatory-workshop-fair-and-open-metadata-for-low-carbon-energy-research.html Preparatory/Briefing workshop to EERAdata Workshop No. 2]
*'''6 November''', [https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/Products/Files/DocEditor.aspx?fileid=5787317 EB meeting No. 7], all WP progress
*'''9-10 November''', [https://rd-alliance.org/plenaries/rda-16th-plenary-meeting-costa-rica-virtual RDA 16th Plenary Meeting] - Costa Rica (Virtual), participation
*'''11 November''', Participation in ontology developer meeting of [https://openenergy-platform.org/ontology/ open energy ontology]
*'''11 November 2020''', Discussion with Holger Ihssen (KIT) to prepare WS2
*'''11 November 2020''', Discussion with Erik Schultes (GOFAIR) to prepare WS2 and have a joined session to prepare EERAdata M4Mworkshops within the Convergence Symposium 2020
*'''13 November 2020''', Discussion with Peter McQuilton, FAIRSHARING.org and Oxford University about possible contributions of EERAdata to the FAIRSHARing database
*'''16-19 November''', [https://www.eosc-hub.eu/events/realising-european-open-science-cloud REALISING THE EUROPEAN OPEN SCIENCE CLOUD], Towards a FAIR research data landscape for the social sciences, humanities and beyond - Participation with a booth
*'''20 November''', [https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/Products/Files/DocEditor.aspx?fileid=5931610 EB meeting No. 8], all WP progress and WS preparation
*'''20 November''', EERAdata participates in SUPEERA project on policy indicators to connect with the project and co-host of WS2 KIT
*'''30 November - 7 December 2020''', EERAdata Workshop No. 2 "[https://www.eeradata.eu/event/1518:paper-writing-workshop-fair-and-open-metadata-for-low-carbon-energy-research-day-1.html FAIR AND OPEN METADATA FOR LOW CARBON ENERGY RESEARCH]" (7 workshops)
*'''30 November 2020''', planned submission of state of the art paper

=== December ===
*''' 2020, EERAdata Workshop No. 2 as an online hackathon to write a community paper, "FAIR and open metadata for low carbon energy research": [http://eeradata.webfactional.com/mediawiki-1.30.0/index.php?title=WS2].
Topical workshops:
* 1st of December - EU Policy and Energy Research Taxonomies (lead by GIG), 10am-2pm
* 2nd of December - Buildings efficiency & metadata (led by IUE), 10-12 pm
* 3rd of December - Metadata user stories (led by AIT), 10-12 pm
* 4th of December - Online art project - FAIR data & SDGs, 10-3pm
* 4th of December - Joint session with the [https://conference.codata.org/FAIRconvergence2020/sessions/265/ International FAIR Convergence Symposium "Making domain-relevant machine-actionable metadata at scale"].
* 7th of December - Framing session 10am-4pm
*'''11th of December''', [https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/Products/Files/DocEditor.aspx?fileid=5985372 EB meeting No. 9] to debrief WS2 and the state of EERAdata for 2020

== Year 2021 ==
=== January ===
* January Kick-off of new EERA Joint Program Digitalization of Energy, Valeria to lead the Subprogramme on "Data Science & AI"
* 6th of January - Meeting with general secretary of EERA, Adel El Gamal, to discuss linking EERAdata and EERA with new tjP Digitalization
* 11 th of January - Coordinator meeting of tJP Digitalization of Energy, presentation of EERAdata and invitation to community paper
* 13 th of January - 2-3pm, Discussion with AIT on gap analysis deliverable
* 15 th of January - sending out of 1st draft of community paper on advancing energy FAIR metadata practices
* 22 th of January - discussion of draft for paper on state-of-the-art of FAIR and open energy data
* 22 th of January - [https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/Products/Files/DocEditor.aspx?fileid=6066674 EB meeting No. 10], upcoming deliverables, planning of WS3
* 27 th of January - Workshop on FAIR and open metadata for the COMETS inventory (use case 'electricity market actors', EERAdata WP5). Collaboration between COMETS and EERAdata consortium 10-3pm.
* 31 st of January - Deadline, first round of review of community paper

=== February ===
*2 nd February - Discussion with Philipp Conzett, Univ. of Tromso and DATAVERSE on preparing the upload of a use case to dataverse.no (incl. PID)
*3 rd February - Participation in NORDIC EOSC Workshop "[https://indico.neic.no/event/171/ FAIRification STEP 2 – FAIR principle F3]"
*4 th Februrary - sending out of 2nd draft of community paper on advancing energy FAIR metadata practices
*20th February - submission of community paper

=== March ===
*9 th March - Participation in [https://www.eosc-nordic.eu/events/second-eosc-nordic-policy-workshop-nordic-and-baltic-collaboration-as-eosc-enabler/ Second EOSC-Nordic Policy Workshop: Nordic and Baltic collaboration as EOSC enabler]
*12th March - EB meeting
*25th March - Presentation of EERAdata/FAIR and open data topic at the [https://www.ucl.ac.uk/artificial-intelligence/public-policy/ai-policy-roundtables UCL Roundtables on AI & Policy], follow up with a policy brief
*29/03-02 April - Participation in the 3rd International Conference on Data-Driven Plasma Science (online conference organized by Univ. of Osaka, Japan)
*31 March - Brainstorming workshop for WS3 in conjunction with EERA tJP Digitization for Energy

=== April ===

*9 th April - Discussion on follow-up project for EERAdata as part of kick-off for tJP DfE SP2
*12 th April - Presentation of EERAdata and idea for follow-up project at the EERA brokerage event.
*16 th April - EB meeting
*20 th April - Meeting with sister project [https://enermaps.eu/ ENERMAPS]
*21 th April - Presentation of EERAdata at [https://www.etip-snet.eu/events/ 11TH ETIP SNET REGIONAL WORKSHOP]
*22 nd April - [https://www.rd-alliance.org/rdas-17th-plenary-meeting-programme RDA, 17th plenary meeting - presentation of EERAdata]
*29 th April - [https://www.eosc-nordic.eu/events/fairification-step-3-generic-metadata-standards/ EOSC Nordic webinar, step 3, generic metadata standards]

=== Mai ===

*6 th May - EERA assembly
*10th May - EM4I - Meeting to prepare workshop series "Energy Materials for Interoperability"
*12th May - Preparation meeting WS3
*18 th May - Consortium meeting energy data space
*17 th May - Submission of proposal to EU Energy Week together with sister project [https://enermaps.eu/ ENERMAPS]
*21 th May - EB meeting
*25-27 May - Participation in data week [https://www.big-data-value.eu/data-week-2021/]
*28 May - Participation in SUPEERA Webinar "A European Green Deal fit for the Digital Age: What’s in for Clean Energy Research?”

=== June ===
* 10 June - Meeting with EERA JP Digitization for Energy (DfE) to brainstorm on collaboration with EERAdata
* 10 June - Consortium meeting for developing a proposal for Energy data space
* 17 June - Consortium meeting for developing a proposal for Energy data space
* 18 June - Meeting with EERA JP DfE, preparation of joined conference/workshop in October
* 21-23 June - Participation in [https://www.go-fair.org/events/fair-festival-2021/ GOFAIR sharing festival]
* 23 June - Participation in meeting to prepare EM4I workshop series (programm committee)
* 24 June - Consortium meeting for developing a proposal for Energy data space

=== July ===
* 1st of July - [https://www.eera-set.eu/events/events-of-eera-and-its-partners/2856:energy-materials-for-innovation-em4i-workshop-series-materials-discovery-and-development.html Energy Materials for Innovation (EM4I) Workshop series] - Materials Discovery and Development
* 2nd of July - EB meeting
* 6th of July - Lecture series and discussion as part of EERAdata workshop no. 3
* 29th of July - Presentation of EERAdata project and aspects of open data and FAIR as tools for implementing Industry 4.0 on the regional workshop on the challenges and different perspectives on building the potential of Industry 4.0 in Silesia Region (online) - https://ris.slaskie.pl/czytaj/spotkanie_warsztatowe_online_pt__rozne_perspektywy_budowania_potencjalu_przemyslu_4_0)

=== August ===
* 26th of August - Lead partner meeting prepare midterm reporting
* 27th of August - EB meeting

=== September ===
* 2nd of September - Preparation meeting for Workshop no. 3 to prepare topical sessions of use cases
* 17th of September - EB meeting
* 27th of September - EERAdata meets FAIRsharing (discussion on metadata contribution to FAIRsharing by EERAdata)
* 29th of September - Participation in the conference Standards in support of the industrial data value chain (recommendation from advisory board member Tim Austin)

WS1UC4

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Małgorzatam: /* Notes from the morning session */

This page provides space for notes from workshop discussions of use case 4 during Day 2 of WS1.

== Interactive elements ==
The discussions can also benefit from considering the EERAdata storyboard and/or slido comments. See [[WS1#Interactive_elements]].

== Notes from the morning session ==
The morning session is dedicated to database discussions with the aim to select 3-5 databases from below's list of databases for further examination. The [[UC4#List_of_selected_databases|first table of the WIKI page]] is filled out by noon.

* The workshop has started with the short introduction round to enable people to know something about each other, especially on the specific institutions day-to-day approach to data use.
* Later on the base for further works was presented - by moderator - Mariusz Kruczek from GIG:
# screeening the databases --> names, short descriptions, rationale for preliminary choosing the database,
# checking the databases proposed already, adding new, if needed,
# discussion and evaluation of databases - to choose the most suitable one for further works.

Segmenting databases into 2 categories:
# policy relevant databases, eg. COMETS, EU Merci, PETA4,
# policy databases, eg. IEA Policy database, EUR-Lex, OECD, RES-Legal, MURE.

From both categories, the most suitable databases may be chosen. This will enable us to have a full spectrum - how energy policies may use both types of databases.

Chosen databases - after morning discussion:
# COMETS,
# EUR-Lex,
# IEA Policy database,
# JRC.

The evaluation with the use of a tool developed by Mark Wilkinson will be carried out on chosen databases during afternoon session. In this time will be also assesing databases has already chosen by metadata aspects.

=== List of participants ===

=== Draft list of databases ===
The databases that had been identified as containing data in relation to low carbon energy and energy efficiency policy:

#[https://www.copernicus.eu/en Copernicus]
#[https://datacite.org DataCite]
#[https://www.vs.inf.ethz.ch/res/show.html?what=eco-data ECO data set]
#[https://energydata.info/ EnergyData]
#[https://www.resourceefficient.eu/en#explore-content EREK]
#[http://www.eumerci-portal.eu/web/guest/home EU Merci]
#[https://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en EUR-Lex]
#[https://ec.europa.eu/energy/topics/energy-efficiency/energy-efficient-buildings/eu-bso_en?redir=1 European Buildings Stock Observatory]
#[https://www.iea.org/policies IEA Policies database]
#[https://www.irena.org/Statistics/View-Data-by-Topic/Energy-Transition/REmap-Energy-Demand-and-Supply-by-Sector IRENA, REmap]
#[http://resourceirena.irena.org/gateway/ IRENA, Resource]
#[https://data.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ JRC-database hub]
#[https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/publication/jrc-idees-integrated-database-european-energy-sector-methodological-note JRC-IDEES: Integrated Database of the European Energy Sector: Metodological note]
#[https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/publication/eur-scientific-and-technical-research-reports/monitoring-ri-low-carbon-energy-technologies JRC: Monitoring R&I in Low-Carbon Energy Technologies
#[https://magic-nexus.eu/metadata-repository MAGIC]
#[https://data.nrel.gov/ NREL data]
#[https://odin.jrc.ec.europa.eu/odin/index.jsp ODIN: Online Data & Information Network for Energy]
#[https://data.oecd.org/ OECD data]
#[https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/home/home.do OEIL]
#[https://openei.org/wiki/Main_Page OPENEI]
#[https://heatroadmap.eu/peta4/ PETA4]
#[https://www.proquest.com/ PROQuest]
#[https://www.reeep.org/reegleinfo REEEP]
#[https://www.re3data.org/ Re3data.org]
#[http://www.res-legal.eu/home/ RES LEGAL]
#[https://setis.ec.europa.eu/publications/setis-research-innovation-data SETIS research and innovation data]
#[https://zenodo.org/ ZENODO]
#[https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/837722 H2020 project COMETS] - EU-wide inventory of collective action initiatives in the low carbon energy transition
#[https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/business_economy_euro/banking_and_finance/documents/200309-sustainable-finance-teg-final-report-taxonomy_en.pdf] - EU taxonomy for green innovation companies
#MURE (Mesures d'Utilisation Rationnelle de l'Energie)database [http://www.measures-odyssee-mure.eu/].

=== Discussion on the choice of databases: ===
* From GIG, apart from IEA Policy database, there will be also a proposition of EUR-Lex, DataCite, EU Merci, OECD, and probably also JRC-database.
* @ IUE and ENEA: each of you please suggest 2 other databases and prepare for them a description and an explanation - why we should choose them for further evaluation. Material please put in the Wiki.
* @ all: for databases that you suggested please complete the questionnaire from AIT in OO ([https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/Products/Files/doceditor.aspx?fileid=5413183] and put answers into the folder in OO [https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/products/projects/tmdocs.aspx?prjID=236894#1976709] until Friday 29.05.

==== COMETS database: EU-wide inventory of collective action initiatives in the energy transition ====
''Description of database:''
The inventory is a multi-country database of collective action initiatives (e.g., energy cooperatives, eco-villages, community energy projects, and other citizen-led energy projects). For each initiative, the country, the date of foundation/cancellation, the evolution of members and renewable energy units, installation capacities, fields of engagement, legal form, website, address, source, etc. is collected. The entries are sourced from a variety of national, regional, and European registers and websites.

''Rationale for choosing this database'':
*The database is of policy relevance. Its data interpretation is highly dependent on changes in the legal and policy frameworks across Europe.
*We own the database and therefore have it easier to exercise FAIRification and opening activities.
*The database is being created in a parallel running European project and we would not like that the database ends in the graveyard of dead EU project databases.
*We aim at opening the database to the low carbon research community within the next two years.
*We are interested to explore the options for opening while ensuring that our work in building the database is appropriately acknowledged. This is relevant for later EERAdata discussion. Here, we already started discussing with e3s and tJP of EERAdata.
*We can use synergies with another parallel EU project and have the possibility to assign rich metadata to every single entry, by also using the expertise of researchers from the COMETS project.
*The database itself has a relatively simple structure, however, the inventory contains heterogeneous and dynamic data. Thus, it helps us to investigate how to approach FAIRification for such data. This is a particular challenge for UC4.
*Sources of the COMETS database are coming in a variety of European languages, all brought together in an English database. Thus, it helps us to investigate the relevance of languages for FAIRification and opening activities. This is also a particular challenge for UC4.
*We aim at uploading this database as an example for EERAdata to EOSC. We hope to create a best practice example for a FAIR and open database. Currently, it is F - non-existing, A - non-existing., I - partly as one can, e.g., go to the currently published papers to access the original sources. But it is not machine-actionable. R - no, because it is currently not open.

''Reference:'' Wierling, A.; Schwanitz, V.J.; Zeiß, J.P.; Bout, C.; Candelise, C.; Gilcrease, W.; Gregg, J.S. [https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/10/9/3339 Statistical Evidence on the Role of Energy Cooperatives for the Energy Transition in European Countries]. Sustainability.

==== IEA Policy database ====
''Description of the database:''
A worldwide database of past, future and planned policies and measures thematically related to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve energy efficiency and support the development and deployment of renewables and other clean energy technologies. It contains data from IEA/IRENA Renewable Energy Policies and Measures Database, the IEA Energy Efficiency Database, the Addressing Climate Change database, and the Building Energy Efficiency Policies (BEEP) database, along with information on CCUS and methane abatement policies. Data are collected from governments, partner organizations and IEA analysis since 1999.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* A popular, recognized, and world-wide database hosted by a reputable institution.
* Since we are not able to analyze all the databases that we would like to - the selection of the IEA Policy database would indirectly allow us to take into account several other, selected databases because it contains data from: IEA/IRENA Renewable Energy Policies and Measures Database, the IEA Energy Efficiency Database, the Addressing Climate Change database, and the Building Energy Efficiency Policies (BEEP) database.
* Cross-use case relevance, as it contains policies and measures also for buildings efficiency (UC1) and for power transmission and distribution networks (UC2).

==== EU Taxonomy for green innovation companies ====
''Description of the database:''
The EU Taxonomy is a tool to help investors, companies, issuers, and project promoters navigate the transition to a low-carbon, resilient and resource-efficient economy. The Taxonomy sets performance thresholds (referred to as ‘technical screening criteria’) for economic activities which: • make a substantive contribution to one of six environmental objectives (Figure 1); • do no significant harm (DNSH) to the other five, where relevant; • meet minimum safeguards (e.g., OECD Guidelines on Multinational Enterprises and the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights). The performance thresholds will help companies, project promoters and issuers access green financing to improve their environmental performance, as well as helping to identify which activities are already environmentally friendly. In doing so, it will help to grow low-carbon sectors and decarbonise high-carbon ones. The EU Taxonomy is one of the most significant developments in sustainable finance and will have wide-ranging implications for investors and issuers working in the EU, and beyond.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* It is low-hanging fruit because taxonomy is already in place.
* We could use this taxonomy to see how it aligns with our other assessments (and with other use cases).
* The taxonomy will be enacted in a year from now, so we can provide timely feedback.

''Reference:'' [[https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/business_economy_euro/banking_and_finance/documents/200309-sustainable-finance-teg-final-report-taxonomy_en.pdf]]

==== EUR-Lex ====
''Description of the database:''
EUR-Lex is online database that provides the official and most comprehensive access to EU Law and legal documents such as treaties, legal acts from EU institutions, preparatory documents related to EU legislation, EU case-law, international agreements, EFTA documents, references to national case-law related to EU law. EUR-Lex has access to all editions of the Official Journal of the European Union (OJ) since the first of December 1952.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* It is available in all of the EU’s 24 official languages.
* It is updated daily, which confirms the validity of the documents.
* Each document in EUR-Lex is supported by detailed information such as: relations with other legal documents, case-law interpretations, dates of adoption or entry into force etc.
* It is the open and highly recognizable European Union’s database directly related to policy.
* Most documents in EUR-Lex, regardless of their language, receive a unique identifier - CELEX number, so all documents have a designed structure and each type of document corresponds to a so-called “a descriptor”.

==== EU MERCI ====
''Description of the database:''
The database contains data on the implementation of energy efficiency measures in the manufacturing industry. For nearly 3000 companies from 4 European countries (Austria, Italy, Poland, United Kingdom), the following information has been collected: size of the company, year of implementation of the measure, type of support received (white certificates), statistical classification of economic activities, according to NACE, applied processes and ways to save energy and total final energy savings achieved by the implemented measures.
The database contains data also on low-carbon policies, examples of business action to reduce emissions, etc.
The database includes data for the 2005-2017 period. Besides the database, also a library, sector reports and static analyses of different countries were made available.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* The database contains good practices that can be used by other actors willing to implement energy efficiency measures.
* Disadvantages of the database: It includes data from the 2005-2017 period, with no updates (no newer examples).

==== OECD database ====
''Description of the database:''
OECD database makes available data related to agriculture, development, economy, education, energy, environment, finance, government, health, innovation and technology, jobs and society. In each of these areas the database contains, inter alia, data on legal issues. In the area of energy, data can be assigned thematically to: primary energy supply, crude oil production, electricity generation, renewable energy, nuclear power plants, crude oil import prices.
The data comes from over 130 countries around the world. The database allows sharing data in the form of indicators, maps and tables. The data is collected and made available since 1960.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* It is a popular, well recognised worldwide database, maintained by a reputable institution.
* Since we are not able to analyze all the databases that we would like to - the selection of the OECD database would indirectly allow us to take into account several other, selected databases because it contains data from: the IEA database - International Energy Agency (https://www.iea.org/) and Nuclear Energy Agency (http://www.oecd-nea.org/).

==== ISTAT energy data ====
'' Description of the database: ''
I.Stat is the warehouse of statistics currently produced by the Italian National Institute of Statistics.Statistics are searchable by theme. The system is also consultable by keyword. Data are presented in multidimensional tables which users can export in xls, csv formats. Acting on variables, reference periods and the arrangement of heads and sides, moreover, it is possible to obtain custom tables.
Through a web service that allows direct machine-to-machine questioning, organizations, as well as private citizens, can form specific query data, download results. The service is accessible at the following address: https://www.istat.it/it/metodi-e-strumenti/web-service-sdmx

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* It’s a complete overview of energy consumption in Italy in all sectors of the society.

==== SETIS Innovation and Research data ====
'' Description of the database: ''
The level of investment in R&I in terms of both private (expenditure by businesses and industry) and public (Member States' national programmes and instruments), and trends in patents, for the Integrated SET Plan Actions.

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
The Integrated SET Plan needs to be underpinned by an effective monitoring and reporting scheme that supports the development and implementation of the European R&I Agenda. SETIS plays a central role in the successful implementation of the Integrated SET Plan 10 key actions. In particular, the enhanced SETIS follows the objectives below:
* To monitor R&I activities, investments and technology progress in Europe;
* To contribute to the identification of gaps in the implementation of the actions;
* To report on the overall progress towards the common goals set out in the integrated SET-Plan;
* To contribute to assessing the impact of the SET-Plan on European competitiveness;
* To make recommendations for actions that could further increase the effectiveness of the European R&I Strategy.

==== ENERGISE Online Database ====
'' Description of the database: ''
The Database is an output of the H2020 Energise Project. The project aims at testing household and community-level initiatives to reduce energy consumption through energy cultures. An output of the project forms the database that contains data on 1067 energy initiatives from 30 European countries.

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* The database contains recent information on a considerable number of (1067) initiatives pertaining to household and community-level energy policies. Thus, its representativeness is for European countries is high.
* Since the focus of the EERAdata project is mainly concerning the European Union countries, this database is a good fit in terms of scope.
* The database hosts information that would be gathered from national sources of each country, hence may be considered as a repository for national databases.

==== MURE Online Database ====
'' Description of the database: ''
MURE (Mesures d'Utilisation Rationnelle de l'Energie) is a comprehensive database that lists energy efficiency policies and measures regarding the Member States of the European Union. It allows for the analysis of policies based on topics, policy interaction, policy scoring, impact evaluation, as well as successful policies. The information is accessible by query in the database. The contributors are French Environment and Energy Management Agency, European Energy Network, and the H2020 program of the European Union.

Relates to the Odyssee database on energy-efficiency indicators and energy consumption.

Reference: [http://www.measures-odyssee-mure.eu Odyssee-MURE project]

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* A comprehensive database including energy efficiency policies and measures in the European Union member states.
* Since the focus of the EERAdata project is mainly concerning the European Union countries, this database is a good fit in terms of scope.
* The database hosts information that would be gathered from national sources of each country, hence may be considered as a repository for national databases.
* The database pertains to both Uses Case 4 on Energy Policies and Use Case 1 on Buildings Efficiency.

==== JRC-database hub: Joint Research Centre Data Catalogue ====
'' Description of database: ''
The JRC Science Hub aims to gradually integrate and aggregate all of the European Commission's science related activities, tools, laboratories, facilities, databases and networks. The inventory is wide range of the compilation of databases development of software and modelling tools. Published on the basis of open data principles with clear descriptions for each entry. The tools and databases are categorised by name and acronym, but can be filtered by research area, keyword and JRC institute responsible for the coordination of the particular entry. It contains, inter alia, databases related to energy and transport and climate.
'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* It’s the open and highly recognizable European Union’s database directly related to different related aspects also energy policy related.
* It’s data interpretation is highly dependent on changes in the legal and policy frameworks across European Union.
* The database enhances the transparency and openness of the JRC and further enables the open access policy of scientific research data.
* The information and links provided in the metadata are maintained in distributed and heterogeneous information systems. Although the datasets are maintain and links and information are updated.
* Sources of the database are coming in a variety of European languages, all brought together in an English database. Thus, it helps to investigate the relevance for FAIRification and opening activities.
* The database is cross-use case relevant, as it contains policies and measures also for other use cases.

==== DataCite - an international not-for-profit organization aiming to improve data citation ====
'' Description of database: ''
The main aim of DataCite is to provide the means to create, find, cite, connect, and use research. The primary service provided by DataCite is the registration of DOI tags. In addition, DataCite is constantly developing additional services related to DOI and related metadata, as following:
* DataCite Search (https://search.datacite.org/) - allows to search the database of DOI metadata registered in DataCite.
* DataCite Profiles (https://profiles.datacite.org/) - allows for automatic data transfer between the DataCite and ORCID systems, facilitating the update of personal profiles of researchers in ORCID with information about objects for which DOIs have been registered in DataCite.
* DataCite Statistics (https://stats.datacite.org/) - a service presenting statistical data on the number of registered DOI, their metadata records and the use of this information.
* DataCite OAI-PMH Provider (https://oai.datacite.org/) - an access interface to metadata collected in DataCite using the OAI-PMH protocol.
In addition, DataCite is involved in international projects and initiatives related to sharing and quoting research data, such as:
* The worldwide Registry of Research Data Repositories - Re3Data (https://www.re3data.org/).
* The Initiative for Open Citations (I4OC) = a collaboration between scholarly publishers, researchers, and other interested parties to promote the unrestricted availability of scholarly citation data and to make these data available.

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* The inventory contains heterogeneous and dynamic data. Thus, it helps us to investigate how to approach FAIRification for such data.
* DataCite provides an integrated search interface, where it is possible to search and filter a relevant metadata gathered.
* Sources of the database are coming in a variety of European languages. Thus, it helps to investigate the relevance for FAIRification and opening activities.
* The database may be cross-use case relevant, as it contains DOIs and citations relevant also for other use cases.

== Notes from the afternoon session ==
The afternoon session is dedicated to discussing metadata for the selected databases. The aim of the afternoon session is to fill out [[UC4#Metadata_assessments|table 2 of the wiki page for the use case]] and to decide what to report back from the use case to the plenary session the next day (again, see the WIKI template for a suggested structure). Thus, at the end of the day, the WIKI page for the use case is complete.

=== Assessment of metadata for databases ===
# IEA Policy database
# COMETS
# JRC database hub
# EUR-Lex

==== IEA Policy database ====

* Preliminary assessment of level of implementation of FAIR/O principles: F4 - yes; A1 - yes, A2 - yes (only depends on EU policy); I1 - yes; I2 - fulfilled, I3 - fulfilled; R1.1 - yes; R1.2 - no; R1.3 - not fulfilled, not even the DC standards.
* Metadate seems to be spread.
* Discussion on understanding of 100% fulfillement, on the example: In ideal database all country names would be linked to official registry --> you could go for all information. It would be 100% FAIR. Are any bases like that? Example on country information, which should be easily available automatically, for example ISO code for the country. IEA policy database is not fully like that.
* Difficulties even in defining "policy" = everything (every official document) which is published in official governmental page.
* Testing on the example of Poland and National Energy Efficency Action Plan for Poland: link to the official governmental page, not the direct link to the official document or to the official country law. When information about the date of update - should be also a linked to the local page (to ensure that the is a possibility to check at the source, if the policy has been already updated.
* If metadata doesn't provide the possibility of reachning the sources (if the documents are there, but you don't have an opportunity to get to the official, legal document).

==== COMETS ====
* Information on collective actions initiatives for the energy transition for all EU countries.
* 3700 initiatives in selected European countries - Germany, Belgium, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Denmark.
* Based on the internet desk research, business registers, national electricity production statistics, individual websites etc.
* Energy production units / electriciity facilitiation units - including more than 6000.
* Within the project in six countries (DE, ES, BE, PL, EE, NL) they are conducting survey about the development and values (export, import). The data from it will be also included into the database.
* As it's still under development - FAIRness is 0% for now.
* From COMETS project perspective, an important step for FAIRification is to facilitate by categorization, what and how specific activities are currently being implemented in different countries, categorization of them, taxonomy.

==== General conclusions ====

* Discussion on Wilkinson FAIR priniciples --> if there are any databases which are 100% in accordance to these principles. 100% is an utopia. We only can make a hierarchy, which databases are matching these criteria better, or worse.
* In Mons system - it's more clear that you have to achieve specific level, to be able to go further.

* Two possible approaches: (1) start of absolute lowest datasets and try to FAIRify those, and later on move "up". (2) on the other hand FAIRification of database which are more complex is leading us to results / conlcussions available also for less complicated databases.

* Importance of formats of data. It is important that the format of the data to be entered in specific entry is strictly defined (example - the date: need of clear definitions - what's to include: year, month, day specific?) Similarly - with longitude, latitute. If it's not done in advance, later on it takes much work to manually change it and put into right format. On the other hand - potentially - making a very specific description - may exclude some data, which are available but in different standards - for ecxample between EU and American standards.
* Every entry has its provenence, with information how the entry hhas been changed, when, etc. Basically all entries should have their own metadata.

* Two dimensions of policies:
1) policy domain (topic of the policy)
2) policy perspective / the level of goverment (for whom it's developed = local regional, national, international level etc.).

==== Directions in building taxonomy ====
* Example to be watched: EU taxonomy for green innovation companies
* UC4 taxonomy needs to match to higher level = overall level of the projects. To make sure, that the complete taxonomy is consistent throughout the project.

Proposed logical aspects / steps:
# Starting on agreement of keywords + the glossry, to ensure common understanding.
# Taking into consideration two dimensions of policies: (1) policy domain and (2) policy level of goverment.
# Coordinating with other use cases: UC4 is affecting other use cases, so our keywords should not only match, but sometimes should be even taken from other use cases.

== What to report back to the plenary on Day 3? ==
==== Databases selected (names and short reasoning)====
# IEA Policy database
# COMETS
# JRC database hub
# EUR-Lex

==== Main insights from discussions ====

* Two categories of databases:
# policy relevant databases, eg. COMETS, EU Merci, PETA4
# policy databases, eg. IEA Policy database, EUR-Lex, OECD, RES-Legal, MURE

* Two dimensions of policies:
# policy domain (topic of the policy)
# policy perspective / the level of goverment (for whom it's developed = local regional, national, international level etc.).

* For more - see the notes above.

==== Suggested next steps ====

* Developing low-level metadata concepts (descriptive, structural, administrative metadata) and the identification of gaps & needs for their implementation.

* Integration of existing standards, development of new approaches and vocabularies & taxonomies (e.g., considering ways to find data and research results through keywords, keywords used by peer-reviewed journals and mental metadata models of domain experts).

* Proposed logical aspects / steps of building taxonomy:
# Starting on agreement of keywords + the glossry, to ensure common understanding.
# Taking into consideration two dimensions of policies: (1) policy domain and (2) policy level of goverment.
# Coordinating with other use cases: UC4 is affecting other use cases, so our keywords should not only match, but sometimes should be even taken from other use cases.

* Conclusions for WP2:
# Methodology aspects - COMETS,
# Extending existing metadata - JP Wind,
# Providing recommendations for machine accessability - IEA Policy database.

==== Other issues ====

WS1UC4

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Małgorzatam: /* Notes from the afternoon session */

This page provides space for notes from workshop discussions of use case 4 during Day 2 of WS1.

== Interactive elements ==
The discussions can also benefit from considering the EERAdata storyboard and/or slido comments. See [[WS1#Interactive_elements]].

== Notes from the morning session ==
The morning session is dedicated to database discussions with the aim to select 3-5 databases from below's list of databases for further examination. The [[UC4#List_of_selected_databases|first table of the WIKI page]] is filled out by noon.

* The workshop has started with the short introduction round to enable people to know something about each other, especially of the specific institutions day-to-day approach to data use.
* Later on the base for further works was presented:
# screeening the databases --> names, short descriptions, rationale for preliminary choosing the database,
# checking the databases proposed already, adding new, if needed,
# discussion and evaluation of databases - to choose the most suitable one for further works.

Segmenting databases into 2 categories:
# policy relevant databases, eg. COMETS, EU Merci, PETA4,
# policy databases, eg. IEA Policy database, EUR-Lex, OECD, RES-Legal, MURE.

From both categories, the most suitable databases may be chosen. This will enable us to have a full spectrum - how energy policies may use both types of databases.

Chosen databases - after morning discussion:
# COMETS,
# EUR-Lex,
# IEA Policy database,
# JRC.

The evaluation with the use of a tool developed by Mark Wilkinson will be carried out on chosen databases during afternoon session. In this time will be also assesing databases has already chosen by metadata aspects.

=== List of participants ===

=== Draft list of databases ===
The databases that had been identified as containing data in relation to low carbon energy and energy efficiency policy:

#[https://www.copernicus.eu/en Copernicus]
#[https://datacite.org DataCite]
#[https://www.vs.inf.ethz.ch/res/show.html?what=eco-data ECO data set]
#[https://energydata.info/ EnergyData]
#[https://www.resourceefficient.eu/en#explore-content EREK]
#[http://www.eumerci-portal.eu/web/guest/home EU Merci]
#[https://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en EUR-Lex]
#[https://ec.europa.eu/energy/topics/energy-efficiency/energy-efficient-buildings/eu-bso_en?redir=1 European Buildings Stock Observatory]
#[https://www.iea.org/policies IEA Policies database]
#[https://www.irena.org/Statistics/View-Data-by-Topic/Energy-Transition/REmap-Energy-Demand-and-Supply-by-Sector IRENA, REmap]
#[http://resourceirena.irena.org/gateway/ IRENA, Resource]
#[https://data.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ JRC-database hub]
#[https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/publication/jrc-idees-integrated-database-european-energy-sector-methodological-note JRC-IDEES: Integrated Database of the European Energy Sector: Metodological note]
#[https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/publication/eur-scientific-and-technical-research-reports/monitoring-ri-low-carbon-energy-technologies JRC: Monitoring R&I in Low-Carbon Energy Technologies
#[https://magic-nexus.eu/metadata-repository MAGIC]
#[https://data.nrel.gov/ NREL data]
#[https://odin.jrc.ec.europa.eu/odin/index.jsp ODIN: Online Data & Information Network for Energy]
#[https://data.oecd.org/ OECD data]
#[https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/home/home.do OEIL]
#[https://openei.org/wiki/Main_Page OPENEI]
#[https://heatroadmap.eu/peta4/ PETA4]
#[https://www.proquest.com/ PROQuest]
#[https://www.reeep.org/reegleinfo REEEP]
#[https://www.re3data.org/ Re3data.org]
#[http://www.res-legal.eu/home/ RES LEGAL]
#[https://setis.ec.europa.eu/publications/setis-research-innovation-data SETIS research and innovation data]
#[https://zenodo.org/ ZENODO]
#[https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/837722 H2020 project COMETS] - EU-wide inventory of collective action initiatives in the low carbon energy transition
#[https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/business_economy_euro/banking_and_finance/documents/200309-sustainable-finance-teg-final-report-taxonomy_en.pdf] - EU taxonomy for green innovation companies
#MURE (Mesures d'Utilisation Rationnelle de l'Energie)database [http://www.measures-odyssee-mure.eu/].

=== Discussion on the choice of databases: ===
* From GIG, apart from IEA Policy database, there will be also a proposition of EUR-Lex, DataCite, EU Merci, OECD, and probably also JRC-database.
* @ IUE and ENEA: each of you please suggest 2 other databases and prepare for them a description and an explanation - why we should choose them for further evaluation. Material please put in the Wiki.
* @ all: for databases that you suggested please complete the questionnaire from AIT in OO ([https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/Products/Files/doceditor.aspx?fileid=5413183] and put answers into the folder in OO [https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/products/projects/tmdocs.aspx?prjID=236894#1976709] until Friday 29.05.

==== COMETS database: EU-wide inventory of collective action initiatives in the energy transition ====
''Description of database:''
The inventory is a multi-country database of collective action initiatives (e.g., energy cooperatives, eco-villages, community energy projects, and other citizen-led energy projects). For each initiative, the country, the date of foundation/cancellation, the evolution of members and renewable energy units, installation capacities, fields of engagement, legal form, website, address, source, etc. is collected. The entries are sourced from a variety of national, regional, and European registers and websites.

''Rationale for choosing this database'':
*The database is of policy relevance. Its data interpretation is highly dependent on changes in the legal and policy frameworks across Europe.
*We own the database and therefore have it easier to exercise FAIRification and opening activities.
*The database is being created in a parallel running European project and we would not like that the database ends in the graveyard of dead EU project databases.
*We aim at opening the database to the low carbon research community within the next two years.
*We are interested to explore the options for opening while ensuring that our work in building the database is appropriately acknowledged. This is relevant for later EERAdata discussion. Here, we already started discussing with e3s and tJP of EERAdata.
*We can use synergies with another parallel EU project and have the possibility to assign rich metadata to every single entry, by also using the expertise of researchers from the COMETS project.
*The database itself has a relatively simple structure, however, the inventory contains heterogeneous and dynamic data. Thus, it helps us to investigate how to approach FAIRification for such data. This is a particular challenge for UC4.
*Sources of the COMETS database are coming in a variety of European languages, all brought together in an English database. Thus, it helps us to investigate the relevance of languages for FAIRification and opening activities. This is also a particular challenge for UC4.
*We aim at uploading this database as an example for EERAdata to EOSC. We hope to create a best practice example for a FAIR and open database. Currently, it is F - non-existing, A - non-existing., I - partly as one can, e.g., go to the currently published papers to access the original sources. But it is not machine-actionable. R - no, because it is currently not open.

''Reference:'' Wierling, A.; Schwanitz, V.J.; Zeiß, J.P.; Bout, C.; Candelise, C.; Gilcrease, W.; Gregg, J.S. [https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/10/9/3339 Statistical Evidence on the Role of Energy Cooperatives for the Energy Transition in European Countries]. Sustainability.

==== IEA Policy database ====
''Description of the database:''
A worldwide database of past, future and planned policies and measures thematically related to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve energy efficiency and support the development and deployment of renewables and other clean energy technologies. It contains data from IEA/IRENA Renewable Energy Policies and Measures Database, the IEA Energy Efficiency Database, the Addressing Climate Change database, and the Building Energy Efficiency Policies (BEEP) database, along with information on CCUS and methane abatement policies. Data are collected from governments, partner organizations and IEA analysis since 1999.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* A popular, recognized, and world-wide database hosted by a reputable institution.
* Since we are not able to analyze all the databases that we would like to - the selection of the IEA Policy database would indirectly allow us to take into account several other, selected databases because it contains data from: IEA/IRENA Renewable Energy Policies and Measures Database, the IEA Energy Efficiency Database, the Addressing Climate Change database, and the Building Energy Efficiency Policies (BEEP) database.
* Cross-use case relevance, as it contains policies and measures also for buildings efficiency (UC1) and for power transmission and distribution networks (UC2).

==== EU Taxonomy for green innovation companies ====
''Description of the database:''
The EU Taxonomy is a tool to help investors, companies, issuers, and project promoters navigate the transition to a low-carbon, resilient and resource-efficient economy. The Taxonomy sets performance thresholds (referred to as ‘technical screening criteria’) for economic activities which: • make a substantive contribution to one of six environmental objectives (Figure 1); • do no significant harm (DNSH) to the other five, where relevant; • meet minimum safeguards (e.g., OECD Guidelines on Multinational Enterprises and the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights). The performance thresholds will help companies, project promoters and issuers access green financing to improve their environmental performance, as well as helping to identify which activities are already environmentally friendly. In doing so, it will help to grow low-carbon sectors and decarbonise high-carbon ones. The EU Taxonomy is one of the most significant developments in sustainable finance and will have wide-ranging implications for investors and issuers working in the EU, and beyond.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* It is low-hanging fruit because taxonomy is already in place.
* We could use this taxonomy to see how it aligns with our other assessments (and with other use cases).
* The taxonomy will be enacted in a year from now, so we can provide timely feedback.

''Reference:'' [[https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/business_economy_euro/banking_and_finance/documents/200309-sustainable-finance-teg-final-report-taxonomy_en.pdf]]

==== EUR-Lex ====
''Description of the database:''
EUR-Lex is online database that provides the official and most comprehensive access to EU Law and legal documents such as treaties, legal acts from EU institutions, preparatory documents related to EU legislation, EU case-law, international agreements, EFTA documents, references to national case-law related to EU law. EUR-Lex has access to all editions of the Official Journal of the European Union (OJ) since the first of December 1952.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* It is available in all of the EU’s 24 official languages.
* It is updated daily, which confirms the validity of the documents.
* Each document in EUR-Lex is supported by detailed information such as: relations with other legal documents, case-law interpretations, dates of adoption or entry into force etc.
* It is the open and highly recognizable European Union’s database directly related to policy.
* Most documents in EUR-Lex, regardless of their language, receive a unique identifier - CELEX number, so all documents have a designed structure and each type of document corresponds to a so-called “a descriptor”.

==== EU MERCI ====
''Description of the database:''
The database contains data on the implementation of energy efficiency measures in the manufacturing industry. For nearly 3000 companies from 4 European countries (Austria, Italy, Poland, United Kingdom), the following information has been collected: size of the company, year of implementation of the measure, type of support received (white certificates), statistical classification of economic activities, according to NACE, applied processes and ways to save energy and total final energy savings achieved by the implemented measures.
The database contains data also on low-carbon policies, examples of business action to reduce emissions, etc.
The database includes data for the 2005-2017 period. Besides the database, also a library, sector reports and static analyses of different countries were made available.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* The database contains good practices that can be used by other actors willing to implement energy efficiency measures.
* Disadvantages of the database: It includes data from the 2005-2017 period, with no updates (no newer examples).

==== OECD database ====
''Description of the database:''
OECD database makes available data related to agriculture, development, economy, education, energy, environment, finance, government, health, innovation and technology, jobs and society. In each of these areas the database contains, inter alia, data on legal issues. In the area of energy, data can be assigned thematically to: primary energy supply, crude oil production, electricity generation, renewable energy, nuclear power plants, crude oil import prices.
The data comes from over 130 countries around the world. The database allows sharing data in the form of indicators, maps and tables. The data is collected and made available since 1960.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* It is a popular, well recognised worldwide database, maintained by a reputable institution.
* Since we are not able to analyze all the databases that we would like to - the selection of the OECD database would indirectly allow us to take into account several other, selected databases because it contains data from: the IEA database - International Energy Agency (https://www.iea.org/) and Nuclear Energy Agency (http://www.oecd-nea.org/).

==== ISTAT energy data ====
'' Description of the database: ''
I.Stat is the warehouse of statistics currently produced by the Italian National Institute of Statistics.Statistics are searchable by theme. The system is also consultable by keyword. Data are presented in multidimensional tables which users can export in xls, csv formats. Acting on variables, reference periods and the arrangement of heads and sides, moreover, it is possible to obtain custom tables.
Through a web service that allows direct machine-to-machine questioning, organizations, as well as private citizens, can form specific query data, download results. The service is accessible at the following address: https://www.istat.it/it/metodi-e-strumenti/web-service-sdmx

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* It’s a complete overview of energy consumption in Italy in all sectors of the society.

==== SETIS Innovation and Research data ====
'' Description of the database: ''
The level of investment in R&I in terms of both private (expenditure by businesses and industry) and public (Member States' national programmes and instruments), and trends in patents, for the Integrated SET Plan Actions.

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
The Integrated SET Plan needs to be underpinned by an effective monitoring and reporting scheme that supports the development and implementation of the European R&I Agenda. SETIS plays a central role in the successful implementation of the Integrated SET Plan 10 key actions. In particular, the enhanced SETIS follows the objectives below:
* To monitor R&I activities, investments and technology progress in Europe;
* To contribute to the identification of gaps in the implementation of the actions;
* To report on the overall progress towards the common goals set out in the integrated SET-Plan;
* To contribute to assessing the impact of the SET-Plan on European competitiveness;
* To make recommendations for actions that could further increase the effectiveness of the European R&I Strategy.

==== ENERGISE Online Database ====
'' Description of the database: ''
The Database is an output of the H2020 Energise Project. The project aims at testing household and community-level initiatives to reduce energy consumption through energy cultures. An output of the project forms the database that contains data on 1067 energy initiatives from 30 European countries.

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* The database contains recent information on a considerable number of (1067) initiatives pertaining to household and community-level energy policies. Thus, its representativeness is for European countries is high.
* Since the focus of the EERAdata project is mainly concerning the European Union countries, this database is a good fit in terms of scope.
* The database hosts information that would be gathered from national sources of each country, hence may be considered as a repository for national databases.

==== MURE Online Database ====
'' Description of the database: ''
MURE (Mesures d'Utilisation Rationnelle de l'Energie) is a comprehensive database that lists energy efficiency policies and measures regarding the Member States of the European Union. It allows for the analysis of policies based on topics, policy interaction, policy scoring, impact evaluation, as well as successful policies. The information is accessible by query in the database. The contributors are French Environment and Energy Management Agency, European Energy Network, and the H2020 program of the European Union.

Relates to the Odyssee database on energy-efficiency indicators and energy consumption.

Reference: [http://www.measures-odyssee-mure.eu Odyssee-MURE project]

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* A comprehensive database including energy efficiency policies and measures in the European Union member states.
* Since the focus of the EERAdata project is mainly concerning the European Union countries, this database is a good fit in terms of scope.
* The database hosts information that would be gathered from national sources of each country, hence may be considered as a repository for national databases.
* The database pertains to both Uses Case 4 on Energy Policies and Use Case 1 on Buildings Efficiency.

==== JRC-database hub: Joint Research Centre Data Catalogue ====
'' Description of database: ''
The JRC Science Hub aims to gradually integrate and aggregate all of the European Commission's science related activities, tools, laboratories, facilities, databases and networks. The inventory is wide range of the compilation of databases development of software and modelling tools. Published on the basis of open data principles with clear descriptions for each entry. The tools and databases are categorised by name and acronym, but can be filtered by research area, keyword and JRC institute responsible for the coordination of the particular entry. It contains, inter alia, databases related to energy and transport and climate.
'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* It’s the open and highly recognizable European Union’s database directly related to different related aspects also energy policy related.
* It’s data interpretation is highly dependent on changes in the legal and policy frameworks across European Union.
* The database enhances the transparency and openness of the JRC and further enables the open access policy of scientific research data.
* The information and links provided in the metadata are maintained in distributed and heterogeneous information systems. Although the datasets are maintain and links and information are updated.
* Sources of the database are coming in a variety of European languages, all brought together in an English database. Thus, it helps to investigate the relevance for FAIRification and opening activities.
* The database is cross-use case relevant, as it contains policies and measures also for other use cases.

==== DataCite - an international not-for-profit organization aiming to improve data citation ====
'' Description of database: ''
The main aim of DataCite is to provide the means to create, find, cite, connect, and use research. The primary service provided by DataCite is the registration of DOI tags. In addition, DataCite is constantly developing additional services related to DOI and related metadata, as following:
* DataCite Search (https://search.datacite.org/) - allows to search the database of DOI metadata registered in DataCite.
* DataCite Profiles (https://profiles.datacite.org/) - allows for automatic data transfer between the DataCite and ORCID systems, facilitating the update of personal profiles of researchers in ORCID with information about objects for which DOIs have been registered in DataCite.
* DataCite Statistics (https://stats.datacite.org/) - a service presenting statistical data on the number of registered DOI, their metadata records and the use of this information.
* DataCite OAI-PMH Provider (https://oai.datacite.org/) - an access interface to metadata collected in DataCite using the OAI-PMH protocol.
In addition, DataCite is involved in international projects and initiatives related to sharing and quoting research data, such as:
* The worldwide Registry of Research Data Repositories - Re3Data (https://www.re3data.org/).
* The Initiative for Open Citations (I4OC) = a collaboration between scholarly publishers, researchers, and other interested parties to promote the unrestricted availability of scholarly citation data and to make these data available.

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* The inventory contains heterogeneous and dynamic data. Thus, it helps us to investigate how to approach FAIRification for such data.
* DataCite provides an integrated search interface, where it is possible to search and filter a relevant metadata gathered.
* Sources of the database are coming in a variety of European languages. Thus, it helps to investigate the relevance for FAIRification and opening activities.
* The database may be cross-use case relevant, as it contains DOIs and citations relevant also for other use cases.

== Notes from the afternoon session ==
The afternoon session is dedicated to discussing metadata for the selected databases. The aim of the afternoon session is to fill out [[UC4#Metadata_assessments|table 2 of the wiki page for the use case]] and to decide what to report back from the use case to the plenary session the next day (again, see the WIKI template for a suggested structure). Thus, at the end of the day, the WIKI page for the use case is complete.

=== Assessment of metadata for databases ===
# IEA Policy database
# COMETS
# JRC database hub
# EUR-Lex

==== IEA Policy database ====

* Preliminary assessment of level of implementation of FAIR/O principles: F4 - yes; A1 - yes, A2 - yes (only depends on EU policy); I1 - yes; I2 - fulfilled, I3 - fulfilled; R1.1 - yes; R1.2 - no; R1.3 - not fulfilled, not even the DC standards.
* Metadate seems to be spread.
* Discussion on understanding of 100% fulfillement, on the example: In ideal database all country names would be linked to official registry --> you could go for all information. It would be 100% FAIR. Are any bases like that? Example on country information, which should be easily available automatically, for example ISO code for the country. IEA policy database is not fully like that.
* Difficulties even in defining "policy" = everything (every official document) which is published in official governmental page.
* Testing on the example of Poland and National Energy Efficency Action Plan for Poland: link to the official governmental page, not the direct link to the official document or to the official country law. When information about the date of update - should be also a linked to the local page (to ensure that the is a possibility to check at the source, if the policy has been already updated.
* If metadata doesn't provide the possibility of reachning the sources (if the documents are there, but you don't have an opportunity to get to the official, legal document).

==== COMETS ====
* Information on collective actions initiatives for the energy transition for all EU countries.
* 3700 initiatives in selected European countries - Germany, Belgium, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Denmark.
* Based on the internet desk research, business registers, national electricity production statistics, individual websites etc.
* Energy production units / electriciity facilitiation units - including more than 6000.
* Within the project in six countries (DE, ES, BE, PL, EE, NL) they are conducting survey about the development and values (export, import). The data from it will be also included into the database.
* As it's still under development - FAIRness is 0% for now.
* From COMETS project perspective, an important step for FAIRification is to facilitate by categorization, what and how specific activities are currently being implemented in different countries, categorization of them, taxonomy.

==== General conclusions ====

* Discussion on Wilkinson FAIR priniciples --> if there are any databases which are 100% in accordance to these principles. 100% is an utopia. We only can make a hierarchy, which databases are matching these criteria better, or worse.
* In Mons system - it's more clear that you have to achieve specific level, to be able to go further.

* Two possible approaches: (1) start of absolute lowest datasets and try to FAIRify those, and later on move "up". (2) on the other hand FAIRification of database which are more complex is leading us to results / conlcussions available also for less complicated databases.

* Importance of formats of data. It is important that the format of the data to be entered in specific entry is strictly defined (example - the date: need of clear definitions - what's to include: year, month, day specific?) Similarly - with longitude, latitute. If it's not done in advance, later on it takes much work to manually change it and put into right format. On the other hand - potentially - making a very specific description - may exclude some data, which are available but in different standards - for ecxample between EU and American standards.
* Every entry has its provenence, with information how the entry hhas been changed, when, etc. Basically all entries should have their own metadata.

* Two dimensions of policies:
1) policy domain (topic of the policy)
2) policy perspective / the level of goverment (for whom it's developed = local regional, national, international level etc.).

==== Directions in building taxonomy ====
* Example to be watched: EU taxonomy for green innovation companies
* UC4 taxonomy needs to match to higher level = overall level of the projects. To make sure, that the complete taxonomy is consistent throughout the project.

Proposed logical aspects / steps:
# Starting on agreement of keywords + the glossry, to ensure common understanding.
# Taking into consideration two dimensions of policies: (1) policy domain and (2) policy level of goverment.
# Coordinating with other use cases: UC4 is affecting other use cases, so our keywords should not only match, but sometimes should be even taken from other use cases.

== What to report back to the plenary on Day 3? ==
==== Databases selected (names and short reasoning)====
# IEA Policy database
# COMETS
# JRC database hub
# EUR-Lex

==== Main insights from discussions ====

* Two categories of databases:
# policy relevant databases, eg. COMETS, EU Merci, PETA4
# policy databases, eg. IEA Policy database, EUR-Lex, OECD, RES-Legal, MURE

* Two dimensions of policies:
# policy domain (topic of the policy)
# policy perspective / the level of goverment (for whom it's developed = local regional, national, international level etc.).

* For more - see the notes above.

==== Suggested next steps ====

* Developing low-level metadata concepts (descriptive, structural, administrative metadata) and the identification of gaps & needs for their implementation.

* Integration of existing standards, development of new approaches and vocabularies & taxonomies (e.g., considering ways to find data and research results through keywords, keywords used by peer-reviewed journals and mental metadata models of domain experts).

* Proposed logical aspects / steps of building taxonomy:
# Starting on agreement of keywords + the glossry, to ensure common understanding.
# Taking into consideration two dimensions of policies: (1) policy domain and (2) policy level of goverment.
# Coordinating with other use cases: UC4 is affecting other use cases, so our keywords should not only match, but sometimes should be even taken from other use cases.

* Conclusions for WP2:
# Methodology aspects - COMETS,
# Extending existing metadata - JP Wind,
# Providing recommendations for machine accessability - IEA Policy database.

==== Other issues ====

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== Low carbon energy and energy efficiency policies ==
=== General description of use case ===
The motivation for this use case is the significant role of policies, laws, and regulations in catalyzing the transformation of the energy system towards greenhouse gas and energy efficiency. They provide the ground for accelerating research and innovation, incentivizing behavioral changes, and safeguarding the necessary transformation processes. Through their texts and specifications, policies, laws, and regulations are not only defining the space for the application of energy technologies and low carbon energy materials, but they also provide the framework for market activities in general. An example is the enabling of new actors to appear on the energy market (e.g. prosumers, community energy, and energy cooperatives). Currently, a new role for data on low carbon energy and energy efficiency policies is emerging. The need to provide documentation on compliance with regulations is starkly increasing in complexity as integrated monitoring and assessment across fields and economic sectors are increasing. This not only refers to international compliance requirements (e.g. National Greenhouse Gas Inventories, Intended Nationally Determined Contributions, Progress Reports for Sustainable Development Goals), but also to the level of companies whose produces have to adhere to given standards and documentation has to be provided for the entire supply chain (c.f. Ly et al. 2015 on a review of business process compliance approaches). Machine-actionability of relevant policy databases from local to global scale is therefore key for automated tracking, compilation, and inter-comparison with peers. Here, new business opportunities are arising. Overall, the state about the application of FAIR principles is still in its infancy. Openness is by nature less of an issue for this use case, but a specific challenge originates from mixed data formats, which include texts as well as number formats. Examples of databases from which EERAdata starts the use case activities include the IEA policy & measures databases, SETIS research, and innovation data, ResLegal, JRC in-house methodology for Monitoring R&I in Low-Carbon Energy Technologies, InnovationDB or activities, and tools developed in H2020 project ODYSSEE-MURE

== List of selected databases ==
During the first workshop (see notes from Day 2), the following databases were selected to analyze and improve their compliance with FAIR and Open data principles:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Name of database !! Short description !! Reasoning of choice !! Current state of FAIR/O principles !! Target of FAIR/O to achieve within EERAdata
|-
| COMETS [https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/837722]
|| The COMETS Inventory aims to track European Collective action (CAI) initiatives for the energy transition. It is being developed as part of the EU Horizon 2020 COMETS project. The Database currently contains around 3700 entries of CAIs with information on their Legal form, area of activity, address, membership numbers, financial aspects, etc. It further includes roughly 7000 entries on energy production units owned by the CAIs, with information of the date of installation, location, energy type, installed capacity, etc. One goal in building this inventory is to build a knowledge base for well-informed policy development on European and national levels.
|| We own the database and therefore have it easier to exercise FAIRification and opening activities. The Database if further still in development, allowing FAIRification already in the initial phases of the database development, compared to retrospectively FAIRifying already existing databases.
|| 0% FAIR, as still under development. Currently only accessible locally by the COMETS consortium. Current issues:
* Defining relevant initiatives: varying legal forms in each country
* Clear definition of area of activities
|| Provide all administrative and structural metadata. To a certain degree provide provenance information. Issue regarding provenance information will be the technical question of how to link the provenance information to the actual database entries. Descriptive metadata: develop ontology for metadata.

|-
| IEA Policy Database [https://www.iea.org/policies] || Database of policies and measures thematically related to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve energy efficiency and support the development and deployment of renewables and other clean energy technologies. It contains data from IEA/IRENA Renewable Energy Policies and Measures Database, the IEA Energy Efficiency Database, the Addressing Climate Change database, and the Building Energy Efficiency Policies (BEEP) database, along with information on CCUS and methane abatement policies. Data are collected from governments, partner organizations and IEA analysis since 1999. || • A popular, recognized, and world-wide database hosted by a reputable institution. • Since we are not able to analyze all the databases that we would like to - the selection of the IEA Policy database would indirectly allow us to take into account several other, selected databases because it contains data from: IEA/IRENA Renewable Energy Policies and Measures Database, the IEA Energy Efficiency Database, the Addressing Climate Change database, and the Building Energy Efficiency Policies (BEEP) database, • Cross-use case relevance, as it contains policies and measures also for buildings efficiency (UC1) and for power transmission and distribution networks (UC2). || F - easy;
A - easy;
I – quite ok (The database contains a description and metadata. Metadata are always available on IEA Policy database webside in English, but the document is linked to the page where it was published. So the language availability of a document depends on the publisher. Practically, many times the documents are available only in national language. Sometimes there is no link)
R - it seems to be ok || Example
|-
| EUR-Lex [https://eur-lex.europa.eu] || EUR-Lex is online database that provides the official and most comprehensive access to EU Law and legal documents such as treaties, legal acts from EU institutions, preparatory documents related to EU legislation, EU case-law, international agreements, EFTA documents, references to national case-law related to EU law. EUR-Lex has access to all editions of the Official Journal of the European Union (OJ) since the first of December 1952|| • It is available in all of the EU’s 24 official languages • It is updated daily, which confirms the validity of the documents • Each document in EUR-Lex is supported by detailed information such as: relations with other legal documents, case-law interpretations, dates of adoption or entry into force etc. • It is the open and highly recognizable European Union’s database directly related to policy • Most documents in EUR-Lex, regardless of their language, receive a unique identifier - CELEX number, so all documents have a designed structure and each type of document corresponds to a so-called “a descriptor”. || Example || Example
|-
| JRC database hub [https://data.jrc.ec.europa.eu/] || The JRC Science Hub aims to gradually integrate and aggregate all of the European Commission's science related activities, tools, laboratories, facilities, databases and networks. The inventory is wide range of the compilation of databases development of software and modelling tools. Published on the basis of open data principles with clear descriptions for each entry. The tools and databases are categorised by name and acronym, but can be filtered by research area, keyword and JRC institute responsible for the coordination of the particular entry. It contains, inter alia, databases related to energy and transport and climate ||• It’s the open and highly recognizable European Union’s database directly related to different related aspects also energy policy related • It’s data interpretation is highly dependent on changes in the legal and policy frameworks across European Union. • Enhances the transparency and openness of the JRC and further enables the open access policy of scientific research data. • The information and links provided in the metadata are maintained in distributed and heterogeneous information systems. Although the datasets are maintain and links and information are updated,* Sources of the database are coming in a variety of European languages, all brought together in an English database. • Is cross-use case relevant, as it contains policies and measures also for other use cases. || F - easy; A - easy; I – some problems can be identified (The database contains a description and metadata. Metadata are not always actual and sometime in national language; R - fulfill || Example
|-
| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example
|}

== Metadata assessments ==
Databases above were assessed with respect to their current meta practices. The table below summarizes the current state and issues identified during WS 1:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Name of database !! Type of metadata provided !! Extend of metadata provided !! Level of implementation of FAIR/O principles !! Frameworks for metadata used !! Technical implementation of metadata
|-
| COMETS Inventory || Administrative - partly (source of information, Tracking of updates); Rights - to be defined soon || None, but intended to have: Deep descriptive metadata by ontology || None || none, but aiming for ontology || currently excel headers, but RDF intended
|-
| IEA Policy database [https://www.iea.org/policies] || administrative, descriptive, rights, structural || Administrative - intrinsic; Descriptive - extrinsic; Rights - intrinsic; Structural - intrinsic || F4 - yes; A1 - yes, A2 - yes (only depends on EU policy); I1 - yes; I2 - fulfilled, I3 - fulfilled; R1.1 - yes; R1.2 - no; R1.3 - not fulfilled, not even the DC standards. || thesaurus || LOD (linking open data) and plain text
|-
| EUR-Lex [https://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html] || Metadata including: a unique identifier; title and references; dates eg. date of last review and date of initial creation date; classification (structural); summarized and linked document(s); miscellaneous information like "Author", "Form", "Additional information" + procedure detailed information; authentic language and other ||These are fully sufficient metadata || Example || Example || Example
|-
| JRC database hub [https://data.jrc.ec.europa.eu/]|| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example
|-
| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example || Example
|}

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== Low carbon energy and energy efficiency policies ==
=== General description of use case ===
The motivation for this use case is the significant role of policies, laws, and regulations in catalyzing the transformation of the energy system towards greenhouse gas and energy efficiency. They provide the ground for accelerating research and innovation, incentivizing behavioral changes, and safeguarding the necessary transformation processes. Through their texts and specifications, policies, laws, and regulations are not only defining the space for the application of energy technologies and low carbon energy materials, but they also provide the framework for market activities in general. An example is the enabling of new actors to appear on the energy market (e.g. prosumers, community energy, and energy cooperatives). Currently, a new role for data on low carbon energy and energy efficiency policies is emerging. The need to provide documentation on compliance with regulations is starkly increasing in complexity as integrated monitoring and assessment across fields and economic sectors are increasing. This not only refers to international compliance requirements (e.g. National Greenhouse Gas Inventories, Intended Nationally Determined Contributions, Progress Reports for Sustainable Development Goals), but also to the level of companies whose produces have to adhere to given standards and documentation has to be provided for the entire supply chain (c.f. Ly et al. 2015 on a review of business process compliance approaches). Machine-actionability of relevant policy databases from local to global scale is therefore key for automated tracking, compilation, and inter-comparison with peers. Here, new business opportunities are arising. Overall, the state about the application of FAIR principles is still in its infancy. Openness is by nature less of an issue for this use case, but a specific challenge originates from mixed data formats, which include texts as well as number formats. Examples of databases from which EERAdata starts the use case activities include the IEA policy & measures databases, SETIS research, and innovation data, ResLegal, JRC in-house methodology for Monitoring R&I in Low-Carbon Energy Technologies, InnovationDB or activities, and tools developed in H2020 project ODYSSEE-MURE

== List of selected databases ==
During the first workshop (see notes from Day 2), the following databases were selected to analyze and improve their compliance with FAIR and Open data principles:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Name of database !! Short description !! Reasoning of choice !! Current state of FAIR/O principles !! Target of FAIR/O to achieve within EERAdata
|-
| COMETS [https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/837722]
|| The COMETS Inventory aims to track European Collective action (CAI) initiatives for the energy transition. It is being developed as part of the EU Horizon 2020 COMETS project. The Database currently contains around 3700 entries of CAIs with information on their Legal form, area of activity, address, membership numbers, financial aspects, etc. It further includes roughly 7000 entries on energy production units owned by the CAIs, with information of the date of installation, location, energy type, installed capacity, etc. One goal in building this inventory is to build a knowledge base for well-informed policy development on European and national levels.
|| We own the database and therefore have it easier to exercise FAIRification and opening activities. The Database if further still in development, allowing FAIRification already in the initial phases of the database development, compared to retrospectively FAIRifying already existing databases.
|| 0% FAIR, as still under development. Currently only accessible locally by the COMETS consortium. Current issues:
* Defining relevant initiatives: varying legal forms in each country
* Clear definition of area of activities
|| Provide all administrative and structural metadata. To a certain degree provide provenance information. Issue regarding provenance information will be the technical question of how to link the provenance information to the actual database entries. Descriptive metadata: develop ontology for metadata.

|-
| IEA Policy Database [https://www.iea.org/policies] || Database of policies and measures thematically related to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve energy efficiency and support the development and deployment of renewables and other clean energy technologies. It contains data from IEA/IRENA Renewable Energy Policies and Measures Database, the IEA Energy Efficiency Database, the Addressing Climate Change database, and the Building Energy Efficiency Policies (BEEP) database, along with information on CCUS and methane abatement policies. Data are collected from governments, partner organizations and IEA analysis since 1999. || • A popular, recognized, and world-wide database hosted by a reputable institution. • Since we are not able to analyze all the databases that we would like to - the selection of the IEA Policy database would indirectly allow us to take into account several other, selected databases because it contains data from: IEA/IRENA Renewable Energy Policies and Measures Database, the IEA Energy Efficiency Database, the Addressing Climate Change database, and the Building Energy Efficiency Policies (BEEP) database, • Cross-use case relevance, as it contains policies and measures also for buildings efficiency (UC1) and for power transmission and distribution networks (UC2). || F - easy;
A - easy;
I – quite ok (The database contains a description and metadata. Metadata are always available on IEA Policy database webside in English, but the document is linked to the page where it was published. So the language availability of a document depends on the publisher. Practically, many times the documents are available only in national language. Sometimes there is no link)
R - it seems to be ok || Example
|-
| EUR-Lex [https://eur-lex.europa.eu] || EUR-Lex is online database that provides the official and most comprehensive access to EU Law and legal documents such as treaties, legal acts from EU institutions, preparatory documents related to EU legislation, EU case-law, international agreements, EFTA documents, references to national case-law related to EU law. EUR-Lex has access to all editions of the Official Journal of the European Union (OJ) since the first of December 1952|| • It is available in all of the EU’s 24 official languages • It is updated daily, which confirms the validity of the documents • Each document in EUR-Lex is supported by detailed information such as: relations with other legal documents, case-law interpretations, dates of adoption or entry into force etc. • It is the open and highly recognizable European Union’s database directly related to policy • Most documents in EUR-Lex, regardless of their language, receive a unique identifier - CELEX number, so all documents have a designed structure and each type of document corresponds to a so-called “a descriptor”. || Example || Example
|-
| JRC database hub [https://data.jrc.ec.europa.eu/] || The JRC Science Hub aims to gradually integrate and aggregate all of the European Commission's science related activities, tools, laboratories, facilities, databases and networks. The inventory is wide range of the compilation of databases development of software and modelling tools. Published on the basis of open data principles with clear descriptions for each entry. The tools and databases are categorised by name and acronym, but can be filtered by research area, keyword and JRC institute responsible for the coordination of the particular entry. It contains, inter alia, databases related to energy and transport and climate ||• It’s the open and highly recognizable European Union’s database directly related to different related aspects also energy policy related • It’s data interpretation is highly dependent on changes in the legal and policy frameworks across European Union. • Enhances the transparency and openness of the JRC and further enables the open access policy of scientific research data. • The information and links provided in the metadata are maintained in distributed and heterogeneous information systems. Although the datasets are maintain and links and information are updated,* Sources of the database are coming in a variety of European languages, all brought together in an English database. • Is cross-use case relevant, as it contains policies and measures also for other use cases. || F - easy; A - easy; I – some problems can be identified (The database contains a description and metadata. Metadata are not always actual and sometime in national language; R - fulfill || Example
|-
| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example
|}

== Metadata assessments ==
Databases above were assessed with respect to their current meta practices. The table below summarizes the current state and issues identified during WS 1:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Name of database !! Type of metadata provided !! Extend of metadata provided !! Level of implementation of FAIR/O principles !! Frameworks for metadata used !! Technical implementation of metadata
|-
| COMETS Inventory || Administrative - partly (source of information, Tracking of updates); Rights - to be defined soon || None, but intended to have: Deep descriptive metadata by ontology || None || none, but aiming for ontology || currently excel headers, but RDF intended
|-
| IEA Policy database [https://www.iea.org/policies] || administrative, descriptive, rights, structural || Administrative - intrinsic; Descriptive - extrinsic; Rights - intrinsic; Structural - intrinsic || F4 - yes; A1 - yes, A2 - yes (only depends on EU policy); I1 - yes; I2 - fulfilled, I3 - fulfilled; R1.1 - yes; R1.2 - no; R1.3 - not fulfilled, not even the DC standards. || thesaurus || LOD (linking open data) and plain text
|-
| EUR-Lex [https://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html] || Metadata including: a unique identifier; title and references; dates eg. date of last review and date of initial creation date; classification (structural); summarized and linked document(s); miscellaneous information like "Author", "Form", "Additional information" + procedure detailed information; authentic language and other ||These are fully sufficient metadata || Example || Example || Example
|-
| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example || Example
|-
| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example || Example
|}

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== Low carbon energy and energy efficiency policies ==
=== General description of use case ===
The motivation for this use case is the significant role of policies, laws, and regulations in catalyzing the transformation of the energy system towards greenhouse gas and energy efficiency. They provide the ground for accelerating research and innovation, incentivizing behavioral changes, and safeguarding the necessary transformation processes. Through their texts and specifications, policies, laws, and regulations are not only defining the space for the application of energy technologies and low carbon energy materials, but they also provide the framework for market activities in general. An example is the enabling of new actors to appear on the energy market (e.g. prosumers, community energy, and energy cooperatives). Currently, a new role for data on low carbon energy and energy efficiency policies is emerging. The need to provide documentation on compliance with regulations is starkly increasing in complexity as integrated monitoring and assessment across fields and economic sectors are increasing. This not only refers to international compliance requirements (e.g. National Greenhouse Gas Inventories, Intended Nationally Determined Contributions, Progress Reports for Sustainable Development Goals), but also to the level of companies whose produces have to adhere to given standards and documentation has to be provided for the entire supply chain (c.f. Ly et al. 2015 on a review of business process compliance approaches). Machine-actionability of relevant policy databases from local to global scale is therefore key for automated tracking, compilation, and inter-comparison with peers. Here, new business opportunities are arising. Overall, the state about the application of FAIR principles is still in its infancy. Openness is by nature less of an issue for this use case, but a specific challenge originates from mixed data formats, which include texts as well as number formats. Examples of databases from which EERAdata starts the use case activities include the IEA policy & measures databases, SETIS research, and innovation data, ResLegal, JRC in-house methodology for Monitoring R&I in Low-Carbon Energy Technologies, InnovationDB or activities, and tools developed in H2020 project ODYSSEE-MURE

== List of selected databases ==
During the first workshop (see notes from Day 2), the following databases were selected to analyze and improve their compliance with FAIR and Open data principles:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Name of database !! Short description !! Reasoning of choice !! Current state of FAIR/O principles !! Target of FAIR/O to achieve within EERAdata
|-
| COMETS [https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/837722]
|| The COMETS Inventory aims to track European Collective action (CAI) initiatives for the energy transition. It is being developed as part of the EU Horizon 2020 COMETS project. The Database currently contains around 3700 entries of CAIs with information on their Legal form, area of activity, address, membership numbers, financial aspects, etc. It further includes roughly 7000 entries on energy production units owned by the CAIs, with information of the date of installation, location, energy type, installed capacity, etc. One goal in building this inventory is to build a knowledge base for well-informed policy development on European and national levels.
|| We own the database and therefore have it easier to exercise FAIRification and opening activities. The Database if further still in development, allowing FAIRification already in the initial phases of the database development, compared to retrospectively FAIRifying already existing databases.
|| 0% FAIR, as still under development. Currently only accessible locally by the COMETS consortium. Current issues:
* Defining relevant initiatives: varying legal forms in each country
* Clear definition of area of activities
|| Provide all administrative and structural metadata. To a certain degree provide provenance information. Issue regarding provenance information will be the technical question of how to link the provenance information to the actual database entries. Descriptive metadata: develop ontology for metadata.

|-
| IEA Policy Database [https://www.iea.org/policies] || Database of policies and measures thematically related to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve energy efficiency and support the development and deployment of renewables and other clean energy technologies. It contains data from IEA/IRENA Renewable Energy Policies and Measures Database, the IEA Energy Efficiency Database, the Addressing Climate Change database, and the Building Energy Efficiency Policies (BEEP) database, along with information on CCUS and methane abatement policies. Data are collected from governments, partner organizations and IEA analysis since 1999. || • A popular, recognized, and world-wide database hosted by a reputable institution. • Since we are not able to analyze all the databases that we would like to - the selection of the IEA Policy database would indirectly allow us to take into account several other, selected databases because it contains data from: IEA/IRENA Renewable Energy Policies and Measures Database, the IEA Energy Efficiency Database, the Addressing Climate Change database, and the Building Energy Efficiency Policies (BEEP) database, • Cross-use case relevance, as it contains policies and measures also for buildings efficiency (UC1) and for power transmission and distribution networks (UC2). || F - easy;
A - easy;
I – quite ok (The database contains a description and metadata. Metadata are always available on IEA Policy database webside in English, but the document is linked to the page where it was published. So the language availability of a document depends on the publisher. Practically, many times the documents are available only in national language. Sometimes there is no link)
R - it seems to be ok || Example
|-
| EUR-Lex [https://eur-lex.europa.eu] || EUR-Lex is online database that provides the official and most comprehensive access to EU Law and legal documents such as treaties, legal acts from EU institutions, preparatory documents related to EU legislation, EU case-law, international agreements, EFTA documents, references to national case-law related to EU law. EUR-Lex has access to all editions of the Official Journal of the European Union (OJ) since the first of December 1952|| • It is available in all of the EU’s 24 official languages • It is updated daily, which confirms the validity of the documents • Each document in EUR-Lex is supported by detailed information such as: relations with other legal documents, case-law interpretations, dates of adoption or entry into force etc. • It is the open and highly recognizable European Union’s database directly related to policy • Most documents in EUR-Lex, regardless of their language, receive a unique identifier - CELEX number, so all documents have a designed structure and each type of document corresponds to a so-called “a descriptor”. || Example || Example
|-
| JRC database hub [https://data.jrc.ec.europa.eu/] || The JRC Science Hub aims to gradually integrate and aggregate all of the European Commission's science related activities, tools, laboratories, facilities, databases and networks. The inventory is wide range of the compilation of databases development of software and modelling tools. Published on the basis of open data principles with clear descriptions for each entry. The tools and databases are categorised by name and acronym, but can be filtered by research area, keyword and JRC institute responsible for the coordination of the particular entry. It contains, inter alia, databases related to energy and transport and climate ||• It’s the open and highly recognizable European Union’s database directly related to different related aspects also energy policy related • It’s data interpretation is highly dependent on changes in the legal and policy frameworks across European Union. • Enhances the transparency and openness of the JRC and further enables the open access policy of scientific research data. • The information and links provided in the metadata are maintained in distributed and heterogeneous information systems. Although the datasets are maintain and links and information are updated,* Sources of the database are coming in a variety of European languages, all brought together in an English database. • Is cross-use case relevant, as it contains policies and measures also for other use cases. || F - easy; A - easy; I – some problems can be identified (The database contains a description and metadata. Metadata are not always actual and sometime in national language; R - fulfill || Example
|-
| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example
|}

== Metadata assessments ==
Databases above were assessed with respect to their current meta practices. The table below summarizes the current state and issues identified during WS 1:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Name of database !! Type of metadata provided !! Extend of metadata provided !! Level of implementation of FAIR/O principles !! Frameworks for metadata used !! Technical implementation of metadata
|-
| COMETS [Link to database 1|Database 1]] || Which types of metadata are covered? Administrative, descriptive, structural, provenance of data, etc.? || Summarize: Is it rich or basic metadata provided for each of the types? || Check the Wilkinson criteria for metadata and summarize here. In case more space is needed, link to a section of [[WS1UC4]]. || What framework is used, e.g., controlled vocabulary, taxonomy, thesaurus, ontology? || How are metadata implemented? As xml, plain text, RDF, etc.
|-
| COMETS Inventory || Administrative - partly (source of information, Tracking of updates); Rights - to be defined soon || None, but intended to have: Deep descriptive metadata by ontology || None || none, but aiming for ontology || currently excel headers, but RDF intended
|-
| IEA Policy database || administrative, descriptive, rights, structural || Administrative - intrinsic; Descriptive - extrinsic; Rights - intrinsic; Structural - intrinsic || F4 - yes; A1 - yes, A2 - yes (only depends on EU policy); I1 - yes; I2 - fulfilled, I3 - fulfilled; R1.1 - yes; R1.2 - no; R1.3 - not fulfilled, not even the DC standards. || thesaurus || LOD (linking open data) and plain text
|-
| COMETS Inventory || Administrative - partly (source of information, Tracking of updates); Rights - to be defined soon || None, but intended to have: Deep descriptive metadata by ontology || None || none, but aiming for ontology || currently excel headers, but RDF intended
|-
| Example || Metadata including: a unique identifier; title and references; dates eg. date of last review and date of initial creation date; classification (structural); summarized and linked document(s); miscellaneous information like "Author", "Form", "Additional information" + procedure detailed information; authentic language and other || Example || Example || Example || Example
|-
| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example || Example
|-
| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example || Example
|}

WS1UC4

2020-06-03T16:16:34Z

Małgorzatam: /* What to report back to the plenary on Day 3? */

This page provides space for notes from workshop discussions of use case 4 during Day 2 of WS1.

== Interactive elements ==
The discussions can also benefit from considering the EERAdata storyboard and/or slido comments. See [[WS1#Interactive_elements]]

== Notes from the morning session ==
The morning session is dedicated to database discussions with the aim to select 3-5 databases from below's list of databases for further examination. The [[UC4#List_of_selected_databases|first table of the WIKI page]] is filled out by noon.

* The workshop has started with the short introduction round to enable peaople to know something about each other, especially of the specific institutions day-to-day approach to data use.
* Later on the base for further works was presented:
# screeening the databases --> names, short descriptions, rationale for preliminary choosing the database
# checking the datbases proposed already, adding new, if needed.
# discussion and evaluation of databases - to choose the most suitable one for further works

Segmenting databases into 2 categories:
# policy relevant databases, eg. COMETS, EU Merci, PETA4
# policy databases, eg. IEA Policy database, EUR-Lex, OECD, RES-Legal, MURE

From both categories, the most suitbale databases may be chosen. This will enable us to have a full spectrum - how energy policies may use both types of databases.

Chosen databases - after morning discussion
# COMETS
# EUR-Lex
# IEA Policy database
# JRC

The evaluation with the use of a tool developed by Mark Wilkinson will be carried out on chosen databases during afternoon session. In this time will be also assesing databases has already chosen by metadata aspects

=== Draft list of databases ===
The databases that had been identified as containing data in relation to low carbon energy and energy efficiency policy:

#[https://www.copernicus.eu/en Copernicus]
#[https://datacite.org DataCite]
#[https://www.vs.inf.ethz.ch/res/show.html?what=eco-data ECO data set]
#[https://energydata.info/ EnergyData]
#[https://www.resourceefficient.eu/en#explore-content EREK]
#[http://www.eumerci-portal.eu/web/guest/home EU Merci]
#[https://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en EUR-Lex]
#[https://ec.europa.eu/energy/topics/energy-efficiency/energy-efficient-buildings/eu-bso_en?redir=1 European Buildings Stock Observatory]
#[https://www.iea.org/policies IEA Policies database]
#[https://www.irena.org/Statistics/View-Data-by-Topic/Energy-Transition/REmap-Energy-Demand-and-Supply-by-Sector IRENA, REmap]
#[http://resourceirena.irena.org/gateway/ IRENA, Resource]
#[https://data.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ JRC-database hub]
#[https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/publication/jrc-idees-integrated-database-european-energy-sector-methodological-note JRC-IDEES: Integrated Database of the European Energy Sector: Metodological note]
#[https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/publication/eur-scientific-and-technical-research-reports/monitoring-ri-low-carbon-energy-technologies JRC: Monitoring R&I in Low-Carbon Energy Technologies
#[https://magic-nexus.eu/metadata-repository MAGIC]
#[https://data.nrel.gov/ NREL data]
#[https://odin.jrc.ec.europa.eu/odin/index.jsp ODIN: Online Data & Information Network for Energy]
#[https://data.oecd.org/ OECD data]
#[https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/home/home.do OEIL]
#[https://openei.org/wiki/Main_Page OPENEI]
#[https://heatroadmap.eu/peta4/ PETA4]
#[https://www.proquest.com/ PROQuest]
#[https://www.reeep.org/reegleinfo REEEP]
#[https://www.re3data.org/ Re3data.org]
#[http://www.res-legal.eu/home/ RES LEGAL]
#[https://setis.ec.europa.eu/publications/setis-research-innovation-data SETIS research and innovation data]
#[https://zenodo.org/ ZENODO]
#[https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/837722 H2020 project COMETS] - EU-wide inventory of collective action initiatives in the low carbon energy transition
#[https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/business_economy_euro/banking_and_finance/documents/200309-sustainable-finance-teg-final-report-taxonomy_en.pdf] - EU taxonomy for green innovation companies
#MURE (Mesures d'Utilisation Rationnelle de l'Energie)database [http://www.measures-odyssee-mure.eu/]

=== Discussion on the choice of databases: ===
* From GIG, apart from IEA Policy database, there will be also a proposition of EUR-Lex, DataCite, EU Merci, OECD, and probably also JRC-database.
* @ IUE and ENEA: each of you please suggest 2 other databases and prepare for them a description and an explanation - why we should choose them for further evaluation. Material please put in the Wiki.
* @ all: for databases that you suggested please complete the questionnaire from AIT in OO ([https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/Products/Files/doceditor.aspx?fileid=5413183] and put answers into the folder in OO [https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/products/projects/tmdocs.aspx?prjID=236894#1976709] until Friday 29.05.

==== COMETS database: EU-wide inventory of collective action initiatives in the energy transition ====
''Description of database:''
The inventory is a multi-country database of collective action initiatives (e.g., energy cooperatives, eco-villages, community energy projects, and other citizen-led energy projects). For each initiative, the country, the date of foundation/cancellation, the evolution of members and renewable energy units, installation capacities, fields of engagement, legal form, website, address, source, etc. is collected. The entries are sourced from a variety of national, regional, and European registers and websites.

''Rationale for choosing this database'':
*The database is of policy relevance. Its data interpretation is highly dependent on changes in the legal and policy frameworks across Europe.
*We own the database and therefore have it easier to exercise FAIRification and opening activities.
*The database is being created in a parallel running European project and we would not like that the database ends in the graveyard of dead EU project databases.
*We aim at opening the database to the low carbon research community within the next two years.
*We are interested to explore the options for opening while ensuring that our work in building the database is appropriately acknowledged. This is relevant for later EERAdata discussion. Here, we already started discussing with e3s and tJP of EERAdata.
*We can use synergies with another parallel EU project and have the possibility to assign rich metadata to every single entry, by also using the expertise of researchers from the COMETS project.
*The database itself has a relatively simple structure, however, the inventory contains heterogeneous and dynamic data. Thus, it helps us to investigate how to approach FAIRification for such data. This is a particular challenge for UC4.
*Sources of the COMETS database are coming in a variety of European languages, all brought together in an English database. Thus, it helps us to investigate the relevance of languages for FAIRification and opening activities. This is also a particular challenge for UC4.
*We aim at uploading this database as an example for EERAdata to EOSC. We hope to create a best practice example for a FAIR and open database. Currently, it is F - non-existing, A - non-existing., I - partly as one can, e.g., go to the currently published papers to access the original sources. But it is not machine-actionable. R - no, because it is currently not open.

''Reference:'' Wierling, A.; Schwanitz, V.J.; Zeiß, J.P.; Bout, C.; Candelise, C.; Gilcrease, W.; Gregg, J.S. [https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/10/9/3339 Statistical Evidence on the Role of Energy Cooperatives for the Energy Transition in European Countries]. Sustainability.

==== IEA Policy database ====
''Description of the database:''
A worldwide database of past, future and planned policies and measures thematically related to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve energy efficiency and support the development and deployment of renewables and other clean energy technologies. It contains data from IEA/IRENA Renewable Energy Policies and Measures Database, the IEA Energy Efficiency Database, the Addressing Climate Change database, and the Building Energy Efficiency Policies (BEEP) database, along with information on CCUS and methane abatement policies. Data are collected from governments, partner organizations and IEA analysis since 1999.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* A popular, recognized, and world-wide database hosted by a reputable institution.
* Since we are not able to analyze all the databases that we would like to - the selection of the IEA Policy database would indirectly allow us to take into account several other, selected databases because it contains data from: IEA/IRENA Renewable Energy Policies and Measures Database, the IEA Energy Efficiency Database, the Addressing Climate Change database, and the Building Energy Efficiency Policies (BEEP) database,
* Cross-use case relevance, as it contains policies and measures also for buildings efficiency (UC1) and for power transmission and distribution networks (UC2).

==== EU Taxonomy for green innovation companies ====
''Description of the database:''
The EU Taxonomy is a tool to help investors, companies, issuers, and project promoters navigate the transition to a low-carbon, resilient and resource-efficient economy. The Taxonomy sets performance thresholds (referred to as ‘technical screening criteria’) for economic activities which: • make a substantive contribution to one of six environmental objectives (Figure 1); • do no significant harm (DNSH) to the other five, where relevant; • meet minimum safeguards (e.g., OECD Guidelines on Multinational Enterprises and the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights). The performance thresholds will help companies, project promoters and issuers access green financing to improve their environmental performance, as well as helping to identify which activities are already environmentally friendly. In doing so, it will help to grow low-carbon sectors and decarbonise high-carbon ones. The EU Taxonomy is one of the most significant developments in sustainable finance and will have wide-ranging implications for investors and issuers working in the EU, and beyond.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* It is low-hanging fruit because taxonomy is already in place.
* We could use this taxonomy to see how it aligns with our other assessments (and with other use cases)
* The taxonomy will be enacted in a year from now, so we can provide timely feedback

''Reference:'' [[https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/business_economy_euro/banking_and_finance/documents/200309-sustainable-finance-teg-final-report-taxonomy_en.pdf]]

==== EUR-Lex ====
''Description of the database:''
EUR-Lex is online database that provides the official and most comprehensive access to EU Law and legal documents such as treaties, legal acts from EU institutions, preparatory documents related to EU legislation, EU case-law, international agreements, EFTA documents, references to national case-law related to EU law. EUR-Lex has access to all editions of the Official Journal of the European Union (OJ) since the first of December 1952.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* It is available in all of the EU’s 24 official languages
* It is updated daily, which confirms the validity of the documents
* Each document in EUR-Lex is supported by detailed information such as: relations with other legal documents, case-law interpretations, dates of adoption or entry into force etc.
* It is the open and highly recognizable European Union’s database directly related to policy
* Most documents in EUR-Lex, regardless of their language, receive a unique identifier - CELEX number, so all documents have a designed structure and each type of document corresponds to a so-called “a descriptor”.

==== EU MERCI ====
''Description of the database:''
The database contains data on the implementation of energy efficiency measures in the manufacturing industry. For nearly 3000 companies from 4 European countries (Austria, Italy, Poland, United Kingdom), the following information has been collected: size of the company, year of implementation of the measure, type of support received (white certificates), statistical classification of economic activities, according to NACE, applied processes and ways to save energy and total final energy savings achieved by the implemented measures.
The database contains data also on low-carbon policies, examples of business action to reduce emissions, etc.
The database includes data for the 2005-2017 period. Besides the database, also a library, sector reports and static analyses of different countries were made available.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* The database contains good practices that can be used by other actors willing to implement energy efficiency measures,
* Disadvantages of the database: It includes data from the 2005-2017 period, with no updates (no newer examples)

==== OECD database ====
''Description of the database:''
OECD database makes available data related to agriculture, development, economy, education, energy, environment, finance, government, health, innovation and technology, jobs and society. In each of these areas the database contains, inter alia, data on legal issues. In the area of energy, data can be assigned thematically to: primary energy supply, crude oil production, electricity generation, renewable energy, nuclear power plants, crude oil import prices.
The data comes from over 130 countries around the world. The database allows sharing data in the form of indicators, maps and tables. The data is collected and made available since 1960.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* It is a popular, well recognised worldwide database, maintained by a reputable institution,
* Since we are not able to analyze all the databases that we would like to - the selection of the OECD database would indirectly allow us to take into account several other, selected databases because it contains data from: the IEA database - International Energy Agency (https://www.iea.org/) and Nuclear Energy Agency (http://www.oecd-nea.org/).

==== ISTAT energy data ====
'' Description of the database: ''
I.Stat is the warehouse of statistics currently produced by the Italian National Institute of Statistics.Statistics are searchable by theme. The system is also consultable by keyword. Data are presented in multidimensional tables which users can export in xls, csv formats. Acting on variables, reference periods and the arrangement of heads and sides, moreover, it is possible to obtain custom tables.
Through a web service that allows direct machine-to-machine questioning, organizations, as well as private citizens, can form specific query data, download results. The service is accessible at the following address: https://www.istat.it/it/metodi-e-strumenti/web-service-sdmx

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* It’s a complete overview of energy consumption in Italy in all sectors of the society.

==== SETIS Innovation and Research data ====
'' Description of the database: ''
The level of investment in R&I in terms of both private (expenditure by businesses and industry) and public (Member States' national programmes and instruments), and trends in patents, for the Integrated SET Plan Actions.

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
The Integrated SET Plan needs to be underpinned by an effective monitoring and reporting scheme that supports the development and implementation of the European R&I Agenda. SETIS plays a central role in the successful implementation of the Integrated SET Plan 10 key actions. In particular, the enhanced SETIS follows the objectives below:
* To monitor R&I activities, investments and technology progress in Europe;
* To contribute to the identification of gaps in the implementation of the actions;
* To report on the overall progress towards the common goals set out in the integrated SET-Plan;
* To contribute to assessing the impact of the SET-Plan on European competitiveness;
* To make recommendations for actions that could further increase the effectiveness of the European R&I Strategy.

==== ENERGISE Online Database ====
'' Description of the database: ''
The Database is an output of the H2020 Energise Project. The project aims at testing household and community-level initiatives to reduce energy consumption through energy cultures. An output of the project forms the database that contains data on 1067 energy initiatives from 30 European countries.

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* The database contains recent information on a considerable number of (1067) initiatives pertaining to household and community-level energy policies. Thus, its representativeness is for European countries is high.
* Since the focus of the EERAdata project is mainly concerning the European Union countries, this database is a good fit in terms of scope.
* The database hosts information that would be gathered from national sources of each country, hence may be considered as a repository for national databases.

==== MURE Online Database ====
'' Description of the database: ''
MURE (Mesures d'Utilisation Rationnelle de l'Energie) is a comprehensive database that lists energy efficiency policies and measures regarding the Member States of the European Union. It allows for the analysis of policies based on topics, policy interaction, policy scoring, impact evaluation, as well as successful policies. The information is accessible by query in the database. The contributors are French Environment and Energy Management Agency, European Energy Network, and the H2020 program of the European Union.

Relates to the Odyssee database on energy-efficiency indicators and energy consumption.

Reference: [http://www.measures-odyssee-mure.eu Odyssee-MURE project]

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* A comprehensive database including energy efficiency policies and measures in the European Union member states.
* Since the focus of the EERAdata project is mainly concerning the European Union countries, this database is a good fit in terms of scope.
* The database hosts information that would be gathered from national sources of each country, hence may be considered as a repository for national databases.
* The database pertains to both Uses Case 4 on Energy Policies and Use Case 1 on Buildings Efficiency.

==== JRC-database hub: Joint Research Centre Data Catalogue ====
'' Description of database: ''
The JRC Science Hub aims to gradually integrate and aggregate all of the European Commission's science related activities, tools, laboratories, facilities, databases and networks. The inventory is wide range of the compilation of databases development of software and modelling tools. Published on the basis of open data principles with clear descriptions for each entry. The tools and databases are categorised by name and acronym, but can be filtered by research area, keyword and JRC institute responsible for the coordination of the particular entry. It contains, inter alia, databases related to energy and transport and climate
'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* It’s the open and highly recognizable European Union’s database directly related to different related aspects also energy policy related
* It’s data interpretation is highly dependent on changes in the legal and policy frameworks across European Union.
* The database enhances the transparency and openness of the JRC and further enables the open access policy of scientific research data.
* The information and links provided in the metadata are maintained in distributed and heterogeneous information systems. Although the datasets are maintain and links and information are updated,
* Sources of the database are coming in a variety of European languages, all brought together in an English database. Thus, it helps to investigate the relevance for FAIRification and opening activities.
* The database is cross-use case relevant, as it contains policies and measures also for other use cases.

==== DataCite - an international not-for-profit organization aiming to improve data citation ====
'' Description of database: ''
The main aim of DataCite is to provide the means to create, find, cite, connect, and use research. The primary service provided by DataCite is the registration of DOI tags. In addition, DataCite is constantly developing additional services related to DOI and related metadata, as following:
* DataCite Search (https://search.datacite.org/) - allows to search the database of DOI metadata registered in DataCite.
* DataCite Profiles (https://profiles.datacite.org/) - allows for automatic data transfer between the DataCite and ORCID systems, facilitating the update of personal profiles of researchers in ORCID with information about objects for which DOIs have been registered in DataCite.
* DataCite Statistics (https://stats.datacite.org/) - a service presenting statistical data on the number of registered DOI, their metadata records and the use of this information.
* DataCite OAI-PMH Provider (https://oai.datacite.org/) - an access interface to metadata collected in DataCite using the OAI-PMH protocol.
In addition, DataCite is involved in international projects and initiatives related to sharing and quoting research data, such as:
* the worldwide Registry of Research Data Repositories - Re3Data (https://www.re3data.org/).
* The Initiative for Open Citations (I4OC) = a collaboration between scholarly publishers, researchers, and other interested parties to promote the unrestricted availability of scholarly citation data and to make these data available.

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* The inventory contains heterogeneous and dynamic data. Thus, it helps us to investigate how to approach FAIRification for such data.
* DataCite provides an integrated search interface, where it is possible to search and filter a relevant metadata gathered
* Sources of the database are coming in a variety of European languages. Thus, it helps to investigate the relevance for FAIRification and opening activities.
* The database may be cross-use case relevant, as it contains DOIs and citations relevant also for other use cases.

== Notes from the afternoon session ==
The afternoon session is dedicated to discussing metadata for the selected databases. The aim of the afternoon session is to fill out [[UC3#Metadata_assessments|table 2 of the wiki page for the use case]] and to decide what to report back from the use case to the plenary session the next day (again, see the WIKI template for a suggested structure). Thus, at the end of the day, the WIKI page for the use case is complete.

=== Assessment of metadata for databases ===
# IEA Policy database
# COMETS
# JRC database hub
# EUR-Lex

==== IEA Policy database ====

* preliminary assessment of level of implementation of FAIR/O principles: F4 - yes; A1 - yes, A2 - yes (only depends on EU policy); I1 - yes; I2 - fulfilled, I3 - fulfilled; R1.1 - yes; R1.2 - no; R1.3 - not fulfilled, not even the DC standards.
* Metadate seems to be spread.
* Discussion on understanding of 100% fulfillement, on the example: In ideal database all country names would be linked to official registry --> you could go for all information. It would be 100% FAIR. Are any bases like that? Example on country information, which should be easily available automatically, for example ISO code for the country. IEA policy database is not fully like that.
* difficulties even in defining "policy" = everything (every official document) which is published in official governmental page.
* testing on the example of Poland and National Energy Efficency Action Plan for Poland: link to the official governmental page, not the direct link to the official document or to the official country law. When information about the date of update - should be also a linked to the local page (to ensure that the is a possibility to check at the source, if the policy has been already updated.
* if metadata doesn't provide the possibility of reachning the sources (if the documents are there, but you don't have an opportunity to get to the official, legal document).

==== COMETS ====
* information on collective actions initiatives for the energy transition for all EU countries.
* 3700 initiatives in selected European countries - Germany, Belgium, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Danmark,
* based on the internet desk research, business registers, national electricity production statistics, individual websites etc.
* energy production units / electriciity facilitiation units - including more than 6000
* within the project in six countries (DE, ES, BE, PL, EE, NL) they are conducting survey about the development and values (export, import). The data from it will be also included into the database/.
* as it's still under development - FAIRness is 0% for now.
* from COMETS project perspective, an important step for FAIRification is to facilitate by categorization, what and how specific activities are currently being implemented in different countries, categorization of them, taxonomy.

==== General conclusions ====

* discussion on Wilkinson FAIR priniciples --> if there are any databases which are 100% in accordance to these principles. 100% is an utopia. We only can make a hierarchy, which databases are matching these criteria better, or worse.
* in Mons system - it's more clear that you have to achieve specific level, to be able to go further.

* two possible approaches: (1) start of absolute lowest datasets and try to FAIRify those, and later on move "up". (2) on the other hand FAIRification of database which are more complex is leading us to results / conlcussions available also for less complicated databases.

* importance of formats of data. It is important that the format of the data to be entered in specific entry is strictly defined (example - the date: need of clear definitions - what's to include: year, month, day specific?) Similarly - with longitude, latitute. If it's not done in advance, later on it takes much work to manually change it and put into right format. On the other hand - potentially - making a very specific description - may exclude some data, which are available but in different standards - for ecxample between EU and American standards.
* every entry has its provenence, with information how the entry hhas been changed, when, etc. Basically all entries should have their own metadata.

* two dimensions of policies:
1) policy domain (topic of the policy)
2) policy perspective / the level of goverment (for whom it's developed = local regional, national, international level, etc)

==== directions in building taxonomy ====
* Example to be watched: EU taxonomy for green innovation companies
* UC4 taxomnomy needs to match to higher level = overall level of the projects. To make sure, that the complete taxonomy is

Proposed logical aspects / steps:
# starting on agreement of keywords + the glossry, to ensure common understanding.
# taking into consideration two dimensions of policies: (1) policy domain and (2) policy level of goverment
# coordinationg with other use cses: UC4 is affecting other use cases, so our keywords should not only match, but sometimes should be even taken from other use cases.

== What to report back to the plenary on Day 3? ==
==== Databases selected (names and short reasoning)====
# IEA Policy database
# COMETS
# JRC database hub
# EUR-Lex

==== Main insights from discussions ====

* Two categories of databases:
# policy relevant databases, eg. COMETS, EU Merci, PETA4
# policy databases, eg. IEA Policy database, EUR-Lex, OECD, RES-Legal, MURE

* Two dimensions of policies:
# policy domain (topic of the policy)
# policy perspective / the level of goverment (for whom it's developed = local regional, national, international level, etc)

* for more - see the notes above

==== Suggested next steps ====

* Developing low-level metadata concepts (descriptive, structural, administrative metadata) and the identification of gaps & needs for their implementation.

* Integration of existing standards, development of new approaches and vocabularies & taxonomies (e.g., considering ways to find data and research results through keywords, keywords used by peer-reviewed journals and mental metadata models of domain experts).

* Proposed logical aspects / steps of building taxonomy
# starting on agreement of keywords + the glossry, to ensure common understanding.
# taking into consideration two dimensions of policies: (1) policy domain and (2) policy level of goverment
# coordinating with other use cses: UC4 is affecting other use cases, so our keywords should not only match, but sometimes should be even taken from other use cases.

* Conclusions for WP2:
# methodology aspects - COMETS
# extending existing metadata - wind database
# providing recommendations for machine accessability - EIA Policy database

==== Other issues ====

WS1UC4

2020-06-03T16:11:42Z

Małgorzatam: /* Notes from the morning session */

This page provides space for notes from workshop discussions of use case 4 during Day 2 of WS1.

== Interactive elements ==
The discussions can also benefit from considering the EERAdata storyboard and/or slido comments. See [[WS1#Interactive_elements]]

== Notes from the morning session ==
The morning session is dedicated to database discussions with the aim to select 3-5 databases from below's list of databases for further examination. The [[UC4#List_of_selected_databases|first table of the WIKI page]] is filled out by noon.

* The workshop has started with the short introduction round to enable peaople to know something about each other, especially of the specific institutions day-to-day approach to data use.
* Later on the base for further works was presented:
# screeening the databases --> names, short descriptions, rationale for preliminary choosing the database
# checking the datbases proposed already, adding new, if needed.
# discussion and evaluation of databases - to choose the most suitable one for further works

Segmenting databases into 2 categories:
# policy relevant databases, eg. COMETS, EU Merci, PETA4
# policy databases, eg. IEA Policy database, EUR-Lex, OECD, RES-Legal, MURE

From both categories, the most suitbale databases may be chosen. This will enable us to have a full spectrum - how energy policies may use both types of databases.

Chosen databases - after morning discussion
# COMETS
# EUR-Lex
# IEA Policy database
# JRC

The evaluation with the use of a tool developed by Mark Wilkinson will be carried out on chosen databases during afternoon session. In this time will be also assesing databases has already chosen by metadata aspects

=== Draft list of databases ===
The databases that had been identified as containing data in relation to low carbon energy and energy efficiency policy:

#[https://www.copernicus.eu/en Copernicus]
#[https://datacite.org DataCite]
#[https://www.vs.inf.ethz.ch/res/show.html?what=eco-data ECO data set]
#[https://energydata.info/ EnergyData]
#[https://www.resourceefficient.eu/en#explore-content EREK]
#[http://www.eumerci-portal.eu/web/guest/home EU Merci]
#[https://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en EUR-Lex]
#[https://ec.europa.eu/energy/topics/energy-efficiency/energy-efficient-buildings/eu-bso_en?redir=1 European Buildings Stock Observatory]
#[https://www.iea.org/policies IEA Policies database]
#[https://www.irena.org/Statistics/View-Data-by-Topic/Energy-Transition/REmap-Energy-Demand-and-Supply-by-Sector IRENA, REmap]
#[http://resourceirena.irena.org/gateway/ IRENA, Resource]
#[https://data.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ JRC-database hub]
#[https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/publication/jrc-idees-integrated-database-european-energy-sector-methodological-note JRC-IDEES: Integrated Database of the European Energy Sector: Metodological note]
#[https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/publication/eur-scientific-and-technical-research-reports/monitoring-ri-low-carbon-energy-technologies JRC: Monitoring R&I in Low-Carbon Energy Technologies
#[https://magic-nexus.eu/metadata-repository MAGIC]
#[https://data.nrel.gov/ NREL data]
#[https://odin.jrc.ec.europa.eu/odin/index.jsp ODIN: Online Data & Information Network for Energy]
#[https://data.oecd.org/ OECD data]
#[https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/home/home.do OEIL]
#[https://openei.org/wiki/Main_Page OPENEI]
#[https://heatroadmap.eu/peta4/ PETA4]
#[https://www.proquest.com/ PROQuest]
#[https://www.reeep.org/reegleinfo REEEP]
#[https://www.re3data.org/ Re3data.org]
#[http://www.res-legal.eu/home/ RES LEGAL]
#[https://setis.ec.europa.eu/publications/setis-research-innovation-data SETIS research and innovation data]
#[https://zenodo.org/ ZENODO]
#[https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/837722 H2020 project COMETS] - EU-wide inventory of collective action initiatives in the low carbon energy transition
#[https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/business_economy_euro/banking_and_finance/documents/200309-sustainable-finance-teg-final-report-taxonomy_en.pdf] - EU taxonomy for green innovation companies
#MURE (Mesures d'Utilisation Rationnelle de l'Energie)database [http://www.measures-odyssee-mure.eu/]

=== Discussion on the choice of databases: ===
* From GIG, apart from IEA Policy database, there will be also a proposition of EUR-Lex, DataCite, EU Merci, OECD, and probably also JRC-database.
* @ IUE and ENEA: each of you please suggest 2 other databases and prepare for them a description and an explanation - why we should choose them for further evaluation. Material please put in the Wiki.
* @ all: for databases that you suggested please complete the questionnaire from AIT in OO ([https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/Products/Files/doceditor.aspx?fileid=5413183] and put answers into the folder in OO [https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/products/projects/tmdocs.aspx?prjID=236894#1976709] until Friday 29.05.

==== COMETS database: EU-wide inventory of collective action initiatives in the energy transition ====
''Description of database:''
The inventory is a multi-country database of collective action initiatives (e.g., energy cooperatives, eco-villages, community energy projects, and other citizen-led energy projects). For each initiative, the country, the date of foundation/cancellation, the evolution of members and renewable energy units, installation capacities, fields of engagement, legal form, website, address, source, etc. is collected. The entries are sourced from a variety of national, regional, and European registers and websites.

''Rationale for choosing this database'':
*The database is of policy relevance. Its data interpretation is highly dependent on changes in the legal and policy frameworks across Europe.
*We own the database and therefore have it easier to exercise FAIRification and opening activities.
*The database is being created in a parallel running European project and we would not like that the database ends in the graveyard of dead EU project databases.
*We aim at opening the database to the low carbon research community within the next two years.
*We are interested to explore the options for opening while ensuring that our work in building the database is appropriately acknowledged. This is relevant for later EERAdata discussion. Here, we already started discussing with e3s and tJP of EERAdata.
*We can use synergies with another parallel EU project and have the possibility to assign rich metadata to every single entry, by also using the expertise of researchers from the COMETS project.
*The database itself has a relatively simple structure, however, the inventory contains heterogeneous and dynamic data. Thus, it helps us to investigate how to approach FAIRification for such data. This is a particular challenge for UC4.
*Sources of the COMETS database are coming in a variety of European languages, all brought together in an English database. Thus, it helps us to investigate the relevance of languages for FAIRification and opening activities. This is also a particular challenge for UC4.
*We aim at uploading this database as an example for EERAdata to EOSC. We hope to create a best practice example for a FAIR and open database. Currently, it is F - non-existing, A - non-existing., I - partly as one can, e.g., go to the currently published papers to access the original sources. But it is not machine-actionable. R - no, because it is currently not open.

''Reference:'' Wierling, A.; Schwanitz, V.J.; Zeiß, J.P.; Bout, C.; Candelise, C.; Gilcrease, W.; Gregg, J.S. [https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/10/9/3339 Statistical Evidence on the Role of Energy Cooperatives for the Energy Transition in European Countries]. Sustainability.

==== IEA Policy database ====
''Description of the database:''
A worldwide database of past, future and planned policies and measures thematically related to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve energy efficiency and support the development and deployment of renewables and other clean energy technologies. It contains data from IEA/IRENA Renewable Energy Policies and Measures Database, the IEA Energy Efficiency Database, the Addressing Climate Change database, and the Building Energy Efficiency Policies (BEEP) database, along with information on CCUS and methane abatement policies. Data are collected from governments, partner organizations and IEA analysis since 1999.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* A popular, recognized, and world-wide database hosted by a reputable institution.
* Since we are not able to analyze all the databases that we would like to - the selection of the IEA Policy database would indirectly allow us to take into account several other, selected databases because it contains data from: IEA/IRENA Renewable Energy Policies and Measures Database, the IEA Energy Efficiency Database, the Addressing Climate Change database, and the Building Energy Efficiency Policies (BEEP) database,
* Cross-use case relevance, as it contains policies and measures also for buildings efficiency (UC1) and for power transmission and distribution networks (UC2).

==== EU Taxonomy for green innovation companies ====
''Description of the database:''
The EU Taxonomy is a tool to help investors, companies, issuers, and project promoters navigate the transition to a low-carbon, resilient and resource-efficient economy. The Taxonomy sets performance thresholds (referred to as ‘technical screening criteria’) for economic activities which: • make a substantive contribution to one of six environmental objectives (Figure 1); • do no significant harm (DNSH) to the other five, where relevant; • meet minimum safeguards (e.g., OECD Guidelines on Multinational Enterprises and the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights). The performance thresholds will help companies, project promoters and issuers access green financing to improve their environmental performance, as well as helping to identify which activities are already environmentally friendly. In doing so, it will help to grow low-carbon sectors and decarbonise high-carbon ones. The EU Taxonomy is one of the most significant developments in sustainable finance and will have wide-ranging implications for investors and issuers working in the EU, and beyond.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* It is low-hanging fruit because taxonomy is already in place.
* We could use this taxonomy to see how it aligns with our other assessments (and with other use cases)
* The taxonomy will be enacted in a year from now, so we can provide timely feedback

''Reference:'' [[https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/business_economy_euro/banking_and_finance/documents/200309-sustainable-finance-teg-final-report-taxonomy_en.pdf]]

==== EUR-Lex ====
''Description of the database:''
EUR-Lex is online database that provides the official and most comprehensive access to EU Law and legal documents such as treaties, legal acts from EU institutions, preparatory documents related to EU legislation, EU case-law, international agreements, EFTA documents, references to national case-law related to EU law. EUR-Lex has access to all editions of the Official Journal of the European Union (OJ) since the first of December 1952.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* It is available in all of the EU’s 24 official languages
* It is updated daily, which confirms the validity of the documents
* Each document in EUR-Lex is supported by detailed information such as: relations with other legal documents, case-law interpretations, dates of adoption or entry into force etc.
* It is the open and highly recognizable European Union’s database directly related to policy
* Most documents in EUR-Lex, regardless of their language, receive a unique identifier - CELEX number, so all documents have a designed structure and each type of document corresponds to a so-called “a descriptor”.

==== EU MERCI ====
''Description of the database:''
The database contains data on the implementation of energy efficiency measures in the manufacturing industry. For nearly 3000 companies from 4 European countries (Austria, Italy, Poland, United Kingdom), the following information has been collected: size of the company, year of implementation of the measure, type of support received (white certificates), statistical classification of economic activities, according to NACE, applied processes and ways to save energy and total final energy savings achieved by the implemented measures.
The database contains data also on low-carbon policies, examples of business action to reduce emissions, etc.
The database includes data for the 2005-2017 period. Besides the database, also a library, sector reports and static analyses of different countries were made available.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* The database contains good practices that can be used by other actors willing to implement energy efficiency measures,
* Disadvantages of the database: It includes data from the 2005-2017 period, with no updates (no newer examples)

==== OECD database ====
''Description of the database:''
OECD database makes available data related to agriculture, development, economy, education, energy, environment, finance, government, health, innovation and technology, jobs and society. In each of these areas the database contains, inter alia, data on legal issues. In the area of energy, data can be assigned thematically to: primary energy supply, crude oil production, electricity generation, renewable energy, nuclear power plants, crude oil import prices.
The data comes from over 130 countries around the world. The database allows sharing data in the form of indicators, maps and tables. The data is collected and made available since 1960.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* It is a popular, well recognised worldwide database, maintained by a reputable institution,
* Since we are not able to analyze all the databases that we would like to - the selection of the OECD database would indirectly allow us to take into account several other, selected databases because it contains data from: the IEA database - International Energy Agency (https://www.iea.org/) and Nuclear Energy Agency (http://www.oecd-nea.org/).

==== ISTAT energy data ====
'' Description of the database: ''
I.Stat is the warehouse of statistics currently produced by the Italian National Institute of Statistics.Statistics are searchable by theme. The system is also consultable by keyword. Data are presented in multidimensional tables which users can export in xls, csv formats. Acting on variables, reference periods and the arrangement of heads and sides, moreover, it is possible to obtain custom tables.
Through a web service that allows direct machine-to-machine questioning, organizations, as well as private citizens, can form specific query data, download results. The service is accessible at the following address: https://www.istat.it/it/metodi-e-strumenti/web-service-sdmx

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* It’s a complete overview of energy consumption in Italy in all sectors of the society.

==== SETIS Innovation and Research data ====
'' Description of the database: ''
The level of investment in R&I in terms of both private (expenditure by businesses and industry) and public (Member States' national programmes and instruments), and trends in patents, for the Integrated SET Plan Actions.

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
The Integrated SET Plan needs to be underpinned by an effective monitoring and reporting scheme that supports the development and implementation of the European R&I Agenda. SETIS plays a central role in the successful implementation of the Integrated SET Plan 10 key actions. In particular, the enhanced SETIS follows the objectives below:
* To monitor R&I activities, investments and technology progress in Europe;
* To contribute to the identification of gaps in the implementation of the actions;
* To report on the overall progress towards the common goals set out in the integrated SET-Plan;
* To contribute to assessing the impact of the SET-Plan on European competitiveness;
* To make recommendations for actions that could further increase the effectiveness of the European R&I Strategy.

==== ENERGISE Online Database ====
'' Description of the database: ''
The Database is an output of the H2020 Energise Project. The project aims at testing household and community-level initiatives to reduce energy consumption through energy cultures. An output of the project forms the database that contains data on 1067 energy initiatives from 30 European countries.

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* The database contains recent information on a considerable number of (1067) initiatives pertaining to household and community-level energy policies. Thus, its representativeness is for European countries is high.
* Since the focus of the EERAdata project is mainly concerning the European Union countries, this database is a good fit in terms of scope.
* The database hosts information that would be gathered from national sources of each country, hence may be considered as a repository for national databases.

==== MURE Online Database ====
'' Description of the database: ''
MURE (Mesures d'Utilisation Rationnelle de l'Energie) is a comprehensive database that lists energy efficiency policies and measures regarding the Member States of the European Union. It allows for the analysis of policies based on topics, policy interaction, policy scoring, impact evaluation, as well as successful policies. The information is accessible by query in the database. The contributors are French Environment and Energy Management Agency, European Energy Network, and the H2020 program of the European Union.

Relates to the Odyssee database on energy-efficiency indicators and energy consumption.

Reference: [http://www.measures-odyssee-mure.eu Odyssee-MURE project]

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* A comprehensive database including energy efficiency policies and measures in the European Union member states.
* Since the focus of the EERAdata project is mainly concerning the European Union countries, this database is a good fit in terms of scope.
* The database hosts information that would be gathered from national sources of each country, hence may be considered as a repository for national databases.
* The database pertains to both Uses Case 4 on Energy Policies and Use Case 1 on Buildings Efficiency.

==== JRC-database hub: Joint Research Centre Data Catalogue ====
'' Description of database: ''
The JRC Science Hub aims to gradually integrate and aggregate all of the European Commission's science related activities, tools, laboratories, facilities, databases and networks. The inventory is wide range of the compilation of databases development of software and modelling tools. Published on the basis of open data principles with clear descriptions for each entry. The tools and databases are categorised by name and acronym, but can be filtered by research area, keyword and JRC institute responsible for the coordination of the particular entry. It contains, inter alia, databases related to energy and transport and climate
'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* It’s the open and highly recognizable European Union’s database directly related to different related aspects also energy policy related
* It’s data interpretation is highly dependent on changes in the legal and policy frameworks across European Union.
* The database enhances the transparency and openness of the JRC and further enables the open access policy of scientific research data.
* The information and links provided in the metadata are maintained in distributed and heterogeneous information systems. Although the datasets are maintain and links and information are updated,
* Sources of the database are coming in a variety of European languages, all brought together in an English database. Thus, it helps to investigate the relevance for FAIRification and opening activities.
* The database is cross-use case relevant, as it contains policies and measures also for other use cases.

==== DataCite - an international not-for-profit organization aiming to improve data citation ====
'' Description of database: ''
The main aim of DataCite is to provide the means to create, find, cite, connect, and use research. The primary service provided by DataCite is the registration of DOI tags. In addition, DataCite is constantly developing additional services related to DOI and related metadata, as following:
* DataCite Search (https://search.datacite.org/) - allows to search the database of DOI metadata registered in DataCite.
* DataCite Profiles (https://profiles.datacite.org/) - allows for automatic data transfer between the DataCite and ORCID systems, facilitating the update of personal profiles of researchers in ORCID with information about objects for which DOIs have been registered in DataCite.
* DataCite Statistics (https://stats.datacite.org/) - a service presenting statistical data on the number of registered DOI, their metadata records and the use of this information.
* DataCite OAI-PMH Provider (https://oai.datacite.org/) - an access interface to metadata collected in DataCite using the OAI-PMH protocol.
In addition, DataCite is involved in international projects and initiatives related to sharing and quoting research data, such as:
* the worldwide Registry of Research Data Repositories - Re3Data (https://www.re3data.org/).
* The Initiative for Open Citations (I4OC) = a collaboration between scholarly publishers, researchers, and other interested parties to promote the unrestricted availability of scholarly citation data and to make these data available.

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* The inventory contains heterogeneous and dynamic data. Thus, it helps us to investigate how to approach FAIRification for such data.
* DataCite provides an integrated search interface, where it is possible to search and filter a relevant metadata gathered
* Sources of the database are coming in a variety of European languages. Thus, it helps to investigate the relevance for FAIRification and opening activities.
* The database may be cross-use case relevant, as it contains DOIs and citations relevant also for other use cases.

== Notes from the afternoon session ==
The afternoon session is dedicated to discussing metadata for the selected databases. The aim of the afternoon session is to fill out [[UC3#Metadata_assessments|table 2 of the wiki page for the use case]] and to decide what to report back from the use case to the plenary session the next day (again, see the WIKI template for a suggested structure). Thus, at the end of the day, the WIKI page for the use case is complete.

=== Assessment of metadata for databases ===
# IEA Policy database
# COMETS
# JRC database hub
# EUR-Lex

==== IEA Policy database ====

* preliminary assessment of level of implementation of FAIR/O principles: F4 - yes; A1 - yes, A2 - yes (only depends on EU policy); I1 - yes; I2 - fulfilled, I3 - fulfilled; R1.1 - yes; R1.2 - no; R1.3 - not fulfilled, not even the DC standards.
* Metadate seems to be spread.
* Discussion on understanding of 100% fulfillement, on the example: In ideal database all country names would be linked to official registry --> you could go for all information. It would be 100% FAIR. Are any bases like that? Example on country information, which should be easily available automatically, for example ISO code for the country. IEA policy database is not fully like that.
* difficulties even in defining "policy" = everything (every official document) which is published in official governmental page.
* testing on the example of Poland and National Energy Efficency Action Plan for Poland: link to the official governmental page, not the direct link to the official document or to the official country law. When information about the date of update - should be also a linked to the local page (to ensure that the is a possibility to check at the source, if the policy has been already updated.
* if metadata doesn't provide the possibility of reachning the sources (if the documents are there, but you don't have an opportunity to get to the official, legal document).

==== COMETS ====
* information on collective actions initiatives for the energy transition for all EU countries.
* 3700 initiatives in selected European countries - Germany, Belgium, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Danmark,
* based on the internet desk research, business registers, national electricity production statistics, individual websites etc.
* energy production units / electriciity facilitiation units - including more than 6000
* within the project in six countries (DE, ES, BE, PL, EE, NL) they are conducting survey about the development and values (export, import). The data from it will be also included into the database/.
* as it's still under development - FAIRness is 0% for now.
* from COMETS project perspective, an important step for FAIRification is to facilitate by categorization, what and how specific activities are currently being implemented in different countries, categorization of them, taxonomy.

==== General conclusions ====

* discussion on Wilkinson FAIR priniciples --> if there are any databases which are 100% in accordance to these principles. 100% is an utopia. We only can make a hierarchy, which databases are matching these criteria better, or worse.
* in Mons system - it's more clear that you have to achieve specific level, to be able to go further.

* two possible approaches: (1) start of absolute lowest datasets and try to FAIRify those, and later on move "up". (2) on the other hand FAIRification of database which are more complex is leading us to results / conlcussions available also for less complicated databases.

* importance of formats of data. It is important that the format of the data to be entered in specific entry is strictly defined (example - the date: need of clear definitions - what's to include: year, month, day specific?) Similarly - with longitude, latitute. If it's not done in advance, later on it takes much work to manually change it and put into right format. On the other hand - potentially - making a very specific description - may exclude some data, which are available but in different standards - for ecxample between EU and American standards.
* every entry has its provenence, with information how the entry hhas been changed, when, etc. Basically all entries should have their own metadata.

* two dimensions of policies:
1) policy domain (topic of the policy)
2) policy perspective / the level of goverment (for whom it's developed = local regional, national, international level, etc)

==== directions in building taxonomy ====
* Example to be watched: EU taxonomy for green innovation companies
* UC4 taxomnomy needs to match to higher level = overall level of the projects. To make sure, that the complete taxonomy is

Proposed logical aspects / steps:
# starting on agreement of keywords + the glossry, to ensure common understanding.
# taking into consideration two dimensions of policies: (1) policy domain and (2) policy level of goverment
# coordinationg with other use cses: UC4 is affecting other use cases, so our keywords should not only match, but sometimes should be even taken from other use cases.

== What to report back to the plenary on Day 3? ==
==== Databases selected (names and short reasoning)====
# IEA Policy database
# COMETS
# JRC database hub
# EUR-Lex

==== Main insights from discussions ====

* Two categories of databases:
# policy relevant databases, eg. COMETS, EU Merci, PETA4
# policy databases, eg. IEA Policy database, EUR-Lex, OECD, RES-Legal, MURE

* Two dimensions of policies:
# policy domain (topic of the policy)
# policy perspective / the level of goverment (for whom it's developed = local regional, national, international level, etc)

* for more - see the notes above

==== Suggested next steps ====

* Developing low-level metadata concepts (descriptive, structural, administrative metadata) and the identification of gaps & needs for their implementation.

* Integration of existing standards, development of new approaches and vocabularies & taxonomies (e.g., considering ways to find data and research results through keywords, keywords used by peer-reviewed journals and mental metadata models of domain experts).

* Proposed logical aspects / steps of building taxonomy
# starting on agreement of keywords + the glossry, to ensure common understanding.
# taking into consideration two dimensions of policies: (1) policy domain and (2) policy level of goverment
# coordinating with other use cses: UC4 is affecting other use cases, so our keywords should not only match, but sometimes should be even taken from other use cases.

==== Other issues ====

WS1UC4

2020-06-03T16:10:37Z

Małgorzatam: /* Notes from the morning session */

This page provides space for notes from workshop discussions of use case 4 during Day 2 of WS1.

== Interactive elements ==
The discussions can also benefit from considering the EERAdata storyboard and/or slido comments. See [[WS1#Interactive_elements]]

== Notes from the morning session ==
The morning session is dedicated to database discussions with the aim to select 3-5 databases from below's list of databases for further examination. The [[UC3#List_of_selected_databases|first table of the WIKI page]] is filled out by noon.

* The workshop has started with the short introduction round to enable peaople to know something about each other, especially of the specific institutions day-to-day approach to data use.
* Later on the base for further works was presented:
# screeening the databases --> names, short descriptions, rationale for preliminary choosing the database
# checking the datbases proposed already, adding new, if needed.
# discussion and evaluation of databases - to choose the most suitable one for further works

Segmenting databases into 2 categories:
# policy relevant databases, eg. COMETS, EU Merci, PETA4
# policy databases, eg. IEA Policy database, EUR-Lex, OECD, RES-Legal, MURE

From both categories, the most suitbale databases may be chosen. This will enable us to have a full spectrum - how energy policies may use both types of databases.

Chosen databases - after morning discussion
# COMETS
# EUR-Lex
# IEA Policy database
# JRC

The evaluation with the use of a tool developed by Mark Wilkinson will be carried out on chosen databases during afternoon session. In this time will be also assesing databases has already chosen by metadata aspects

=== Draft list of databases ===
The databases that had been identified as containing data in relation to low carbon energy and energy efficiency policy:

#[https://www.copernicus.eu/en Copernicus]
#[https://datacite.org DataCite]
#[https://www.vs.inf.ethz.ch/res/show.html?what=eco-data ECO data set]
#[https://energydata.info/ EnergyData]
#[https://www.resourceefficient.eu/en#explore-content EREK]
#[http://www.eumerci-portal.eu/web/guest/home EU Merci]
#[https://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en EUR-Lex]
#[https://ec.europa.eu/energy/topics/energy-efficiency/energy-efficient-buildings/eu-bso_en?redir=1 European Buildings Stock Observatory]
#[https://www.iea.org/policies IEA Policies database]
#[https://www.irena.org/Statistics/View-Data-by-Topic/Energy-Transition/REmap-Energy-Demand-and-Supply-by-Sector IRENA, REmap]
#[http://resourceirena.irena.org/gateway/ IRENA, Resource]
#[https://data.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ JRC-database hub]
#[https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/publication/jrc-idees-integrated-database-european-energy-sector-methodological-note JRC-IDEES: Integrated Database of the European Energy Sector: Metodological note]
#[https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/publication/eur-scientific-and-technical-research-reports/monitoring-ri-low-carbon-energy-technologies JRC: Monitoring R&I in Low-Carbon Energy Technologies
#[https://magic-nexus.eu/metadata-repository MAGIC]
#[https://data.nrel.gov/ NREL data]
#[https://odin.jrc.ec.europa.eu/odin/index.jsp ODIN: Online Data & Information Network for Energy]
#[https://data.oecd.org/ OECD data]
#[https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/home/home.do OEIL]
#[https://openei.org/wiki/Main_Page OPENEI]
#[https://heatroadmap.eu/peta4/ PETA4]
#[https://www.proquest.com/ PROQuest]
#[https://www.reeep.org/reegleinfo REEEP]
#[https://www.re3data.org/ Re3data.org]
#[http://www.res-legal.eu/home/ RES LEGAL]
#[https://setis.ec.europa.eu/publications/setis-research-innovation-data SETIS research and innovation data]
#[https://zenodo.org/ ZENODO]
#[https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/837722 H2020 project COMETS] - EU-wide inventory of collective action initiatives in the low carbon energy transition
#[https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/business_economy_euro/banking_and_finance/documents/200309-sustainable-finance-teg-final-report-taxonomy_en.pdf] - EU taxonomy for green innovation companies
#MURE (Mesures d'Utilisation Rationnelle de l'Energie)database [http://www.measures-odyssee-mure.eu/]

=== Discussion on the choice of databases: ===
* From GIG, apart from IEA Policy database, there will be also a proposition of EUR-Lex, DataCite, EU Merci, OECD, and probably also JRC-database.
* @ IUE and ENEA: each of you please suggest 2 other databases and prepare for them a description and an explanation - why we should choose them for further evaluation. Material please put in the Wiki.
* @ all: for databases that you suggested please complete the questionnaire from AIT in OO ([https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/Products/Files/doceditor.aspx?fileid=5413183] and put answers into the folder in OO [https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/products/projects/tmdocs.aspx?prjID=236894#1976709] until Friday 29.05.

==== COMETS database: EU-wide inventory of collective action initiatives in the energy transition ====
''Description of database:''
The inventory is a multi-country database of collective action initiatives (e.g., energy cooperatives, eco-villages, community energy projects, and other citizen-led energy projects). For each initiative, the country, the date of foundation/cancellation, the evolution of members and renewable energy units, installation capacities, fields of engagement, legal form, website, address, source, etc. is collected. The entries are sourced from a variety of national, regional, and European registers and websites.

''Rationale for choosing this database'':
*The database is of policy relevance. Its data interpretation is highly dependent on changes in the legal and policy frameworks across Europe.
*We own the database and therefore have it easier to exercise FAIRification and opening activities.
*The database is being created in a parallel running European project and we would not like that the database ends in the graveyard of dead EU project databases.
*We aim at opening the database to the low carbon research community within the next two years.
*We are interested to explore the options for opening while ensuring that our work in building the database is appropriately acknowledged. This is relevant for later EERAdata discussion. Here, we already started discussing with e3s and tJP of EERAdata.
*We can use synergies with another parallel EU project and have the possibility to assign rich metadata to every single entry, by also using the expertise of researchers from the COMETS project.
*The database itself has a relatively simple structure, however, the inventory contains heterogeneous and dynamic data. Thus, it helps us to investigate how to approach FAIRification for such data. This is a particular challenge for UC4.
*Sources of the COMETS database are coming in a variety of European languages, all brought together in an English database. Thus, it helps us to investigate the relevance of languages for FAIRification and opening activities. This is also a particular challenge for UC4.
*We aim at uploading this database as an example for EERAdata to EOSC. We hope to create a best practice example for a FAIR and open database. Currently, it is F - non-existing, A - non-existing., I - partly as one can, e.g., go to the currently published papers to access the original sources. But it is not machine-actionable. R - no, because it is currently not open.

''Reference:'' Wierling, A.; Schwanitz, V.J.; Zeiß, J.P.; Bout, C.; Candelise, C.; Gilcrease, W.; Gregg, J.S. [https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/10/9/3339 Statistical Evidence on the Role of Energy Cooperatives for the Energy Transition in European Countries]. Sustainability.

==== IEA Policy database ====
''Description of the database:''
A worldwide database of past, future and planned policies and measures thematically related to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve energy efficiency and support the development and deployment of renewables and other clean energy technologies. It contains data from IEA/IRENA Renewable Energy Policies and Measures Database, the IEA Energy Efficiency Database, the Addressing Climate Change database, and the Building Energy Efficiency Policies (BEEP) database, along with information on CCUS and methane abatement policies. Data are collected from governments, partner organizations and IEA analysis since 1999.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* A popular, recognized, and world-wide database hosted by a reputable institution.
* Since we are not able to analyze all the databases that we would like to - the selection of the IEA Policy database would indirectly allow us to take into account several other, selected databases because it contains data from: IEA/IRENA Renewable Energy Policies and Measures Database, the IEA Energy Efficiency Database, the Addressing Climate Change database, and the Building Energy Efficiency Policies (BEEP) database,
* Cross-use case relevance, as it contains policies and measures also for buildings efficiency (UC1) and for power transmission and distribution networks (UC2).

==== EU Taxonomy for green innovation companies ====
''Description of the database:''
The EU Taxonomy is a tool to help investors, companies, issuers, and project promoters navigate the transition to a low-carbon, resilient and resource-efficient economy. The Taxonomy sets performance thresholds (referred to as ‘technical screening criteria’) for economic activities which: • make a substantive contribution to one of six environmental objectives (Figure 1); • do no significant harm (DNSH) to the other five, where relevant; • meet minimum safeguards (e.g., OECD Guidelines on Multinational Enterprises and the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights). The performance thresholds will help companies, project promoters and issuers access green financing to improve their environmental performance, as well as helping to identify which activities are already environmentally friendly. In doing so, it will help to grow low-carbon sectors and decarbonise high-carbon ones. The EU Taxonomy is one of the most significant developments in sustainable finance and will have wide-ranging implications for investors and issuers working in the EU, and beyond.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* It is low-hanging fruit because taxonomy is already in place.
* We could use this taxonomy to see how it aligns with our other assessments (and with other use cases)
* The taxonomy will be enacted in a year from now, so we can provide timely feedback

''Reference:'' [[https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/business_economy_euro/banking_and_finance/documents/200309-sustainable-finance-teg-final-report-taxonomy_en.pdf]]

==== EUR-Lex ====
''Description of the database:''
EUR-Lex is online database that provides the official and most comprehensive access to EU Law and legal documents such as treaties, legal acts from EU institutions, preparatory documents related to EU legislation, EU case-law, international agreements, EFTA documents, references to national case-law related to EU law. EUR-Lex has access to all editions of the Official Journal of the European Union (OJ) since the first of December 1952.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* It is available in all of the EU’s 24 official languages
* It is updated daily, which confirms the validity of the documents
* Each document in EUR-Lex is supported by detailed information such as: relations with other legal documents, case-law interpretations, dates of adoption or entry into force etc.
* It is the open and highly recognizable European Union’s database directly related to policy
* Most documents in EUR-Lex, regardless of their language, receive a unique identifier - CELEX number, so all documents have a designed structure and each type of document corresponds to a so-called “a descriptor”.

==== EU MERCI ====
''Description of the database:''
The database contains data on the implementation of energy efficiency measures in the manufacturing industry. For nearly 3000 companies from 4 European countries (Austria, Italy, Poland, United Kingdom), the following information has been collected: size of the company, year of implementation of the measure, type of support received (white certificates), statistical classification of economic activities, according to NACE, applied processes and ways to save energy and total final energy savings achieved by the implemented measures.
The database contains data also on low-carbon policies, examples of business action to reduce emissions, etc.
The database includes data for the 2005-2017 period. Besides the database, also a library, sector reports and static analyses of different countries were made available.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* The database contains good practices that can be used by other actors willing to implement energy efficiency measures,
* Disadvantages of the database: It includes data from the 2005-2017 period, with no updates (no newer examples)

==== OECD database ====
''Description of the database:''
OECD database makes available data related to agriculture, development, economy, education, energy, environment, finance, government, health, innovation and technology, jobs and society. In each of these areas the database contains, inter alia, data on legal issues. In the area of energy, data can be assigned thematically to: primary energy supply, crude oil production, electricity generation, renewable energy, nuclear power plants, crude oil import prices.
The data comes from over 130 countries around the world. The database allows sharing data in the form of indicators, maps and tables. The data is collected and made available since 1960.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* It is a popular, well recognised worldwide database, maintained by a reputable institution,
* Since we are not able to analyze all the databases that we would like to - the selection of the OECD database would indirectly allow us to take into account several other, selected databases because it contains data from: the IEA database - International Energy Agency (https://www.iea.org/) and Nuclear Energy Agency (http://www.oecd-nea.org/).

==== ISTAT energy data ====
'' Description of the database: ''
I.Stat is the warehouse of statistics currently produced by the Italian National Institute of Statistics.Statistics are searchable by theme. The system is also consultable by keyword. Data are presented in multidimensional tables which users can export in xls, csv formats. Acting on variables, reference periods and the arrangement of heads and sides, moreover, it is possible to obtain custom tables.
Through a web service that allows direct machine-to-machine questioning, organizations, as well as private citizens, can form specific query data, download results. The service is accessible at the following address: https://www.istat.it/it/metodi-e-strumenti/web-service-sdmx

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* It’s a complete overview of energy consumption in Italy in all sectors of the society.

==== SETIS Innovation and Research data ====
'' Description of the database: ''
The level of investment in R&I in terms of both private (expenditure by businesses and industry) and public (Member States' national programmes and instruments), and trends in patents, for the Integrated SET Plan Actions.

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
The Integrated SET Plan needs to be underpinned by an effective monitoring and reporting scheme that supports the development and implementation of the European R&I Agenda. SETIS plays a central role in the successful implementation of the Integrated SET Plan 10 key actions. In particular, the enhanced SETIS follows the objectives below:
* To monitor R&I activities, investments and technology progress in Europe;
* To contribute to the identification of gaps in the implementation of the actions;
* To report on the overall progress towards the common goals set out in the integrated SET-Plan;
* To contribute to assessing the impact of the SET-Plan on European competitiveness;
* To make recommendations for actions that could further increase the effectiveness of the European R&I Strategy.

==== ENERGISE Online Database ====
'' Description of the database: ''
The Database is an output of the H2020 Energise Project. The project aims at testing household and community-level initiatives to reduce energy consumption through energy cultures. An output of the project forms the database that contains data on 1067 energy initiatives from 30 European countries.

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* The database contains recent information on a considerable number of (1067) initiatives pertaining to household and community-level energy policies. Thus, its representativeness is for European countries is high.
* Since the focus of the EERAdata project is mainly concerning the European Union countries, this database is a good fit in terms of scope.
* The database hosts information that would be gathered from national sources of each country, hence may be considered as a repository for national databases.

==== MURE Online Database ====
'' Description of the database: ''
MURE (Mesures d'Utilisation Rationnelle de l'Energie) is a comprehensive database that lists energy efficiency policies and measures regarding the Member States of the European Union. It allows for the analysis of policies based on topics, policy interaction, policy scoring, impact evaluation, as well as successful policies. The information is accessible by query in the database. The contributors are French Environment and Energy Management Agency, European Energy Network, and the H2020 program of the European Union.

Relates to the Odyssee database on energy-efficiency indicators and energy consumption.

Reference: [http://www.measures-odyssee-mure.eu Odyssee-MURE project]

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* A comprehensive database including energy efficiency policies and measures in the European Union member states.
* Since the focus of the EERAdata project is mainly concerning the European Union countries, this database is a good fit in terms of scope.
* The database hosts information that would be gathered from national sources of each country, hence may be considered as a repository for national databases.
* The database pertains to both Uses Case 4 on Energy Policies and Use Case 1 on Buildings Efficiency.

==== JRC-database hub: Joint Research Centre Data Catalogue ====
'' Description of database: ''
The JRC Science Hub aims to gradually integrate and aggregate all of the European Commission's science related activities, tools, laboratories, facilities, databases and networks. The inventory is wide range of the compilation of databases development of software and modelling tools. Published on the basis of open data principles with clear descriptions for each entry. The tools and databases are categorised by name and acronym, but can be filtered by research area, keyword and JRC institute responsible for the coordination of the particular entry. It contains, inter alia, databases related to energy and transport and climate
'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* It’s the open and highly recognizable European Union’s database directly related to different related aspects also energy policy related
* It’s data interpretation is highly dependent on changes in the legal and policy frameworks across European Union.
* The database enhances the transparency and openness of the JRC and further enables the open access policy of scientific research data.
* The information and links provided in the metadata are maintained in distributed and heterogeneous information systems. Although the datasets are maintain and links and information are updated,
* Sources of the database are coming in a variety of European languages, all brought together in an English database. Thus, it helps to investigate the relevance for FAIRification and opening activities.
* The database is cross-use case relevant, as it contains policies and measures also for other use cases.

==== DataCite - an international not-for-profit organization aiming to improve data citation ====
'' Description of database: ''
The main aim of DataCite is to provide the means to create, find, cite, connect, and use research. The primary service provided by DataCite is the registration of DOI tags. In addition, DataCite is constantly developing additional services related to DOI and related metadata, as following:
* DataCite Search (https://search.datacite.org/) - allows to search the database of DOI metadata registered in DataCite.
* DataCite Profiles (https://profiles.datacite.org/) - allows for automatic data transfer between the DataCite and ORCID systems, facilitating the update of personal profiles of researchers in ORCID with information about objects for which DOIs have been registered in DataCite.
* DataCite Statistics (https://stats.datacite.org/) - a service presenting statistical data on the number of registered DOI, their metadata records and the use of this information.
* DataCite OAI-PMH Provider (https://oai.datacite.org/) - an access interface to metadata collected in DataCite using the OAI-PMH protocol.
In addition, DataCite is involved in international projects and initiatives related to sharing and quoting research data, such as:
* the worldwide Registry of Research Data Repositories - Re3Data (https://www.re3data.org/).
* The Initiative for Open Citations (I4OC) = a collaboration between scholarly publishers, researchers, and other interested parties to promote the unrestricted availability of scholarly citation data and to make these data available.

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* The inventory contains heterogeneous and dynamic data. Thus, it helps us to investigate how to approach FAIRification for such data.
* DataCite provides an integrated search interface, where it is possible to search and filter a relevant metadata gathered
* Sources of the database are coming in a variety of European languages. Thus, it helps to investigate the relevance for FAIRification and opening activities.
* The database may be cross-use case relevant, as it contains DOIs and citations relevant also for other use cases.

== Notes from the afternoon session ==
The afternoon session is dedicated to discussing metadata for the selected databases. The aim of the afternoon session is to fill out [[UC3#Metadata_assessments|table 2 of the wiki page for the use case]] and to decide what to report back from the use case to the plenary session the next day (again, see the WIKI template for a suggested structure). Thus, at the end of the day, the WIKI page for the use case is complete.

=== Assessment of metadata for databases ===
# IEA Policy database
# COMETS
# JRC database hub
# EUR-Lex

==== IEA Policy database ====

* preliminary assessment of level of implementation of FAIR/O principles: F4 - yes; A1 - yes, A2 - yes (only depends on EU policy); I1 - yes; I2 - fulfilled, I3 - fulfilled; R1.1 - yes; R1.2 - no; R1.3 - not fulfilled, not even the DC standards.
* Metadate seems to be spread.
* Discussion on understanding of 100% fulfillement, on the example: In ideal database all country names would be linked to official registry --> you could go for all information. It would be 100% FAIR. Are any bases like that? Example on country information, which should be easily available automatically, for example ISO code for the country. IEA policy database is not fully like that.
* difficulties even in defining "policy" = everything (every official document) which is published in official governmental page.
* testing on the example of Poland and National Energy Efficency Action Plan for Poland: link to the official governmental page, not the direct link to the official document or to the official country law. When information about the date of update - should be also a linked to the local page (to ensure that the is a possibility to check at the source, if the policy has been already updated.
* if metadata doesn't provide the possibility of reachning the sources (if the documents are there, but you don't have an opportunity to get to the official, legal document).

==== COMETS ====
* information on collective actions initiatives for the energy transition for all EU countries.
* 3700 initiatives in selected European countries - Germany, Belgium, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Danmark,
* based on the internet desk research, business registers, national electricity production statistics, individual websites etc.
* energy production units / electriciity facilitiation units - including more than 6000
* within the project in six countries (DE, ES, BE, PL, EE, NL) they are conducting survey about the development and values (export, import). The data from it will be also included into the database/.
* as it's still under development - FAIRness is 0% for now.
* from COMETS project perspective, an important step for FAIRification is to facilitate by categorization, what and how specific activities are currently being implemented in different countries, categorization of them, taxonomy.

==== General conclusions ====

* discussion on Wilkinson FAIR priniciples --> if there are any databases which are 100% in accordance to these principles. 100% is an utopia. We only can make a hierarchy, which databases are matching these criteria better, or worse.
* in Mons system - it's more clear that you have to achieve specific level, to be able to go further.

* two possible approaches: (1) start of absolute lowest datasets and try to FAIRify those, and later on move "up". (2) on the other hand FAIRification of database which are more complex is leading us to results / conlcussions available also for less complicated databases.

* importance of formats of data. It is important that the format of the data to be entered in specific entry is strictly defined (example - the date: need of clear definitions - what's to include: year, month, day specific?) Similarly - with longitude, latitute. If it's not done in advance, later on it takes much work to manually change it and put into right format. On the other hand - potentially - making a very specific description - may exclude some data, which are available but in different standards - for ecxample between EU and American standards.
* every entry has its provenence, with information how the entry hhas been changed, when, etc. Basically all entries should have their own metadata.

* two dimensions of policies:
1) policy domain (topic of the policy)
2) policy perspective / the level of goverment (for whom it's developed = local regional, national, international level, etc)

==== directions in building taxonomy ====
* Example to be watched: EU taxonomy for green innovation companies
* UC4 taxomnomy needs to match to higher level = overall level of the projects. To make sure, that the complete taxonomy is

Proposed logical aspects / steps:
# starting on agreement of keywords + the glossry, to ensure common understanding.
# taking into consideration two dimensions of policies: (1) policy domain and (2) policy level of goverment
# coordinationg with other use cses: UC4 is affecting other use cases, so our keywords should not only match, but sometimes should be even taken from other use cases.

== What to report back to the plenary on Day 3? ==
==== Databases selected (names and short reasoning)====
# IEA Policy database
# COMETS
# JRC database hub
# EUR-Lex

==== Main insights from discussions ====

* Two categories of databases:
# policy relevant databases, eg. COMETS, EU Merci, PETA4
# policy databases, eg. IEA Policy database, EUR-Lex, OECD, RES-Legal, MURE

* Two dimensions of policies:
# policy domain (topic of the policy)
# policy perspective / the level of goverment (for whom it's developed = local regional, national, international level, etc)

* for more - see the notes above

==== Suggested next steps ====

* Developing low-level metadata concepts (descriptive, structural, administrative metadata) and the identification of gaps & needs for their implementation.

* Integration of existing standards, development of new approaches and vocabularies & taxonomies (e.g., considering ways to find data and research results through keywords, keywords used by peer-reviewed journals and mental metadata models of domain experts).

* Proposed logical aspects / steps of building taxonomy
# starting on agreement of keywords + the glossry, to ensure common understanding.
# taking into consideration two dimensions of policies: (1) policy domain and (2) policy level of goverment
# coordinating with other use cses: UC4 is affecting other use cases, so our keywords should not only match, but sometimes should be even taken from other use cases.

==== Other issues ====

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Małgorzatam: /* Databases selected (names and short reasoning) */

This page provides space for notes from workshop discussions of use case 4 during Day 2 of WS1.

== Interactive elements ==
The discussions can also benefit from considering the EERAdata storyboard and/or slido comments. See [[WS1#Interactive_elements]]

== Notes from the morning session ==
The morning session is dedicated to database discussions with the aim to select 3-5 databases from below's list of databases for further examination. The [[UC3#List_of_selected_databases|first table of the WIKI page]] is filled out by noon.

* The workshop has started with the short introduction round to enable peaople to know something about each other, especially of the specific institutions day-to-day approach to data use.
* Later on the base for further works was presented:
# screeening the databases --> names, short descriptions, rationale for preliminary choosing the database
# checking the datbases proposed already, adding new, if needed.
# discussion and evaluation of databases - to choose the most suitable one for further works

Segmenting databases into 2 categories:
# policy relevant databases, eg. COMETS, EU Merci, PETA4
# policy databases, eg. IEA Policy database, EUR-Lex, OECD, RES-Legal, MURE

From both categories, the most suitbale databases may be chosen. This will enable us to have a full spectrum - how energy policies may use both types of databases.

Chosen databases - after morning discussion
# COMETS
# EUR-Lex
# IEA Policy database
# JRC

The evaluation using a tool developed by Mark Wilkinson will be carried out on EUR-Lex, IEA and JRC during afternoon sesion. In this time will be also assesing databases has already chose by metadata aspects

=== Draft list of databases ===
The databases that had been identified as containing data in relation to low carbon energy and energy efficiency policy:

#[https://www.copernicus.eu/en Copernicus]
#[https://datacite.org DataCite]
#[https://www.vs.inf.ethz.ch/res/show.html?what=eco-data ECO data set]
#[https://energydata.info/ EnergyData]
#[https://www.resourceefficient.eu/en#explore-content EREK]
#[http://www.eumerci-portal.eu/web/guest/home EU Merci]
#[https://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en EUR-Lex]
#[https://ec.europa.eu/energy/topics/energy-efficiency/energy-efficient-buildings/eu-bso_en?redir=1 European Buildings Stock Observatory]
#[https://www.iea.org/policies IEA Policies database]
#[https://www.irena.org/Statistics/View-Data-by-Topic/Energy-Transition/REmap-Energy-Demand-and-Supply-by-Sector IRENA, REmap]
#[http://resourceirena.irena.org/gateway/ IRENA, Resource]
#[https://data.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ JRC-database hub]
#[https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/publication/jrc-idees-integrated-database-european-energy-sector-methodological-note JRC-IDEES: Integrated Database of the European Energy Sector: Metodological note]
#[https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/publication/eur-scientific-and-technical-research-reports/monitoring-ri-low-carbon-energy-technologies JRC: Monitoring R&I in Low-Carbon Energy Technologies
#[https://magic-nexus.eu/metadata-repository MAGIC]
#[https://data.nrel.gov/ NREL data]
#[https://odin.jrc.ec.europa.eu/odin/index.jsp ODIN: Online Data & Information Network for Energy]
#[https://data.oecd.org/ OECD data]
#[https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/home/home.do OEIL]
#[https://openei.org/wiki/Main_Page OPENEI]
#[https://heatroadmap.eu/peta4/ PETA4]
#[https://www.proquest.com/ PROQuest]
#[https://www.reeep.org/reegleinfo REEEP]
#[https://www.re3data.org/ Re3data.org]
#[http://www.res-legal.eu/home/ RES LEGAL]
#[https://setis.ec.europa.eu/publications/setis-research-innovation-data SETIS research and innovation data]
#[https://zenodo.org/ ZENODO]
#[https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/837722 H2020 project COMETS] - EU-wide inventory of collective action initiatives in the low carbon energy transition
#[https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/business_economy_euro/banking_and_finance/documents/200309-sustainable-finance-teg-final-report-taxonomy_en.pdf] - EU taxonomy for green innovation companies
#MURE (Mesures d'Utilisation Rationnelle de l'Energie)database [http://www.measures-odyssee-mure.eu/]

=== Discussion on the choice of databases: ===
* From GIG, apart from IEA Policy database, there will be also a proposition of EUR-Lex, DataCite, EU Merci, OECD, and probably also JRC-database.
* @ IUE and ENEA: each of you please suggest 2 other databases and prepare for them a description and an explanation - why we should choose them for further evaluation. Material please put in the Wiki.
* @ all: for databases that you suggested please complete the questionnaire from AIT in OO ([https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/Products/Files/doceditor.aspx?fileid=5413183] and put answers into the folder in OO [https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/products/projects/tmdocs.aspx?prjID=236894#1976709] until Friday 29.05.

==== COMETS database: EU-wide inventory of collective action initiatives in the energy transition ====
''Description of database:''
The inventory is a multi-country database of collective action initiatives (e.g., energy cooperatives, eco-villages, community energy projects, and other citizen-led energy projects). For each initiative, the country, the date of foundation/cancellation, the evolution of members and renewable energy units, installation capacities, fields of engagement, legal form, website, address, source, etc. is collected. The entries are sourced from a variety of national, regional, and European registers and websites.

''Rationale for choosing this database'':
*The database is of policy relevance. Its data interpretation is highly dependent on changes in the legal and policy frameworks across Europe.
*We own the database and therefore have it easier to exercise FAIRification and opening activities.
*The database is being created in a parallel running European project and we would not like that the database ends in the graveyard of dead EU project databases.
*We aim at opening the database to the low carbon research community within the next two years.
*We are interested to explore the options for opening while ensuring that our work in building the database is appropriately acknowledged. This is relevant for later EERAdata discussion. Here, we already started discussing with e3s and tJP of EERAdata.
*We can use synergies with another parallel EU project and have the possibility to assign rich metadata to every single entry, by also using the expertise of researchers from the COMETS project.
*The database itself has a relatively simple structure, however, the inventory contains heterogeneous and dynamic data. Thus, it helps us to investigate how to approach FAIRification for such data. This is a particular challenge for UC4.
*Sources of the COMETS database are coming in a variety of European languages, all brought together in an English database. Thus, it helps us to investigate the relevance of languages for FAIRification and opening activities. This is also a particular challenge for UC4.
*We aim at uploading this database as an example for EERAdata to EOSC. We hope to create a best practice example for a FAIR and open database. Currently, it is F - non-existing, A - non-existing., I - partly as one can, e.g., go to the currently published papers to access the original sources. But it is not machine-actionable. R - no, because it is currently not open.

''Reference:'' Wierling, A.; Schwanitz, V.J.; Zeiß, J.P.; Bout, C.; Candelise, C.; Gilcrease, W.; Gregg, J.S. [https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/10/9/3339 Statistical Evidence on the Role of Energy Cooperatives for the Energy Transition in European Countries]. Sustainability.

==== IEA Policy database ====
''Description of the database:''
A worldwide database of past, future and planned policies and measures thematically related to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve energy efficiency and support the development and deployment of renewables and other clean energy technologies. It contains data from IEA/IRENA Renewable Energy Policies and Measures Database, the IEA Energy Efficiency Database, the Addressing Climate Change database, and the Building Energy Efficiency Policies (BEEP) database, along with information on CCUS and methane abatement policies. Data are collected from governments, partner organizations and IEA analysis since 1999.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* A popular, recognized, and world-wide database hosted by a reputable institution.
* Since we are not able to analyze all the databases that we would like to - the selection of the IEA Policy database would indirectly allow us to take into account several other, selected databases because it contains data from: IEA/IRENA Renewable Energy Policies and Measures Database, the IEA Energy Efficiency Database, the Addressing Climate Change database, and the Building Energy Efficiency Policies (BEEP) database,
* Cross-use case relevance, as it contains policies and measures also for buildings efficiency (UC1) and for power transmission and distribution networks (UC2).

==== EU Taxonomy for green innovation companies ====
''Description of the database:''
The EU Taxonomy is a tool to help investors, companies, issuers, and project promoters navigate the transition to a low-carbon, resilient and resource-efficient economy. The Taxonomy sets performance thresholds (referred to as ‘technical screening criteria’) for economic activities which: • make a substantive contribution to one of six environmental objectives (Figure 1); • do no significant harm (DNSH) to the other five, where relevant; • meet minimum safeguards (e.g., OECD Guidelines on Multinational Enterprises and the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights). The performance thresholds will help companies, project promoters and issuers access green financing to improve their environmental performance, as well as helping to identify which activities are already environmentally friendly. In doing so, it will help to grow low-carbon sectors and decarbonise high-carbon ones. The EU Taxonomy is one of the most significant developments in sustainable finance and will have wide-ranging implications for investors and issuers working in the EU, and beyond.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* It is low-hanging fruit because taxonomy is already in place.
* We could use this taxonomy to see how it aligns with our other assessments (and with other use cases)
* The taxonomy will be enacted in a year from now, so we can provide timely feedback

''Reference:'' [[https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/business_economy_euro/banking_and_finance/documents/200309-sustainable-finance-teg-final-report-taxonomy_en.pdf]]

==== EUR-Lex ====
''Description of the database:''
EUR-Lex is online database that provides the official and most comprehensive access to EU Law and legal documents such as treaties, legal acts from EU institutions, preparatory documents related to EU legislation, EU case-law, international agreements, EFTA documents, references to national case-law related to EU law. EUR-Lex has access to all editions of the Official Journal of the European Union (OJ) since the first of December 1952.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* It is available in all of the EU’s 24 official languages
* It is updated daily, which confirms the validity of the documents
* Each document in EUR-Lex is supported by detailed information such as: relations with other legal documents, case-law interpretations, dates of adoption or entry into force etc.
* It is the open and highly recognizable European Union’s database directly related to policy
* Most documents in EUR-Lex, regardless of their language, receive a unique identifier - CELEX number, so all documents have a designed structure and each type of document corresponds to a so-called “a descriptor”.

==== EU MERCI ====
''Description of the database:''
The database contains data on the implementation of energy efficiency measures in the manufacturing industry. For nearly 3000 companies from 4 European countries (Austria, Italy, Poland, United Kingdom), the following information has been collected: size of the company, year of implementation of the measure, type of support received (white certificates), statistical classification of economic activities, according to NACE, applied processes and ways to save energy and total final energy savings achieved by the implemented measures.
The database contains data also on low-carbon policies, examples of business action to reduce emissions, etc.
The database includes data for the 2005-2017 period. Besides the database, also a library, sector reports and static analyses of different countries were made available.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* The database contains good practices that can be used by other actors willing to implement energy efficiency measures,
* Disadvantages of the database: It includes data from the 2005-2017 period, with no updates (no newer examples)

==== OECD database ====
''Description of the database:''
OECD database makes available data related to agriculture, development, economy, education, energy, environment, finance, government, health, innovation and technology, jobs and society. In each of these areas the database contains, inter alia, data on legal issues. In the area of energy, data can be assigned thematically to: primary energy supply, crude oil production, electricity generation, renewable energy, nuclear power plants, crude oil import prices.
The data comes from over 130 countries around the world. The database allows sharing data in the form of indicators, maps and tables. The data is collected and made available since 1960.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* It is a popular, well recognised worldwide database, maintained by a reputable institution,
* Since we are not able to analyze all the databases that we would like to - the selection of the OECD database would indirectly allow us to take into account several other, selected databases because it contains data from: the IEA database - International Energy Agency (https://www.iea.org/) and Nuclear Energy Agency (http://www.oecd-nea.org/).

==== ISTAT energy data ====
'' Description of the database: ''
I.Stat is the warehouse of statistics currently produced by the Italian National Institute of Statistics.Statistics are searchable by theme. The system is also consultable by keyword. Data are presented in multidimensional tables which users can export in xls, csv formats. Acting on variables, reference periods and the arrangement of heads and sides, moreover, it is possible to obtain custom tables.
Through a web service that allows direct machine-to-machine questioning, organizations, as well as private citizens, can form specific query data, download results. The service is accessible at the following address: https://www.istat.it/it/metodi-e-strumenti/web-service-sdmx

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* It’s a complete overview of energy consumption in Italy in all sectors of the society.

==== SETIS Innovation and Research data ====
'' Description of the database: ''
The level of investment in R&I in terms of both private (expenditure by businesses and industry) and public (Member States' national programmes and instruments), and trends in patents, for the Integrated SET Plan Actions.

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
The Integrated SET Plan needs to be underpinned by an effective monitoring and reporting scheme that supports the development and implementation of the European R&I Agenda. SETIS plays a central role in the successful implementation of the Integrated SET Plan 10 key actions. In particular, the enhanced SETIS follows the objectives below:
* To monitor R&I activities, investments and technology progress in Europe;
* To contribute to the identification of gaps in the implementation of the actions;
* To report on the overall progress towards the common goals set out in the integrated SET-Plan;
* To contribute to assessing the impact of the SET-Plan on European competitiveness;
* To make recommendations for actions that could further increase the effectiveness of the European R&I Strategy.

==== ENERGISE Online Database ====
'' Description of the database: ''
The Database is an output of the H2020 Energise Project. The project aims at testing household and community-level initiatives to reduce energy consumption through energy cultures. An output of the project forms the database that contains data on 1067 energy initiatives from 30 European countries.

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* The database contains recent information on a considerable number of (1067) initiatives pertaining to household and community-level energy policies. Thus, its representativeness is for European countries is high.
* Since the focus of the EERAdata project is mainly concerning the European Union countries, this database is a good fit in terms of scope.
* The database hosts information that would be gathered from national sources of each country, hence may be considered as a repository for national databases.

==== MURE Online Database ====
'' Description of the database: ''
MURE (Mesures d'Utilisation Rationnelle de l'Energie) is a comprehensive database that lists energy efficiency policies and measures regarding the Member States of the European Union. It allows for the analysis of policies based on topics, policy interaction, policy scoring, impact evaluation, as well as successful policies. The information is accessible by query in the database. The contributors are French Environment and Energy Management Agency, European Energy Network, and the H2020 program of the European Union.

Relates to the Odyssee database on energy-efficiency indicators and energy consumption.

Reference: [http://www.measures-odyssee-mure.eu Odyssee-MURE project]

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* A comprehensive database including energy efficiency policies and measures in the European Union member states.
* Since the focus of the EERAdata project is mainly concerning the European Union countries, this database is a good fit in terms of scope.
* The database hosts information that would be gathered from national sources of each country, hence may be considered as a repository for national databases.
* The database pertains to both Uses Case 4 on Energy Policies and Use Case 1 on Buildings Efficiency.

==== JRC-database hub: Joint Research Centre Data Catalogue ====
'' Description of database: ''
The JRC Science Hub aims to gradually integrate and aggregate all of the European Commission's science related activities, tools, laboratories, facilities, databases and networks. The inventory is wide range of the compilation of databases development of software and modelling tools. Published on the basis of open data principles with clear descriptions for each entry. The tools and databases are categorised by name and acronym, but can be filtered by research area, keyword and JRC institute responsible for the coordination of the particular entry. It contains, inter alia, databases related to energy and transport and climate
'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* It’s the open and highly recognizable European Union’s database directly related to different related aspects also energy policy related
* It’s data interpretation is highly dependent on changes in the legal and policy frameworks across European Union.
* The database enhances the transparency and openness of the JRC and further enables the open access policy of scientific research data.
* The information and links provided in the metadata are maintained in distributed and heterogeneous information systems. Although the datasets are maintain and links and information are updated,
* Sources of the database are coming in a variety of European languages, all brought together in an English database. Thus, it helps to investigate the relevance for FAIRification and opening activities.
* The database is cross-use case relevant, as it contains policies and measures also for other use cases.

==== DataCite - an international not-for-profit organization aiming to improve data citation ====
'' Description of database: ''
The main aim of DataCite is to provide the means to create, find, cite, connect, and use research. The primary service provided by DataCite is the registration of DOI tags. In addition, DataCite is constantly developing additional services related to DOI and related metadata, as following:
* DataCite Search (https://search.datacite.org/) - allows to search the database of DOI metadata registered in DataCite.
* DataCite Profiles (https://profiles.datacite.org/) - allows for automatic data transfer between the DataCite and ORCID systems, facilitating the update of personal profiles of researchers in ORCID with information about objects for which DOIs have been registered in DataCite.
* DataCite Statistics (https://stats.datacite.org/) - a service presenting statistical data on the number of registered DOI, their metadata records and the use of this information.
* DataCite OAI-PMH Provider (https://oai.datacite.org/) - an access interface to metadata collected in DataCite using the OAI-PMH protocol.
In addition, DataCite is involved in international projects and initiatives related to sharing and quoting research data, such as:
* the worldwide Registry of Research Data Repositories - Re3Data (https://www.re3data.org/).
* The Initiative for Open Citations (I4OC) = a collaboration between scholarly publishers, researchers, and other interested parties to promote the unrestricted availability of scholarly citation data and to make these data available.

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* The inventory contains heterogeneous and dynamic data. Thus, it helps us to investigate how to approach FAIRification for such data.
* DataCite provides an integrated search interface, where it is possible to search and filter a relevant metadata gathered
* Sources of the database are coming in a variety of European languages. Thus, it helps to investigate the relevance for FAIRification and opening activities.
* The database may be cross-use case relevant, as it contains DOIs and citations relevant also for other use cases.

== Notes from the afternoon session ==
The afternoon session is dedicated to discussing metadata for the selected databases. The aim of the afternoon session is to fill out [[UC3#Metadata_assessments|table 2 of the wiki page for the use case]] and to decide what to report back from the use case to the plenary session the next day (again, see the WIKI template for a suggested structure). Thus, at the end of the day, the WIKI page for the use case is complete.

=== Assessment of metadata for databases ===
# IEA Policy database
# COMETS
# JRC database hub
# EUR-Lex

==== IEA Policy database ====

* preliminary assessment of level of implementation of FAIR/O principles: F4 - yes; A1 - yes, A2 - yes (only depends on EU policy); I1 - yes; I2 - fulfilled, I3 - fulfilled; R1.1 - yes; R1.2 - no; R1.3 - not fulfilled, not even the DC standards.
* Metadate seems to be spread.
* Discussion on understanding of 100% fulfillement, on the example: In ideal database all country names would be linked to official registry --> you could go for all information. It would be 100% FAIR. Are any bases like that? Example on country information, which should be easily available automatically, for example ISO code for the country. IEA policy database is not fully like that.
* difficulties even in defining "policy" = everything (every official document) which is published in official governmental page.
* testing on the example of Poland and National Energy Efficency Action Plan for Poland: link to the official governmental page, not the direct link to the official document or to the official country law. When information about the date of update - should be also a linked to the local page (to ensure that the is a possibility to check at the source, if the policy has been already updated.
* if metadata doesn't provide the possibility of reachning the sources (if the documents are there, but you don't have an opportunity to get to the official, legal document).

==== COMETS ====
* information on collective actions initiatives for the energy transition for all EU countries.
* 3700 initiatives in selected European countries - Germany, Belgium, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Danmark,
* based on the internet desk research, business registers, national electricity production statistics, individual websites etc.
* energy production units / electriciity facilitiation units - including more than 6000
* within the project in six countries (DE, ES, BE, PL, EE, NL) they are conducting survey about the development and values (export, import). The data from it will be also included into the database/.
* as it's still under development - FAIRness is 0% for now.
* from COMETS project perspective, an important step for FAIRification is to facilitate by categorization, what and how specific activities are currently being implemented in different countries, categorization of them, taxonomy.

==== General conclusions ====

* discussion on Wilkinson FAIR priniciples --> if there are any databases which are 100% in accordance to these principles. 100% is an utopia. We only can make a hierarchy, which databases are matching these criteria better, or worse.
* in Mons system - it's more clear that you have to achieve specific level, to be able to go further.

* two possible approaches: (1) start of absolute lowest datasets and try to FAIRify those, and later on move "up". (2) on the other hand FAIRification of database which are more complex is leading us to results / conlcussions available also for less complicated databases.

* importance of formats of data. It is important that the format of the data to be entered in specific entry is strictly defined (example - the date: need of clear definitions - what's to include: year, month, day specific?) Similarly - with longitude, latitute. If it's not done in advance, later on it takes much work to manually change it and put into right format. On the other hand - potentially - making a very specific description - may exclude some data, which are available but in different standards - for ecxample between EU and American standards.
* every entry has its provenence, with information how the entry hhas been changed, when, etc. Basically all entries should have their own metadata.

* two dimensions of policies:
1) policy domain (topic of the policy)
2) policy perspective / the level of goverment (for whom it's developed = local regional, national, international level, etc)

==== directions in building taxonomy ====
* Example to be watched: EU taxonomy for green innovation companies
* UC4 taxomnomy needs to match to higher level = overall level of the projects. To make sure, that the complete taxonomy is

Proposed logical aspects / steps:
# starting on agreement of keywords + the glossry, to ensure common understanding.
# taking into consideration two dimensions of policies: (1) policy domain and (2) policy level of goverment
# coordinationg with other use cses: UC4 is affecting other use cases, so our keywords should not only match, but sometimes should be even taken from other use cases.

== What to report back to the plenary on Day 3? ==
==== Databases selected (names and short reasoning)====
# IEA Policy database
# COMETS
# JRC database hub
# EUR-Lex

==== Main insights from discussions ====

* Two categories of databases:
# policy relevant databases, eg. COMETS, EU Merci, PETA4
# policy databases, eg. IEA Policy database, EUR-Lex, OECD, RES-Legal, MURE

* Two dimensions of policies:
# policy domain (topic of the policy)
# policy perspective / the level of goverment (for whom it's developed = local regional, national, international level, etc)

* for more - see the notes above

==== Suggested next steps ====

* Developing low-level metadata concepts (descriptive, structural, administrative metadata) and the identification of gaps & needs for their implementation.

* Integration of existing standards, development of new approaches and vocabularies & taxonomies (e.g., considering ways to find data and research results through keywords, keywords used by peer-reviewed journals and mental metadata models of domain experts).

* Proposed logical aspects / steps of building taxonomy
# starting on agreement of keywords + the glossry, to ensure common understanding.
# taking into consideration two dimensions of policies: (1) policy domain and (2) policy level of goverment
# coordinating with other use cses: UC4 is affecting other use cases, so our keywords should not only match, but sometimes should be even taken from other use cases.

==== Other issues ====

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Małgorzatam: /* Databases selected (names and short reasoning) */

This page provides space for notes from workshop discussions of use case 4 during Day 2 of WS1.

== Interactive elements ==
The discussions can also benefit from considering the EERAdata storyboard and/or slido comments. See [[WS1#Interactive_elements]]

== Notes from the morning session ==
The morning session is dedicated to database discussions with the aim to select 3-5 databases from below's list of databases for further examination. The [[UC3#List_of_selected_databases|first table of the WIKI page]] is filled out by noon.

* The workshop has started with the short introduction round to enable peaople to know something about each other, especially of the specific institutions day-to-day approach to data use.
* Later on the base for further works was presented:
# screeening the databases --> names, short descriptions, rationale for preliminary choosing the database
# checking the datbases proposed already, adding new, if needed.
# discussion and evaluation of databases - to choose the most suitable one for further works

Segmenting databases into 2 categories:
# policy relevant databases, eg. COMETS, EU Merci, PETA4
# policy databases, eg. IEA Policy database, EUR-Lex, OECD, RES-Legal, MURE

From both categories, the most suitbale databases may be chosen. This will enable us to have a full spectrum - how energy policies may use both types of databases.

Chosen databases - after morning discussion
# COMETS
# EUR-Lex
# IEA Policy database
# JRC

The evaluation using a tool developed by Mark Wilkinson will be carried out on EUR-Lex, IEA and JRC during afternoon sesion. In this time will be also assesing databases has already chose by metadata aspects

=== Draft list of databases ===
The databases that had been identified as containing data in relation to low carbon energy and energy efficiency policy:

#[https://www.copernicus.eu/en Copernicus]
#[https://datacite.org DataCite]
#[https://www.vs.inf.ethz.ch/res/show.html?what=eco-data ECO data set]
#[https://energydata.info/ EnergyData]
#[https://www.resourceefficient.eu/en#explore-content EREK]
#[http://www.eumerci-portal.eu/web/guest/home EU Merci]
#[https://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en EUR-Lex]
#[https://ec.europa.eu/energy/topics/energy-efficiency/energy-efficient-buildings/eu-bso_en?redir=1 European Buildings Stock Observatory]
#[https://www.iea.org/policies IEA Policies database]
#[https://www.irena.org/Statistics/View-Data-by-Topic/Energy-Transition/REmap-Energy-Demand-and-Supply-by-Sector IRENA, REmap]
#[http://resourceirena.irena.org/gateway/ IRENA, Resource]
#[https://data.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ JRC-database hub]
#[https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/publication/jrc-idees-integrated-database-european-energy-sector-methodological-note JRC-IDEES: Integrated Database of the European Energy Sector: Metodological note]
#[https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/publication/eur-scientific-and-technical-research-reports/monitoring-ri-low-carbon-energy-technologies JRC: Monitoring R&I in Low-Carbon Energy Technologies
#[https://magic-nexus.eu/metadata-repository MAGIC]
#[https://data.nrel.gov/ NREL data]
#[https://odin.jrc.ec.europa.eu/odin/index.jsp ODIN: Online Data & Information Network for Energy]
#[https://data.oecd.org/ OECD data]
#[https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/home/home.do OEIL]
#[https://openei.org/wiki/Main_Page OPENEI]
#[https://heatroadmap.eu/peta4/ PETA4]
#[https://www.proquest.com/ PROQuest]
#[https://www.reeep.org/reegleinfo REEEP]
#[https://www.re3data.org/ Re3data.org]
#[http://www.res-legal.eu/home/ RES LEGAL]
#[https://setis.ec.europa.eu/publications/setis-research-innovation-data SETIS research and innovation data]
#[https://zenodo.org/ ZENODO]
#[https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/837722 H2020 project COMETS] - EU-wide inventory of collective action initiatives in the low carbon energy transition
#[https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/business_economy_euro/banking_and_finance/documents/200309-sustainable-finance-teg-final-report-taxonomy_en.pdf] - EU taxonomy for green innovation companies
#MURE (Mesures d'Utilisation Rationnelle de l'Energie)database [http://www.measures-odyssee-mure.eu/]

=== Discussion on the choice of databases: ===
* From GIG, apart from IEA Policy database, there will be also a proposition of EUR-Lex, DataCite, EU Merci, OECD, and probably also JRC-database.
* @ IUE and ENEA: each of you please suggest 2 other databases and prepare for them a description and an explanation - why we should choose them for further evaluation. Material please put in the Wiki.
* @ all: for databases that you suggested please complete the questionnaire from AIT in OO ([https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/Products/Files/doceditor.aspx?fileid=5413183] and put answers into the folder in OO [https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/products/projects/tmdocs.aspx?prjID=236894#1976709] until Friday 29.05.

==== COMETS database: EU-wide inventory of collective action initiatives in the energy transition ====
''Description of database:''
The inventory is a multi-country database of collective action initiatives (e.g., energy cooperatives, eco-villages, community energy projects, and other citizen-led energy projects). For each initiative, the country, the date of foundation/cancellation, the evolution of members and renewable energy units, installation capacities, fields of engagement, legal form, website, address, source, etc. is collected. The entries are sourced from a variety of national, regional, and European registers and websites.

''Rationale for choosing this database'':
*The database is of policy relevance. Its data interpretation is highly dependent on changes in the legal and policy frameworks across Europe.
*We own the database and therefore have it easier to exercise FAIRification and opening activities.
*The database is being created in a parallel running European project and we would not like that the database ends in the graveyard of dead EU project databases.
*We aim at opening the database to the low carbon research community within the next two years.
*We are interested to explore the options for opening while ensuring that our work in building the database is appropriately acknowledged. This is relevant for later EERAdata discussion. Here, we already started discussing with e3s and tJP of EERAdata.
*We can use synergies with another parallel EU project and have the possibility to assign rich metadata to every single entry, by also using the expertise of researchers from the COMETS project.
*The database itself has a relatively simple structure, however, the inventory contains heterogeneous and dynamic data. Thus, it helps us to investigate how to approach FAIRification for such data. This is a particular challenge for UC4.
*Sources of the COMETS database are coming in a variety of European languages, all brought together in an English database. Thus, it helps us to investigate the relevance of languages for FAIRification and opening activities. This is also a particular challenge for UC4.
*We aim at uploading this database as an example for EERAdata to EOSC. We hope to create a best practice example for a FAIR and open database. Currently, it is F - non-existing, A - non-existing., I - partly as one can, e.g., go to the currently published papers to access the original sources. But it is not machine-actionable. R - no, because it is currently not open.

''Reference:'' Wierling, A.; Schwanitz, V.J.; Zeiß, J.P.; Bout, C.; Candelise, C.; Gilcrease, W.; Gregg, J.S. [https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/10/9/3339 Statistical Evidence on the Role of Energy Cooperatives for the Energy Transition in European Countries]. Sustainability.

==== IEA Policy database ====
''Description of the database:''
A worldwide database of past, future and planned policies and measures thematically related to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve energy efficiency and support the development and deployment of renewables and other clean energy technologies. It contains data from IEA/IRENA Renewable Energy Policies and Measures Database, the IEA Energy Efficiency Database, the Addressing Climate Change database, and the Building Energy Efficiency Policies (BEEP) database, along with information on CCUS and methane abatement policies. Data are collected from governments, partner organizations and IEA analysis since 1999.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* A popular, recognized, and world-wide database hosted by a reputable institution.
* Since we are not able to analyze all the databases that we would like to - the selection of the IEA Policy database would indirectly allow us to take into account several other, selected databases because it contains data from: IEA/IRENA Renewable Energy Policies and Measures Database, the IEA Energy Efficiency Database, the Addressing Climate Change database, and the Building Energy Efficiency Policies (BEEP) database,
* Cross-use case relevance, as it contains policies and measures also for buildings efficiency (UC1) and for power transmission and distribution networks (UC2).

==== EU Taxonomy for green innovation companies ====
''Description of the database:''
The EU Taxonomy is a tool to help investors, companies, issuers, and project promoters navigate the transition to a low-carbon, resilient and resource-efficient economy. The Taxonomy sets performance thresholds (referred to as ‘technical screening criteria’) for economic activities which: • make a substantive contribution to one of six environmental objectives (Figure 1); • do no significant harm (DNSH) to the other five, where relevant; • meet minimum safeguards (e.g., OECD Guidelines on Multinational Enterprises and the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights). The performance thresholds will help companies, project promoters and issuers access green financing to improve their environmental performance, as well as helping to identify which activities are already environmentally friendly. In doing so, it will help to grow low-carbon sectors and decarbonise high-carbon ones. The EU Taxonomy is one of the most significant developments in sustainable finance and will have wide-ranging implications for investors and issuers working in the EU, and beyond.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* It is low-hanging fruit because taxonomy is already in place.
* We could use this taxonomy to see how it aligns with our other assessments (and with other use cases)
* The taxonomy will be enacted in a year from now, so we can provide timely feedback

''Reference:'' [[https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/business_economy_euro/banking_and_finance/documents/200309-sustainable-finance-teg-final-report-taxonomy_en.pdf]]

==== EUR-Lex ====
''Description of the database:''
EUR-Lex is online database that provides the official and most comprehensive access to EU Law and legal documents such as treaties, legal acts from EU institutions, preparatory documents related to EU legislation, EU case-law, international agreements, EFTA documents, references to national case-law related to EU law. EUR-Lex has access to all editions of the Official Journal of the European Union (OJ) since the first of December 1952.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* It is available in all of the EU’s 24 official languages
* It is updated daily, which confirms the validity of the documents
* Each document in EUR-Lex is supported by detailed information such as: relations with other legal documents, case-law interpretations, dates of adoption or entry into force etc.
* It is the open and highly recognizable European Union’s database directly related to policy
* Most documents in EUR-Lex, regardless of their language, receive a unique identifier - CELEX number, so all documents have a designed structure and each type of document corresponds to a so-called “a descriptor”.

==== EU MERCI ====
''Description of the database:''
The database contains data on the implementation of energy efficiency measures in the manufacturing industry. For nearly 3000 companies from 4 European countries (Austria, Italy, Poland, United Kingdom), the following information has been collected: size of the company, year of implementation of the measure, type of support received (white certificates), statistical classification of economic activities, according to NACE, applied processes and ways to save energy and total final energy savings achieved by the implemented measures.
The database contains data also on low-carbon policies, examples of business action to reduce emissions, etc.
The database includes data for the 2005-2017 period. Besides the database, also a library, sector reports and static analyses of different countries were made available.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* The database contains good practices that can be used by other actors willing to implement energy efficiency measures,
* Disadvantages of the database: It includes data from the 2005-2017 period, with no updates (no newer examples)

==== OECD database ====
''Description of the database:''
OECD database makes available data related to agriculture, development, economy, education, energy, environment, finance, government, health, innovation and technology, jobs and society. In each of these areas the database contains, inter alia, data on legal issues. In the area of energy, data can be assigned thematically to: primary energy supply, crude oil production, electricity generation, renewable energy, nuclear power plants, crude oil import prices.
The data comes from over 130 countries around the world. The database allows sharing data in the form of indicators, maps and tables. The data is collected and made available since 1960.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* It is a popular, well recognised worldwide database, maintained by a reputable institution,
* Since we are not able to analyze all the databases that we would like to - the selection of the OECD database would indirectly allow us to take into account several other, selected databases because it contains data from: the IEA database - International Energy Agency (https://www.iea.org/) and Nuclear Energy Agency (http://www.oecd-nea.org/).

==== ISTAT energy data ====
'' Description of the database: ''
I.Stat is the warehouse of statistics currently produced by the Italian National Institute of Statistics.Statistics are searchable by theme. The system is also consultable by keyword. Data are presented in multidimensional tables which users can export in xls, csv formats. Acting on variables, reference periods and the arrangement of heads and sides, moreover, it is possible to obtain custom tables.
Through a web service that allows direct machine-to-machine questioning, organizations, as well as private citizens, can form specific query data, download results. The service is accessible at the following address: https://www.istat.it/it/metodi-e-strumenti/web-service-sdmx

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* It’s a complete overview of energy consumption in Italy in all sectors of the society.

==== SETIS Innovation and Research data ====
'' Description of the database: ''
The level of investment in R&I in terms of both private (expenditure by businesses and industry) and public (Member States' national programmes and instruments), and trends in patents, for the Integrated SET Plan Actions.

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
The Integrated SET Plan needs to be underpinned by an effective monitoring and reporting scheme that supports the development and implementation of the European R&I Agenda. SETIS plays a central role in the successful implementation of the Integrated SET Plan 10 key actions. In particular, the enhanced SETIS follows the objectives below:
* To monitor R&I activities, investments and technology progress in Europe;
* To contribute to the identification of gaps in the implementation of the actions;
* To report on the overall progress towards the common goals set out in the integrated SET-Plan;
* To contribute to assessing the impact of the SET-Plan on European competitiveness;
* To make recommendations for actions that could further increase the effectiveness of the European R&I Strategy.

==== ENERGISE Online Database ====
'' Description of the database: ''
The Database is an output of the H2020 Energise Project. The project aims at testing household and community-level initiatives to reduce energy consumption through energy cultures. An output of the project forms the database that contains data on 1067 energy initiatives from 30 European countries.

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* The database contains recent information on a considerable number of (1067) initiatives pertaining to household and community-level energy policies. Thus, its representativeness is for European countries is high.
* Since the focus of the EERAdata project is mainly concerning the European Union countries, this database is a good fit in terms of scope.
* The database hosts information that would be gathered from national sources of each country, hence may be considered as a repository for national databases.

==== MURE Online Database ====
'' Description of the database: ''
MURE (Mesures d'Utilisation Rationnelle de l'Energie) is a comprehensive database that lists energy efficiency policies and measures regarding the Member States of the European Union. It allows for the analysis of policies based on topics, policy interaction, policy scoring, impact evaluation, as well as successful policies. The information is accessible by query in the database. The contributors are French Environment and Energy Management Agency, European Energy Network, and the H2020 program of the European Union.

Relates to the Odyssee database on energy-efficiency indicators and energy consumption.

Reference: [http://www.measures-odyssee-mure.eu Odyssee-MURE project]

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* A comprehensive database including energy efficiency policies and measures in the European Union member states.
* Since the focus of the EERAdata project is mainly concerning the European Union countries, this database is a good fit in terms of scope.
* The database hosts information that would be gathered from national sources of each country, hence may be considered as a repository for national databases.
* The database pertains to both Uses Case 4 on Energy Policies and Use Case 1 on Buildings Efficiency.

==== JRC-database hub: Joint Research Centre Data Catalogue ====
'' Description of database: ''
The JRC Science Hub aims to gradually integrate and aggregate all of the European Commission's science related activities, tools, laboratories, facilities, databases and networks. The inventory is wide range of the compilation of databases development of software and modelling tools. Published on the basis of open data principles with clear descriptions for each entry. The tools and databases are categorised by name and acronym, but can be filtered by research area, keyword and JRC institute responsible for the coordination of the particular entry. It contains, inter alia, databases related to energy and transport and climate
'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* It’s the open and highly recognizable European Union’s database directly related to different related aspects also energy policy related
* It’s data interpretation is highly dependent on changes in the legal and policy frameworks across European Union.
* The database enhances the transparency and openness of the JRC and further enables the open access policy of scientific research data.
* The information and links provided in the metadata are maintained in distributed and heterogeneous information systems. Although the datasets are maintain and links and information are updated,
* Sources of the database are coming in a variety of European languages, all brought together in an English database. Thus, it helps to investigate the relevance for FAIRification and opening activities.
* The database is cross-use case relevant, as it contains policies and measures also for other use cases.

==== DataCite - an international not-for-profit organization aiming to improve data citation ====
'' Description of database: ''
The main aim of DataCite is to provide the means to create, find, cite, connect, and use research. The primary service provided by DataCite is the registration of DOI tags. In addition, DataCite is constantly developing additional services related to DOI and related metadata, as following:
* DataCite Search (https://search.datacite.org/) - allows to search the database of DOI metadata registered in DataCite.
* DataCite Profiles (https://profiles.datacite.org/) - allows for automatic data transfer between the DataCite and ORCID systems, facilitating the update of personal profiles of researchers in ORCID with information about objects for which DOIs have been registered in DataCite.
* DataCite Statistics (https://stats.datacite.org/) - a service presenting statistical data on the number of registered DOI, their metadata records and the use of this information.
* DataCite OAI-PMH Provider (https://oai.datacite.org/) - an access interface to metadata collected in DataCite using the OAI-PMH protocol.
In addition, DataCite is involved in international projects and initiatives related to sharing and quoting research data, such as:
* the worldwide Registry of Research Data Repositories - Re3Data (https://www.re3data.org/).
* The Initiative for Open Citations (I4OC) = a collaboration between scholarly publishers, researchers, and other interested parties to promote the unrestricted availability of scholarly citation data and to make these data available.

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* The inventory contains heterogeneous and dynamic data. Thus, it helps us to investigate how to approach FAIRification for such data.
* DataCite provides an integrated search interface, where it is possible to search and filter a relevant metadata gathered
* Sources of the database are coming in a variety of European languages. Thus, it helps to investigate the relevance for FAIRification and opening activities.
* The database may be cross-use case relevant, as it contains DOIs and citations relevant also for other use cases.

== Notes from the afternoon session ==
The afternoon session is dedicated to discussing metadata for the selected databases. The aim of the afternoon session is to fill out [[UC3#Metadata_assessments|table 2 of the wiki page for the use case]] and to decide what to report back from the use case to the plenary session the next day (again, see the WIKI template for a suggested structure). Thus, at the end of the day, the WIKI page for the use case is complete.

=== Assessment of metadata for databases ===
# IEA Policy database
# COMETS
# JRC database hub
# EUR-Lex

==== IEA Policy database ====

* preliminary assessment of level of implementation of FAIR/O principles: F4 - yes; A1 - yes, A2 - yes (only depends on EU policy); I1 - yes; I2 - fulfilled, I3 - fulfilled; R1.1 - yes; R1.2 - no; R1.3 - not fulfilled, not even the DC standards.
* Metadate seems to be spread.
* Discussion on understanding of 100% fulfillement, on the example: In ideal database all country names would be linked to official registry --> you could go for all information. It would be 100% FAIR. Are any bases like that? Example on country information, which should be easily available automatically, for example ISO code for the country. IEA policy database is not fully like that.
* difficulties even in defining "policy" = everything (every official document) which is published in official governmental page.
* testing on the example of Poland and National Energy Efficency Action Plan for Poland: link to the official governmental page, not the direct link to the official document or to the official country law. When information about the date of update - should be also a linked to the local page (to ensure that the is a possibility to check at the source, if the policy has been already updated.
* if metadata doesn't provide the possibility of reachning the sources (if the documents are there, but you don't have an opportunity to get to the official, legal document).

==== COMETS ====
* information on collective actions initiatives for the energy transition for all EU countries.
* 3700 initiatives in selected European countries - Germany, Belgium, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Danmark,
* based on the internet desk research, business registers, national electricity production statistics, individual websites etc.
* energy production units / electriciity facilitiation units - including more than 6000
* within the project in six countries (DE, ES, BE, PL, EE, NL) they are conducting survey about the development and values (export, import). The data from it will be also included into the database/.
* as it's still under development - FAIRness is 0% for now.
* from COMETS project perspective, an important step for FAIRification is to facilitate by categorization, what and how specific activities are currently being implemented in different countries, categorization of them, taxonomy.

==== General conclusions ====

* discussion on Wilkinson FAIR priniciples --> if there are any databases which are 100% in accordance to these principles. 100% is an utopia. We only can make a hierarchy, which databases are matching these criteria better, or worse.
* in Mons system - it's more clear that you have to achieve specific level, to be able to go further.

* two possible approaches: (1) start of absolute lowest datasets and try to FAIRify those, and later on move "up". (2) on the other hand FAIRification of database which are more complex is leading us to results / conlcussions available also for less complicated databases.

* importance of formats of data. It is important that the format of the data to be entered in specific entry is strictly defined (example - the date: need of clear definitions - what's to include: year, month, day specific?) Similarly - with longitude, latitute. If it's not done in advance, later on it takes much work to manually change it and put into right format. On the other hand - potentially - making a very specific description - may exclude some data, which are available but in different standards - for ecxample between EU and American standards.
* every entry has its provenence, with information how the entry hhas been changed, when, etc. Basically all entries should have their own metadata.

* two dimensions of policies:
1) policy domain (topic of the policy)
2) policy perspective / the level of goverment (for whom it's developed = local regional, national, international level, etc)

==== directions in building taxonomy ====
* Example to be watched: EU taxonomy for green innovation companies
* UC4 taxomnomy needs to match to higher level = overall level of the projects. To make sure, that the complete taxonomy is

Proposed logical aspects / steps:
# starting on agreement of keywords + the glossry, to ensure common understanding.
# taking into consideration two dimensions of policies: (1) policy domain and (2) policy level of goverment
# coordinationg with other use cses: UC4 is affecting other use cases, so our keywords should not only match, but sometimes should be even taken from other use cases.

== What to report back to the plenary on Day 3? ==
==== Databases selected (names and short reasoning)====
'''# IEA Policy database'''
'''# COMETS'''
# JRC database hub
# EUR-Lex

==== Main insights from discussions ====

* Two categories of databases:
# policy relevant databases, eg. COMETS, EU Merci, PETA4
# policy databases, eg. IEA Policy database, EUR-Lex, OECD, RES-Legal, MURE

* Two dimensions of policies:
# policy domain (topic of the policy)
# policy perspective / the level of goverment (for whom it's developed = local regional, national, international level, etc)

* for more - see the notes above

==== Suggested next steps ====

* Developing low-level metadata concepts (descriptive, structural, administrative metadata) and the identification of gaps & needs for their implementation.

* Integration of existing standards, development of new approaches and vocabularies & taxonomies (e.g., considering ways to find data and research results through keywords, keywords used by peer-reviewed journals and mental metadata models of domain experts).

* Proposed logical aspects / steps of building taxonomy
# starting on agreement of keywords + the glossry, to ensure common understanding.
# taking into consideration two dimensions of policies: (1) policy domain and (2) policy level of goverment
# coordinating with other use cses: UC4 is affecting other use cases, so our keywords should not only match, but sometimes should be even taken from other use cases.

==== Other issues ====

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This page provides space for notes from workshop discussions of use case 4 during Day 2 of WS1.

== Interactive elements ==
The discussions can also benefit from considering the EERAdata storyboard and/or slido comments. See [[WS1#Interactive_elements]]

== Notes from the morning session ==
The morning session is dedicated to database discussions with the aim to select 3-5 databases from below's list of databases for further examination. The [[UC3#List_of_selected_databases|first table of the WIKI page]] is filled out by noon.

* The workshop has started with the short introduction round to enable peaople to know something about each other, especially of the specific institutions day-to-day approach to data use.
* Later on the base for further works was presented:
# screeening the databases --> names, short descriptions, rationale for preliminary choosing the database
# checking the datbases proposed already, adding new, if needed.
# discussion and evaluation of databases - to choose the most suitable one for further works

Segmenting databases into 2 categories:
# policy relevant databases, eg. COMETS, EU Merci, PETA4
# policy databases, eg. IEA Policy database, EUR-Lex, OECD, RES-Legal, MURE

From both categories, the most suitbale databases may be chosen. This will enable us to have a full spectrum - how energy policies may use both types of databases.

Chosen databases - after morning discussion
# COMETS
# EUR-Lex
# IEA Policy database
# JRC

The evaluation using a tool developed by Mark Wilkinson will be carried out on EUR-Lex, IEA and JRC during afternoon sesion. In this time will be also assesing databases has already chose by metadata aspects

=== Draft list of databases ===
The databases that had been identified as containing data in relation to low carbon energy and energy efficiency policy:

#[https://www.copernicus.eu/en Copernicus]
#[https://datacite.org DataCite]
#[https://www.vs.inf.ethz.ch/res/show.html?what=eco-data ECO data set]
#[https://energydata.info/ EnergyData]
#[https://www.resourceefficient.eu/en#explore-content EREK]
#[http://www.eumerci-portal.eu/web/guest/home EU Merci]
#[https://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en EUR-Lex]
#[https://ec.europa.eu/energy/topics/energy-efficiency/energy-efficient-buildings/eu-bso_en?redir=1 European Buildings Stock Observatory]
#[https://www.iea.org/policies IEA Policies database]
#[https://www.irena.org/Statistics/View-Data-by-Topic/Energy-Transition/REmap-Energy-Demand-and-Supply-by-Sector IRENA, REmap]
#[http://resourceirena.irena.org/gateway/ IRENA, Resource]
#[https://data.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ JRC-database hub]
#[https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/publication/jrc-idees-integrated-database-european-energy-sector-methodological-note JRC-IDEES: Integrated Database of the European Energy Sector: Metodological note]
#[https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/publication/eur-scientific-and-technical-research-reports/monitoring-ri-low-carbon-energy-technologies JRC: Monitoring R&I in Low-Carbon Energy Technologies
#[https://magic-nexus.eu/metadata-repository MAGIC]
#[https://data.nrel.gov/ NREL data]
#[https://odin.jrc.ec.europa.eu/odin/index.jsp ODIN: Online Data & Information Network for Energy]
#[https://data.oecd.org/ OECD data]
#[https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/home/home.do OEIL]
#[https://openei.org/wiki/Main_Page OPENEI]
#[https://heatroadmap.eu/peta4/ PETA4]
#[https://www.proquest.com/ PROQuest]
#[https://www.reeep.org/reegleinfo REEEP]
#[https://www.re3data.org/ Re3data.org]
#[http://www.res-legal.eu/home/ RES LEGAL]
#[https://setis.ec.europa.eu/publications/setis-research-innovation-data SETIS research and innovation data]
#[https://zenodo.org/ ZENODO]
#[https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/837722 H2020 project COMETS] - EU-wide inventory of collective action initiatives in the low carbon energy transition
#[https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/business_economy_euro/banking_and_finance/documents/200309-sustainable-finance-teg-final-report-taxonomy_en.pdf] - EU taxonomy for green innovation companies
#MURE (Mesures d'Utilisation Rationnelle de l'Energie)database [http://www.measures-odyssee-mure.eu/]

=== Discussion on the choice of databases: ===
* From GIG, apart from IEA Policy database, there will be also a proposition of EUR-Lex, DataCite, EU Merci, OECD, and probably also JRC-database.
* @ IUE and ENEA: each of you please suggest 2 other databases and prepare for them a description and an explanation - why we should choose them for further evaluation. Material please put in the Wiki.
* @ all: for databases that you suggested please complete the questionnaire from AIT in OO ([https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/Products/Files/doceditor.aspx?fileid=5413183] and put answers into the folder in OO [https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/products/projects/tmdocs.aspx?prjID=236894#1976709] until Friday 29.05.

==== COMETS database: EU-wide inventory of collective action initiatives in the energy transition ====
''Description of database:''
The inventory is a multi-country database of collective action initiatives (e.g., energy cooperatives, eco-villages, community energy projects, and other citizen-led energy projects). For each initiative, the country, the date of foundation/cancellation, the evolution of members and renewable energy units, installation capacities, fields of engagement, legal form, website, address, source, etc. is collected. The entries are sourced from a variety of national, regional, and European registers and websites.

''Rationale for choosing this database'':
*The database is of policy relevance. Its data interpretation is highly dependent on changes in the legal and policy frameworks across Europe.
*We own the database and therefore have it easier to exercise FAIRification and opening activities.
*The database is being created in a parallel running European project and we would not like that the database ends in the graveyard of dead EU project databases.
*We aim at opening the database to the low carbon research community within the next two years.
*We are interested to explore the options for opening while ensuring that our work in building the database is appropriately acknowledged. This is relevant for later EERAdata discussion. Here, we already started discussing with e3s and tJP of EERAdata.
*We can use synergies with another parallel EU project and have the possibility to assign rich metadata to every single entry, by also using the expertise of researchers from the COMETS project.
*The database itself has a relatively simple structure, however, the inventory contains heterogeneous and dynamic data. Thus, it helps us to investigate how to approach FAIRification for such data. This is a particular challenge for UC4.
*Sources of the COMETS database are coming in a variety of European languages, all brought together in an English database. Thus, it helps us to investigate the relevance of languages for FAIRification and opening activities. This is also a particular challenge for UC4.
*We aim at uploading this database as an example for EERAdata to EOSC. We hope to create a best practice example for a FAIR and open database. Currently, it is F - non-existing, A - non-existing., I - partly as one can, e.g., go to the currently published papers to access the original sources. But it is not machine-actionable. R - no, because it is currently not open.

''Reference:'' Wierling, A.; Schwanitz, V.J.; Zeiß, J.P.; Bout, C.; Candelise, C.; Gilcrease, W.; Gregg, J.S. [https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/10/9/3339 Statistical Evidence on the Role of Energy Cooperatives for the Energy Transition in European Countries]. Sustainability.

==== IEA Policy database ====
''Description of the database:''
A worldwide database of past, future and planned policies and measures thematically related to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve energy efficiency and support the development and deployment of renewables and other clean energy technologies. It contains data from IEA/IRENA Renewable Energy Policies and Measures Database, the IEA Energy Efficiency Database, the Addressing Climate Change database, and the Building Energy Efficiency Policies (BEEP) database, along with information on CCUS and methane abatement policies. Data are collected from governments, partner organizations and IEA analysis since 1999.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* A popular, recognized, and world-wide database hosted by a reputable institution.
* Since we are not able to analyze all the databases that we would like to - the selection of the IEA Policy database would indirectly allow us to take into account several other, selected databases because it contains data from: IEA/IRENA Renewable Energy Policies and Measures Database, the IEA Energy Efficiency Database, the Addressing Climate Change database, and the Building Energy Efficiency Policies (BEEP) database,
* Cross-use case relevance, as it contains policies and measures also for buildings efficiency (UC1) and for power transmission and distribution networks (UC2).

==== EU Taxonomy for green innovation companies ====
''Description of the database:''
The EU Taxonomy is a tool to help investors, companies, issuers, and project promoters navigate the transition to a low-carbon, resilient and resource-efficient economy. The Taxonomy sets performance thresholds (referred to as ‘technical screening criteria’) for economic activities which: • make a substantive contribution to one of six environmental objectives (Figure 1); • do no significant harm (DNSH) to the other five, where relevant; • meet minimum safeguards (e.g., OECD Guidelines on Multinational Enterprises and the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights). The performance thresholds will help companies, project promoters and issuers access green financing to improve their environmental performance, as well as helping to identify which activities are already environmentally friendly. In doing so, it will help to grow low-carbon sectors and decarbonise high-carbon ones. The EU Taxonomy is one of the most significant developments in sustainable finance and will have wide-ranging implications for investors and issuers working in the EU, and beyond.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* It is low-hanging fruit because taxonomy is already in place.
* We could use this taxonomy to see how it aligns with our other assessments (and with other use cases)
* The taxonomy will be enacted in a year from now, so we can provide timely feedback

''Reference:'' [[https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/business_economy_euro/banking_and_finance/documents/200309-sustainable-finance-teg-final-report-taxonomy_en.pdf]]

==== EUR-Lex ====
''Description of the database:''
EUR-Lex is online database that provides the official and most comprehensive access to EU Law and legal documents such as treaties, legal acts from EU institutions, preparatory documents related to EU legislation, EU case-law, international agreements, EFTA documents, references to national case-law related to EU law. EUR-Lex has access to all editions of the Official Journal of the European Union (OJ) since the first of December 1952.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* It is available in all of the EU’s 24 official languages
* It is updated daily, which confirms the validity of the documents
* Each document in EUR-Lex is supported by detailed information such as: relations with other legal documents, case-law interpretations, dates of adoption or entry into force etc.
* It is the open and highly recognizable European Union’s database directly related to policy
* Most documents in EUR-Lex, regardless of their language, receive a unique identifier - CELEX number, so all documents have a designed structure and each type of document corresponds to a so-called “a descriptor”.

==== EU MERCI ====
''Description of the database:''
The database contains data on the implementation of energy efficiency measures in the manufacturing industry. For nearly 3000 companies from 4 European countries (Austria, Italy, Poland, United Kingdom), the following information has been collected: size of the company, year of implementation of the measure, type of support received (white certificates), statistical classification of economic activities, according to NACE, applied processes and ways to save energy and total final energy savings achieved by the implemented measures.
The database contains data also on low-carbon policies, examples of business action to reduce emissions, etc.
The database includes data for the 2005-2017 period. Besides the database, also a library, sector reports and static analyses of different countries were made available.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* The database contains good practices that can be used by other actors willing to implement energy efficiency measures,
* Disadvantages of the database: It includes data from the 2005-2017 period, with no updates (no newer examples)

==== OECD database ====
''Description of the database:''
OECD database makes available data related to agriculture, development, economy, education, energy, environment, finance, government, health, innovation and technology, jobs and society. In each of these areas the database contains, inter alia, data on legal issues. In the area of energy, data can be assigned thematically to: primary energy supply, crude oil production, electricity generation, renewable energy, nuclear power plants, crude oil import prices.
The data comes from over 130 countries around the world. The database allows sharing data in the form of indicators, maps and tables. The data is collected and made available since 1960.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* It is a popular, well recognised worldwide database, maintained by a reputable institution,
* Since we are not able to analyze all the databases that we would like to - the selection of the OECD database would indirectly allow us to take into account several other, selected databases because it contains data from: the IEA database - International Energy Agency (https://www.iea.org/) and Nuclear Energy Agency (http://www.oecd-nea.org/).

==== ISTAT energy data ====
'' Description of the database: ''
I.Stat is the warehouse of statistics currently produced by the Italian National Institute of Statistics.Statistics are searchable by theme. The system is also consultable by keyword. Data are presented in multidimensional tables which users can export in xls, csv formats. Acting on variables, reference periods and the arrangement of heads and sides, moreover, it is possible to obtain custom tables.
Through a web service that allows direct machine-to-machine questioning, organizations, as well as private citizens, can form specific query data, download results. The service is accessible at the following address: https://www.istat.it/it/metodi-e-strumenti/web-service-sdmx

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* It’s a complete overview of energy consumption in Italy in all sectors of the society.

==== SETIS Innovation and Research data ====
'' Description of the database: ''
The level of investment in R&I in terms of both private (expenditure by businesses and industry) and public (Member States' national programmes and instruments), and trends in patents, for the Integrated SET Plan Actions.

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
The Integrated SET Plan needs to be underpinned by an effective monitoring and reporting scheme that supports the development and implementation of the European R&I Agenda. SETIS plays a central role in the successful implementation of the Integrated SET Plan 10 key actions. In particular, the enhanced SETIS follows the objectives below:
* To monitor R&I activities, investments and technology progress in Europe;
* To contribute to the identification of gaps in the implementation of the actions;
* To report on the overall progress towards the common goals set out in the integrated SET-Plan;
* To contribute to assessing the impact of the SET-Plan on European competitiveness;
* To make recommendations for actions that could further increase the effectiveness of the European R&I Strategy.

==== ENERGISE Online Database ====
'' Description of the database: ''
The Database is an output of the H2020 Energise Project. The project aims at testing household and community-level initiatives to reduce energy consumption through energy cultures. An output of the project forms the database that contains data on 1067 energy initiatives from 30 European countries.

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* The database contains recent information on a considerable number of (1067) initiatives pertaining to household and community-level energy policies. Thus, its representativeness is for European countries is high.
* Since the focus of the EERAdata project is mainly concerning the European Union countries, this database is a good fit in terms of scope.
* The database hosts information that would be gathered from national sources of each country, hence may be considered as a repository for national databases.

==== MURE Online Database ====
'' Description of the database: ''
MURE (Mesures d'Utilisation Rationnelle de l'Energie) is a comprehensive database that lists energy efficiency policies and measures regarding the Member States of the European Union. It allows for the analysis of policies based on topics, policy interaction, policy scoring, impact evaluation, as well as successful policies. The information is accessible by query in the database. The contributors are French Environment and Energy Management Agency, European Energy Network, and the H2020 program of the European Union.

Relates to the Odyssee database on energy-efficiency indicators and energy consumption.

Reference: [http://www.measures-odyssee-mure.eu Odyssee-MURE project]

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* A comprehensive database including energy efficiency policies and measures in the European Union member states.
* Since the focus of the EERAdata project is mainly concerning the European Union countries, this database is a good fit in terms of scope.
* The database hosts information that would be gathered from national sources of each country, hence may be considered as a repository for national databases.
* The database pertains to both Uses Case 4 on Energy Policies and Use Case 1 on Buildings Efficiency.

==== JRC-database hub: Joint Research Centre Data Catalogue ====
'' Description of database: ''
The JRC Science Hub aims to gradually integrate and aggregate all of the European Commission's science related activities, tools, laboratories, facilities, databases and networks. The inventory is wide range of the compilation of databases development of software and modelling tools. Published on the basis of open data principles with clear descriptions for each entry. The tools and databases are categorised by name and acronym, but can be filtered by research area, keyword and JRC institute responsible for the coordination of the particular entry. It contains, inter alia, databases related to energy and transport and climate
'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* It’s the open and highly recognizable European Union’s database directly related to different related aspects also energy policy related
* It’s data interpretation is highly dependent on changes in the legal and policy frameworks across European Union.
* The database enhances the transparency and openness of the JRC and further enables the open access policy of scientific research data.
* The information and links provided in the metadata are maintained in distributed and heterogeneous information systems. Although the datasets are maintain and links and information are updated,
* Sources of the database are coming in a variety of European languages, all brought together in an English database. Thus, it helps to investigate the relevance for FAIRification and opening activities.
* The database is cross-use case relevant, as it contains policies and measures also for other use cases.

==== DataCite - an international not-for-profit organization aiming to improve data citation ====
'' Description of database: ''
The main aim of DataCite is to provide the means to create, find, cite, connect, and use research. The primary service provided by DataCite is the registration of DOI tags. In addition, DataCite is constantly developing additional services related to DOI and related metadata, as following:
* DataCite Search (https://search.datacite.org/) - allows to search the database of DOI metadata registered in DataCite.
* DataCite Profiles (https://profiles.datacite.org/) - allows for automatic data transfer between the DataCite and ORCID systems, facilitating the update of personal profiles of researchers in ORCID with information about objects for which DOIs have been registered in DataCite.
* DataCite Statistics (https://stats.datacite.org/) - a service presenting statistical data on the number of registered DOI, their metadata records and the use of this information.
* DataCite OAI-PMH Provider (https://oai.datacite.org/) - an access interface to metadata collected in DataCite using the OAI-PMH protocol.
In addition, DataCite is involved in international projects and initiatives related to sharing and quoting research data, such as:
* the worldwide Registry of Research Data Repositories - Re3Data (https://www.re3data.org/).
* The Initiative for Open Citations (I4OC) = a collaboration between scholarly publishers, researchers, and other interested parties to promote the unrestricted availability of scholarly citation data and to make these data available.

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* The inventory contains heterogeneous and dynamic data. Thus, it helps us to investigate how to approach FAIRification for such data.
* DataCite provides an integrated search interface, where it is possible to search and filter a relevant metadata gathered
* Sources of the database are coming in a variety of European languages. Thus, it helps to investigate the relevance for FAIRification and opening activities.
* The database may be cross-use case relevant, as it contains DOIs and citations relevant also for other use cases.

== Notes from the afternoon session ==
The afternoon session is dedicated to discussing metadata for the selected databases. The aim of the afternoon session is to fill out [[UC3#Metadata_assessments|table 2 of the wiki page for the use case]] and to decide what to report back from the use case to the plenary session the next day (again, see the WIKI template for a suggested structure). Thus, at the end of the day, the WIKI page for the use case is complete.

=== Assessment of metadata for databases ===
# IEA Policy database
# COMETS
# JRC database hub
# EUR-Lex

==== IEA Policy database ====

* preliminary assessment of level of implementation of FAIR/O principles: F4 - yes; A1 - yes, A2 - yes (only depends on EU policy); I1 - yes; I2 - fulfilled, I3 - fulfilled; R1.1 - yes; R1.2 - no; R1.3 - not fulfilled, not even the DC standards.
* Metadate seems to be spread.
* Discussion on understanding of 100% fulfillement, on the example: In ideal database all country names would be linked to official registry --> you could go for all information. It would be 100% FAIR. Are any bases like that? Example on country information, which should be easily available automatically, for example ISO code for the country. IEA policy database is not fully like that.
* difficulties even in defining "policy" = everything (every official document) which is published in official governmental page.
* testing on the example of Poland and National Energy Efficency Action Plan for Poland: link to the official governmental page, not the direct link to the official document or to the official country law. When information about the date of update - should be also a linked to the local page (to ensure that the is a possibility to check at the source, if the policy has been already updated.
* if metadata doesn't provide the possibility of reachning the sources (if the documents are there, but you don't have an opportunity to get to the official, legal document).

==== COMETS ====
* information on collective actions initiatives for the energy transition for all EU countries.
* 3700 initiatives in selected European countries - Germany, Belgium, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Danmark,
* based on the internet desk research, business registers, national electricity production statistics, individual websites etc.
* energy production units / electriciity facilitiation units - including more than 6000
* within the project in six countries (DE, ES, BE, PL, EE, NL) they are conducting survey about the development and values (export, import). The data from it will be also included into the database/.
* as it's still under development - FAIRness is 0% for now.
* from COMETS project perspective, an important step for FAIRification is to facilitate by categorization, what and how specific activities are currently being implemented in different countries, categorization of them, taxonomy.

==== General conclusions ====

* discussion on Wilkinson FAIR priniciples --> if there are any databases which are 100% in accordance to these principles. 100% is an utopia. We only can make a hierarchy, which databases are matching these criteria better, or worse.
* in Mons system - it's more clear that you have to achieve specific level, to be able to go further.

* two possible approaches: (1) start of absolute lowest datasets and try to FAIRify those, and later on move "up". (2) on the other hand FAIRification of database which are more complex is leading us to results / conlcussions available also for less complicated databases.

* importance of formats of data. It is important that the format of the data to be entered in specific entry is strictly defined (example - the date: need of clear definitions - what's to include: year, month, day specific?) Similarly - with longitude, latitute. If it's not done in advance, later on it takes much work to manually change it and put into right format. On the other hand - potentially - making a very specific description - may exclude some data, which are available but in different standards - for ecxample between EU and American standards.
* every entry has its provenence, with information how the entry hhas been changed, when, etc. Basically all entries should have their own metadata.

* two dimensions of policies:
1) policy domain (topic of the policy)
2) policy perspective / the level of goverment (for whom it's developed = local regional, national, international level, etc)

==== directions in building taxonomy ====
* Example to be watched: EU taxonomy for green innovation companies
* UC4 taxomnomy needs to match to higher level = overall level of the projects. To make sure, that the complete taxonomy is

Proposed logical aspects / steps:
# starting on agreement of keywords + the glossry, to ensure common understanding.
# taking into consideration two dimensions of policies: (1) policy domain and (2) policy level of goverment
# coordinationg with other use cses: UC4 is affecting other use cases, so our keywords should not only match, but sometimes should be even taken from other use cases.

== What to report back to the plenary on Day 3? ==
==== Databases selected (names and short reasoning)====
# IEA Policy database
# COMETS
# JRC database hub
# EUR-Lex

==== Main insights from discussions ====

* Two categories of databases:
# policy relevant databases, eg. COMETS, EU Merci, PETA4
# policy databases, eg. IEA Policy database, EUR-Lex, OECD, RES-Legal, MURE

* Two dimensions of policies:
# policy domain (topic of the policy)
# policy perspective / the level of goverment (for whom it's developed = local regional, national, international level, etc)

* for more - see the notes above

==== Suggested next steps ====

* Developing low-level metadata concepts (descriptive, structural, administrative metadata) and the identification of gaps & needs for their implementation.

* Integration of existing standards, development of new approaches and vocabularies & taxonomies (e.g., considering ways to find data and research results through keywords, keywords used by peer-reviewed journals and mental metadata models of domain experts).

* Proposed logical aspects / steps of building taxonomy
# starting on agreement of keywords + the glossry, to ensure common understanding.
# taking into consideration two dimensions of policies: (1) policy domain and (2) policy level of goverment
# coordinating with other use cses: UC4 is affecting other use cases, so our keywords should not only match, but sometimes should be even taken from other use cases.

==== Other issues ====

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Małgorzatam: /* What to report back to the plenary on Day 3? */

This page provides space for notes from workshop discussions of use case 4 during Day 2 of WS1.

== Interactive elements ==
The discussions can also benefit from considering the EERAdata storyboard and/or slido comments. See [[WS1#Interactive_elements]]

== Notes from the morning session ==
The morning session is dedicated to database discussions with the aim to select 3-5 databases from below's list of databases for further examination. The [[UC3#List_of_selected_databases|first table of the WIKI page]] is filled out by noon.

* The workshop has started with the short introduction round to enable peaople to know something about each other, especially of the specific institutions day-to-day approach to data use.
* Later on the base for further works was presented:
# screeening the databases --> names, short descriptions, rationale for preliminary choosing the database
# checking the datbases proposed already, adding new, if needed.
# discussion and evaluation of databases - to choose the most suitable one for further works

Segmenting databases into 2 categories:
# policy relevant databases, eg. COMETS, EU Merci, PETA4
# policy databases, eg. IEA Policy database, EUR-Lex, OECD, RES-Legal, MURE

From both categories, the most suitbale databases may be chosen. This will enable us to have a full spectrum - how energy policies may use both types of databases.

Chosen databases - after morning discussion
# COMETS
# EUR-Lex
# IEA Policy database
# JRC

The evaluation using a tool developed by Mark Wilkinson will be carried out on EUR-Lex, IEA and JRC during afternoon sesion. In this time will be also assesing databases has already chose by metadata aspects

=== Draft list of databases ===
The databases that had been identified as containing data in relation to low carbon energy and energy efficiency policy:

#[https://www.copernicus.eu/en Copernicus]
#[https://datacite.org DataCite]
#[https://www.vs.inf.ethz.ch/res/show.html?what=eco-data ECO data set]
#[https://energydata.info/ EnergyData]
#[https://www.resourceefficient.eu/en#explore-content EREK]
#[http://www.eumerci-portal.eu/web/guest/home EU Merci]
#[https://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en EUR-Lex]
#[https://ec.europa.eu/energy/topics/energy-efficiency/energy-efficient-buildings/eu-bso_en?redir=1 European Buildings Stock Observatory]
#[https://www.iea.org/policies IEA Policies database]
#[https://www.irena.org/Statistics/View-Data-by-Topic/Energy-Transition/REmap-Energy-Demand-and-Supply-by-Sector IRENA, REmap]
#[http://resourceirena.irena.org/gateway/ IRENA, Resource]
#[https://data.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ JRC-database hub]
#[https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/publication/jrc-idees-integrated-database-european-energy-sector-methodological-note JRC-IDEES: Integrated Database of the European Energy Sector: Metodological note]
#[https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/publication/eur-scientific-and-technical-research-reports/monitoring-ri-low-carbon-energy-technologies JRC: Monitoring R&I in Low-Carbon Energy Technologies
#[https://magic-nexus.eu/metadata-repository MAGIC]
#[https://data.nrel.gov/ NREL data]
#[https://odin.jrc.ec.europa.eu/odin/index.jsp ODIN: Online Data & Information Network for Energy]
#[https://data.oecd.org/ OECD data]
#[https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/home/home.do OEIL]
#[https://openei.org/wiki/Main_Page OPENEI]
#[https://heatroadmap.eu/peta4/ PETA4]
#[https://www.proquest.com/ PROQuest]
#[https://www.reeep.org/reegleinfo REEEP]
#[https://www.re3data.org/ Re3data.org]
#[http://www.res-legal.eu/home/ RES LEGAL]
#[https://setis.ec.europa.eu/publications/setis-research-innovation-data SETIS research and innovation data]
#[https://zenodo.org/ ZENODO]
#[https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/837722 H2020 project COMETS] - EU-wide inventory of collective action initiatives in the low carbon energy transition
#[https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/business_economy_euro/banking_and_finance/documents/200309-sustainable-finance-teg-final-report-taxonomy_en.pdf] - EU taxonomy for green innovation companies
#MURE (Mesures d'Utilisation Rationnelle de l'Energie)database [http://www.measures-odyssee-mure.eu/]

=== Discussion on the choice of databases: ===
* From GIG, apart from IEA Policy database, there will be also a proposition of EUR-Lex, DataCite, EU Merci, OECD, and probably also JRC-database.
* @ IUE and ENEA: each of you please suggest 2 other databases and prepare for them a description and an explanation - why we should choose them for further evaluation. Material please put in the Wiki.
* @ all: for databases that you suggested please complete the questionnaire from AIT in OO ([https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/Products/Files/doceditor.aspx?fileid=5413183] and put answers into the folder in OO [https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/products/projects/tmdocs.aspx?prjID=236894#1976709] until Friday 29.05.

==== COMETS database: EU-wide inventory of collective action initiatives in the energy transition ====
''Description of database:''
The inventory is a multi-country database of collective action initiatives (e.g., energy cooperatives, eco-villages, community energy projects, and other citizen-led energy projects). For each initiative, the country, the date of foundation/cancellation, the evolution of members and renewable energy units, installation capacities, fields of engagement, legal form, website, address, source, etc. is collected. The entries are sourced from a variety of national, regional, and European registers and websites.

''Rationale for choosing this database'':
*The database is of policy relevance. Its data interpretation is highly dependent on changes in the legal and policy frameworks across Europe.
*We own the database and therefore have it easier to exercise FAIRification and opening activities.
*The database is being created in a parallel running European project and we would not like that the database ends in the graveyard of dead EU project databases.
*We aim at opening the database to the low carbon research community within the next two years.
*We are interested to explore the options for opening while ensuring that our work in building the database is appropriately acknowledged. This is relevant for later EERAdata discussion. Here, we already started discussing with e3s and tJP of EERAdata.
*We can use synergies with another parallel EU project and have the possibility to assign rich metadata to every single entry, by also using the expertise of researchers from the COMETS project.
*The database itself has a relatively simple structure, however, the inventory contains heterogeneous and dynamic data. Thus, it helps us to investigate how to approach FAIRification for such data. This is a particular challenge for UC4.
*Sources of the COMETS database are coming in a variety of European languages, all brought together in an English database. Thus, it helps us to investigate the relevance of languages for FAIRification and opening activities. This is also a particular challenge for UC4.
*We aim at uploading this database as an example for EERAdata to EOSC. We hope to create a best practice example for a FAIR and open database. Currently, it is F - non-existing, A - non-existing., I - partly as one can, e.g., go to the currently published papers to access the original sources. But it is not machine-actionable. R - no, because it is currently not open.

''Reference:'' Wierling, A.; Schwanitz, V.J.; Zeiß, J.P.; Bout, C.; Candelise, C.; Gilcrease, W.; Gregg, J.S. [https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/10/9/3339 Statistical Evidence on the Role of Energy Cooperatives for the Energy Transition in European Countries]. Sustainability.

==== IEA Policy database ====
''Description of the database:''
A worldwide database of past, future and planned policies and measures thematically related to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve energy efficiency and support the development and deployment of renewables and other clean energy technologies. It contains data from IEA/IRENA Renewable Energy Policies and Measures Database, the IEA Energy Efficiency Database, the Addressing Climate Change database, and the Building Energy Efficiency Policies (BEEP) database, along with information on CCUS and methane abatement policies. Data are collected from governments, partner organizations and IEA analysis since 1999.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* A popular, recognized, and world-wide database hosted by a reputable institution.
* Since we are not able to analyze all the databases that we would like to - the selection of the IEA Policy database would indirectly allow us to take into account several other, selected databases because it contains data from: IEA/IRENA Renewable Energy Policies and Measures Database, the IEA Energy Efficiency Database, the Addressing Climate Change database, and the Building Energy Efficiency Policies (BEEP) database,
* Cross-use case relevance, as it contains policies and measures also for buildings efficiency (UC1) and for power transmission and distribution networks (UC2).

==== EU Taxonomy for green innovation companies ====
''Description of the database:''
The EU Taxonomy is a tool to help investors, companies, issuers, and project promoters navigate the transition to a low-carbon, resilient and resource-efficient economy. The Taxonomy sets performance thresholds (referred to as ‘technical screening criteria’) for economic activities which: • make a substantive contribution to one of six environmental objectives (Figure 1); • do no significant harm (DNSH) to the other five, where relevant; • meet minimum safeguards (e.g., OECD Guidelines on Multinational Enterprises and the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights). The performance thresholds will help companies, project promoters and issuers access green financing to improve their environmental performance, as well as helping to identify which activities are already environmentally friendly. In doing so, it will help to grow low-carbon sectors and decarbonise high-carbon ones. The EU Taxonomy is one of the most significant developments in sustainable finance and will have wide-ranging implications for investors and issuers working in the EU, and beyond.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* It is low-hanging fruit because taxonomy is already in place.
* We could use this taxonomy to see how it aligns with our other assessments (and with other use cases)
* The taxonomy will be enacted in a year from now, so we can provide timely feedback

''Reference:'' [[https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/business_economy_euro/banking_and_finance/documents/200309-sustainable-finance-teg-final-report-taxonomy_en.pdf]]

==== EUR-Lex ====
''Description of the database:''
EUR-Lex is online database that provides the official and most comprehensive access to EU Law and legal documents such as treaties, legal acts from EU institutions, preparatory documents related to EU legislation, EU case-law, international agreements, EFTA documents, references to national case-law related to EU law. EUR-Lex has access to all editions of the Official Journal of the European Union (OJ) since the first of December 1952.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* It is available in all of the EU’s 24 official languages
* It is updated daily, which confirms the validity of the documents
* Each document in EUR-Lex is supported by detailed information such as: relations with other legal documents, case-law interpretations, dates of adoption or entry into force etc.
* It is the open and highly recognizable European Union’s database directly related to policy
* Most documents in EUR-Lex, regardless of their language, receive a unique identifier - CELEX number, so all documents have a designed structure and each type of document corresponds to a so-called “a descriptor”.

==== EU MERCI ====
''Description of the database:''
The database contains data on the implementation of energy efficiency measures in the manufacturing industry. For nearly 3000 companies from 4 European countries (Austria, Italy, Poland, United Kingdom), the following information has been collected: size of the company, year of implementation of the measure, type of support received (white certificates), statistical classification of economic activities, according to NACE, applied processes and ways to save energy and total final energy savings achieved by the implemented measures.
The database contains data also on low-carbon policies, examples of business action to reduce emissions, etc.
The database includes data for the 2005-2017 period. Besides the database, also a library, sector reports and static analyses of different countries were made available.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* The database contains good practices that can be used by other actors willing to implement energy efficiency measures,
* Disadvantages of the database: It includes data from the 2005-2017 period, with no updates (no newer examples)

==== OECD database ====
''Description of the database:''
OECD database makes available data related to agriculture, development, economy, education, energy, environment, finance, government, health, innovation and technology, jobs and society. In each of these areas the database contains, inter alia, data on legal issues. In the area of energy, data can be assigned thematically to: primary energy supply, crude oil production, electricity generation, renewable energy, nuclear power plants, crude oil import prices.
The data comes from over 130 countries around the world. The database allows sharing data in the form of indicators, maps and tables. The data is collected and made available since 1960.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* It is a popular, well recognised worldwide database, maintained by a reputable institution,
* Since we are not able to analyze all the databases that we would like to - the selection of the OECD database would indirectly allow us to take into account several other, selected databases because it contains data from: the IEA database - International Energy Agency (https://www.iea.org/) and Nuclear Energy Agency (http://www.oecd-nea.org/).

==== ISTAT energy data ====
'' Description of the database: ''
I.Stat is the warehouse of statistics currently produced by the Italian National Institute of Statistics.Statistics are searchable by theme. The system is also consultable by keyword. Data are presented in multidimensional tables which users can export in xls, csv formats. Acting on variables, reference periods and the arrangement of heads and sides, moreover, it is possible to obtain custom tables.
Through a web service that allows direct machine-to-machine questioning, organizations, as well as private citizens, can form specific query data, download results. The service is accessible at the following address: https://www.istat.it/it/metodi-e-strumenti/web-service-sdmx

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* It’s a complete overview of energy consumption in Italy in all sectors of the society.

==== SETIS Innovation and Research data ====
'' Description of the database: ''
The level of investment in R&I in terms of both private (expenditure by businesses and industry) and public (Member States' national programmes and instruments), and trends in patents, for the Integrated SET Plan Actions.

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
The Integrated SET Plan needs to be underpinned by an effective monitoring and reporting scheme that supports the development and implementation of the European R&I Agenda. SETIS plays a central role in the successful implementation of the Integrated SET Plan 10 key actions. In particular, the enhanced SETIS follows the objectives below:
* To monitor R&I activities, investments and technology progress in Europe;
* To contribute to the identification of gaps in the implementation of the actions;
* To report on the overall progress towards the common goals set out in the integrated SET-Plan;
* To contribute to assessing the impact of the SET-Plan on European competitiveness;
* To make recommendations for actions that could further increase the effectiveness of the European R&I Strategy.

==== ENERGISE Online Database ====
'' Description of the database: ''
The Database is an output of the H2020 Energise Project. The project aims at testing household and community-level initiatives to reduce energy consumption through energy cultures. An output of the project forms the database that contains data on 1067 energy initiatives from 30 European countries.

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* The database contains recent information on a considerable number of (1067) initiatives pertaining to household and community-level energy policies. Thus, its representativeness is for European countries is high.
* Since the focus of the EERAdata project is mainly concerning the European Union countries, this database is a good fit in terms of scope.
* The database hosts information that would be gathered from national sources of each country, hence may be considered as a repository for national databases.

==== MURE Online Database ====
'' Description of the database: ''
MURE (Mesures d'Utilisation Rationnelle de l'Energie) is a comprehensive database that lists energy efficiency policies and measures regarding the Member States of the European Union. It allows for the analysis of policies based on topics, policy interaction, policy scoring, impact evaluation, as well as successful policies. The information is accessible by query in the database. The contributors are French Environment and Energy Management Agency, European Energy Network, and the H2020 program of the European Union.

Relates to the Odyssee database on energy-efficiency indicators and energy consumption.

Reference: [http://www.measures-odyssee-mure.eu Odyssee-MURE project]

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* A comprehensive database including energy efficiency policies and measures in the European Union member states.
* Since the focus of the EERAdata project is mainly concerning the European Union countries, this database is a good fit in terms of scope.
* The database hosts information that would be gathered from national sources of each country, hence may be considered as a repository for national databases.
* The database pertains to both Uses Case 4 on Energy Policies and Use Case 1 on Buildings Efficiency.

==== JRC-database hub: Joint Research Centre Data Catalogue ====
'' Description of database: ''
The JRC Science Hub aims to gradually integrate and aggregate all of the European Commission's science related activities, tools, laboratories, facilities, databases and networks. The inventory is wide range of the compilation of databases development of software and modelling tools. Published on the basis of open data principles with clear descriptions for each entry. The tools and databases are categorised by name and acronym, but can be filtered by research area, keyword and JRC institute responsible for the coordination of the particular entry. It contains, inter alia, databases related to energy and transport and climate
'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* It’s the open and highly recognizable European Union’s database directly related to different related aspects also energy policy related
* It’s data interpretation is highly dependent on changes in the legal and policy frameworks across European Union.
* The database enhances the transparency and openness of the JRC and further enables the open access policy of scientific research data.
* The information and links provided in the metadata are maintained in distributed and heterogeneous information systems. Although the datasets are maintain and links and information are updated,
* Sources of the database are coming in a variety of European languages, all brought together in an English database. Thus, it helps to investigate the relevance for FAIRification and opening activities.
* The database is cross-use case relevant, as it contains policies and measures also for other use cases.

==== DataCite - an international not-for-profit organization aiming to improve data citation ====
'' Description of database: ''
The main aim of DataCite is to provide the means to create, find, cite, connect, and use research. The primary service provided by DataCite is the registration of DOI tags. In addition, DataCite is constantly developing additional services related to DOI and related metadata, as following:
* DataCite Search (https://search.datacite.org/) - allows to search the database of DOI metadata registered in DataCite.
* DataCite Profiles (https://profiles.datacite.org/) - allows for automatic data transfer between the DataCite and ORCID systems, facilitating the update of personal profiles of researchers in ORCID with information about objects for which DOIs have been registered in DataCite.
* DataCite Statistics (https://stats.datacite.org/) - a service presenting statistical data on the number of registered DOI, their metadata records and the use of this information.
* DataCite OAI-PMH Provider (https://oai.datacite.org/) - an access interface to metadata collected in DataCite using the OAI-PMH protocol.
In addition, DataCite is involved in international projects and initiatives related to sharing and quoting research data, such as:
* the worldwide Registry of Research Data Repositories - Re3Data (https://www.re3data.org/).
* The Initiative for Open Citations (I4OC) = a collaboration between scholarly publishers, researchers, and other interested parties to promote the unrestricted availability of scholarly citation data and to make these data available.

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* The inventory contains heterogeneous and dynamic data. Thus, it helps us to investigate how to approach FAIRification for such data.
* DataCite provides an integrated search interface, where it is possible to search and filter a relevant metadata gathered
* Sources of the database are coming in a variety of European languages. Thus, it helps to investigate the relevance for FAIRification and opening activities.
* The database may be cross-use case relevant, as it contains DOIs and citations relevant also for other use cases.

== Notes from the afternoon session ==
The afternoon session is dedicated to discussing metadata for the selected databases. The aim of the afternoon session is to fill out [[UC3#Metadata_assessments|table 2 of the wiki page for the use case]] and to decide what to report back from the use case to the plenary session the next day (again, see the WIKI template for a suggested structure). Thus, at the end of the day, the WIKI page for the use case is complete.

=== Assessment of metadata for databases ===
# IEA Policy database
# COMETS
# JRC database hub
# EUR-Lex

==== IEA Policy database ====

* preliminary assessment of level of implementation of FAIR/O principles: F4 - yes; A1 - yes, A2 - yes (only depends on EU policy); I1 - yes; I2 - fulfilled, I3 - fulfilled; R1.1 - yes; R1.2 - no; R1.3 - not fulfilled, not even the DC standards.
* Metadate seems to be spread.
* Discussion on understanding of 100% fulfillement, on the example: In ideal database all country names would be linked to official registry --> you could go for all information. It would be 100% FAIR. Are any bases like that? Example on country information, which should be easily available automatically, for example ISO code for the country. IEA policy database is not fully like that.
* difficulties even in defining "policy" = everything (every official document) which is published in official governmental page.
* testing on the example of Poland and National Energy Efficency Action Plan for Poland: link to the official governmental page, not the direct link to the official document or to the official country law. When information about the date of update - should be also a linked to the local page (to ensure that the is a possibility to check at the source, if the policy has been already updated.
* if metadata doesn't provide the possibility of reachning the sources (if the documents are there, but you don't have an opportunity to get to the official, legal document).

==== COMETS ====
* information on collective actions initiatives for the energy transition for all EU countries.
* 3700 initiatives in selected European countries - Germany, Belgium, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Danmark,
* based on the internet desk research, business registers, national electricity production statistics, individual websites etc.
* energy production units / electriciity facilitiation units - including more than 6000
* within the project in six countries (DE, ES, BE, PL, EE, NL) they are conducting survey about the development and values (export, import). The data from it will be also included into the database/.
* as it's still under development - FAIRness is 0% for now.
* from COMETS project perspective, an important step for FAIRification is to facilitate by categorization, what and how specific activities are currently being implemented in different countries, categorization of them, taxonomy.

==== General conclusions ====

* discussion on Wilkinson FAIR priniciples --> if there are any databases which are 100% in accordance to these principles. 100% is an utopia. We only can make a hierarchy, which databases are matching these criteria better, or worse.
* in Mons system - it's more clear that you have to achieve specific level, to be able to go further.

* two possible approaches: (1) start of absolute lowest datasets and try to FAIRify those, and later on move "up". (2) on the other hand FAIRification of database which are more complex is leading us to results / conlcussions available also for less complicated databases.

* importance of formats of data. It is important that the format of the data to be entered in specific entry is strictly defined (example - the date: need of clear definitions - what's to include: year, month, day specific?) Similarly - with longitude, latitute. If it's not done in advance, later on it takes much work to manually change it and put into right format. On the other hand - potentially - making a very specific description - may exclude some data, which are available but in different standards - for ecxample between EU and American standards.
* every entry has its provenence, with information how the entry hhas been changed, when, etc. Basically all entries should have their own metadata.

* two dimensions of policies:
1) policy domain (topic of the policy)
2) policy perspective / the level of goverment (for whom it's developed = local regional, national, international level, etc)

==== directions in building taxonomy ====
* Example to be watched: EU taxonomy for green innovation companies
* UC4 taxomnomy needs to match to higher level = overall level of the projects. To make sure, that the complete taxonomy is

Proposed logical aspects / steps:
# starting on agreement of keywords + the glossry, to ensure common understanding.
# taking into consideration two dimensions of policies: (1) policy domain and (2) policy level of goverment
# coordinationg with other use cses: UC4 is affecting other use cases, so our keywords should not only match, but sometimes should be even taken from other use cases.

== What to report back to the plenary on Day 3? ==
==== Databases selected (names and short reasoning)====
# IEA Policy database
# COMETS
# JRC database hub
# EUR-Lex

==== Main insights from discussions ====

* Two categories of databases:
# policy relevant databases, eg. COMETS, EU Merci, PETA4
# policy databases, eg. IEA Policy database, EUR-Lex, OECD, RES-Legal, MURE

* Two dimensions of policies:
# policy domain (topic of the policy)
# policy perspective / the level of goverment (for whom it's developed = local regional, national, international level, etc)

* for more - see the notes above

==== Suggested next steps ====

* Developing low-level metadata concepts (descriptive, structural, administrative metadata) and the identification of gaps & needs for their implementation.

* Integration of existing standards, development of new approaches and vocabularies & taxonomies (e.g., considering ways to find data and research results through keywords, keywords used by peer-reviewed journals and mental metadata models of domain experts).

* Proposed logical aspects / steps of building taxonomy
# starting on agreement of keywords + the glossry, to ensure common understanding.
# taking into consideration two dimensions of policies: (1) policy domain and (2) policy level of goverment
# coordinating with other use cses: UC4 is affecting other use cases, so our keywords should not only match, but sometimes should be even taken from other use cases.

==== Other issues =====

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This page provides space for notes from workshop discussions of use case 4 during Day 2 of WS1.

== Interactive elements ==
The discussions can also benefit from considering the EERAdata storyboard and/or slido comments. See [[WS1#Interactive_elements]]

== Notes from the morning session ==
The morning session is dedicated to database discussions with the aim to select 3-5 databases from below's list of databases for further examination. The [[UC3#List_of_selected_databases|first table of the WIKI page]] is filled out by noon.

* The workshop has started with the short introduction round to enable peaople to know something about each other, especially of the specific institutions day-to-day approach to data use.
* Later on the base for further works was presented:
# screeening the databases --> names, short descriptions, rationale for preliminary choosing the database
# checking the datbases proposed already, adding new, if needed.
# discussion and evaluation of databases - to choose the most suitable one for further works

Segmenting databases into 2 categories:
# policy relevant databases, eg. COMETS, EU Merci, PETA4
# policy databases, eg. IEA Policy database, EUR-Lex, OECD, RES-Legal, MURE

From both categories, the most suitbale databases may be chosen. This will enable us to have a full spectrum - how energy policies may use both types of databases.

Chosen databases - after morning discussion
# COMETS
# EUR-Lex
# IEA Policy database
# JRC

The evaluation using a tool developed by Mark Wilkinson will be carried out on EUR-Lex, IEA and JRC during afternoon sesion. In this time will be also assesing databases has already chose by metadata aspects

=== Draft list of databases ===
The databases that had been identified as containing data in relation to low carbon energy and energy efficiency policy:

#[https://www.copernicus.eu/en Copernicus]
#[https://datacite.org DataCite]
#[https://www.vs.inf.ethz.ch/res/show.html?what=eco-data ECO data set]
#[https://energydata.info/ EnergyData]
#[https://www.resourceefficient.eu/en#explore-content EREK]
#[http://www.eumerci-portal.eu/web/guest/home EU Merci]
#[https://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en EUR-Lex]
#[https://ec.europa.eu/energy/topics/energy-efficiency/energy-efficient-buildings/eu-bso_en?redir=1 European Buildings Stock Observatory]
#[https://www.iea.org/policies IEA Policies database]
#[https://www.irena.org/Statistics/View-Data-by-Topic/Energy-Transition/REmap-Energy-Demand-and-Supply-by-Sector IRENA, REmap]
#[http://resourceirena.irena.org/gateway/ IRENA, Resource]
#[https://data.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ JRC-database hub]
#[https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/publication/jrc-idees-integrated-database-european-energy-sector-methodological-note JRC-IDEES: Integrated Database of the European Energy Sector: Metodological note]
#[https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/publication/eur-scientific-and-technical-research-reports/monitoring-ri-low-carbon-energy-technologies JRC: Monitoring R&I in Low-Carbon Energy Technologies
#[https://magic-nexus.eu/metadata-repository MAGIC]
#[https://data.nrel.gov/ NREL data]
#[https://odin.jrc.ec.europa.eu/odin/index.jsp ODIN: Online Data & Information Network for Energy]
#[https://data.oecd.org/ OECD data]
#[https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/home/home.do OEIL]
#[https://openei.org/wiki/Main_Page OPENEI]
#[https://heatroadmap.eu/peta4/ PETA4]
#[https://www.proquest.com/ PROQuest]
#[https://www.reeep.org/reegleinfo REEEP]
#[https://www.re3data.org/ Re3data.org]
#[http://www.res-legal.eu/home/ RES LEGAL]
#[https://setis.ec.europa.eu/publications/setis-research-innovation-data SETIS research and innovation data]
#[https://zenodo.org/ ZENODO]
#[https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/837722 H2020 project COMETS] - EU-wide inventory of collective action initiatives in the low carbon energy transition
#[https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/business_economy_euro/banking_and_finance/documents/200309-sustainable-finance-teg-final-report-taxonomy_en.pdf] - EU taxonomy for green innovation companies
#MURE (Mesures d'Utilisation Rationnelle de l'Energie)database [http://www.measures-odyssee-mure.eu/]

=== Discussion on the choice of databases: ===
* From GIG, apart from IEA Policy database, there will be also a proposition of EUR-Lex, DataCite, EU Merci, OECD, and probably also JRC-database.
* @ IUE and ENEA: each of you please suggest 2 other databases and prepare for them a description and an explanation - why we should choose them for further evaluation. Material please put in the Wiki.
* @ all: for databases that you suggested please complete the questionnaire from AIT in OO ([https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/Products/Files/doceditor.aspx?fileid=5413183] and put answers into the folder in OO [https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/products/projects/tmdocs.aspx?prjID=236894#1976709] until Friday 29.05.

==== COMETS database: EU-wide inventory of collective action initiatives in the energy transition ====
''Description of database:''
The inventory is a multi-country database of collective action initiatives (e.g., energy cooperatives, eco-villages, community energy projects, and other citizen-led energy projects). For each initiative, the country, the date of foundation/cancellation, the evolution of members and renewable energy units, installation capacities, fields of engagement, legal form, website, address, source, etc. is collected. The entries are sourced from a variety of national, regional, and European registers and websites.

''Rationale for choosing this database'':
*The database is of policy relevance. Its data interpretation is highly dependent on changes in the legal and policy frameworks across Europe.
*We own the database and therefore have it easier to exercise FAIRification and opening activities.
*The database is being created in a parallel running European project and we would not like that the database ends in the graveyard of dead EU project databases.
*We aim at opening the database to the low carbon research community within the next two years.
*We are interested to explore the options for opening while ensuring that our work in building the database is appropriately acknowledged. This is relevant for later EERAdata discussion. Here, we already started discussing with e3s and tJP of EERAdata.
*We can use synergies with another parallel EU project and have the possibility to assign rich metadata to every single entry, by also using the expertise of researchers from the COMETS project.
*The database itself has a relatively simple structure, however, the inventory contains heterogeneous and dynamic data. Thus, it helps us to investigate how to approach FAIRification for such data. This is a particular challenge for UC4.
*Sources of the COMETS database are coming in a variety of European languages, all brought together in an English database. Thus, it helps us to investigate the relevance of languages for FAIRification and opening activities. This is also a particular challenge for UC4.
*We aim at uploading this database as an example for EERAdata to EOSC. We hope to create a best practice example for a FAIR and open database. Currently, it is F - non-existing, A - non-existing., I - partly as one can, e.g., go to the currently published papers to access the original sources. But it is not machine-actionable. R - no, because it is currently not open.

''Reference:'' Wierling, A.; Schwanitz, V.J.; Zeiß, J.P.; Bout, C.; Candelise, C.; Gilcrease, W.; Gregg, J.S. [https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/10/9/3339 Statistical Evidence on the Role of Energy Cooperatives for the Energy Transition in European Countries]. Sustainability.

==== IEA Policy database ====
''Description of the database:''
A worldwide database of past, future and planned policies and measures thematically related to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve energy efficiency and support the development and deployment of renewables and other clean energy technologies. It contains data from IEA/IRENA Renewable Energy Policies and Measures Database, the IEA Energy Efficiency Database, the Addressing Climate Change database, and the Building Energy Efficiency Policies (BEEP) database, along with information on CCUS and methane abatement policies. Data are collected from governments, partner organizations and IEA analysis since 1999.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* A popular, recognized, and world-wide database hosted by a reputable institution.
* Since we are not able to analyze all the databases that we would like to - the selection of the IEA Policy database would indirectly allow us to take into account several other, selected databases because it contains data from: IEA/IRENA Renewable Energy Policies and Measures Database, the IEA Energy Efficiency Database, the Addressing Climate Change database, and the Building Energy Efficiency Policies (BEEP) database,
* Cross-use case relevance, as it contains policies and measures also for buildings efficiency (UC1) and for power transmission and distribution networks (UC2).

==== EU Taxonomy for green innovation companies ====
''Description of the database:''
The EU Taxonomy is a tool to help investors, companies, issuers, and project promoters navigate the transition to a low-carbon, resilient and resource-efficient economy. The Taxonomy sets performance thresholds (referred to as ‘technical screening criteria’) for economic activities which: • make a substantive contribution to one of six environmental objectives (Figure 1); • do no significant harm (DNSH) to the other five, where relevant; • meet minimum safeguards (e.g., OECD Guidelines on Multinational Enterprises and the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights). The performance thresholds will help companies, project promoters and issuers access green financing to improve their environmental performance, as well as helping to identify which activities are already environmentally friendly. In doing so, it will help to grow low-carbon sectors and decarbonise high-carbon ones. The EU Taxonomy is one of the most significant developments in sustainable finance and will have wide-ranging implications for investors and issuers working in the EU, and beyond.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* It is low-hanging fruit because taxonomy is already in place.
* We could use this taxonomy to see how it aligns with our other assessments (and with other use cases)
* The taxonomy will be enacted in a year from now, so we can provide timely feedback

''Reference:'' [[https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/business_economy_euro/banking_and_finance/documents/200309-sustainable-finance-teg-final-report-taxonomy_en.pdf]]

==== EUR-Lex ====
''Description of the database:''
EUR-Lex is online database that provides the official and most comprehensive access to EU Law and legal documents such as treaties, legal acts from EU institutions, preparatory documents related to EU legislation, EU case-law, international agreements, EFTA documents, references to national case-law related to EU law. EUR-Lex has access to all editions of the Official Journal of the European Union (OJ) since the first of December 1952.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* It is available in all of the EU’s 24 official languages
* It is updated daily, which confirms the validity of the documents
* Each document in EUR-Lex is supported by detailed information such as: relations with other legal documents, case-law interpretations, dates of adoption or entry into force etc.
* It is the open and highly recognizable European Union’s database directly related to policy
* Most documents in EUR-Lex, regardless of their language, receive a unique identifier - CELEX number, so all documents have a designed structure and each type of document corresponds to a so-called “a descriptor”.

==== EU MERCI ====
''Description of the database:''
The database contains data on the implementation of energy efficiency measures in the manufacturing industry. For nearly 3000 companies from 4 European countries (Austria, Italy, Poland, United Kingdom), the following information has been collected: size of the company, year of implementation of the measure, type of support received (white certificates), statistical classification of economic activities, according to NACE, applied processes and ways to save energy and total final energy savings achieved by the implemented measures.
The database contains data also on low-carbon policies, examples of business action to reduce emissions, etc.
The database includes data for the 2005-2017 period. Besides the database, also a library, sector reports and static analyses of different countries were made available.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* The database contains good practices that can be used by other actors willing to implement energy efficiency measures,
* Disadvantages of the database: It includes data from the 2005-2017 period, with no updates (no newer examples)

==== OECD database ====
''Description of the database:''
OECD database makes available data related to agriculture, development, economy, education, energy, environment, finance, government, health, innovation and technology, jobs and society. In each of these areas the database contains, inter alia, data on legal issues. In the area of energy, data can be assigned thematically to: primary energy supply, crude oil production, electricity generation, renewable energy, nuclear power plants, crude oil import prices.
The data comes from over 130 countries around the world. The database allows sharing data in the form of indicators, maps and tables. The data is collected and made available since 1960.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* It is a popular, well recognised worldwide database, maintained by a reputable institution,
* Since we are not able to analyze all the databases that we would like to - the selection of the OECD database would indirectly allow us to take into account several other, selected databases because it contains data from: the IEA database - International Energy Agency (https://www.iea.org/) and Nuclear Energy Agency (http://www.oecd-nea.org/).

==== ISTAT energy data ====
'' Description of the database: ''
I.Stat is the warehouse of statistics currently produced by the Italian National Institute of Statistics.Statistics are searchable by theme. The system is also consultable by keyword. Data are presented in multidimensional tables which users can export in xls, csv formats. Acting on variables, reference periods and the arrangement of heads and sides, moreover, it is possible to obtain custom tables.
Through a web service that allows direct machine-to-machine questioning, organizations, as well as private citizens, can form specific query data, download results. The service is accessible at the following address: https://www.istat.it/it/metodi-e-strumenti/web-service-sdmx

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* It’s a complete overview of energy consumption in Italy in all sectors of the society.

==== SETIS Innovation and Research data ====
'' Description of the database: ''
The level of investment in R&I in terms of both private (expenditure by businesses and industry) and public (Member States' national programmes and instruments), and trends in patents, for the Integrated SET Plan Actions.

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
The Integrated SET Plan needs to be underpinned by an effective monitoring and reporting scheme that supports the development and implementation of the European R&I Agenda. SETIS plays a central role in the successful implementation of the Integrated SET Plan 10 key actions. In particular, the enhanced SETIS follows the objectives below:
* To monitor R&I activities, investments and technology progress in Europe;
* To contribute to the identification of gaps in the implementation of the actions;
* To report on the overall progress towards the common goals set out in the integrated SET-Plan;
* To contribute to assessing the impact of the SET-Plan on European competitiveness;
* To make recommendations for actions that could further increase the effectiveness of the European R&I Strategy.

==== ENERGISE Online Database ====
'' Description of the database: ''
The Database is an output of the H2020 Energise Project. The project aims at testing household and community-level initiatives to reduce energy consumption through energy cultures. An output of the project forms the database that contains data on 1067 energy initiatives from 30 European countries.

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* The database contains recent information on a considerable number of (1067) initiatives pertaining to household and community-level energy policies. Thus, its representativeness is for European countries is high.
* Since the focus of the EERAdata project is mainly concerning the European Union countries, this database is a good fit in terms of scope.
* The database hosts information that would be gathered from national sources of each country, hence may be considered as a repository for national databases.

==== MURE Online Database ====
'' Description of the database: ''
MURE (Mesures d'Utilisation Rationnelle de l'Energie) is a comprehensive database that lists energy efficiency policies and measures regarding the Member States of the European Union. It allows for the analysis of policies based on topics, policy interaction, policy scoring, impact evaluation, as well as successful policies. The information is accessible by query in the database. The contributors are French Environment and Energy Management Agency, European Energy Network, and the H2020 program of the European Union.

Relates to the Odyssee database on energy-efficiency indicators and energy consumption.

Reference: [http://www.measures-odyssee-mure.eu Odyssee-MURE project]

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* A comprehensive database including energy efficiency policies and measures in the European Union member states.
* Since the focus of the EERAdata project is mainly concerning the European Union countries, this database is a good fit in terms of scope.
* The database hosts information that would be gathered from national sources of each country, hence may be considered as a repository for national databases.
* The database pertains to both Uses Case 4 on Energy Policies and Use Case 1 on Buildings Efficiency.

==== JRC-database hub: Joint Research Centre Data Catalogue ====
'' Description of database: ''
The JRC Science Hub aims to gradually integrate and aggregate all of the European Commission's science related activities, tools, laboratories, facilities, databases and networks. The inventory is wide range of the compilation of databases development of software and modelling tools. Published on the basis of open data principles with clear descriptions for each entry. The tools and databases are categorised by name and acronym, but can be filtered by research area, keyword and JRC institute responsible for the coordination of the particular entry. It contains, inter alia, databases related to energy and transport and climate
'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* It’s the open and highly recognizable European Union’s database directly related to different related aspects also energy policy related
* It’s data interpretation is highly dependent on changes in the legal and policy frameworks across European Union.
* The database enhances the transparency and openness of the JRC and further enables the open access policy of scientific research data.
* The information and links provided in the metadata are maintained in distributed and heterogeneous information systems. Although the datasets are maintain and links and information are updated,
* Sources of the database are coming in a variety of European languages, all brought together in an English database. Thus, it helps to investigate the relevance for FAIRification and opening activities.
* The database is cross-use case relevant, as it contains policies and measures also for other use cases.

==== DataCite - an international not-for-profit organization aiming to improve data citation ====
'' Description of database: ''
The main aim of DataCite is to provide the means to create, find, cite, connect, and use research. The primary service provided by DataCite is the registration of DOI tags. In addition, DataCite is constantly developing additional services related to DOI and related metadata, as following:
* DataCite Search (https://search.datacite.org/) - allows to search the database of DOI metadata registered in DataCite.
* DataCite Profiles (https://profiles.datacite.org/) - allows for automatic data transfer between the DataCite and ORCID systems, facilitating the update of personal profiles of researchers in ORCID with information about objects for which DOIs have been registered in DataCite.
* DataCite Statistics (https://stats.datacite.org/) - a service presenting statistical data on the number of registered DOI, their metadata records and the use of this information.
* DataCite OAI-PMH Provider (https://oai.datacite.org/) - an access interface to metadata collected in DataCite using the OAI-PMH protocol.
In addition, DataCite is involved in international projects and initiatives related to sharing and quoting research data, such as:
* the worldwide Registry of Research Data Repositories - Re3Data (https://www.re3data.org/).
* The Initiative for Open Citations (I4OC) = a collaboration between scholarly publishers, researchers, and other interested parties to promote the unrestricted availability of scholarly citation data and to make these data available.

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* The inventory contains heterogeneous and dynamic data. Thus, it helps us to investigate how to approach FAIRification for such data.
* DataCite provides an integrated search interface, where it is possible to search and filter a relevant metadata gathered
* Sources of the database are coming in a variety of European languages. Thus, it helps to investigate the relevance for FAIRification and opening activities.
* The database may be cross-use case relevant, as it contains DOIs and citations relevant also for other use cases.

== Notes from the afternoon session ==
The afternoon session is dedicated to discussing metadata for the selected databases. The aim of the afternoon session is to fill out [[UC3#Metadata_assessments|table 2 of the wiki page for the use case]] and to decide what to report back from the use case to the plenary session the next day (again, see the WIKI template for a suggested structure). Thus, at the end of the day, the WIKI page for the use case is complete.

=== Assessment of metadata for databases ===
# IEA Policy database
# COMETS
# JRC database hub
# EUR-Lex

==== IEA Policy database ====

* preliminary assessment of level of implementation of FAIR/O principles: F4 - yes; A1 - yes, A2 - yes (only depends on EU policy); I1 - yes; I2 - fulfilled, I3 - fulfilled; R1.1 - yes; R1.2 - no; R1.3 - not fulfilled, not even the DC standards.
* Metadate seems to be spread.
* Discussion on understanding of 100% fulfillement, on the example: In ideal database all country names would be linked to official registry --> you could go for all information. It would be 100% FAIR. Are any bases like that? Example on country information, which should be easily available automatically, for example ISO code for the country. IEA policy database is not fully like that.
* difficulties even in defining "policy" = everything (every official document) which is published in official governmental page.
* testing on the example of Poland and National Energy Efficency Action Plan for Poland: link to the official governmental page, not the direct link to the official document or to the official country law. When information about the date of update - should be also a linked to the local page (to ensure that the is a possibility to check at the source, if the policy has been already updated.
* if metadata doesn't provide the possibility of reachning the sources (if the documents are there, but you don't have an opportunity to get to the official, legal document).

==== COMETS ====
* information on collective actions initiatives for the energy transition for all EU countries.
* 3700 initiatives in selected European countries - Germany, Belgium, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Danmark,
* based on the internet desk research, business registers, national electricity production statistics, individual websites etc.
* energy production units / electriciity facilitiation units - including more than 6000
* within the project in six countries (DE, ES, BE, PL, EE, NL) they are conducting survey about the development and values (export, import). The data from it will be also included into the database/.
* as it's still under development - FAIRness is 0% for now.
* from COMETS project perspective, an important step for FAIRification is to facilitate by categorization, what and how specific activities are currently being implemented in different countries, categorization of them, taxonomy.

==== General conclusions ====

* discussion on Wilkinson FAIR priniciples --> if there are any databases which are 100% in accordance to these principles. 100% is an utopia. We only can make a hierarchy, which databases are matching these criteria better, or worse.
* in Mons system - it's more clear that you have to achieve specific level, to be able to go further.

* two possible approaches: (1) start of absolute lowest datasets and try to FAIRify those, and later on move "up". (2) on the other hand FAIRification of database which are more complex is leading us to results / conlcussions available also for less complicated databases.

* importance of formats of data. It is important that the format of the data to be entered in specific entry is strictly defined (example - the date: need of clear definitions - what's to include: year, month, day specific?) Similarly - with longitude, latitute. If it's not done in advance, later on it takes much work to manually change it and put into right format. On the other hand - potentially - making a very specific description - may exclude some data, which are available but in different standards - for ecxample between EU and American standards.
* every entry has its provenence, with information how the entry hhas been changed, when, etc. Basically all entries should have their own metadata.

* two dimensions of policies:
1) policy domain (topic of the policy)
2) policy perspective / the level of goverment (for whom it's developed = local regional, national, international level, etc)

==== directions in building taxonomy ====
* Example to be watched: EU taxonomy for green innovation companies
* UC4 taxomnomy needs to match to higher level = overall level of the projects. To make sure, that the complete taxonomy is

Proposed logical aspects / steps:
# starting on agreement of keywords + the glossry, to ensure common understanding.
# taking into consideration two dimensions of policies: (1) policy domain and (2) policy level of goverment
# coordinationg with other use cses: UC4 is affecting other use cases, so our keywords should not only match, but sometimes should be even taken from other use cases.

== What to report back to the plenary on Day 3? ==
==== Databases selected (names and short reasoning)====
# IEA Policy database
# COMETS
# JRC database hub
# EUR-Lex

==== Main insights from discussions ====

* Two categories of databases:
# policy relevant databases, eg. COMETS, EU Merci, PETA4
# policy databases, eg. IEA Policy database, EUR-Lex, OECD, RES-Legal, MURE

* Two dimensions of policies:
# policy domain (topic of the policy)
# policy perspective / the level of goverment (for whom it's developed = local regional, national, international level, etc)

* for more - see the notes above

==== Suggested next steps ====

* Developing low-level metadata concepts (descriptive, structural, administrative metadata) and the identification of gaps & needs for their implementation.

* Integration of existing standards, development of new approaches and vocabularies & taxonomies (e.g., considering ways to find data and research results through keywords, keywords used by peer-reviewed journals and mental metadata models of domain experts).

* Proposed logical aspects / steps of building taxonomy
- starting on agreement of keywords + the glossry, to ensure common understanding.
- taking into consideration two dimensions of policies: (1) policy domain and (2) policy level of goverment
- coordinationg with other use cses: UC4 is affecting other use cases, so our keywords should not only match, but sometimes should be even taken from other use cases.

==== Other issues =====

WS1UC4

2020-06-03T14:19:26Z

Małgorzatam: /* Main insights from discussions */

This page provides space for notes from workshop discussions of use case 4 during Day 2 of WS1.

== Interactive elements ==
The discussions can also benefit from considering the EERAdata storyboard and/or slido comments. See [[WS1#Interactive_elements]]

== Notes from the morning session ==
The morning session is dedicated to database discussions with the aim to select 3-5 databases from below's list of databases for further examination. The [[UC3#List_of_selected_databases|first table of the WIKI page]] is filled out by noon.

* The workshop has started with the short introduction round to enable peaople to know something about each other, especially of the specific institutions day-to-day approach to data use.
* Later on the base for further works was presented:
# screeening the databases --> names, short descriptions, rationale for preliminary choosing the database
# checking the datbases proposed already, adding new, if needed.
# discussion and evaluation of databases - to choose the most suitable one for further works

Segmenting databases into 2 categories:
# policy relevant databases, eg. COMETS, EU Merci, PETA4
# policy databases, eg. IEA Policy database, EUR-Lex, OECD, RES-Legal, MURE

From both categories, the most suitbale databases may be chosen. This will enable us to have a full spectrum - how energy policies may use both types of databases.

Chosen databases - after morning discussion
# COMETS
# EUR-Lex
# IEA Policy database
# JRC

The evaluation using a tool developed by Mark Wilkinson will be carried out on EUR-Lex, IEA and JRC during afternoon sesion. In this time will be also assesing databases has already chose by metadata aspects

=== Draft list of databases ===
The databases that had been identified as containing data in relation to low carbon energy and energy efficiency policy:

#[https://www.copernicus.eu/en Copernicus]
#[https://datacite.org DataCite]
#[https://www.vs.inf.ethz.ch/res/show.html?what=eco-data ECO data set]
#[https://energydata.info/ EnergyData]
#[https://www.resourceefficient.eu/en#explore-content EREK]
#[http://www.eumerci-portal.eu/web/guest/home EU Merci]
#[https://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en EUR-Lex]
#[https://ec.europa.eu/energy/topics/energy-efficiency/energy-efficient-buildings/eu-bso_en?redir=1 European Buildings Stock Observatory]
#[https://www.iea.org/policies IEA Policies database]
#[https://www.irena.org/Statistics/View-Data-by-Topic/Energy-Transition/REmap-Energy-Demand-and-Supply-by-Sector IRENA, REmap]
#[http://resourceirena.irena.org/gateway/ IRENA, Resource]
#[https://data.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ JRC-database hub]
#[https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/publication/jrc-idees-integrated-database-european-energy-sector-methodological-note JRC-IDEES: Integrated Database of the European Energy Sector: Metodological note]
#[https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/publication/eur-scientific-and-technical-research-reports/monitoring-ri-low-carbon-energy-technologies JRC: Monitoring R&I in Low-Carbon Energy Technologies
#[https://magic-nexus.eu/metadata-repository MAGIC]
#[https://data.nrel.gov/ NREL data]
#[https://odin.jrc.ec.europa.eu/odin/index.jsp ODIN: Online Data & Information Network for Energy]
#[https://data.oecd.org/ OECD data]
#[https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/home/home.do OEIL]
#[https://openei.org/wiki/Main_Page OPENEI]
#[https://heatroadmap.eu/peta4/ PETA4]
#[https://www.proquest.com/ PROQuest]
#[https://www.reeep.org/reegleinfo REEEP]
#[https://www.re3data.org/ Re3data.org]
#[http://www.res-legal.eu/home/ RES LEGAL]
#[https://setis.ec.europa.eu/publications/setis-research-innovation-data SETIS research and innovation data]
#[https://zenodo.org/ ZENODO]
#[https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/837722 H2020 project COMETS] - EU-wide inventory of collective action initiatives in the low carbon energy transition
#[https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/business_economy_euro/banking_and_finance/documents/200309-sustainable-finance-teg-final-report-taxonomy_en.pdf] - EU taxonomy for green innovation companies
#MURE (Mesures d'Utilisation Rationnelle de l'Energie)database [http://www.measures-odyssee-mure.eu/]

=== Discussion on the choice of databases: ===
* From GIG, apart from IEA Policy database, there will be also a proposition of EUR-Lex, DataCite, EU Merci, OECD, and probably also JRC-database.
* @ IUE and ENEA: each of you please suggest 2 other databases and prepare for them a description and an explanation - why we should choose them for further evaluation. Material please put in the Wiki.
* @ all: for databases that you suggested please complete the questionnaire from AIT in OO ([https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/Products/Files/doceditor.aspx?fileid=5413183] and put answers into the folder in OO [https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/products/projects/tmdocs.aspx?prjID=236894#1976709] until Friday 29.05.

==== COMETS database: EU-wide inventory of collective action initiatives in the energy transition ====
''Description of database:''
The inventory is a multi-country database of collective action initiatives (e.g., energy cooperatives, eco-villages, community energy projects, and other citizen-led energy projects). For each initiative, the country, the date of foundation/cancellation, the evolution of members and renewable energy units, installation capacities, fields of engagement, legal form, website, address, source, etc. is collected. The entries are sourced from a variety of national, regional, and European registers and websites.

''Rationale for choosing this database'':
*The database is of policy relevance. Its data interpretation is highly dependent on changes in the legal and policy frameworks across Europe.
*We own the database and therefore have it easier to exercise FAIRification and opening activities.
*The database is being created in a parallel running European project and we would not like that the database ends in the graveyard of dead EU project databases.
*We aim at opening the database to the low carbon research community within the next two years.
*We are interested to explore the options for opening while ensuring that our work in building the database is appropriately acknowledged. This is relevant for later EERAdata discussion. Here, we already started discussing with e3s and tJP of EERAdata.
*We can use synergies with another parallel EU project and have the possibility to assign rich metadata to every single entry, by also using the expertise of researchers from the COMETS project.
*The database itself has a relatively simple structure, however, the inventory contains heterogeneous and dynamic data. Thus, it helps us to investigate how to approach FAIRification for such data. This is a particular challenge for UC4.
*Sources of the COMETS database are coming in a variety of European languages, all brought together in an English database. Thus, it helps us to investigate the relevance of languages for FAIRification and opening activities. This is also a particular challenge for UC4.
*We aim at uploading this database as an example for EERAdata to EOSC. We hope to create a best practice example for a FAIR and open database. Currently, it is F - non-existing, A - non-existing., I - partly as one can, e.g., go to the currently published papers to access the original sources. But it is not machine-actionable. R - no, because it is currently not open.

''Reference:'' Wierling, A.; Schwanitz, V.J.; Zeiß, J.P.; Bout, C.; Candelise, C.; Gilcrease, W.; Gregg, J.S. [https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/10/9/3339 Statistical Evidence on the Role of Energy Cooperatives for the Energy Transition in European Countries]. Sustainability.

==== IEA Policy database ====
''Description of the database:''
A worldwide database of past, future and planned policies and measures thematically related to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve energy efficiency and support the development and deployment of renewables and other clean energy technologies. It contains data from IEA/IRENA Renewable Energy Policies and Measures Database, the IEA Energy Efficiency Database, the Addressing Climate Change database, and the Building Energy Efficiency Policies (BEEP) database, along with information on CCUS and methane abatement policies. Data are collected from governments, partner organizations and IEA analysis since 1999.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* A popular, recognized, and world-wide database hosted by a reputable institution.
* Since we are not able to analyze all the databases that we would like to - the selection of the IEA Policy database would indirectly allow us to take into account several other, selected databases because it contains data from: IEA/IRENA Renewable Energy Policies and Measures Database, the IEA Energy Efficiency Database, the Addressing Climate Change database, and the Building Energy Efficiency Policies (BEEP) database,
* Cross-use case relevance, as it contains policies and measures also for buildings efficiency (UC1) and for power transmission and distribution networks (UC2).

==== EU Taxonomy for green innovation companies ====
''Description of the database:''
The EU Taxonomy is a tool to help investors, companies, issuers, and project promoters navigate the transition to a low-carbon, resilient and resource-efficient economy. The Taxonomy sets performance thresholds (referred to as ‘technical screening criteria’) for economic activities which: • make a substantive contribution to one of six environmental objectives (Figure 1); • do no significant harm (DNSH) to the other five, where relevant; • meet minimum safeguards (e.g., OECD Guidelines on Multinational Enterprises and the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights). The performance thresholds will help companies, project promoters and issuers access green financing to improve their environmental performance, as well as helping to identify which activities are already environmentally friendly. In doing so, it will help to grow low-carbon sectors and decarbonise high-carbon ones. The EU Taxonomy is one of the most significant developments in sustainable finance and will have wide-ranging implications for investors and issuers working in the EU, and beyond.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* It is low-hanging fruit because taxonomy is already in place.
* We could use this taxonomy to see how it aligns with our other assessments (and with other use cases)
* The taxonomy will be enacted in a year from now, so we can provide timely feedback

''Reference:'' [[https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/business_economy_euro/banking_and_finance/documents/200309-sustainable-finance-teg-final-report-taxonomy_en.pdf]]

==== EUR-Lex ====
''Description of the database:''
EUR-Lex is online database that provides the official and most comprehensive access to EU Law and legal documents such as treaties, legal acts from EU institutions, preparatory documents related to EU legislation, EU case-law, international agreements, EFTA documents, references to national case-law related to EU law. EUR-Lex has access to all editions of the Official Journal of the European Union (OJ) since the first of December 1952.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* It is available in all of the EU’s 24 official languages
* It is updated daily, which confirms the validity of the documents
* Each document in EUR-Lex is supported by detailed information such as: relations with other legal documents, case-law interpretations, dates of adoption or entry into force etc.
* It is the open and highly recognizable European Union’s database directly related to policy
* Most documents in EUR-Lex, regardless of their language, receive a unique identifier - CELEX number, so all documents have a designed structure and each type of document corresponds to a so-called “a descriptor”.

==== EU MERCI ====
''Description of the database:''
The database contains data on the implementation of energy efficiency measures in the manufacturing industry. For nearly 3000 companies from 4 European countries (Austria, Italy, Poland, United Kingdom), the following information has been collected: size of the company, year of implementation of the measure, type of support received (white certificates), statistical classification of economic activities, according to NACE, applied processes and ways to save energy and total final energy savings achieved by the implemented measures.
The database contains data also on low-carbon policies, examples of business action to reduce emissions, etc.
The database includes data for the 2005-2017 period. Besides the database, also a library, sector reports and static analyses of different countries were made available.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* The database contains good practices that can be used by other actors willing to implement energy efficiency measures,
* Disadvantages of the database: It includes data from the 2005-2017 period, with no updates (no newer examples)

==== OECD database ====
''Description of the database:''
OECD database makes available data related to agriculture, development, economy, education, energy, environment, finance, government, health, innovation and technology, jobs and society. In each of these areas the database contains, inter alia, data on legal issues. In the area of energy, data can be assigned thematically to: primary energy supply, crude oil production, electricity generation, renewable energy, nuclear power plants, crude oil import prices.
The data comes from over 130 countries around the world. The database allows sharing data in the form of indicators, maps and tables. The data is collected and made available since 1960.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* It is a popular, well recognised worldwide database, maintained by a reputable institution,
* Since we are not able to analyze all the databases that we would like to - the selection of the OECD database would indirectly allow us to take into account several other, selected databases because it contains data from: the IEA database - International Energy Agency (https://www.iea.org/) and Nuclear Energy Agency (http://www.oecd-nea.org/).

==== ISTAT energy data ====
'' Description of the database: ''
I.Stat is the warehouse of statistics currently produced by the Italian National Institute of Statistics.Statistics are searchable by theme. The system is also consultable by keyword. Data are presented in multidimensional tables which users can export in xls, csv formats. Acting on variables, reference periods and the arrangement of heads and sides, moreover, it is possible to obtain custom tables.
Through a web service that allows direct machine-to-machine questioning, organizations, as well as private citizens, can form specific query data, download results. The service is accessible at the following address: https://www.istat.it/it/metodi-e-strumenti/web-service-sdmx

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* It’s a complete overview of energy consumption in Italy in all sectors of the society.

==== SETIS Innovation and Research data ====
'' Description of the database: ''
The level of investment in R&I in terms of both private (expenditure by businesses and industry) and public (Member States' national programmes and instruments), and trends in patents, for the Integrated SET Plan Actions.

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
The Integrated SET Plan needs to be underpinned by an effective monitoring and reporting scheme that supports the development and implementation of the European R&I Agenda. SETIS plays a central role in the successful implementation of the Integrated SET Plan 10 key actions. In particular, the enhanced SETIS follows the objectives below:
* To monitor R&I activities, investments and technology progress in Europe;
* To contribute to the identification of gaps in the implementation of the actions;
* To report on the overall progress towards the common goals set out in the integrated SET-Plan;
* To contribute to assessing the impact of the SET-Plan on European competitiveness;
* To make recommendations for actions that could further increase the effectiveness of the European R&I Strategy.

==== ENERGISE Online Database ====
'' Description of the database: ''
The Database is an output of the H2020 Energise Project. The project aims at testing household and community-level initiatives to reduce energy consumption through energy cultures. An output of the project forms the database that contains data on 1067 energy initiatives from 30 European countries.

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* The database contains recent information on a considerable number of (1067) initiatives pertaining to household and community-level energy policies. Thus, its representativeness is for European countries is high.
* Since the focus of the EERAdata project is mainly concerning the European Union countries, this database is a good fit in terms of scope.
* The database hosts information that would be gathered from national sources of each country, hence may be considered as a repository for national databases.

==== MURE Online Database ====
'' Description of the database: ''
MURE (Mesures d'Utilisation Rationnelle de l'Energie) is a comprehensive database that lists energy efficiency policies and measures regarding the Member States of the European Union. It allows for the analysis of policies based on topics, policy interaction, policy scoring, impact evaluation, as well as successful policies. The information is accessible by query in the database. The contributors are French Environment and Energy Management Agency, European Energy Network, and the H2020 program of the European Union.

Relates to the Odyssee database on energy-efficiency indicators and energy consumption.

Reference: [http://www.measures-odyssee-mure.eu Odyssee-MURE project]

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* A comprehensive database including energy efficiency policies and measures in the European Union member states.
* Since the focus of the EERAdata project is mainly concerning the European Union countries, this database is a good fit in terms of scope.
* The database hosts information that would be gathered from national sources of each country, hence may be considered as a repository for national databases.
* The database pertains to both Uses Case 4 on Energy Policies and Use Case 1 on Buildings Efficiency.

==== JRC-database hub: Joint Research Centre Data Catalogue ====
'' Description of database: ''
The JRC Science Hub aims to gradually integrate and aggregate all of the European Commission's science related activities, tools, laboratories, facilities, databases and networks. The inventory is wide range of the compilation of databases development of software and modelling tools. Published on the basis of open data principles with clear descriptions for each entry. The tools and databases are categorised by name and acronym, but can be filtered by research area, keyword and JRC institute responsible for the coordination of the particular entry. It contains, inter alia, databases related to energy and transport and climate
'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* It’s the open and highly recognizable European Union’s database directly related to different related aspects also energy policy related
* It’s data interpretation is highly dependent on changes in the legal and policy frameworks across European Union.
* The database enhances the transparency and openness of the JRC and further enables the open access policy of scientific research data.
* The information and links provided in the metadata are maintained in distributed and heterogeneous information systems. Although the datasets are maintain and links and information are updated,
* Sources of the database are coming in a variety of European languages, all brought together in an English database. Thus, it helps to investigate the relevance for FAIRification and opening activities.
* The database is cross-use case relevant, as it contains policies and measures also for other use cases.

==== DataCite - an international not-for-profit organization aiming to improve data citation ====
'' Description of database: ''
The main aim of DataCite is to provide the means to create, find, cite, connect, and use research. The primary service provided by DataCite is the registration of DOI tags. In addition, DataCite is constantly developing additional services related to DOI and related metadata, as following:
* DataCite Search (https://search.datacite.org/) - allows to search the database of DOI metadata registered in DataCite.
* DataCite Profiles (https://profiles.datacite.org/) - allows for automatic data transfer between the DataCite and ORCID systems, facilitating the update of personal profiles of researchers in ORCID with information about objects for which DOIs have been registered in DataCite.
* DataCite Statistics (https://stats.datacite.org/) - a service presenting statistical data on the number of registered DOI, their metadata records and the use of this information.
* DataCite OAI-PMH Provider (https://oai.datacite.org/) - an access interface to metadata collected in DataCite using the OAI-PMH protocol.
In addition, DataCite is involved in international projects and initiatives related to sharing and quoting research data, such as:
* the worldwide Registry of Research Data Repositories - Re3Data (https://www.re3data.org/).
* The Initiative for Open Citations (I4OC) = a collaboration between scholarly publishers, researchers, and other interested parties to promote the unrestricted availability of scholarly citation data and to make these data available.

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* The inventory contains heterogeneous and dynamic data. Thus, it helps us to investigate how to approach FAIRification for such data.
* DataCite provides an integrated search interface, where it is possible to search and filter a relevant metadata gathered
* Sources of the database are coming in a variety of European languages. Thus, it helps to investigate the relevance for FAIRification and opening activities.
* The database may be cross-use case relevant, as it contains DOIs and citations relevant also for other use cases.

== Notes from the afternoon session ==
The afternoon session is dedicated to discussing metadata for the selected databases. The aim of the afternoon session is to fill out [[UC3#Metadata_assessments|table 2 of the wiki page for the use case]] and to decide what to report back from the use case to the plenary session the next day (again, see the WIKI template for a suggested structure). Thus, at the end of the day, the WIKI page for the use case is complete.

=== Assessment of metadata for databases ===
# IEA Policy database
# COMETS
# JRC database hub
# EUR-Lex

==== IEA Policy database ====

* preliminary assessment of level of implementation of FAIR/O principles: F4 - yes; A1 - yes, A2 - yes (only depends on EU policy); I1 - yes; I2 - fulfilled, I3 - fulfilled; R1.1 - yes; R1.2 - no; R1.3 - not fulfilled, not even the DC standards.
* Metadate seems to be spread.
* Discussion on understanding of 100% fulfillement, on the example: In ideal database all country names would be linked to official registry --> you could go for all information. It would be 100% FAIR. Are any bases like that? Example on country information, which should be easily available automatically, for example ISO code for the country. IEA policy database is not fully like that.
* difficulties even in defining "policy" = everything (every official document) which is published in official governmental page.
* testing on the example of Poland and National Energy Efficency Action Plan for Poland: link to the official governmental page, not the direct link to the official document or to the official country law. When information about the date of update - should be also a linked to the local page (to ensure that the is a possibility to check at the source, if the policy has been already updated.
* if metadata doesn't provide the possibility of reachning the sources (if the documents are there, but you don't have an opportunity to get to the official, legal document).

==== COMETS ====
* information on collective actions initiatives for the energy transition for all EU countries.
* 3700 initiatives in selected European countries - Germany, Belgium, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Danmark,
* based on the internet desk research, business registers, national electricity production statistics, individual websites etc.
* energy production units / electriciity facilitiation units - including more than 6000
* within the project in six countries (DE, ES, BE, PL, EE, NL) they are conducting survey about the development and values (export, import). The data from it will be also included into the database/.
* as it's still under development - FAIRness is 0% for now.
* from COMETS project perspective, an important step for FAIRification is to facilitate by categorization, what and how specific activities are currently being implemented in different countries, categorization of them, taxonomy.

==== General conclusions ====

* discussion on Wilkinson FAIR priniciples --> if there are any databases which are 100% in accordance to these principles. 100% is an utopia. We only can make a hierarchy, which databases are matching these criteria better, or worse.
* in Mons system - it's more clear that you have to achieve specific level, to be able to go further.

* two possible approaches: (1) start of absolute lowest datasets and try to FAIRify those, and later on move "up". (2) on the other hand FAIRification of database which are more complex is leading us to results / conlcussions available also for less complicated databases.

* importance of formats of data. It is important that the format of the data to be entered in specific entry is strictly defined (example - the date: need of clear definitions - what's to include: year, month, day specific?) Similarly - with longitude, latitute. If it's not done in advance, later on it takes much work to manually change it and put into right format. On the other hand - potentially - making a very specific description - may exclude some data, which are available but in different standards - for ecxample between EU and American standards.
* every entry has its provenence, with information how the entry hhas been changed, when, etc. Basically all entries should have their own metadata.

* two dimensions of policies:
1) policy domain (topic of the policy)
2) policy perspective / the level of goverment (for whom it's developed = local regional, national, international level, etc)

==== directions in building taxonomy ====
* Example to be watched: EU taxonomy for green innovation companies
* UC4 taxomnomy needs to match to higher level = overall level of the projects. To make sure, that the complete taxonomy is

Proposed logical aspects / steps:
# starting on agreement of keywords + the glossry, to ensure common understanding.
# taking into consideration two dimensions of policies: (1) policy domain and (2) policy level of goverment
# coordinationg with other use cses: UC4 is affecting other use cases, so our keywords should not only match, but sometimes should be even taken from other use cases.

== What to report back to the plenary on Day 3? ==
==== Databases selected (names and short reasoning)====
# IEA Policy database
# COMETS
# JRC database hub
# EUR-Lex

==== Main insights from discussions ====

* Two categories of databases:
# policy relevant databases, eg. COMETS, EU Merci, PETA4
# policy databases, eg. IEA Policy database, EUR-Lex, OECD, RES-Legal, MURE

* Two dimensions of policies:
# policy domain (topic of the policy)
# policy perspective / the level of goverment (for whom it's developed = local regional, national, international level, etc)

* for more - see the notes above

==== Suggested next steps ====

Proposed logical aspects / steps of building taxonomy
* starting on agreement of keywords + the glossry, to ensure common understanding.
* taking into consideration two dimensions of policies: (1) policy domain and (2) policy level of goverment
* coordinationg with other use cses: UC4 is affecting other use cases, so our keywords should not only match, but sometimes should be even taken from other use cases.

==== Other issues =====

WS1UC4

2020-06-03T14:16:34Z

Małgorzatam: /* Main insights from discussions */

This page provides space for notes from workshop discussions of use case 4 during Day 2 of WS1.

== Interactive elements ==
The discussions can also benefit from considering the EERAdata storyboard and/or slido comments. See [[WS1#Interactive_elements]]

== Notes from the morning session ==
The morning session is dedicated to database discussions with the aim to select 3-5 databases from below's list of databases for further examination. The [[UC3#List_of_selected_databases|first table of the WIKI page]] is filled out by noon.

* The workshop has started with the short introduction round to enable peaople to know something about each other, especially of the specific institutions day-to-day approach to data use.
* Later on the base for further works was presented:
# screeening the databases --> names, short descriptions, rationale for preliminary choosing the database
# checking the datbases proposed already, adding new, if needed.
# discussion and evaluation of databases - to choose the most suitable one for further works

Segmenting databases into 2 categories:
# policy relevant databases, eg. COMETS, EU Merci, PETA4
# policy databases, eg. IEA Policy database, EUR-Lex, OECD, RES-Legal, MURE

From both categories, the most suitbale databases may be chosen. This will enable us to have a full spectrum - how energy policies may use both types of databases.

Chosen databases - after morning discussion
# COMETS
# EUR-Lex
# IEA Policy database
# JRC

The evaluation using a tool developed by Mark Wilkinson will be carried out on EUR-Lex, IEA and JRC during afternoon sesion. In this time will be also assesing databases has already chose by metadata aspects

=== Draft list of databases ===
The databases that had been identified as containing data in relation to low carbon energy and energy efficiency policy:

#[https://www.copernicus.eu/en Copernicus]
#[https://datacite.org DataCite]
#[https://www.vs.inf.ethz.ch/res/show.html?what=eco-data ECO data set]
#[https://energydata.info/ EnergyData]
#[https://www.resourceefficient.eu/en#explore-content EREK]
#[http://www.eumerci-portal.eu/web/guest/home EU Merci]
#[https://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en EUR-Lex]
#[https://ec.europa.eu/energy/topics/energy-efficiency/energy-efficient-buildings/eu-bso_en?redir=1 European Buildings Stock Observatory]
#[https://www.iea.org/policies IEA Policies database]
#[https://www.irena.org/Statistics/View-Data-by-Topic/Energy-Transition/REmap-Energy-Demand-and-Supply-by-Sector IRENA, REmap]
#[http://resourceirena.irena.org/gateway/ IRENA, Resource]
#[https://data.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ JRC-database hub]
#[https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/publication/jrc-idees-integrated-database-european-energy-sector-methodological-note JRC-IDEES: Integrated Database of the European Energy Sector: Metodological note]
#[https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/publication/eur-scientific-and-technical-research-reports/monitoring-ri-low-carbon-energy-technologies JRC: Monitoring R&I in Low-Carbon Energy Technologies
#[https://magic-nexus.eu/metadata-repository MAGIC]
#[https://data.nrel.gov/ NREL data]
#[https://odin.jrc.ec.europa.eu/odin/index.jsp ODIN: Online Data & Information Network for Energy]
#[https://data.oecd.org/ OECD data]
#[https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/home/home.do OEIL]
#[https://openei.org/wiki/Main_Page OPENEI]
#[https://heatroadmap.eu/peta4/ PETA4]
#[https://www.proquest.com/ PROQuest]
#[https://www.reeep.org/reegleinfo REEEP]
#[https://www.re3data.org/ Re3data.org]
#[http://www.res-legal.eu/home/ RES LEGAL]
#[https://setis.ec.europa.eu/publications/setis-research-innovation-data SETIS research and innovation data]
#[https://zenodo.org/ ZENODO]
#[https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/837722 H2020 project COMETS] - EU-wide inventory of collective action initiatives in the low carbon energy transition
#[https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/business_economy_euro/banking_and_finance/documents/200309-sustainable-finance-teg-final-report-taxonomy_en.pdf] - EU taxonomy for green innovation companies
#MURE (Mesures d'Utilisation Rationnelle de l'Energie)database [http://www.measures-odyssee-mure.eu/]

=== Discussion on the choice of databases: ===
* From GIG, apart from IEA Policy database, there will be also a proposition of EUR-Lex, DataCite, EU Merci, OECD, and probably also JRC-database.
* @ IUE and ENEA: each of you please suggest 2 other databases and prepare for them a description and an explanation - why we should choose them for further evaluation. Material please put in the Wiki.
* @ all: for databases that you suggested please complete the questionnaire from AIT in OO ([https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/Products/Files/doceditor.aspx?fileid=5413183] and put answers into the folder in OO [https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/products/projects/tmdocs.aspx?prjID=236894#1976709] until Friday 29.05.

==== COMETS database: EU-wide inventory of collective action initiatives in the energy transition ====
''Description of database:''
The inventory is a multi-country database of collective action initiatives (e.g., energy cooperatives, eco-villages, community energy projects, and other citizen-led energy projects). For each initiative, the country, the date of foundation/cancellation, the evolution of members and renewable energy units, installation capacities, fields of engagement, legal form, website, address, source, etc. is collected. The entries are sourced from a variety of national, regional, and European registers and websites.

''Rationale for choosing this database'':
*The database is of policy relevance. Its data interpretation is highly dependent on changes in the legal and policy frameworks across Europe.
*We own the database and therefore have it easier to exercise FAIRification and opening activities.
*The database is being created in a parallel running European project and we would not like that the database ends in the graveyard of dead EU project databases.
*We aim at opening the database to the low carbon research community within the next two years.
*We are interested to explore the options for opening while ensuring that our work in building the database is appropriately acknowledged. This is relevant for later EERAdata discussion. Here, we already started discussing with e3s and tJP of EERAdata.
*We can use synergies with another parallel EU project and have the possibility to assign rich metadata to every single entry, by also using the expertise of researchers from the COMETS project.
*The database itself has a relatively simple structure, however, the inventory contains heterogeneous and dynamic data. Thus, it helps us to investigate how to approach FAIRification for such data. This is a particular challenge for UC4.
*Sources of the COMETS database are coming in a variety of European languages, all brought together in an English database. Thus, it helps us to investigate the relevance of languages for FAIRification and opening activities. This is also a particular challenge for UC4.
*We aim at uploading this database as an example for EERAdata to EOSC. We hope to create a best practice example for a FAIR and open database. Currently, it is F - non-existing, A - non-existing., I - partly as one can, e.g., go to the currently published papers to access the original sources. But it is not machine-actionable. R - no, because it is currently not open.

''Reference:'' Wierling, A.; Schwanitz, V.J.; Zeiß, J.P.; Bout, C.; Candelise, C.; Gilcrease, W.; Gregg, J.S. [https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/10/9/3339 Statistical Evidence on the Role of Energy Cooperatives for the Energy Transition in European Countries]. Sustainability.

==== IEA Policy database ====
''Description of the database:''
A worldwide database of past, future and planned policies and measures thematically related to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve energy efficiency and support the development and deployment of renewables and other clean energy technologies. It contains data from IEA/IRENA Renewable Energy Policies and Measures Database, the IEA Energy Efficiency Database, the Addressing Climate Change database, and the Building Energy Efficiency Policies (BEEP) database, along with information on CCUS and methane abatement policies. Data are collected from governments, partner organizations and IEA analysis since 1999.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* A popular, recognized, and world-wide database hosted by a reputable institution.
* Since we are not able to analyze all the databases that we would like to - the selection of the IEA Policy database would indirectly allow us to take into account several other, selected databases because it contains data from: IEA/IRENA Renewable Energy Policies and Measures Database, the IEA Energy Efficiency Database, the Addressing Climate Change database, and the Building Energy Efficiency Policies (BEEP) database,
* Cross-use case relevance, as it contains policies and measures also for buildings efficiency (UC1) and for power transmission and distribution networks (UC2).

==== EU Taxonomy for green innovation companies ====
''Description of the database:''
The EU Taxonomy is a tool to help investors, companies, issuers, and project promoters navigate the transition to a low-carbon, resilient and resource-efficient economy. The Taxonomy sets performance thresholds (referred to as ‘technical screening criteria’) for economic activities which: • make a substantive contribution to one of six environmental objectives (Figure 1); • do no significant harm (DNSH) to the other five, where relevant; • meet minimum safeguards (e.g., OECD Guidelines on Multinational Enterprises and the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights). The performance thresholds will help companies, project promoters and issuers access green financing to improve their environmental performance, as well as helping to identify which activities are already environmentally friendly. In doing so, it will help to grow low-carbon sectors and decarbonise high-carbon ones. The EU Taxonomy is one of the most significant developments in sustainable finance and will have wide-ranging implications for investors and issuers working in the EU, and beyond.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* It is low-hanging fruit because taxonomy is already in place.
* We could use this taxonomy to see how it aligns with our other assessments (and with other use cases)
* The taxonomy will be enacted in a year from now, so we can provide timely feedback

''Reference:'' [[https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/business_economy_euro/banking_and_finance/documents/200309-sustainable-finance-teg-final-report-taxonomy_en.pdf]]

==== EUR-Lex ====
''Description of the database:''
EUR-Lex is online database that provides the official and most comprehensive access to EU Law and legal documents such as treaties, legal acts from EU institutions, preparatory documents related to EU legislation, EU case-law, international agreements, EFTA documents, references to national case-law related to EU law. EUR-Lex has access to all editions of the Official Journal of the European Union (OJ) since the first of December 1952.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* It is available in all of the EU’s 24 official languages
* It is updated daily, which confirms the validity of the documents
* Each document in EUR-Lex is supported by detailed information such as: relations with other legal documents, case-law interpretations, dates of adoption or entry into force etc.
* It is the open and highly recognizable European Union’s database directly related to policy
* Most documents in EUR-Lex, regardless of their language, receive a unique identifier - CELEX number, so all documents have a designed structure and each type of document corresponds to a so-called “a descriptor”.

==== EU MERCI ====
''Description of the database:''
The database contains data on the implementation of energy efficiency measures in the manufacturing industry. For nearly 3000 companies from 4 European countries (Austria, Italy, Poland, United Kingdom), the following information has been collected: size of the company, year of implementation of the measure, type of support received (white certificates), statistical classification of economic activities, according to NACE, applied processes and ways to save energy and total final energy savings achieved by the implemented measures.
The database contains data also on low-carbon policies, examples of business action to reduce emissions, etc.
The database includes data for the 2005-2017 period. Besides the database, also a library, sector reports and static analyses of different countries were made available.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* The database contains good practices that can be used by other actors willing to implement energy efficiency measures,
* Disadvantages of the database: It includes data from the 2005-2017 period, with no updates (no newer examples)

==== OECD database ====
''Description of the database:''
OECD database makes available data related to agriculture, development, economy, education, energy, environment, finance, government, health, innovation and technology, jobs and society. In each of these areas the database contains, inter alia, data on legal issues. In the area of energy, data can be assigned thematically to: primary energy supply, crude oil production, electricity generation, renewable energy, nuclear power plants, crude oil import prices.
The data comes from over 130 countries around the world. The database allows sharing data in the form of indicators, maps and tables. The data is collected and made available since 1960.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* It is a popular, well recognised worldwide database, maintained by a reputable institution,
* Since we are not able to analyze all the databases that we would like to - the selection of the OECD database would indirectly allow us to take into account several other, selected databases because it contains data from: the IEA database - International Energy Agency (https://www.iea.org/) and Nuclear Energy Agency (http://www.oecd-nea.org/).

==== ISTAT energy data ====
'' Description of the database: ''
I.Stat is the warehouse of statistics currently produced by the Italian National Institute of Statistics.Statistics are searchable by theme. The system is also consultable by keyword. Data are presented in multidimensional tables which users can export in xls, csv formats. Acting on variables, reference periods and the arrangement of heads and sides, moreover, it is possible to obtain custom tables.
Through a web service that allows direct machine-to-machine questioning, organizations, as well as private citizens, can form specific query data, download results. The service is accessible at the following address: https://www.istat.it/it/metodi-e-strumenti/web-service-sdmx

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* It’s a complete overview of energy consumption in Italy in all sectors of the society.

==== SETIS Innovation and Research data ====
'' Description of the database: ''
The level of investment in R&I in terms of both private (expenditure by businesses and industry) and public (Member States' national programmes and instruments), and trends in patents, for the Integrated SET Plan Actions.

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
The Integrated SET Plan needs to be underpinned by an effective monitoring and reporting scheme that supports the development and implementation of the European R&I Agenda. SETIS plays a central role in the successful implementation of the Integrated SET Plan 10 key actions. In particular, the enhanced SETIS follows the objectives below:
* To monitor R&I activities, investments and technology progress in Europe;
* To contribute to the identification of gaps in the implementation of the actions;
* To report on the overall progress towards the common goals set out in the integrated SET-Plan;
* To contribute to assessing the impact of the SET-Plan on European competitiveness;
* To make recommendations for actions that could further increase the effectiveness of the European R&I Strategy.

==== ENERGISE Online Database ====
'' Description of the database: ''
The Database is an output of the H2020 Energise Project. The project aims at testing household and community-level initiatives to reduce energy consumption through energy cultures. An output of the project forms the database that contains data on 1067 energy initiatives from 30 European countries.

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* The database contains recent information on a considerable number of (1067) initiatives pertaining to household and community-level energy policies. Thus, its representativeness is for European countries is high.
* Since the focus of the EERAdata project is mainly concerning the European Union countries, this database is a good fit in terms of scope.
* The database hosts information that would be gathered from national sources of each country, hence may be considered as a repository for national databases.

==== MURE Online Database ====
'' Description of the database: ''
MURE (Mesures d'Utilisation Rationnelle de l'Energie) is a comprehensive database that lists energy efficiency policies and measures regarding the Member States of the European Union. It allows for the analysis of policies based on topics, policy interaction, policy scoring, impact evaluation, as well as successful policies. The information is accessible by query in the database. The contributors are French Environment and Energy Management Agency, European Energy Network, and the H2020 program of the European Union.

Relates to the Odyssee database on energy-efficiency indicators and energy consumption.

Reference: [http://www.measures-odyssee-mure.eu Odyssee-MURE project]

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* A comprehensive database including energy efficiency policies and measures in the European Union member states.
* Since the focus of the EERAdata project is mainly concerning the European Union countries, this database is a good fit in terms of scope.
* The database hosts information that would be gathered from national sources of each country, hence may be considered as a repository for national databases.
* The database pertains to both Uses Case 4 on Energy Policies and Use Case 1 on Buildings Efficiency.

==== JRC-database hub: Joint Research Centre Data Catalogue ====
'' Description of database: ''
The JRC Science Hub aims to gradually integrate and aggregate all of the European Commission's science related activities, tools, laboratories, facilities, databases and networks. The inventory is wide range of the compilation of databases development of software and modelling tools. Published on the basis of open data principles with clear descriptions for each entry. The tools and databases are categorised by name and acronym, but can be filtered by research area, keyword and JRC institute responsible for the coordination of the particular entry. It contains, inter alia, databases related to energy and transport and climate
'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* It’s the open and highly recognizable European Union’s database directly related to different related aspects also energy policy related
* It’s data interpretation is highly dependent on changes in the legal and policy frameworks across European Union.
* The database enhances the transparency and openness of the JRC and further enables the open access policy of scientific research data.
* The information and links provided in the metadata are maintained in distributed and heterogeneous information systems. Although the datasets are maintain and links and information are updated,
* Sources of the database are coming in a variety of European languages, all brought together in an English database. Thus, it helps to investigate the relevance for FAIRification and opening activities.
* The database is cross-use case relevant, as it contains policies and measures also for other use cases.

==== DataCite - an international not-for-profit organization aiming to improve data citation ====
'' Description of database: ''
The main aim of DataCite is to provide the means to create, find, cite, connect, and use research. The primary service provided by DataCite is the registration of DOI tags. In addition, DataCite is constantly developing additional services related to DOI and related metadata, as following:
* DataCite Search (https://search.datacite.org/) - allows to search the database of DOI metadata registered in DataCite.
* DataCite Profiles (https://profiles.datacite.org/) - allows for automatic data transfer between the DataCite and ORCID systems, facilitating the update of personal profiles of researchers in ORCID with information about objects for which DOIs have been registered in DataCite.
* DataCite Statistics (https://stats.datacite.org/) - a service presenting statistical data on the number of registered DOI, their metadata records and the use of this information.
* DataCite OAI-PMH Provider (https://oai.datacite.org/) - an access interface to metadata collected in DataCite using the OAI-PMH protocol.
In addition, DataCite is involved in international projects and initiatives related to sharing and quoting research data, such as:
* the worldwide Registry of Research Data Repositories - Re3Data (https://www.re3data.org/).
* The Initiative for Open Citations (I4OC) = a collaboration between scholarly publishers, researchers, and other interested parties to promote the unrestricted availability of scholarly citation data and to make these data available.

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* The inventory contains heterogeneous and dynamic data. Thus, it helps us to investigate how to approach FAIRification for such data.
* DataCite provides an integrated search interface, where it is possible to search and filter a relevant metadata gathered
* Sources of the database are coming in a variety of European languages. Thus, it helps to investigate the relevance for FAIRification and opening activities.
* The database may be cross-use case relevant, as it contains DOIs and citations relevant also for other use cases.

== Notes from the afternoon session ==
The afternoon session is dedicated to discussing metadata for the selected databases. The aim of the afternoon session is to fill out [[UC3#Metadata_assessments|table 2 of the wiki page for the use case]] and to decide what to report back from the use case to the plenary session the next day (again, see the WIKI template for a suggested structure). Thus, at the end of the day, the WIKI page for the use case is complete.

=== Assessment of metadata for databases ===
# IEA Policy database
# COMETS
# JRC database hub
# EUR-Lex

==== IEA Policy database ====

* preliminary assessment of level of implementation of FAIR/O principles: F4 - yes; A1 - yes, A2 - yes (only depends on EU policy); I1 - yes; I2 - fulfilled, I3 - fulfilled; R1.1 - yes; R1.2 - no; R1.3 - not fulfilled, not even the DC standards.
* Metadate seems to be spread.
* Discussion on understanding of 100% fulfillement, on the example: In ideal database all country names would be linked to official registry --> you could go for all information. It would be 100% FAIR. Are any bases like that? Example on country information, which should be easily available automatically, for example ISO code for the country. IEA policy database is not fully like that.
* difficulties even in defining "policy" = everything (every official document) which is published in official governmental page.
* testing on the example of Poland and National Energy Efficency Action Plan for Poland: link to the official governmental page, not the direct link to the official document or to the official country law. When information about the date of update - should be also a linked to the local page (to ensure that the is a possibility to check at the source, if the policy has been already updated.
* if metadata doesn't provide the possibility of reachning the sources (if the documents are there, but you don't have an opportunity to get to the official, legal document).

==== COMETS ====
* information on collective actions initiatives for the energy transition for all EU countries.
* 3700 initiatives in selected European countries - Germany, Belgium, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Danmark,
* based on the internet desk research, business registers, national electricity production statistics, individual websites etc.
* energy production units / electriciity facilitiation units - including more than 6000
* within the project in six countries (DE, ES, BE, PL, EE, NL) they are conducting survey about the development and values (export, import). The data from it will be also included into the database/.
* as it's still under development - FAIRness is 0% for now.
* from COMETS project perspective, an important step for FAIRification is to facilitate by categorization, what and how specific activities are currently being implemented in different countries, categorization of them, taxonomy.

==== General conclusions ====

* discussion on Wilkinson FAIR priniciples --> if there are any databases which are 100% in accordance to these principles. 100% is an utopia. We only can make a hierarchy, which databases are matching these criteria better, or worse.
* in Mons system - it's more clear that you have to achieve specific level, to be able to go further.

* two possible approaches: (1) start of absolute lowest datasets and try to FAIRify those, and later on move "up". (2) on the other hand FAIRification of database which are more complex is leading us to results / conlcussions available also for less complicated databases.

* importance of formats of data. It is important that the format of the data to be entered in specific entry is strictly defined (example - the date: need of clear definitions - what's to include: year, month, day specific?) Similarly - with longitude, latitute. If it's not done in advance, later on it takes much work to manually change it and put into right format. On the other hand - potentially - making a very specific description - may exclude some data, which are available but in different standards - for ecxample between EU and American standards.
* every entry has its provenence, with information how the entry hhas been changed, when, etc. Basically all entries should have their own metadata.

* two dimensions of policies:
1) policy domain (topic of the policy)
2) policy perspective / the level of goverment (for whom it's developed = local regional, national, international level, etc)

==== directions in building taxonomy ====
* Example to be watched: EU taxonomy for green innovation companies
* UC4 taxomnomy needs to match to higher level = overall level of the projects. To make sure, that the complete taxonomy is

Proposed logical aspects / steps:
# starting on agreement of keywords + the glossry, to ensure common understanding.
# taking into consideration two dimensions of policies: (1) policy domain and (2) policy level of goverment
# coordinationg with other use cses: UC4 is affecting other use cases, so our keywords should not only match, but sometimes should be even taken from other use cases.

== What to report back to the plenary on Day 3? ==
==== Databases selected (names and short reasoning)====
# IEA Policy database
# COMETS
# JRC database hub
# EUR-Lex

==== Main insights from discussions ====

* Segmenting databases into 2 categories:
# policy relevant databases, eg. COMETS, EU Merci, PETA4
# policy databases, eg. IEA Policy database, EUR-Lex, OECD, RES-Legal, MURE

* two dimensions of policies:
# policy domain (topic of the policy)
# policy perspective / the level of goverment (for whom it's developed = local regional, national, international level, etc)

* for more - see the notes above

==== Suggested next steps ====

Proposed logical aspects / steps of building taxonomy
* starting on agreement of keywords + the glossry, to ensure common understanding.
* taking into consideration two dimensions of policies: (1) policy domain and (2) policy level of goverment
* coordinationg with other use cses: UC4 is affecting other use cases, so our keywords should not only match, but sometimes should be even taken from other use cases.

==== Other issues =====

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Małgorzatam: /* What to report back to the plenary on Day 3? */

This page provides space for notes from workshop discussions of use case 4 during Day 2 of WS1.

== Interactive elements ==
The discussions can also benefit from considering the EERAdata storyboard and/or slido comments. See [[WS1#Interactive_elements]]

== Notes from the morning session ==
The morning session is dedicated to database discussions with the aim to select 3-5 databases from below's list of databases for further examination. The [[UC3#List_of_selected_databases|first table of the WIKI page]] is filled out by noon.

* The workshop has started with the short introduction round to enable peaople to know something about each other, especially of the specific institutions day-to-day approach to data use.
* Later on the base for further works was presented:
# screeening the databases --> names, short descriptions, rationale for preliminary choosing the database
# checking the datbases proposed already, adding new, if needed.
# discussion and evaluation of databases - to choose the most suitable one for further works

Segmenting databases into 2 categories:
# policy relevant databases, eg. COMETS, EU Merci, PETA4
# policy databases, eg. IEA Policy database, EUR-Lex, OECD, RES-Legal, MURE

From both categories, the most suitbale databases may be chosen. This will enable us to have a full spectrum - how energy policies may use both types of databases.

Chosen databases - after morning discussion
# COMETS
# EUR-Lex
# IEA Policy database
# JRC

The evaluation using a tool developed by Mark Wilkinson will be carried out on EUR-Lex, IEA and JRC during afternoon sesion. In this time will be also assesing databases has already chose by metadata aspects

=== Draft list of databases ===
The databases that had been identified as containing data in relation to low carbon energy and energy efficiency policy:

#[https://www.copernicus.eu/en Copernicus]
#[https://datacite.org DataCite]
#[https://www.vs.inf.ethz.ch/res/show.html?what=eco-data ECO data set]
#[https://energydata.info/ EnergyData]
#[https://www.resourceefficient.eu/en#explore-content EREK]
#[http://www.eumerci-portal.eu/web/guest/home EU Merci]
#[https://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en EUR-Lex]
#[https://ec.europa.eu/energy/topics/energy-efficiency/energy-efficient-buildings/eu-bso_en?redir=1 European Buildings Stock Observatory]
#[https://www.iea.org/policies IEA Policies database]
#[https://www.irena.org/Statistics/View-Data-by-Topic/Energy-Transition/REmap-Energy-Demand-and-Supply-by-Sector IRENA, REmap]
#[http://resourceirena.irena.org/gateway/ IRENA, Resource]
#[https://data.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ JRC-database hub]
#[https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/publication/jrc-idees-integrated-database-european-energy-sector-methodological-note JRC-IDEES: Integrated Database of the European Energy Sector: Metodological note]
#[https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/publication/eur-scientific-and-technical-research-reports/monitoring-ri-low-carbon-energy-technologies JRC: Monitoring R&I in Low-Carbon Energy Technologies
#[https://magic-nexus.eu/metadata-repository MAGIC]
#[https://data.nrel.gov/ NREL data]
#[https://odin.jrc.ec.europa.eu/odin/index.jsp ODIN: Online Data & Information Network for Energy]
#[https://data.oecd.org/ OECD data]
#[https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/home/home.do OEIL]
#[https://openei.org/wiki/Main_Page OPENEI]
#[https://heatroadmap.eu/peta4/ PETA4]
#[https://www.proquest.com/ PROQuest]
#[https://www.reeep.org/reegleinfo REEEP]
#[https://www.re3data.org/ Re3data.org]
#[http://www.res-legal.eu/home/ RES LEGAL]
#[https://setis.ec.europa.eu/publications/setis-research-innovation-data SETIS research and innovation data]
#[https://zenodo.org/ ZENODO]
#[https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/837722 H2020 project COMETS] - EU-wide inventory of collective action initiatives in the low carbon energy transition
#[https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/business_economy_euro/banking_and_finance/documents/200309-sustainable-finance-teg-final-report-taxonomy_en.pdf] - EU taxonomy for green innovation companies
#MURE (Mesures d'Utilisation Rationnelle de l'Energie)database [http://www.measures-odyssee-mure.eu/]

=== Discussion on the choice of databases: ===
* From GIG, apart from IEA Policy database, there will be also a proposition of EUR-Lex, DataCite, EU Merci, OECD, and probably also JRC-database.
* @ IUE and ENEA: each of you please suggest 2 other databases and prepare for them a description and an explanation - why we should choose them for further evaluation. Material please put in the Wiki.
* @ all: for databases that you suggested please complete the questionnaire from AIT in OO ([https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/Products/Files/doceditor.aspx?fileid=5413183] and put answers into the folder in OO [https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/products/projects/tmdocs.aspx?prjID=236894#1976709] until Friday 29.05.

==== COMETS database: EU-wide inventory of collective action initiatives in the energy transition ====
''Description of database:''
The inventory is a multi-country database of collective action initiatives (e.g., energy cooperatives, eco-villages, community energy projects, and other citizen-led energy projects). For each initiative, the country, the date of foundation/cancellation, the evolution of members and renewable energy units, installation capacities, fields of engagement, legal form, website, address, source, etc. is collected. The entries are sourced from a variety of national, regional, and European registers and websites.

''Rationale for choosing this database'':
*The database is of policy relevance. Its data interpretation is highly dependent on changes in the legal and policy frameworks across Europe.
*We own the database and therefore have it easier to exercise FAIRification and opening activities.
*The database is being created in a parallel running European project and we would not like that the database ends in the graveyard of dead EU project databases.
*We aim at opening the database to the low carbon research community within the next two years.
*We are interested to explore the options for opening while ensuring that our work in building the database is appropriately acknowledged. This is relevant for later EERAdata discussion. Here, we already started discussing with e3s and tJP of EERAdata.
*We can use synergies with another parallel EU project and have the possibility to assign rich metadata to every single entry, by also using the expertise of researchers from the COMETS project.
*The database itself has a relatively simple structure, however, the inventory contains heterogeneous and dynamic data. Thus, it helps us to investigate how to approach FAIRification for such data. This is a particular challenge for UC4.
*Sources of the COMETS database are coming in a variety of European languages, all brought together in an English database. Thus, it helps us to investigate the relevance of languages for FAIRification and opening activities. This is also a particular challenge for UC4.
*We aim at uploading this database as an example for EERAdata to EOSC. We hope to create a best practice example for a FAIR and open database. Currently, it is F - non-existing, A - non-existing., I - partly as one can, e.g., go to the currently published papers to access the original sources. But it is not machine-actionable. R - no, because it is currently not open.

''Reference:'' Wierling, A.; Schwanitz, V.J.; Zeiß, J.P.; Bout, C.; Candelise, C.; Gilcrease, W.; Gregg, J.S. [https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/10/9/3339 Statistical Evidence on the Role of Energy Cooperatives for the Energy Transition in European Countries]. Sustainability.

==== IEA Policy database ====
''Description of the database:''
A worldwide database of past, future and planned policies and measures thematically related to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve energy efficiency and support the development and deployment of renewables and other clean energy technologies. It contains data from IEA/IRENA Renewable Energy Policies and Measures Database, the IEA Energy Efficiency Database, the Addressing Climate Change database, and the Building Energy Efficiency Policies (BEEP) database, along with information on CCUS and methane abatement policies. Data are collected from governments, partner organizations and IEA analysis since 1999.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* A popular, recognized, and world-wide database hosted by a reputable institution.
* Since we are not able to analyze all the databases that we would like to - the selection of the IEA Policy database would indirectly allow us to take into account several other, selected databases because it contains data from: IEA/IRENA Renewable Energy Policies and Measures Database, the IEA Energy Efficiency Database, the Addressing Climate Change database, and the Building Energy Efficiency Policies (BEEP) database,
* Cross-use case relevance, as it contains policies and measures also for buildings efficiency (UC1) and for power transmission and distribution networks (UC2).

==== EU Taxonomy for green innovation companies ====
''Description of the database:''
The EU Taxonomy is a tool to help investors, companies, issuers, and project promoters navigate the transition to a low-carbon, resilient and resource-efficient economy. The Taxonomy sets performance thresholds (referred to as ‘technical screening criteria’) for economic activities which: • make a substantive contribution to one of six environmental objectives (Figure 1); • do no significant harm (DNSH) to the other five, where relevant; • meet minimum safeguards (e.g., OECD Guidelines on Multinational Enterprises and the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights). The performance thresholds will help companies, project promoters and issuers access green financing to improve their environmental performance, as well as helping to identify which activities are already environmentally friendly. In doing so, it will help to grow low-carbon sectors and decarbonise high-carbon ones. The EU Taxonomy is one of the most significant developments in sustainable finance and will have wide-ranging implications for investors and issuers working in the EU, and beyond.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* It is low-hanging fruit because taxonomy is already in place.
* We could use this taxonomy to see how it aligns with our other assessments (and with other use cases)
* The taxonomy will be enacted in a year from now, so we can provide timely feedback

''Reference:'' [[https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/business_economy_euro/banking_and_finance/documents/200309-sustainable-finance-teg-final-report-taxonomy_en.pdf]]

==== EUR-Lex ====
''Description of the database:''
EUR-Lex is online database that provides the official and most comprehensive access to EU Law and legal documents such as treaties, legal acts from EU institutions, preparatory documents related to EU legislation, EU case-law, international agreements, EFTA documents, references to national case-law related to EU law. EUR-Lex has access to all editions of the Official Journal of the European Union (OJ) since the first of December 1952.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* It is available in all of the EU’s 24 official languages
* It is updated daily, which confirms the validity of the documents
* Each document in EUR-Lex is supported by detailed information such as: relations with other legal documents, case-law interpretations, dates of adoption or entry into force etc.
* It is the open and highly recognizable European Union’s database directly related to policy
* Most documents in EUR-Lex, regardless of their language, receive a unique identifier - CELEX number, so all documents have a designed structure and each type of document corresponds to a so-called “a descriptor”.

==== EU MERCI ====
''Description of the database:''
The database contains data on the implementation of energy efficiency measures in the manufacturing industry. For nearly 3000 companies from 4 European countries (Austria, Italy, Poland, United Kingdom), the following information has been collected: size of the company, year of implementation of the measure, type of support received (white certificates), statistical classification of economic activities, according to NACE, applied processes and ways to save energy and total final energy savings achieved by the implemented measures.
The database contains data also on low-carbon policies, examples of business action to reduce emissions, etc.
The database includes data for the 2005-2017 period. Besides the database, also a library, sector reports and static analyses of different countries were made available.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* The database contains good practices that can be used by other actors willing to implement energy efficiency measures,
* Disadvantages of the database: It includes data from the 2005-2017 period, with no updates (no newer examples)

==== OECD database ====
''Description of the database:''
OECD database makes available data related to agriculture, development, economy, education, energy, environment, finance, government, health, innovation and technology, jobs and society. In each of these areas the database contains, inter alia, data on legal issues. In the area of energy, data can be assigned thematically to: primary energy supply, crude oil production, electricity generation, renewable energy, nuclear power plants, crude oil import prices.
The data comes from over 130 countries around the world. The database allows sharing data in the form of indicators, maps and tables. The data is collected and made available since 1960.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* It is a popular, well recognised worldwide database, maintained by a reputable institution,
* Since we are not able to analyze all the databases that we would like to - the selection of the OECD database would indirectly allow us to take into account several other, selected databases because it contains data from: the IEA database - International Energy Agency (https://www.iea.org/) and Nuclear Energy Agency (http://www.oecd-nea.org/).

==== ISTAT energy data ====
'' Description of the database: ''
I.Stat is the warehouse of statistics currently produced by the Italian National Institute of Statistics.Statistics are searchable by theme. The system is also consultable by keyword. Data are presented in multidimensional tables which users can export in xls, csv formats. Acting on variables, reference periods and the arrangement of heads and sides, moreover, it is possible to obtain custom tables.
Through a web service that allows direct machine-to-machine questioning, organizations, as well as private citizens, can form specific query data, download results. The service is accessible at the following address: https://www.istat.it/it/metodi-e-strumenti/web-service-sdmx

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* It’s a complete overview of energy consumption in Italy in all sectors of the society.

==== SETIS Innovation and Research data ====
'' Description of the database: ''
The level of investment in R&I in terms of both private (expenditure by businesses and industry) and public (Member States' national programmes and instruments), and trends in patents, for the Integrated SET Plan Actions.

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
The Integrated SET Plan needs to be underpinned by an effective monitoring and reporting scheme that supports the development and implementation of the European R&I Agenda. SETIS plays a central role in the successful implementation of the Integrated SET Plan 10 key actions. In particular, the enhanced SETIS follows the objectives below:
* To monitor R&I activities, investments and technology progress in Europe;
* To contribute to the identification of gaps in the implementation of the actions;
* To report on the overall progress towards the common goals set out in the integrated SET-Plan;
* To contribute to assessing the impact of the SET-Plan on European competitiveness;
* To make recommendations for actions that could further increase the effectiveness of the European R&I Strategy.

==== ENERGISE Online Database ====
'' Description of the database: ''
The Database is an output of the H2020 Energise Project. The project aims at testing household and community-level initiatives to reduce energy consumption through energy cultures. An output of the project forms the database that contains data on 1067 energy initiatives from 30 European countries.

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* The database contains recent information on a considerable number of (1067) initiatives pertaining to household and community-level energy policies. Thus, its representativeness is for European countries is high.
* Since the focus of the EERAdata project is mainly concerning the European Union countries, this database is a good fit in terms of scope.
* The database hosts information that would be gathered from national sources of each country, hence may be considered as a repository for national databases.

==== MURE Online Database ====
'' Description of the database: ''
MURE (Mesures d'Utilisation Rationnelle de l'Energie) is a comprehensive database that lists energy efficiency policies and measures regarding the Member States of the European Union. It allows for the analysis of policies based on topics, policy interaction, policy scoring, impact evaluation, as well as successful policies. The information is accessible by query in the database. The contributors are French Environment and Energy Management Agency, European Energy Network, and the H2020 program of the European Union.

Relates to the Odyssee database on energy-efficiency indicators and energy consumption.

Reference: [http://www.measures-odyssee-mure.eu Odyssee-MURE project]

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* A comprehensive database including energy efficiency policies and measures in the European Union member states.
* Since the focus of the EERAdata project is mainly concerning the European Union countries, this database is a good fit in terms of scope.
* The database hosts information that would be gathered from national sources of each country, hence may be considered as a repository for national databases.
* The database pertains to both Uses Case 4 on Energy Policies and Use Case 1 on Buildings Efficiency.

==== JRC-database hub: Joint Research Centre Data Catalogue ====
'' Description of database: ''
The JRC Science Hub aims to gradually integrate and aggregate all of the European Commission's science related activities, tools, laboratories, facilities, databases and networks. The inventory is wide range of the compilation of databases development of software and modelling tools. Published on the basis of open data principles with clear descriptions for each entry. The tools and databases are categorised by name and acronym, but can be filtered by research area, keyword and JRC institute responsible for the coordination of the particular entry. It contains, inter alia, databases related to energy and transport and climate
'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* It’s the open and highly recognizable European Union’s database directly related to different related aspects also energy policy related
* It’s data interpretation is highly dependent on changes in the legal and policy frameworks across European Union.
* The database enhances the transparency and openness of the JRC and further enables the open access policy of scientific research data.
* The information and links provided in the metadata are maintained in distributed and heterogeneous information systems. Although the datasets are maintain and links and information are updated,
* Sources of the database are coming in a variety of European languages, all brought together in an English database. Thus, it helps to investigate the relevance for FAIRification and opening activities.
* The database is cross-use case relevant, as it contains policies and measures also for other use cases.

==== DataCite - an international not-for-profit organization aiming to improve data citation ====
'' Description of database: ''
The main aim of DataCite is to provide the means to create, find, cite, connect, and use research. The primary service provided by DataCite is the registration of DOI tags. In addition, DataCite is constantly developing additional services related to DOI and related metadata, as following:
* DataCite Search (https://search.datacite.org/) - allows to search the database of DOI metadata registered in DataCite.
* DataCite Profiles (https://profiles.datacite.org/) - allows for automatic data transfer between the DataCite and ORCID systems, facilitating the update of personal profiles of researchers in ORCID with information about objects for which DOIs have been registered in DataCite.
* DataCite Statistics (https://stats.datacite.org/) - a service presenting statistical data on the number of registered DOI, their metadata records and the use of this information.
* DataCite OAI-PMH Provider (https://oai.datacite.org/) - an access interface to metadata collected in DataCite using the OAI-PMH protocol.
In addition, DataCite is involved in international projects and initiatives related to sharing and quoting research data, such as:
* the worldwide Registry of Research Data Repositories - Re3Data (https://www.re3data.org/).
* The Initiative for Open Citations (I4OC) = a collaboration between scholarly publishers, researchers, and other interested parties to promote the unrestricted availability of scholarly citation data and to make these data available.

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* The inventory contains heterogeneous and dynamic data. Thus, it helps us to investigate how to approach FAIRification for such data.
* DataCite provides an integrated search interface, where it is possible to search and filter a relevant metadata gathered
* Sources of the database are coming in a variety of European languages. Thus, it helps to investigate the relevance for FAIRification and opening activities.
* The database may be cross-use case relevant, as it contains DOIs and citations relevant also for other use cases.

== Notes from the afternoon session ==
The afternoon session is dedicated to discussing metadata for the selected databases. The aim of the afternoon session is to fill out [[UC3#Metadata_assessments|table 2 of the wiki page for the use case]] and to decide what to report back from the use case to the plenary session the next day (again, see the WIKI template for a suggested structure). Thus, at the end of the day, the WIKI page for the use case is complete.

=== Assessment of metadata for databases ===
# IEA Policy database
# COMETS
# JRC database hub
# EUR-Lex

==== IEA Policy database ====

* preliminary assessment of level of implementation of FAIR/O principles: F4 - yes; A1 - yes, A2 - yes (only depends on EU policy); I1 - yes; I2 - fulfilled, I3 - fulfilled; R1.1 - yes; R1.2 - no; R1.3 - not fulfilled, not even the DC standards.
* Metadate seems to be spread.
* Discussion on understanding of 100% fulfillement, on the example: In ideal database all country names would be linked to official registry --> you could go for all information. It would be 100% FAIR. Are any bases like that? Example on country information, which should be easily available automatically, for example ISO code for the country. IEA policy database is not fully like that.
* difficulties even in defining "policy" = everything (every official document) which is published in official governmental page.
* testing on the example of Poland and National Energy Efficency Action Plan for Poland: link to the official governmental page, not the direct link to the official document or to the official country law. When information about the date of update - should be also a linked to the local page (to ensure that the is a possibility to check at the source, if the policy has been already updated.
* if metadata doesn't provide the possibility of reachning the sources (if the documents are there, but you don't have an opportunity to get to the official, legal document).

==== COMETS ====
* information on collective actions initiatives for the energy transition for all EU countries.
* 3700 initiatives in selected European countries - Germany, Belgium, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Danmark,
* based on the internet desk research, business registers, national electricity production statistics, individual websites etc.
* energy production units / electriciity facilitiation units - including more than 6000
* within the project in six countries (DE, ES, BE, PL, EE, NL) they are conducting survey about the development and values (export, import). The data from it will be also included into the database/.
* as it's still under development - FAIRness is 0% for now.
* from COMETS project perspective, an important step for FAIRification is to facilitate by categorization, what and how specific activities are currently being implemented in different countries, categorization of them, taxonomy.

==== General conclusions ====

* discussion on Wilkinson FAIR priniciples --> if there are any databases which are 100% in accordance to these principles. 100% is an utopia. We only can make a hierarchy, which databases are matching these criteria better, or worse.
* in Mons system - it's more clear that you have to achieve specific level, to be able to go further.

* two possible approaches: (1) start of absolute lowest datasets and try to FAIRify those, and later on move "up". (2) on the other hand FAIRification of database which are more complex is leading us to results / conlcussions available also for less complicated databases.

* importance of formats of data. It is important that the format of the data to be entered in specific entry is strictly defined (example - the date: need of clear definitions - what's to include: year, month, day specific?) Similarly - with longitude, latitute. If it's not done in advance, later on it takes much work to manually change it and put into right format. On the other hand - potentially - making a very specific description - may exclude some data, which are available but in different standards - for ecxample between EU and American standards.
* every entry has its provenence, with information how the entry hhas been changed, when, etc. Basically all entries should have their own metadata.

* two dimensions of policies:
1) policy domain (topic of the policy)
2) policy perspective / the level of goverment (for whom it's developed = local regional, national, international level, etc)

==== directions in building taxonomy ====
* Example to be watched: EU taxonomy for green innovation companies
* UC4 taxomnomy needs to match to higher level = overall level of the projects. To make sure, that the complete taxonomy is

Proposed logical aspects / steps:
# starting on agreement of keywords + the glossry, to ensure common understanding.
# taking into consideration two dimensions of policies: (1) policy domain and (2) policy level of goverment
# coordinationg with other use cses: UC4 is affecting other use cases, so our keywords should not only match, but sometimes should be even taken from other use cases.

== What to report back to the plenary on Day 3? ==
==== Databases selected (names and short reasoning)====
# IEA Policy database
# COMETS
# JRC database hub
# EUR-Lex

==== Main insights from discussions ====
see the notes above
==== Suggested next steps ====

Proposed logical aspects / steps of building taxonomy
* starting on agreement of keywords + the glossry, to ensure common understanding.
* taking into consideration two dimensions of policies: (1) policy domain and (2) policy level of goverment
* coordinationg with other use cses: UC4 is affecting other use cases, so our keywords should not only match, but sometimes should be even taken from other use cases.

==== Other issues =====

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This page provides space for notes from workshop discussions of use case 4 during Day 2 of WS1.

== Interactive elements ==
The discussions can also benefit from considering the EERAdata storyboard and/or slido comments. See [[WS1#Interactive_elements]]

== Notes from the morning session ==
The morning session is dedicated to database discussions with the aim to select 3-5 databases from below's list of databases for further examination. The [[UC3#List_of_selected_databases|first table of the WIKI page]] is filled out by noon.

* The workshop has started with the short introduction round to enable peaople to know something about each other, especially of the specific institutions day-to-day approach to data use.
* Later on the base for further works was presented:
# screeening the databases --> names, short descriptions, rationale for preliminary choosing the database
# checking the datbases proposed already, adding new, if needed.
# discussion and evaluation of databases - to choose the most suitable one for further works

Segmenting databases into 2 categories:
# policy relevant databases, eg. COMETS, EU Merci, PETA4
# policy databases, eg. IEA Policy database, EUR-Lex, OECD, RES-Legal, MURE

From both categories, the most suitbale databases may be chosen. This will enable us to have a full spectrum - how energy policies may use both types of databases.

Chosen databases - after morning discussion
# COMETS
# EUR-Lex
# IEA Policy database
# JRC

The evaluation using a tool developed by Mark Wilkinson will be carried out on EUR-Lex, IEA and JRC during afternoon sesion. In this time will be also assesing databases has already chose by metadata aspects

=== Draft list of databases ===
The databases that had been identified as containing data in relation to low carbon energy and energy efficiency policy:

#[https://www.copernicus.eu/en Copernicus]
#[https://datacite.org DataCite]
#[https://www.vs.inf.ethz.ch/res/show.html?what=eco-data ECO data set]
#[https://energydata.info/ EnergyData]
#[https://www.resourceefficient.eu/en#explore-content EREK]
#[http://www.eumerci-portal.eu/web/guest/home EU Merci]
#[https://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en EUR-Lex]
#[https://ec.europa.eu/energy/topics/energy-efficiency/energy-efficient-buildings/eu-bso_en?redir=1 European Buildings Stock Observatory]
#[https://www.iea.org/policies IEA Policies database]
#[https://www.irena.org/Statistics/View-Data-by-Topic/Energy-Transition/REmap-Energy-Demand-and-Supply-by-Sector IRENA, REmap]
#[http://resourceirena.irena.org/gateway/ IRENA, Resource]
#[https://data.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ JRC-database hub]
#[https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/publication/jrc-idees-integrated-database-european-energy-sector-methodological-note JRC-IDEES: Integrated Database of the European Energy Sector: Metodological note]
#[https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/publication/eur-scientific-and-technical-research-reports/monitoring-ri-low-carbon-energy-technologies JRC: Monitoring R&I in Low-Carbon Energy Technologies
#[https://magic-nexus.eu/metadata-repository MAGIC]
#[https://data.nrel.gov/ NREL data]
#[https://odin.jrc.ec.europa.eu/odin/index.jsp ODIN: Online Data & Information Network for Energy]
#[https://data.oecd.org/ OECD data]
#[https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/home/home.do OEIL]
#[https://openei.org/wiki/Main_Page OPENEI]
#[https://heatroadmap.eu/peta4/ PETA4]
#[https://www.proquest.com/ PROQuest]
#[https://www.reeep.org/reegleinfo REEEP]
#[https://www.re3data.org/ Re3data.org]
#[http://www.res-legal.eu/home/ RES LEGAL]
#[https://setis.ec.europa.eu/publications/setis-research-innovation-data SETIS research and innovation data]
#[https://zenodo.org/ ZENODO]
#[https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/837722 H2020 project COMETS] - EU-wide inventory of collective action initiatives in the low carbon energy transition
#[https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/business_economy_euro/banking_and_finance/documents/200309-sustainable-finance-teg-final-report-taxonomy_en.pdf] - EU taxonomy for green innovation companies
#MURE (Mesures d'Utilisation Rationnelle de l'Energie)database [http://www.measures-odyssee-mure.eu/]

=== Discussion on the choice of databases: ===
* From GIG, apart from IEA Policy database, there will be also a proposition of EUR-Lex, DataCite, EU Merci, OECD, and probably also JRC-database.
* @ IUE and ENEA: each of you please suggest 2 other databases and prepare for them a description and an explanation - why we should choose them for further evaluation. Material please put in the Wiki.
* @ all: for databases that you suggested please complete the questionnaire from AIT in OO ([https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/Products/Files/doceditor.aspx?fileid=5413183] and put answers into the folder in OO [https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/products/projects/tmdocs.aspx?prjID=236894#1976709] until Friday 29.05.

==== COMETS database: EU-wide inventory of collective action initiatives in the energy transition ====
''Description of database:''
The inventory is a multi-country database of collective action initiatives (e.g., energy cooperatives, eco-villages, community energy projects, and other citizen-led energy projects). For each initiative, the country, the date of foundation/cancellation, the evolution of members and renewable energy units, installation capacities, fields of engagement, legal form, website, address, source, etc. is collected. The entries are sourced from a variety of national, regional, and European registers and websites.

''Rationale for choosing this database'':
*The database is of policy relevance. Its data interpretation is highly dependent on changes in the legal and policy frameworks across Europe.
*We own the database and therefore have it easier to exercise FAIRification and opening activities.
*The database is being created in a parallel running European project and we would not like that the database ends in the graveyard of dead EU project databases.
*We aim at opening the database to the low carbon research community within the next two years.
*We are interested to explore the options for opening while ensuring that our work in building the database is appropriately acknowledged. This is relevant for later EERAdata discussion. Here, we already started discussing with e3s and tJP of EERAdata.
*We can use synergies with another parallel EU project and have the possibility to assign rich metadata to every single entry, by also using the expertise of researchers from the COMETS project.
*The database itself has a relatively simple structure, however, the inventory contains heterogeneous and dynamic data. Thus, it helps us to investigate how to approach FAIRification for such data. This is a particular challenge for UC4.
*Sources of the COMETS database are coming in a variety of European languages, all brought together in an English database. Thus, it helps us to investigate the relevance of languages for FAIRification and opening activities. This is also a particular challenge for UC4.
*We aim at uploading this database as an example for EERAdata to EOSC. We hope to create a best practice example for a FAIR and open database. Currently, it is F - non-existing, A - non-existing., I - partly as one can, e.g., go to the currently published papers to access the original sources. But it is not machine-actionable. R - no, because it is currently not open.

''Reference:'' Wierling, A.; Schwanitz, V.J.; Zeiß, J.P.; Bout, C.; Candelise, C.; Gilcrease, W.; Gregg, J.S. [https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/10/9/3339 Statistical Evidence on the Role of Energy Cooperatives for the Energy Transition in European Countries]. Sustainability.

==== IEA Policy database ====
''Description of the database:''
A worldwide database of past, future and planned policies and measures thematically related to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve energy efficiency and support the development and deployment of renewables and other clean energy technologies. It contains data from IEA/IRENA Renewable Energy Policies and Measures Database, the IEA Energy Efficiency Database, the Addressing Climate Change database, and the Building Energy Efficiency Policies (BEEP) database, along with information on CCUS and methane abatement policies. Data are collected from governments, partner organizations and IEA analysis since 1999.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* A popular, recognized, and world-wide database hosted by a reputable institution.
* Since we are not able to analyze all the databases that we would like to - the selection of the IEA Policy database would indirectly allow us to take into account several other, selected databases because it contains data from: IEA/IRENA Renewable Energy Policies and Measures Database, the IEA Energy Efficiency Database, the Addressing Climate Change database, and the Building Energy Efficiency Policies (BEEP) database,
* Cross-use case relevance, as it contains policies and measures also for buildings efficiency (UC1) and for power transmission and distribution networks (UC2).

==== EU Taxonomy for green innovation companies ====
''Description of the database:''
The EU Taxonomy is a tool to help investors, companies, issuers, and project promoters navigate the transition to a low-carbon, resilient and resource-efficient economy. The Taxonomy sets performance thresholds (referred to as ‘technical screening criteria’) for economic activities which: • make a substantive contribution to one of six environmental objectives (Figure 1); • do no significant harm (DNSH) to the other five, where relevant; • meet minimum safeguards (e.g., OECD Guidelines on Multinational Enterprises and the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights). The performance thresholds will help companies, project promoters and issuers access green financing to improve their environmental performance, as well as helping to identify which activities are already environmentally friendly. In doing so, it will help to grow low-carbon sectors and decarbonise high-carbon ones. The EU Taxonomy is one of the most significant developments in sustainable finance and will have wide-ranging implications for investors and issuers working in the EU, and beyond.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* It is low-hanging fruit because taxonomy is already in place.
* We could use this taxonomy to see how it aligns with our other assessments (and with other use cases)
* The taxonomy will be enacted in a year from now, so we can provide timely feedback

''Reference:'' [[https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/business_economy_euro/banking_and_finance/documents/200309-sustainable-finance-teg-final-report-taxonomy_en.pdf]]

==== EUR-Lex ====
''Description of the database:''
EUR-Lex is online database that provides the official and most comprehensive access to EU Law and legal documents such as treaties, legal acts from EU institutions, preparatory documents related to EU legislation, EU case-law, international agreements, EFTA documents, references to national case-law related to EU law. EUR-Lex has access to all editions of the Official Journal of the European Union (OJ) since the first of December 1952.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* It is available in all of the EU’s 24 official languages
* It is updated daily, which confirms the validity of the documents
* Each document in EUR-Lex is supported by detailed information such as: relations with other legal documents, case-law interpretations, dates of adoption or entry into force etc.
* It is the open and highly recognizable European Union’s database directly related to policy
* Most documents in EUR-Lex, regardless of their language, receive a unique identifier - CELEX number, so all documents have a designed structure and each type of document corresponds to a so-called “a descriptor”.

==== EU MERCI ====
''Description of the database:''
The database contains data on the implementation of energy efficiency measures in the manufacturing industry. For nearly 3000 companies from 4 European countries (Austria, Italy, Poland, United Kingdom), the following information has been collected: size of the company, year of implementation of the measure, type of support received (white certificates), statistical classification of economic activities, according to NACE, applied processes and ways to save energy and total final energy savings achieved by the implemented measures.
The database contains data also on low-carbon policies, examples of business action to reduce emissions, etc.
The database includes data for the 2005-2017 period. Besides the database, also a library, sector reports and static analyses of different countries were made available.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* The database contains good practices that can be used by other actors willing to implement energy efficiency measures,
* Disadvantages of the database: It includes data from the 2005-2017 period, with no updates (no newer examples)

==== OECD database ====
''Description of the database:''
OECD database makes available data related to agriculture, development, economy, education, energy, environment, finance, government, health, innovation and technology, jobs and society. In each of these areas the database contains, inter alia, data on legal issues. In the area of energy, data can be assigned thematically to: primary energy supply, crude oil production, electricity generation, renewable energy, nuclear power plants, crude oil import prices.
The data comes from over 130 countries around the world. The database allows sharing data in the form of indicators, maps and tables. The data is collected and made available since 1960.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* It is a popular, well recognised worldwide database, maintained by a reputable institution,
* Since we are not able to analyze all the databases that we would like to - the selection of the OECD database would indirectly allow us to take into account several other, selected databases because it contains data from: the IEA database - International Energy Agency (https://www.iea.org/) and Nuclear Energy Agency (http://www.oecd-nea.org/).

==== ISTAT energy data ====
'' Description of the database: ''
I.Stat is the warehouse of statistics currently produced by the Italian National Institute of Statistics.Statistics are searchable by theme. The system is also consultable by keyword. Data are presented in multidimensional tables which users can export in xls, csv formats. Acting on variables, reference periods and the arrangement of heads and sides, moreover, it is possible to obtain custom tables.
Through a web service that allows direct machine-to-machine questioning, organizations, as well as private citizens, can form specific query data, download results. The service is accessible at the following address: https://www.istat.it/it/metodi-e-strumenti/web-service-sdmx

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* It’s a complete overview of energy consumption in Italy in all sectors of the society.

==== SETIS Innovation and Research data ====
'' Description of the database: ''
The level of investment in R&I in terms of both private (expenditure by businesses and industry) and public (Member States' national programmes and instruments), and trends in patents, for the Integrated SET Plan Actions.

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
The Integrated SET Plan needs to be underpinned by an effective monitoring and reporting scheme that supports the development and implementation of the European R&I Agenda. SETIS plays a central role in the successful implementation of the Integrated SET Plan 10 key actions. In particular, the enhanced SETIS follows the objectives below:
* To monitor R&I activities, investments and technology progress in Europe;
* To contribute to the identification of gaps in the implementation of the actions;
* To report on the overall progress towards the common goals set out in the integrated SET-Plan;
* To contribute to assessing the impact of the SET-Plan on European competitiveness;
* To make recommendations for actions that could further increase the effectiveness of the European R&I Strategy.

==== ENERGISE Online Database ====
'' Description of the database: ''
The Database is an output of the H2020 Energise Project. The project aims at testing household and community-level initiatives to reduce energy consumption through energy cultures. An output of the project forms the database that contains data on 1067 energy initiatives from 30 European countries.

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* The database contains recent information on a considerable number of (1067) initiatives pertaining to household and community-level energy policies. Thus, its representativeness is for European countries is high.
* Since the focus of the EERAdata project is mainly concerning the European Union countries, this database is a good fit in terms of scope.
* The database hosts information that would be gathered from national sources of each country, hence may be considered as a repository for national databases.

==== MURE Online Database ====
'' Description of the database: ''
MURE (Mesures d'Utilisation Rationnelle de l'Energie) is a comprehensive database that lists energy efficiency policies and measures regarding the Member States of the European Union. It allows for the analysis of policies based on topics, policy interaction, policy scoring, impact evaluation, as well as successful policies. The information is accessible by query in the database. The contributors are French Environment and Energy Management Agency, European Energy Network, and the H2020 program of the European Union.

Relates to the Odyssee database on energy-efficiency indicators and energy consumption.

Reference: [http://www.measures-odyssee-mure.eu Odyssee-MURE project]

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* A comprehensive database including energy efficiency policies and measures in the European Union member states.
* Since the focus of the EERAdata project is mainly concerning the European Union countries, this database is a good fit in terms of scope.
* The database hosts information that would be gathered from national sources of each country, hence may be considered as a repository for national databases.
* The database pertains to both Uses Case 4 on Energy Policies and Use Case 1 on Buildings Efficiency.

==== JRC-database hub: Joint Research Centre Data Catalogue ====
'' Description of database: ''
The JRC Science Hub aims to gradually integrate and aggregate all of the European Commission's science related activities, tools, laboratories, facilities, databases and networks. The inventory is wide range of the compilation of databases development of software and modelling tools. Published on the basis of open data principles with clear descriptions for each entry. The tools and databases are categorised by name and acronym, but can be filtered by research area, keyword and JRC institute responsible for the coordination of the particular entry. It contains, inter alia, databases related to energy and transport and climate
'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* It’s the open and highly recognizable European Union’s database directly related to different related aspects also energy policy related
* It’s data interpretation is highly dependent on changes in the legal and policy frameworks across European Union.
* The database enhances the transparency and openness of the JRC and further enables the open access policy of scientific research data.
* The information and links provided in the metadata are maintained in distributed and heterogeneous information systems. Although the datasets are maintain and links and information are updated,
* Sources of the database are coming in a variety of European languages, all brought together in an English database. Thus, it helps to investigate the relevance for FAIRification and opening activities.
* The database is cross-use case relevant, as it contains policies and measures also for other use cases.

==== DataCite - an international not-for-profit organization aiming to improve data citation ====
'' Description of database: ''
The main aim of DataCite is to provide the means to create, find, cite, connect, and use research. The primary service provided by DataCite is the registration of DOI tags. In addition, DataCite is constantly developing additional services related to DOI and related metadata, as following:
* DataCite Search (https://search.datacite.org/) - allows to search the database of DOI metadata registered in DataCite.
* DataCite Profiles (https://profiles.datacite.org/) - allows for automatic data transfer between the DataCite and ORCID systems, facilitating the update of personal profiles of researchers in ORCID with information about objects for which DOIs have been registered in DataCite.
* DataCite Statistics (https://stats.datacite.org/) - a service presenting statistical data on the number of registered DOI, their metadata records and the use of this information.
* DataCite OAI-PMH Provider (https://oai.datacite.org/) - an access interface to metadata collected in DataCite using the OAI-PMH protocol.
In addition, DataCite is involved in international projects and initiatives related to sharing and quoting research data, such as:
* the worldwide Registry of Research Data Repositories - Re3Data (https://www.re3data.org/).
* The Initiative for Open Citations (I4OC) = a collaboration between scholarly publishers, researchers, and other interested parties to promote the unrestricted availability of scholarly citation data and to make these data available.

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* The inventory contains heterogeneous and dynamic data. Thus, it helps us to investigate how to approach FAIRification for such data.
* DataCite provides an integrated search interface, where it is possible to search and filter a relevant metadata gathered
* Sources of the database are coming in a variety of European languages. Thus, it helps to investigate the relevance for FAIRification and opening activities.
* The database may be cross-use case relevant, as it contains DOIs and citations relevant also for other use cases.

== Notes from the afternoon session ==
The afternoon session is dedicated to discussing metadata for the selected databases. The aim of the afternoon session is to fill out [[UC3#Metadata_assessments|table 2 of the wiki page for the use case]] and to decide what to report back from the use case to the plenary session the next day (again, see the WIKI template for a suggested structure). Thus, at the end of the day, the WIKI page for the use case is complete.

=== Assessment of metadata for databases ===
# IEA Policy database
# COMETS
# JRC database hub
# EUR-Lex

==== IEA Policy database ====

* preliminary assessment of level of implementation of FAIR/O principles: F4 - yes; A1 - yes, A2 - yes (only depends on EU policy); I1 - yes; I2 - fulfilled, I3 - fulfilled; R1.1 - yes; R1.2 - no; R1.3 - not fulfilled, not even the DC standards.
* Metadate seems to be spread.
* Discussion on understanding of 100% fulfillement, on the example: In ideal database all country names would be linked to official registry --> you could go for all information. It would be 100% FAIR. Are any bases like that? Example on country information, which should be easily available automatically, for example ISO code for the country. IEA policy database is not fully like that.
* difficulties even in defining "policy" = everything (every official document) which is published in official governmental page.
* testing on the example of Poland and National Energy Efficency Action Plan for Poland: link to the official governmental page, not the direct link to the official document or to the official country law. When information about the date of update - should be also a linked to the local page (to ensure that the is a possibility to check at the source, if the policy has been already updated.
* if metadata doesn't provide the possibility of reachning the sources (if the documents are there, but you don't have an opportunity to get to the official, legal document).

==== COMETS ====
* information for collective actions for all EU countries, most importantly - for countries being in energy transition.
* 3700 initiatives in selected European countries - Germany, Belgium, Czechia, Switzerland,
* based on the internet desk research, business registers, etc.
* energy production units / electriciity facilitiation units - including more than 50000
* within the project in six countries (DE, ES, BE, PL, EE) they are conducting servey about the development and values (export, import). The data from it will be also included into the databse/.
* as it's still under development - FAIRness is 0% for now.
* from COMETS project perspective, an important step for FAIRification is to facilitate by categorisation, what and how specific activities are currently being implemented in different countries, categorisation of them, taxonomy.

==== General conclusions ====

* discussion on Wilkinson FAIR priniciples --> if there are any databases which are 100% in accordance to these principles. 100% is an utopia. We only can make a hierarchy, which databases are matching these criteria better, or worse.
* in Mons system - it's more clear that you have to achieve specific level, to be able to go further.

* two possible approaches: (1) start of absolute lowest datasets and try to FAIRify those, and later on move "up". (2) on the other hand FAIRification of database which are more complex is leading us to results / conlcussions available also for less complicated databases.

* importance of formats of data. It is important that the format of the data to be entered in specific entry is strictly defined (example - the date: need of clear definitions - what's to include: year, month, day specific?) Similarly - with longitude, latitute. If it's not done in advance, later on it takes much work to manually change it and put into right format. On the other hand - potentially - making a very specific description - may exclude some data, which are available but in different standards - for ecxample between EU and American standards.
* every entry has its provenence, with information how the entry hhas been changed, when, etc. Basically all entries should have their own metadata.

* two dimensions of policies:
1) policy domain (topic of the policy)
2) policy perspective / the level of goverment (for whom it's developed = local regional, national, international level, etc)

==== directions in building taxonomy ====
* Example to be watched: EU taxonomy for green innovation companies
* UC4 taxomnomy needs to match to higher level = overall level of the projects. To make sure, that the complete taxonomy is

Proposed logical aspects / steps:
# starting on agreement of keywords + the glossry, to ensure common understanding.
# taking into consideration two dimensions of policies: (1) policy domain and (2) policy level of goverment
# coordinationg with other use cses: UC4 is affecting other use cases, so our keywords should not only match, but sometimes should be even taken from other use cases.

== What to report back to the plenary on Day 3? ==
* Databases selected (names and short reasoning)
* Main insights from discussions
* Suggested next steps
* Other issues

Talk:UC4

2020-06-03T14:02:16Z

Małgorzatam: /* COMETS discussion */

Assessment of metadata for databases
# IEA Policy database
# COMETS
# JRC database hub
# EUR-Lex

==== IEA Policy database discussion ====

* preliminary assessment of level of implementation of FAIR/O principles: F4 - yes; A1 - yes, A2 - yes (only depends on EU policy); I1 - yes; I2 - fulfilled, I3 - fulfilled; R1.1 - yes; R1.2 - no; R1.3 - not fulfilled, not even the DC standards.
* Metadate seems to be spread.
* Discussion on understanding of 100% fulfillement, on the example: In ideal database all country names would be linked to official registry --> you could go for all information. It would be 100% FAIR. Are any bases like that? Example on country information, which should be easily available automatically, for example ISO code for the country. IEA policy database is not fully like that.
* difficulties even in defining "policy" = everything (every official document) which is published in official governmental page.
* testing on the example of Poland and National Energy Efficency Action Plan for Poland: link to the official governmental page, not the direct link to the official document or to the official country law. When information about the date of update - should be also a linked to the local page (to ensure that the is a possibility to check at the source, if the policy has been already updated.
* if metadata doesn't provide the possibility of reachning the sources (if the documents are there, but you don't have an opportunity to get to the official, legal document).

==== COMETS project database discussion ====
* COllective action Models for Energy Transition and Social Innovation (COMETS) project - H2020
* information for collective actions (CAIs) for all EU countries, most importantly - for countries being in energy transition.
* 3700 initiatives in selected European countries - Germany, Belgium, Czechia, Switzerland,
* based on the internet desk research, business registers, etc.
* energy production units / electriciity facilitiation units - including more than 50000
* within the project in six countries (DE, ES, BE, PL, EE) they are conducting servey about the development and values (export, import). The data from it will be also included into the databse/.
* as it's still under development - FAIRness is 0% for now.
* from COMETS project perspective, an important step for FAIRification is to facilitate by categorisation, what and how specific activities are currently being implemented in different countries, categorisation of them, taxonomy.

==== General conclusions ====

* discussion on Wilkinson FAIR priniciples --> if there are any databases which are 100% in accordance to these principles. 100% is an utopia. We only can make a hierarchy, which databases are matching these citerias better, or worse.
* in Mons system - it's more clear that you have to achieve specific level, to be able to go further.

* two possible approaches: (1) start of absolute lowest datasets and try to FAIRify those, and later on move "up". (2) on the other hand FAIRification of database which are more complex is leading us to results / conlcussions available also for less complicated databases.

* importance of formats of data. It is important that the format of the data to be entered in specific entry is strictly defined (example - the date: need of clear definitions - what's to include: year, month, day specific?) Similarly - with longitude, latitute. If it's not done in advance, later on it takes much work to manually change it and put into right format. On the other hand - potentially - making a very specific description - may exclude some data, which are available but in different standards - for ecxample between EU and American standards.
* every entry has its provenence, with information how the entry hhas been changed, when, etc. Basically all entries should have their own metadata.

* two dimensions of policies:
1) policy domain (topic of the policy)
2) policy perspective / the level of goverment (for whom it's developed = local regional, national, international level, etc)

==== Taxonomy building ====
* Example to be watched: EU taxonomy for green innovation companies
* UC4 taxomnomy needs to match to higher level = overall level of the projects. To make sure, that the complete taxonomy is

Proposed logical aspects / steps:
# starting on agreement of keywords + the glossry, to ensure common understanding.
# taking into consideration two dimensions of policies: (1) policy domain and (2) policy level of goverment
# coordinationg with other use cses: UC4 is affecting other use cases, so our keywords should not only match, but sometimes should be even taken from other use cases.

Talk:UC4

2020-06-03T14:01:47Z

Małgorzatam: /* COMETS */

Assessment of metadata for databases
# IEA Policy database
# COMETS
# JRC database hub
# EUR-Lex

==== IEA Policy database discussion ====

* preliminary assessment of level of implementation of FAIR/O principles: F4 - yes; A1 - yes, A2 - yes (only depends on EU policy); I1 - yes; I2 - fulfilled, I3 - fulfilled; R1.1 - yes; R1.2 - no; R1.3 - not fulfilled, not even the DC standards.
* Metadate seems to be spread.
* Discussion on understanding of 100% fulfillement, on the example: In ideal database all country names would be linked to official registry --> you could go for all information. It would be 100% FAIR. Are any bases like that? Example on country information, which should be easily available automatically, for example ISO code for the country. IEA policy database is not fully like that.
* difficulties even in defining "policy" = everything (every official document) which is published in official governmental page.
* testing on the example of Poland and National Energy Efficency Action Plan for Poland: link to the official governmental page, not the direct link to the official document or to the official country law. When information about the date of update - should be also a linked to the local page (to ensure that the is a possibility to check at the source, if the policy has been already updated.
* if metadata doesn't provide the possibility of reachning the sources (if the documents are there, but you don't have an opportunity to get to the official, legal document).

==== COMETS discussion ====
* COllective action Models for Energy Transition and Social Innovation
* information for collective actions (CAIs) for all EU countries, most importantly - for countries being in energy transition.
* 3700 initiatives in selected European countries - Germany, Belgium, Czechia, Switzerland,
* based on the internet desk research, business registers, etc.
* energy production units / electriciity facilitiation units - including more than 50000
* within the project in six countries (DE, ES, BE, PL, EE) they are conducting servey about the development and values (export, import). The data from it will be also included into the databse/.
* as it's still under development - FAIRness is 0% for now.
* from COMETS project perspective, an important step for FAIRification is to facilitate by categorisation, what and how specific activities are currently being implemented in different countries, categorisation of them, taxonomy.

==== General conclusions ====

* discussion on Wilkinson FAIR priniciples --> if there are any databases which are 100% in accordance to these principles. 100% is an utopia. We only can make a hierarchy, which databases are matching these citerias better, or worse.
* in Mons system - it's more clear that you have to achieve specific level, to be able to go further.

* two possible approaches: (1) start of absolute lowest datasets and try to FAIRify those, and later on move "up". (2) on the other hand FAIRification of database which are more complex is leading us to results / conlcussions available also for less complicated databases.

* importance of formats of data. It is important that the format of the data to be entered in specific entry is strictly defined (example - the date: need of clear definitions - what's to include: year, month, day specific?) Similarly - with longitude, latitute. If it's not done in advance, later on it takes much work to manually change it and put into right format. On the other hand - potentially - making a very specific description - may exclude some data, which are available but in different standards - for ecxample between EU and American standards.
* every entry has its provenence, with information how the entry hhas been changed, when, etc. Basically all entries should have their own metadata.

* two dimensions of policies:
1) policy domain (topic of the policy)
2) policy perspective / the level of goverment (for whom it's developed = local regional, national, international level, etc)

==== Taxonomy building ====
* Example to be watched: EU taxonomy for green innovation companies
* UC4 taxomnomy needs to match to higher level = overall level of the projects. To make sure, that the complete taxonomy is

Proposed logical aspects / steps:
# starting on agreement of keywords + the glossry, to ensure common understanding.
# taking into consideration two dimensions of policies: (1) policy domain and (2) policy level of goverment
# coordinationg with other use cses: UC4 is affecting other use cases, so our keywords should not only match, but sometimes should be even taken from other use cases.

Talk:UC4

2020-06-03T14:00:45Z

Małgorzatam: /* IEA Policy database */

Assessment of metadata for databases
# IEA Policy database
# COMETS
# JRC database hub
# EUR-Lex

==== IEA Policy database discussion ====

* preliminary assessment of level of implementation of FAIR/O principles: F4 - yes; A1 - yes, A2 - yes (only depends on EU policy); I1 - yes; I2 - fulfilled, I3 - fulfilled; R1.1 - yes; R1.2 - no; R1.3 - not fulfilled, not even the DC standards.
* Metadate seems to be spread.
* Discussion on understanding of 100% fulfillement, on the example: In ideal database all country names would be linked to official registry --> you could go for all information. It would be 100% FAIR. Are any bases like that? Example on country information, which should be easily available automatically, for example ISO code for the country. IEA policy database is not fully like that.
* difficulties even in defining "policy" = everything (every official document) which is published in official governmental page.
* testing on the example of Poland and National Energy Efficency Action Plan for Poland: link to the official governmental page, not the direct link to the official document or to the official country law. When information about the date of update - should be also a linked to the local page (to ensure that the is a possibility to check at the source, if the policy has been already updated.
* if metadata doesn't provide the possibility of reachning the sources (if the documents are there, but you don't have an opportunity to get to the official, legal document).

==== COMETS ====
* information for collective actions for all EU countries, most importantly - for countries being in energy transition.
* 3700 initiatives in selected European countries - Germany, Belgium, Czechia, Switzerland,
* based on the internet desk research, business registers, etc.
* energy production units / electriciity facilitiation units - including more than 50000
* within the project in six countries (DE, ES, BE, PL, EE) they are conducting servey about the development and values (export, import). The data from it will be also included into the databse/.
* as it's still under development - FAIRness is 0% for now.
* from COMETS project perspective, an important step for FAIRification is to facilitate by categorisation, what and how specific activities are currently being implemented in different countries, categorisation of them, taxonomy.

==== General conclusions ====

* discussion on Wilkinson FAIR priniciples --> if there are any databases which are 100% in accordance to these principles. 100% is an utopia. We only can make a hierarchy, which databases are matching these citerias better, or worse.
* in Mons system - it's more clear that you have to achieve specific level, to be able to go further.

* two possible approaches: (1) start of absolute lowest datasets and try to FAIRify those, and later on move "up". (2) on the other hand FAIRification of database which are more complex is leading us to results / conlcussions available also for less complicated databases.

* importance of formats of data. It is important that the format of the data to be entered in specific entry is strictly defined (example - the date: need of clear definitions - what's to include: year, month, day specific?) Similarly - with longitude, latitute. If it's not done in advance, later on it takes much work to manually change it and put into right format. On the other hand - potentially - making a very specific description - may exclude some data, which are available but in different standards - for ecxample between EU and American standards.
* every entry has its provenence, with information how the entry hhas been changed, when, etc. Basically all entries should have their own metadata.

* two dimensions of policies:
1) policy domain (topic of the policy)
2) policy perspective / the level of goverment (for whom it's developed = local regional, national, international level, etc)

==== Taxonomy building ====
* Example to be watched: EU taxonomy for green innovation companies
* UC4 taxomnomy needs to match to higher level = overall level of the projects. To make sure, that the complete taxonomy is

Proposed logical aspects / steps:
# starting on agreement of keywords + the glossry, to ensure common understanding.
# taking into consideration two dimensions of policies: (1) policy domain and (2) policy level of goverment
# coordinationg with other use cses: UC4 is affecting other use cases, so our keywords should not only match, but sometimes should be even taken from other use cases.

Talk:UC4

2020-06-03T14:00:25Z

Małgorzatam: /* directions in building taxonomy */

Assessment of metadata for databases
# IEA Policy database
# COMETS
# JRC database hub
# EUR-Lex

==== IEA Policy database ====

* preliminary assessment of level of implementation of FAIR/O principles: F4 - yes; A1 - yes, A2 - yes (only depends on EU policy); I1 - yes; I2 - fulfilled, I3 - fulfilled; R1.1 - yes; R1.2 - no; R1.3 - not fulfilled, not even the DC standards.
* Metadate seems to be spread.
* Discussion on understanding of 100% fulfillement, on the example: In ideal database all country names would be linked to official registry --> you could go for all information. It would be 100% FAIR. Are any bases like that? Example on country information, which should be easily available automatically, for example ISO code for the country. IEA policy database is not fully like that.
* difficulties even in defining "policy" = everything (every official document) which is published in official governmental page.
* testing on the example of Poland and National Energy Efficency Action Plan for Poland: link to the official governmental page, not the direct link to the official document or to the official country law. When information about the date of update - should be also a linked to the local page (to ensure that the is a possibility to check at the source, if the policy has been already updated.
* if metadata doesn't provide the possibility of reachning the sources (if the documents are there, but you don't have an opportunity to get to the official, legal document).

==== COMETS ====
* information for collective actions for all EU countries, most importantly - for countries being in energy transition.
* 3700 initiatives in selected European countries - Germany, Belgium, Czechia, Switzerland,
* based on the internet desk research, business registers, etc.
* energy production units / electriciity facilitiation units - including more than 50000
* within the project in six countries (DE, ES, BE, PL, EE) they are conducting servey about the development and values (export, import). The data from it will be also included into the databse/.
* as it's still under development - FAIRness is 0% for now.
* from COMETS project perspective, an important step for FAIRification is to facilitate by categorisation, what and how specific activities are currently being implemented in different countries, categorisation of them, taxonomy.

==== General conclusions ====

* discussion on Wilkinson FAIR priniciples --> if there are any databases which are 100% in accordance to these principles. 100% is an utopia. We only can make a hierarchy, which databases are matching these citerias better, or worse.
* in Mons system - it's more clear that you have to achieve specific level, to be able to go further.

* two possible approaches: (1) start of absolute lowest datasets and try to FAIRify those, and later on move "up". (2) on the other hand FAIRification of database which are more complex is leading us to results / conlcussions available also for less complicated databases.

* importance of formats of data. It is important that the format of the data to be entered in specific entry is strictly defined (example - the date: need of clear definitions - what's to include: year, month, day specific?) Similarly - with longitude, latitute. If it's not done in advance, later on it takes much work to manually change it and put into right format. On the other hand - potentially - making a very specific description - may exclude some data, which are available but in different standards - for ecxample between EU and American standards.
* every entry has its provenence, with information how the entry hhas been changed, when, etc. Basically all entries should have their own metadata.

* two dimensions of policies:
1) policy domain (topic of the policy)
2) policy perspective / the level of goverment (for whom it's developed = local regional, national, international level, etc)

==== Taxonomy building ====
* Example to be watched: EU taxonomy for green innovation companies
* UC4 taxomnomy needs to match to higher level = overall level of the projects. To make sure, that the complete taxonomy is

Proposed logical aspects / steps:
# starting on agreement of keywords + the glossry, to ensure common understanding.
# taking into consideration two dimensions of policies: (1) policy domain and (2) policy level of goverment
# coordinationg with other use cses: UC4 is affecting other use cases, so our keywords should not only match, but sometimes should be even taken from other use cases.

Talk:UC4

2020-06-03T13:59:56Z

Małgorzatam:

Assessment of metadata for databases
# IEA Policy database
# COMETS
# JRC database hub
# EUR-Lex

==== IEA Policy database ====

* preliminary assessment of level of implementation of FAIR/O principles: F4 - yes; A1 - yes, A2 - yes (only depends on EU policy); I1 - yes; I2 - fulfilled, I3 - fulfilled; R1.1 - yes; R1.2 - no; R1.3 - not fulfilled, not even the DC standards.
* Metadate seems to be spread.
* Discussion on understanding of 100% fulfillement, on the example: In ideal database all country names would be linked to official registry --> you could go for all information. It would be 100% FAIR. Are any bases like that? Example on country information, which should be easily available automatically, for example ISO code for the country. IEA policy database is not fully like that.
* difficulties even in defining "policy" = everything (every official document) which is published in official governmental page.
* testing on the example of Poland and National Energy Efficency Action Plan for Poland: link to the official governmental page, not the direct link to the official document or to the official country law. When information about the date of update - should be also a linked to the local page (to ensure that the is a possibility to check at the source, if the policy has been already updated.
* if metadata doesn't provide the possibility of reachning the sources (if the documents are there, but you don't have an opportunity to get to the official, legal document).

==== COMETS ====
* information for collective actions for all EU countries, most importantly - for countries being in energy transition.
* 3700 initiatives in selected European countries - Germany, Belgium, Czechia, Switzerland,
* based on the internet desk research, business registers, etc.
* energy production units / electriciity facilitiation units - including more than 50000
* within the project in six countries (DE, ES, BE, PL, EE) they are conducting servey about the development and values (export, import). The data from it will be also included into the databse/.
* as it's still under development - FAIRness is 0% for now.
* from COMETS project perspective, an important step for FAIRification is to facilitate by categorisation, what and how specific activities are currently being implemented in different countries, categorisation of them, taxonomy.

==== General conclusions ====

* discussion on Wilkinson FAIR priniciples --> if there are any databases which are 100% in accordance to these principles. 100% is an utopia. We only can make a hierarchy, which databases are matching these citerias better, or worse.
* in Mons system - it's more clear that you have to achieve specific level, to be able to go further.

* two possible approaches: (1) start of absolute lowest datasets and try to FAIRify those, and later on move "up". (2) on the other hand FAIRification of database which are more complex is leading us to results / conlcussions available also for less complicated databases.

* importance of formats of data. It is important that the format of the data to be entered in specific entry is strictly defined (example - the date: need of clear definitions - what's to include: year, month, day specific?) Similarly - with longitude, latitute. If it's not done in advance, later on it takes much work to manually change it and put into right format. On the other hand - potentially - making a very specific description - may exclude some data, which are available but in different standards - for ecxample between EU and American standards.
* every entry has its provenence, with information how the entry hhas been changed, when, etc. Basically all entries should have their own metadata.

* two dimensions of policies:
1) policy domain (topic of the policy)
2) policy perspective / the level of goverment (for whom it's developed = local regional, national, international level, etc)

==== directions in building taxonomy ====
* Example to be watched: EU taxonomy for green innovation companies
* UC4 taxomnomy needs to match to higher level = overall level of the projects. To make sure, that the complete taxonomy is

Proposed logical aspects / steps:
# starting on agreement of keywords + the glossry, to ensure common understanding.
# taking into consideration two dimensions of policies: (1) policy domain and (2) policy level of goverment
# coordinationg with other use cses: UC4 is affecting other use cases, so our keywords should not only match, but sometimes should be even taken from other use cases.

WS1UC4

2020-06-03T13:25:21Z

Małgorzatam: /* General conclusions */

This page provides space for notes from workshop discussions of use case 4 during Day 2 of WS1.

== Interactive elements ==
The discussions can also benefit from considering the EERAdata storyboard and/or slido comments. See [[WS1#Interactive_elements]]

== Notes from the morning session ==
The morning session is dedicated to database discussions with the aim to select 3-5 databases from below's list of databases for further examination. The [[UC3#List_of_selected_databases|first table of the WIKI page]] is filled out by noon.

* The workshop has started with the short introduction round to enable peaople to know something about each other, especially of the specific institutions day-to-day approach to data use.
* Later on the base for further works was presented:
# screeening the databases --> names, short descriptions, rationale for preliminary choosing the database
# checking the datbases proposed already, adding new, if needed.
# discussion and evaluation of databases - to choose the most suitable one for further works

Segmenting databases into 2 categories:
# policy relevant databases, eg. COMETS, EU Merci, PETA4
# policy databases, eg. IEA Policy database, EUR-Lex, OECD, RES-Legal, MURE

From both categories, the most suitbale databases may be chosen. This will enable us to have a full spectrum - how energy policies may use both types of databases.

Chosen databases - after morning discussion
# COMETS
# EUR-Lex
# IEA Policy database
# JRC

The evaluation using a tool developed by Mark Wilkinson will be carried out on EUR-Lex, IEA and JRC during afternoon sesion. In this time will be also assesing databases has already chose by metadata aspects

=== Draft list of databases ===
The databases that had been identified as containing data in relation to low carbon energy and energy efficiency policy:

#[https://www.copernicus.eu/en Copernicus]
#[https://datacite.org DataCite]
#[https://www.vs.inf.ethz.ch/res/show.html?what=eco-data ECO data set]
#[https://energydata.info/ EnergyData]
#[https://www.resourceefficient.eu/en#explore-content EREK]
#[http://www.eumerci-portal.eu/web/guest/home EU Merci]
#[https://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en EUR-Lex]
#[https://ec.europa.eu/energy/topics/energy-efficiency/energy-efficient-buildings/eu-bso_en?redir=1 European Buildings Stock Observatory]
#[https://www.iea.org/policies IEA Policies database]
#[https://www.irena.org/Statistics/View-Data-by-Topic/Energy-Transition/REmap-Energy-Demand-and-Supply-by-Sector IRENA, REmap]
#[http://resourceirena.irena.org/gateway/ IRENA, Resource]
#[https://data.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ JRC-database hub]
#[https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/publication/jrc-idees-integrated-database-european-energy-sector-methodological-note JRC-IDEES: Integrated Database of the European Energy Sector: Metodological note]
#[https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/publication/eur-scientific-and-technical-research-reports/monitoring-ri-low-carbon-energy-technologies JRC: Monitoring R&I in Low-Carbon Energy Technologies
#[https://magic-nexus.eu/metadata-repository MAGIC]
#[https://data.nrel.gov/ NREL data]
#[https://odin.jrc.ec.europa.eu/odin/index.jsp ODIN: Online Data & Information Network for Energy]
#[https://data.oecd.org/ OECD data]
#[https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/home/home.do OEIL]
#[https://openei.org/wiki/Main_Page OPENEI]
#[https://heatroadmap.eu/peta4/ PETA4]
#[https://www.proquest.com/ PROQuest]
#[https://www.reeep.org/reegleinfo REEEP]
#[https://www.re3data.org/ Re3data.org]
#[http://www.res-legal.eu/home/ RES LEGAL]
#[https://setis.ec.europa.eu/publications/setis-research-innovation-data SETIS research and innovation data]
#[https://zenodo.org/ ZENODO]
#[https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/837722 H2020 project COMETS] - EU-wide inventory of collective action initiatives in the low carbon energy transition
#[https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/business_economy_euro/banking_and_finance/documents/200309-sustainable-finance-teg-final-report-taxonomy_en.pdf] - EU taxonomy for green innovation companies
#MURE (Mesures d'Utilisation Rationnelle de l'Energie)database [http://www.measures-odyssee-mure.eu/]

=== Discussion on the choice of databases: ===
* From GIG, apart from IEA Policy database, there will be also a proposition of EUR-Lex, DataCite, EU Merci, OECD, and probably also JRC-database.
* @ IUE and ENEA: each of you please suggest 2 other databases and prepare for them a description and an explanation - why we should choose them for further evaluation. Material please put in the Wiki.
* @ all: for databases that you suggested please complete the questionnaire from AIT in OO ([https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/Products/Files/doceditor.aspx?fileid=5413183] and put answers into the folder in OO [https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/products/projects/tmdocs.aspx?prjID=236894#1976709] until Friday 29.05.

==== COMETS database: EU-wide inventory of collective action initiatives in the energy transition ====
''Description of database:''
The inventory is a multi-country database of collective action initiatives (e.g., energy cooperatives, eco-villages, community energy projects, and other citizen-led energy projects). For each initiative, the country, the date of foundation/cancellation, the evolution of members and renewable energy units, installation capacities, fields of engagement, legal form, website, address, source, etc. is collected. The entries are sourced from a variety of national, regional, and European registers and websites.

''Rationale for choosing this database'':
*The database is of policy relevance. Its data interpretation is highly dependent on changes in the legal and policy frameworks across Europe.
*We own the database and therefore have it easier to exercise FAIRification and opening activities.
*The database is being created in a parallel running European project and we would not like that the database ends in the graveyard of dead EU project databases.
*We aim at opening the database to the low carbon research community within the next two years.
*We are interested to explore the options for opening while ensuring that our work in building the database is appropriately acknowledged. This is relevant for later EERAdata discussion. Here, we already started discussing with e3s and tJP of EERAdata.
*We can use synergies with another parallel EU project and have the possibility to assign rich metadata to every single entry, by also using the expertise of researchers from the COMETS project.
*The database itself has a relatively simple structure, however, the inventory contains heterogeneous and dynamic data. Thus, it helps us to investigate how to approach FAIRification for such data. This is a particular challenge for UC4.
*Sources of the COMETS database are coming in a variety of European languages, all brought together in an English database. Thus, it helps us to investigate the relevance of languages for FAIRification and opening activities. This is also a particular challenge for UC4.
*We aim at uploading this database as an example for EERAdata to EOSC. We hope to create a best practice example for a FAIR and open database. Currently, it is F - non-existing, A - non-existing., I - partly as one can, e.g., go to the currently published papers to access the original sources. But it is not machine-actionable. R - no, because it is currently not open.

''Reference:'' Wierling, A.; Schwanitz, V.J.; Zeiß, J.P.; Bout, C.; Candelise, C.; Gilcrease, W.; Gregg, J.S. [https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/10/9/3339 Statistical Evidence on the Role of Energy Cooperatives for the Energy Transition in European Countries]. Sustainability.

==== IEA Policy database ====
''Description of the database:''
A worldwide database of past, future and planned policies and measures thematically related to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve energy efficiency and support the development and deployment of renewables and other clean energy technologies. It contains data from IEA/IRENA Renewable Energy Policies and Measures Database, the IEA Energy Efficiency Database, the Addressing Climate Change database, and the Building Energy Efficiency Policies (BEEP) database, along with information on CCUS and methane abatement policies. Data are collected from governments, partner organizations and IEA analysis since 1999.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* A popular, recognized, and world-wide database hosted by a reputable institution.
* Since we are not able to analyze all the databases that we would like to - the selection of the IEA Policy database would indirectly allow us to take into account several other, selected databases because it contains data from: IEA/IRENA Renewable Energy Policies and Measures Database, the IEA Energy Efficiency Database, the Addressing Climate Change database, and the Building Energy Efficiency Policies (BEEP) database,
* Cross-use case relevance, as it contains policies and measures also for buildings efficiency (UC1) and for power transmission and distribution networks (UC2).

==== EU Taxonomy for green innovation companies ====
''Description of the database:''
The EU Taxonomy is a tool to help investors, companies, issuers, and project promoters navigate the transition to a low-carbon, resilient and resource-efficient economy. The Taxonomy sets performance thresholds (referred to as ‘technical screening criteria’) for economic activities which: • make a substantive contribution to one of six environmental objectives (Figure 1); • do no significant harm (DNSH) to the other five, where relevant; • meet minimum safeguards (e.g., OECD Guidelines on Multinational Enterprises and the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights). The performance thresholds will help companies, project promoters and issuers access green financing to improve their environmental performance, as well as helping to identify which activities are already environmentally friendly. In doing so, it will help to grow low-carbon sectors and decarbonise high-carbon ones. The EU Taxonomy is one of the most significant developments in sustainable finance and will have wide-ranging implications for investors and issuers working in the EU, and beyond.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* It is low-hanging fruit because taxonomy is already in place.
* We could use this taxonomy to see how it aligns with our other assessments (and with other use cases)
* The taxonomy will be enacted in a year from now, so we can provide timely feedback

''Reference:'' [[https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/business_economy_euro/banking_and_finance/documents/200309-sustainable-finance-teg-final-report-taxonomy_en.pdf]]

==== EUR-Lex ====
''Description of the database:''
EUR-Lex is online database that provides the official and most comprehensive access to EU Law and legal documents such as treaties, legal acts from EU institutions, preparatory documents related to EU legislation, EU case-law, international agreements, EFTA documents, references to national case-law related to EU law. EUR-Lex has access to all editions of the Official Journal of the European Union (OJ) since the first of December 1952.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* It is available in all of the EU’s 24 official languages
* It is updated daily, which confirms the validity of the documents
* Each document in EUR-Lex is supported by detailed information such as: relations with other legal documents, case-law interpretations, dates of adoption or entry into force etc.
* It is the open and highly recognizable European Union’s database directly related to policy
* Most documents in EUR-Lex, regardless of their language, receive a unique identifier - CELEX number, so all documents have a designed structure and each type of document corresponds to a so-called “a descriptor”.

==== EU MERCI ====
''Description of the database:''
The database contains data on the implementation of energy efficiency measures in the manufacturing industry. For nearly 3000 companies from 4 European countries (Austria, Italy, Poland, United Kingdom), the following information has been collected: size of the company, year of implementation of the measure, type of support received (white certificates), statistical classification of economic activities, according to NACE, applied processes and ways to save energy and total final energy savings achieved by the implemented measures.
The database contains data also on low-carbon policies, examples of business action to reduce emissions, etc.
The database includes data for the 2005-2017 period. Besides the database, also a library, sector reports and static analyses of different countries were made available.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* The database contains good practices that can be used by other actors willing to implement energy efficiency measures,
* Disadvantages of the database: It includes data from the 2005-2017 period, with no updates (no newer examples)

==== OECD database ====
''Description of the database:''
OECD database makes available data related to agriculture, development, economy, education, energy, environment, finance, government, health, innovation and technology, jobs and society. In each of these areas the database contains, inter alia, data on legal issues. In the area of energy, data can be assigned thematically to: primary energy supply, crude oil production, electricity generation, renewable energy, nuclear power plants, crude oil import prices.
The data comes from over 130 countries around the world. The database allows sharing data in the form of indicators, maps and tables. The data is collected and made available since 1960.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* It is a popular, well recognised worldwide database, maintained by a reputable institution,
* Since we are not able to analyze all the databases that we would like to - the selection of the OECD database would indirectly allow us to take into account several other, selected databases because it contains data from: the IEA database - International Energy Agency (https://www.iea.org/) and Nuclear Energy Agency (http://www.oecd-nea.org/).

==== ISTAT energy data ====
'' Description of the database: ''
I.Stat is the warehouse of statistics currently produced by the Italian National Institute of Statistics.Statistics are searchable by theme. The system is also consultable by keyword. Data are presented in multidimensional tables which users can export in xls, csv formats. Acting on variables, reference periods and the arrangement of heads and sides, moreover, it is possible to obtain custom tables.
Through a web service that allows direct machine-to-machine questioning, organizations, as well as private citizens, can form specific query data, download results. The service is accessible at the following address: https://www.istat.it/it/metodi-e-strumenti/web-service-sdmx

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* It’s a complete overview of energy consumption in Italy in all sectors of the society.

==== SETIS Innovation and Research data ====
'' Description of the database: ''
The level of investment in R&I in terms of both private (expenditure by businesses and industry) and public (Member States' national programmes and instruments), and trends in patents, for the Integrated SET Plan Actions.

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
The Integrated SET Plan needs to be underpinned by an effective monitoring and reporting scheme that supports the development and implementation of the European R&I Agenda. SETIS plays a central role in the successful implementation of the Integrated SET Plan 10 key actions. In particular, the enhanced SETIS follows the objectives below:
* To monitor R&I activities, investments and technology progress in Europe;
* To contribute to the identification of gaps in the implementation of the actions;
* To report on the overall progress towards the common goals set out in the integrated SET-Plan;
* To contribute to assessing the impact of the SET-Plan on European competitiveness;
* To make recommendations for actions that could further increase the effectiveness of the European R&I Strategy.

==== ENERGISE Online Database ====
'' Description of the database: ''
The Database is an output of the H2020 Energise Project. The project aims at testing household and community-level initiatives to reduce energy consumption through energy cultures. An output of the project forms the database that contains data on 1067 energy initiatives from 30 European countries.

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* The database contains recent information on a considerable number of (1067) initiatives pertaining to household and community-level energy policies. Thus, its representativeness is for European countries is high.
* Since the focus of the EERAdata project is mainly concerning the European Union countries, this database is a good fit in terms of scope.
* The database hosts information that would be gathered from national sources of each country, hence may be considered as a repository for national databases.

==== MURE Online Database ====
'' Description of the database: ''
MURE (Mesures d'Utilisation Rationnelle de l'Energie) is a comprehensive database that lists energy efficiency policies and measures regarding the Member States of the European Union. It allows for the analysis of policies based on topics, policy interaction, policy scoring, impact evaluation, as well as successful policies. The information is accessible by query in the database. The contributors are French Environment and Energy Management Agency, European Energy Network, and the H2020 program of the European Union.

Relates to the Odyssee database on energy-efficiency indicators and energy consumption.

Reference: [http://www.measures-odyssee-mure.eu Odyssee-MURE project]

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* A comprehensive database including energy efficiency policies and measures in the European Union member states.
* Since the focus of the EERAdata project is mainly concerning the European Union countries, this database is a good fit in terms of scope.
* The database hosts information that would be gathered from national sources of each country, hence may be considered as a repository for national databases.
* The database pertains to both Uses Case 4 on Energy Policies and Use Case 1 on Buildings Efficiency.

==== JRC-database hub: Joint Research Centre Data Catalogue ====
'' Description of database: ''
The JRC Science Hub aims to gradually integrate and aggregate all of the European Commission's science related activities, tools, laboratories, facilities, databases and networks. The inventory is wide range of the compilation of databases development of software and modelling tools. Published on the basis of open data principles with clear descriptions for each entry. The tools and databases are categorised by name and acronym, but can be filtered by research area, keyword and JRC institute responsible for the coordination of the particular entry. It contains, inter alia, databases related to energy and transport and climate
'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* It’s the open and highly recognizable European Union’s database directly related to different related aspects also energy policy related
* It’s data interpretation is highly dependent on changes in the legal and policy frameworks across European Union.
* The database enhances the transparency and openness of the JRC and further enables the open access policy of scientific research data.
* The information and links provided in the metadata are maintained in distributed and heterogeneous information systems. Although the datasets are maintain and links and information are updated,
* Sources of the database are coming in a variety of European languages, all brought together in an English database. Thus, it helps to investigate the relevance for FAIRification and opening activities.
* The database is cross-use case relevant, as it contains policies and measures also for other use cases.

==== DataCite - an international not-for-profit organization aiming to improve data citation ====
'' Description of database: ''
The main aim of DataCite is to provide the means to create, find, cite, connect, and use research. The primary service provided by DataCite is the registration of DOI tags. In addition, DataCite is constantly developing additional services related to DOI and related metadata, as following:
* DataCite Search (https://search.datacite.org/) - allows to search the database of DOI metadata registered in DataCite.
* DataCite Profiles (https://profiles.datacite.org/) - allows for automatic data transfer between the DataCite and ORCID systems, facilitating the update of personal profiles of researchers in ORCID with information about objects for which DOIs have been registered in DataCite.
* DataCite Statistics (https://stats.datacite.org/) - a service presenting statistical data on the number of registered DOI, their metadata records and the use of this information.
* DataCite OAI-PMH Provider (https://oai.datacite.org/) - an access interface to metadata collected in DataCite using the OAI-PMH protocol.
In addition, DataCite is involved in international projects and initiatives related to sharing and quoting research data, such as:
* the worldwide Registry of Research Data Repositories - Re3Data (https://www.re3data.org/).
* The Initiative for Open Citations (I4OC) = a collaboration between scholarly publishers, researchers, and other interested parties to promote the unrestricted availability of scholarly citation data and to make these data available.

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* The inventory contains heterogeneous and dynamic data. Thus, it helps us to investigate how to approach FAIRification for such data.
* DataCite provides an integrated search interface, where it is possible to search and filter a relevant metadata gathered
* Sources of the database are coming in a variety of European languages. Thus, it helps to investigate the relevance for FAIRification and opening activities.
* The database may be cross-use case relevant, as it contains DOIs and citations relevant also for other use cases.

== Notes from the afternoon session ==
The afternoon session is dedicated to discussing metadata for the selected databases. The aim of the afternoon session is to fill out [[UC3#Metadata_assessments|table 2 of the wiki page for the use case]] and to decide what to report back from the use case to the plenary session the next day (again, see the WIKI template for a suggested structure). Thus, at the end of the day, the WIKI page for the use case is complete.

=== Assessment of metadata for databases ===
# IEA Policy database
# COMETS
# JRC database hub
# EUR-Lex

==== IEA Policy database ====

* preliminary assessment of level of implementation of FAIR/O principles: F4 - yes; A1 - yes, A2 - yes (only depends on EU policy); I1 - yes; I2 - fulfilled, I3 - fulfilled; R1.1 - yes; R1.2 - no; R1.3 - not fulfilled, not even the DC standards.
* Metadate seems to be spread.
* Discussion on understanding of 100% fulfillement, on the example: In ideal database all country names would be linked to official registry --> you could go for all information. It would be 100% FAIR. Are any bases like that? Example on country information, which should be easily available automatically, for example ISO code for the country. IEA policy database is not fully like that.
* difficulties even in defining "policy" = everything (every official document) which is published in official governmental page.
* testing on the example of Poland and National Energy Efficency Action Plan for Poland: link to the official governmental page, not the direct link to the official document or to the official country law. When information about the date of update - should be also a linked to the local page (to ensure that the is a possibility to check at the source, if the policy has been already updated.
* if metadata doesn't provide the possibility of reachning the sources (if the documents are there, but you don't have an opportunity to get to the official, legal document).

==== COMETS ====
* information for collective actions for all EU countries, most importantly - for countries being in energy transition.
* 3700 initiatives in selected European countries - Germany, Belgium, Czechia, Switzerland,
* based on the internet desk research, business registers, etc.
* energy production units / electriciity facilitiation units - including more than 50000
* within the project in six countries (DE, ES, BE, PL, EE) they are conducting servey about the development and values (export, import). The data from it will be also included into the databse/.
* as it's still under development - FAIRness is 0% for now.
* from COMETS project perspective, an important step for FAIRification is to facilitate by categorisation, what and how specific activities are currently being implemented in different countries, categorisation of them, taxonomy.

==== General conclusions ====

* discussion on Wilkinson FAIR priniciples --> if there are any databases which are 100% in accordance to these principles. 100% is an utopia. We only can make a hierarchy, which databases are matching these citerias better, or worse.
* in Mons system - it's more clear that you have to achieve specific level, to be able to go further.

* two possible approaches: (1) start of absolute lowest datasets and try to FAIRify those, and later on move "up". (2) on the other hand FAIRification of database which are more complex is leading us to results / conlcussions available also for less complicated databases.

* importance of formats of data. It is important that the format of the data to be entered in specific entry is strictly defined (example - the date: need of clear definitions - what's to include: year, month, day specific?) Similarly - with longitude, latitute. If it's not done in advance, later on it takes much work to manually change it and put into right format. On the other hand - potentially - making a very specific description - may exclude some data, which are available but in different standards - for ecxample between EU and American standards.
* every entry has its provenence, with information how the entry hhas been changed, when, etc. Basically all entries should have their own metadata.

* two dimensions of policies:
1) policy domain (topic of the policy)
2) policy perspective / the level of goverment (for whom it's developed = local regional, national, international level, etc)

==== directions in building taxonomy ====
* Example to be watched: EU taxonomy for green innovation companies
* UC4 taxomnomy needs to match to higher level = overall level of the projects. To make sure, that the complete taxonomy is

Proposed logical aspects / steps:
# starting on agreement of keywords + the glossry, to ensure common understanding.
# taking into consideration two dimensions of policies: (1) policy domain and (2) policy level of goverment
# coordinationg with other use cses: UC4 is affecting other use cases, so our keywords should not only match, but sometimes should be even taken from other use cases.

== What to report back to the plenary on Day 3? ==
* Databases selected (names and short reasoning)
* Main insights from discussions
* Suggested next steps
* Other issues

WS1UC4

2020-06-03T13:21:10Z

Małgorzatam: /* IEA Policy database */

This page provides space for notes from workshop discussions of use case 4 during Day 2 of WS1.

== Interactive elements ==
The discussions can also benefit from considering the EERAdata storyboard and/or slido comments. See [[WS1#Interactive_elements]]

== Notes from the morning session ==
The morning session is dedicated to database discussions with the aim to select 3-5 databases from below's list of databases for further examination. The [[UC3#List_of_selected_databases|first table of the WIKI page]] is filled out by noon.

* The workshop has started with the short introduction round to enable peaople to know something about each other, especially of the specific institutions day-to-day approach to data use.
* Later on the base for further works was presented:
# screeening the databases --> names, short descriptions, rationale for preliminary choosing the database
# checking the datbases proposed already, adding new, if needed.
# discussion and evaluation of databases - to choose the most suitable one for further works

Segmenting databases into 2 categories:
# policy relevant databases, eg. COMETS, EU Merci, PETA4
# policy databases, eg. IEA Policy database, EUR-Lex, OECD, RES-Legal, MURE

From both categories, the most suitbale databases may be chosen. This will enable us to have a full spectrum - how energy policies may use both types of databases.

Chosen databases - after morning discussion
# COMETS
# EUR-Lex
# IEA Policy database
# JRC

The evaluation using a tool developed by Mark Wilkinson will be carried out on EUR-Lex, IEA and JRC during afternoon sesion. In this time will be also assesing databases has already chose by metadata aspects

=== Draft list of databases ===
The databases that had been identified as containing data in relation to low carbon energy and energy efficiency policy:

#[https://www.copernicus.eu/en Copernicus]
#[https://datacite.org DataCite]
#[https://www.vs.inf.ethz.ch/res/show.html?what=eco-data ECO data set]
#[https://energydata.info/ EnergyData]
#[https://www.resourceefficient.eu/en#explore-content EREK]
#[http://www.eumerci-portal.eu/web/guest/home EU Merci]
#[https://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en EUR-Lex]
#[https://ec.europa.eu/energy/topics/energy-efficiency/energy-efficient-buildings/eu-bso_en?redir=1 European Buildings Stock Observatory]
#[https://www.iea.org/policies IEA Policies database]
#[https://www.irena.org/Statistics/View-Data-by-Topic/Energy-Transition/REmap-Energy-Demand-and-Supply-by-Sector IRENA, REmap]
#[http://resourceirena.irena.org/gateway/ IRENA, Resource]
#[https://data.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ JRC-database hub]
#[https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/publication/jrc-idees-integrated-database-european-energy-sector-methodological-note JRC-IDEES: Integrated Database of the European Energy Sector: Metodological note]
#[https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/publication/eur-scientific-and-technical-research-reports/monitoring-ri-low-carbon-energy-technologies JRC: Monitoring R&I in Low-Carbon Energy Technologies
#[https://magic-nexus.eu/metadata-repository MAGIC]
#[https://data.nrel.gov/ NREL data]
#[https://odin.jrc.ec.europa.eu/odin/index.jsp ODIN: Online Data & Information Network for Energy]
#[https://data.oecd.org/ OECD data]
#[https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/home/home.do OEIL]
#[https://openei.org/wiki/Main_Page OPENEI]
#[https://heatroadmap.eu/peta4/ PETA4]
#[https://www.proquest.com/ PROQuest]
#[https://www.reeep.org/reegleinfo REEEP]
#[https://www.re3data.org/ Re3data.org]
#[http://www.res-legal.eu/home/ RES LEGAL]
#[https://setis.ec.europa.eu/publications/setis-research-innovation-data SETIS research and innovation data]
#[https://zenodo.org/ ZENODO]
#[https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/837722 H2020 project COMETS] - EU-wide inventory of collective action initiatives in the low carbon energy transition
#[https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/business_economy_euro/banking_and_finance/documents/200309-sustainable-finance-teg-final-report-taxonomy_en.pdf] - EU taxonomy for green innovation companies
#MURE (Mesures d'Utilisation Rationnelle de l'Energie)database [http://www.measures-odyssee-mure.eu/]

=== Discussion on the choice of databases: ===
* From GIG, apart from IEA Policy database, there will be also a proposition of EUR-Lex, DataCite, EU Merci, OECD, and probably also JRC-database.
* @ IUE and ENEA: each of you please suggest 2 other databases and prepare for them a description and an explanation - why we should choose them for further evaluation. Material please put in the Wiki.
* @ all: for databases that you suggested please complete the questionnaire from AIT in OO ([https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/Products/Files/doceditor.aspx?fileid=5413183] and put answers into the folder in OO [https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/products/projects/tmdocs.aspx?prjID=236894#1976709] until Friday 29.05.

==== COMETS database: EU-wide inventory of collective action initiatives in the energy transition ====
''Description of database:''
The inventory is a multi-country database of collective action initiatives (e.g., energy cooperatives, eco-villages, community energy projects, and other citizen-led energy projects). For each initiative, the country, the date of foundation/cancellation, the evolution of members and renewable energy units, installation capacities, fields of engagement, legal form, website, address, source, etc. is collected. The entries are sourced from a variety of national, regional, and European registers and websites.

''Rationale for choosing this database'':
*The database is of policy relevance. Its data interpretation is highly dependent on changes in the legal and policy frameworks across Europe.
*We own the database and therefore have it easier to exercise FAIRification and opening activities.
*The database is being created in a parallel running European project and we would not like that the database ends in the graveyard of dead EU project databases.
*We aim at opening the database to the low carbon research community within the next two years.
*We are interested to explore the options for opening while ensuring that our work in building the database is appropriately acknowledged. This is relevant for later EERAdata discussion. Here, we already started discussing with e3s and tJP of EERAdata.
*We can use synergies with another parallel EU project and have the possibility to assign rich metadata to every single entry, by also using the expertise of researchers from the COMETS project.
*The database itself has a relatively simple structure, however, the inventory contains heterogeneous and dynamic data. Thus, it helps us to investigate how to approach FAIRification for such data. This is a particular challenge for UC4.
*Sources of the COMETS database are coming in a variety of European languages, all brought together in an English database. Thus, it helps us to investigate the relevance of languages for FAIRification and opening activities. This is also a particular challenge for UC4.
*We aim at uploading this database as an example for EERAdata to EOSC. We hope to create a best practice example for a FAIR and open database. Currently, it is F - non-existing, A - non-existing., I - partly as one can, e.g., go to the currently published papers to access the original sources. But it is not machine-actionable. R - no, because it is currently not open.

''Reference:'' Wierling, A.; Schwanitz, V.J.; Zeiß, J.P.; Bout, C.; Candelise, C.; Gilcrease, W.; Gregg, J.S. [https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/10/9/3339 Statistical Evidence on the Role of Energy Cooperatives for the Energy Transition in European Countries]. Sustainability.

==== IEA Policy database ====
''Description of the database:''
A worldwide database of past, future and planned policies and measures thematically related to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve energy efficiency and support the development and deployment of renewables and other clean energy technologies. It contains data from IEA/IRENA Renewable Energy Policies and Measures Database, the IEA Energy Efficiency Database, the Addressing Climate Change database, and the Building Energy Efficiency Policies (BEEP) database, along with information on CCUS and methane abatement policies. Data are collected from governments, partner organizations and IEA analysis since 1999.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* A popular, recognized, and world-wide database hosted by a reputable institution.
* Since we are not able to analyze all the databases that we would like to - the selection of the IEA Policy database would indirectly allow us to take into account several other, selected databases because it contains data from: IEA/IRENA Renewable Energy Policies and Measures Database, the IEA Energy Efficiency Database, the Addressing Climate Change database, and the Building Energy Efficiency Policies (BEEP) database,
* Cross-use case relevance, as it contains policies and measures also for buildings efficiency (UC1) and for power transmission and distribution networks (UC2).

==== EU Taxonomy for green innovation companies ====
''Description of the database:''
The EU Taxonomy is a tool to help investors, companies, issuers, and project promoters navigate the transition to a low-carbon, resilient and resource-efficient economy. The Taxonomy sets performance thresholds (referred to as ‘technical screening criteria’) for economic activities which: • make a substantive contribution to one of six environmental objectives (Figure 1); • do no significant harm (DNSH) to the other five, where relevant; • meet minimum safeguards (e.g., OECD Guidelines on Multinational Enterprises and the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights). The performance thresholds will help companies, project promoters and issuers access green financing to improve their environmental performance, as well as helping to identify which activities are already environmentally friendly. In doing so, it will help to grow low-carbon sectors and decarbonise high-carbon ones. The EU Taxonomy is one of the most significant developments in sustainable finance and will have wide-ranging implications for investors and issuers working in the EU, and beyond.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* It is low-hanging fruit because taxonomy is already in place.
* We could use this taxonomy to see how it aligns with our other assessments (and with other use cases)
* The taxonomy will be enacted in a year from now, so we can provide timely feedback

''Reference:'' [[https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/business_economy_euro/banking_and_finance/documents/200309-sustainable-finance-teg-final-report-taxonomy_en.pdf]]

==== EUR-Lex ====
''Description of the database:''
EUR-Lex is online database that provides the official and most comprehensive access to EU Law and legal documents such as treaties, legal acts from EU institutions, preparatory documents related to EU legislation, EU case-law, international agreements, EFTA documents, references to national case-law related to EU law. EUR-Lex has access to all editions of the Official Journal of the European Union (OJ) since the first of December 1952.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* It is available in all of the EU’s 24 official languages
* It is updated daily, which confirms the validity of the documents
* Each document in EUR-Lex is supported by detailed information such as: relations with other legal documents, case-law interpretations, dates of adoption or entry into force etc.
* It is the open and highly recognizable European Union’s database directly related to policy
* Most documents in EUR-Lex, regardless of their language, receive a unique identifier - CELEX number, so all documents have a designed structure and each type of document corresponds to a so-called “a descriptor”.

==== EU MERCI ====
''Description of the database:''
The database contains data on the implementation of energy efficiency measures in the manufacturing industry. For nearly 3000 companies from 4 European countries (Austria, Italy, Poland, United Kingdom), the following information has been collected: size of the company, year of implementation of the measure, type of support received (white certificates), statistical classification of economic activities, according to NACE, applied processes and ways to save energy and total final energy savings achieved by the implemented measures.
The database contains data also on low-carbon policies, examples of business action to reduce emissions, etc.
The database includes data for the 2005-2017 period. Besides the database, also a library, sector reports and static analyses of different countries were made available.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* The database contains good practices that can be used by other actors willing to implement energy efficiency measures,
* Disadvantages of the database: It includes data from the 2005-2017 period, with no updates (no newer examples)

==== OECD database ====
''Description of the database:''
OECD database makes available data related to agriculture, development, economy, education, energy, environment, finance, government, health, innovation and technology, jobs and society. In each of these areas the database contains, inter alia, data on legal issues. In the area of energy, data can be assigned thematically to: primary energy supply, crude oil production, electricity generation, renewable energy, nuclear power plants, crude oil import prices.
The data comes from over 130 countries around the world. The database allows sharing data in the form of indicators, maps and tables. The data is collected and made available since 1960.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* It is a popular, well recognised worldwide database, maintained by a reputable institution,
* Since we are not able to analyze all the databases that we would like to - the selection of the OECD database would indirectly allow us to take into account several other, selected databases because it contains data from: the IEA database - International Energy Agency (https://www.iea.org/) and Nuclear Energy Agency (http://www.oecd-nea.org/).

==== ISTAT energy data ====
'' Description of the database: ''
I.Stat is the warehouse of statistics currently produced by the Italian National Institute of Statistics.Statistics are searchable by theme. The system is also consultable by keyword. Data are presented in multidimensional tables which users can export in xls, csv formats. Acting on variables, reference periods and the arrangement of heads and sides, moreover, it is possible to obtain custom tables.
Through a web service that allows direct machine-to-machine questioning, organizations, as well as private citizens, can form specific query data, download results. The service is accessible at the following address: https://www.istat.it/it/metodi-e-strumenti/web-service-sdmx

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* It’s a complete overview of energy consumption in Italy in all sectors of the society.

==== SETIS Innovation and Research data ====
'' Description of the database: ''
The level of investment in R&I in terms of both private (expenditure by businesses and industry) and public (Member States' national programmes and instruments), and trends in patents, for the Integrated SET Plan Actions.

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
The Integrated SET Plan needs to be underpinned by an effective monitoring and reporting scheme that supports the development and implementation of the European R&I Agenda. SETIS plays a central role in the successful implementation of the Integrated SET Plan 10 key actions. In particular, the enhanced SETIS follows the objectives below:
* To monitor R&I activities, investments and technology progress in Europe;
* To contribute to the identification of gaps in the implementation of the actions;
* To report on the overall progress towards the common goals set out in the integrated SET-Plan;
* To contribute to assessing the impact of the SET-Plan on European competitiveness;
* To make recommendations for actions that could further increase the effectiveness of the European R&I Strategy.

==== ENERGISE Online Database ====
'' Description of the database: ''
The Database is an output of the H2020 Energise Project. The project aims at testing household and community-level initiatives to reduce energy consumption through energy cultures. An output of the project forms the database that contains data on 1067 energy initiatives from 30 European countries.

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* The database contains recent information on a considerable number of (1067) initiatives pertaining to household and community-level energy policies. Thus, its representativeness is for European countries is high.
* Since the focus of the EERAdata project is mainly concerning the European Union countries, this database is a good fit in terms of scope.
* The database hosts information that would be gathered from national sources of each country, hence may be considered as a repository for national databases.

==== MURE Online Database ====
'' Description of the database: ''
MURE (Mesures d'Utilisation Rationnelle de l'Energie) is a comprehensive database that lists energy efficiency policies and measures regarding the Member States of the European Union. It allows for the analysis of policies based on topics, policy interaction, policy scoring, impact evaluation, as well as successful policies. The information is accessible by query in the database. The contributors are French Environment and Energy Management Agency, European Energy Network, and the H2020 program of the European Union.

Relates to the Odyssee database on energy-efficiency indicators and energy consumption.

Reference: [http://www.measures-odyssee-mure.eu Odyssee-MURE project]

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* A comprehensive database including energy efficiency policies and measures in the European Union member states.
* Since the focus of the EERAdata project is mainly concerning the European Union countries, this database is a good fit in terms of scope.
* The database hosts information that would be gathered from national sources of each country, hence may be considered as a repository for national databases.
* The database pertains to both Uses Case 4 on Energy Policies and Use Case 1 on Buildings Efficiency.

==== JRC-database hub: Joint Research Centre Data Catalogue ====
'' Description of database: ''
The JRC Science Hub aims to gradually integrate and aggregate all of the European Commission's science related activities, tools, laboratories, facilities, databases and networks. The inventory is wide range of the compilation of databases development of software and modelling tools. Published on the basis of open data principles with clear descriptions for each entry. The tools and databases are categorised by name and acronym, but can be filtered by research area, keyword and JRC institute responsible for the coordination of the particular entry. It contains, inter alia, databases related to energy and transport and climate
'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* It’s the open and highly recognizable European Union’s database directly related to different related aspects also energy policy related
* It’s data interpretation is highly dependent on changes in the legal and policy frameworks across European Union.
* The database enhances the transparency and openness of the JRC and further enables the open access policy of scientific research data.
* The information and links provided in the metadata are maintained in distributed and heterogeneous information systems. Although the datasets are maintain and links and information are updated,
* Sources of the database are coming in a variety of European languages, all brought together in an English database. Thus, it helps to investigate the relevance for FAIRification and opening activities.
* The database is cross-use case relevant, as it contains policies and measures also for other use cases.

==== DataCite - an international not-for-profit organization aiming to improve data citation ====
'' Description of database: ''
The main aim of DataCite is to provide the means to create, find, cite, connect, and use research. The primary service provided by DataCite is the registration of DOI tags. In addition, DataCite is constantly developing additional services related to DOI and related metadata, as following:
* DataCite Search (https://search.datacite.org/) - allows to search the database of DOI metadata registered in DataCite.
* DataCite Profiles (https://profiles.datacite.org/) - allows for automatic data transfer between the DataCite and ORCID systems, facilitating the update of personal profiles of researchers in ORCID with information about objects for which DOIs have been registered in DataCite.
* DataCite Statistics (https://stats.datacite.org/) - a service presenting statistical data on the number of registered DOI, their metadata records and the use of this information.
* DataCite OAI-PMH Provider (https://oai.datacite.org/) - an access interface to metadata collected in DataCite using the OAI-PMH protocol.
In addition, DataCite is involved in international projects and initiatives related to sharing and quoting research data, such as:
* the worldwide Registry of Research Data Repositories - Re3Data (https://www.re3data.org/).
* The Initiative for Open Citations (I4OC) = a collaboration between scholarly publishers, researchers, and other interested parties to promote the unrestricted availability of scholarly citation data and to make these data available.

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* The inventory contains heterogeneous and dynamic data. Thus, it helps us to investigate how to approach FAIRification for such data.
* DataCite provides an integrated search interface, where it is possible to search and filter a relevant metadata gathered
* Sources of the database are coming in a variety of European languages. Thus, it helps to investigate the relevance for FAIRification and opening activities.
* The database may be cross-use case relevant, as it contains DOIs and citations relevant also for other use cases.

== Notes from the afternoon session ==
The afternoon session is dedicated to discussing metadata for the selected databases. The aim of the afternoon session is to fill out [[UC3#Metadata_assessments|table 2 of the wiki page for the use case]] and to decide what to report back from the use case to the plenary session the next day (again, see the WIKI template for a suggested structure). Thus, at the end of the day, the WIKI page for the use case is complete.

=== Assessment of metadata for databases ===
# IEA Policy database
# COMETS
# JRC database hub
# EUR-Lex

==== IEA Policy database ====

* preliminary assessment of level of implementation of FAIR/O principles: F4 - yes; A1 - yes, A2 - yes (only depends on EU policy); I1 - yes; I2 - fulfilled, I3 - fulfilled; R1.1 - yes; R1.2 - no; R1.3 - not fulfilled, not even the DC standards.
* Metadate seems to be spread.
* Discussion on understanding of 100% fulfillement, on the example: In ideal database all country names would be linked to official registry --> you could go for all information. It would be 100% FAIR. Are any bases like that? Example on country information, which should be easily available automatically, for example ISO code for the country. IEA policy database is not fully like that.
* difficulties even in defining "policy" = everything (every official document) which is published in official governmental page.
* testing on the example of Poland and National Energy Efficency Action Plan for Poland: link to the official governmental page, not the direct link to the official document or to the official country law. When information about the date of update - should be also a linked to the local page (to ensure that the is a possibility to check at the source, if the policy has been already updated.
* if metadata doesn't provide the possibility of reachning the sources (if the documents are there, but you don't have an opportunity to get to the official, legal document).

==== COMETS ====
* information for collective actions for all EU countries, most importantly - for countries being in energy transition.
* 3700 initiatives in selected European countries - Germany, Belgium, Czechia, Switzerland,
* based on the internet desk research, business registers, etc.
* energy production units / electriciity facilitiation units - including more than 50000
* within the project in six countries (DE, ES, BE, PL, EE) they are conducting servey about the development and values (export, import). The data from it will be also included into the databse/.
* as it's still under development - FAIRness is 0% for now.
* from COMETS project perspective, an important step for FAIRification is to facilitate by categorisation, what and how specific activities are currently being implemented in different countries, categorisation of them, taxonomy.

==== General conclusions ====

* discussion on Wilkinson FAIR priniciples --> if there are any databases which are 100% in accordance to these principles. 100% is an utopia. We only can make a hierarchy, which databases are matching these citerias better, or worse.
* in Mons system - it's more clear that you have to achieve specific level, to be able to go further.

* two possibl approaches: (1) start of absolute lowest datasets and try to FAIRify those, and later on move "up". (2) on the other hand FAIRification of database which are more complex is leading us to results / conlcussions available also for less complicated databases.

* important - what format it's possible to include for specific entry. As example - the date (you have to have clear definitions - what's date. - year, month, day specific? ) Similarly - with longitude, latitute. If you don't do it in advance, later on it takes much work to manually change it and put into right format. On the other hand - potentially - makinf a very specific description - may exclude some data, which are available but in different standards - for ecxample between EU and American standards.
* every entry has it's provenence, with information how the entry hhas been changed, when, etc. Basically all entries should have their own metadata.

* two dimensions of policies:
1) policy domain (topic of the policy)
2) policy perspective / the level of goverment (for whom it's developed = local regional, national, international level, etc)

* much focus is put on energy citizenship, participatorey of inclusiveness of policy process

==== directions in building taxonomy ====
* Example to be watched: EU taxonomy for green innovation companies
* UC4 taxomnomy needs to match to higher level = overall level of the projects. To make sure, that the complete taxonomy is

Proposed logical aspects / steps:
# starting on agreement of keywords + the glossry, to ensure common understanding.
# taking into consideration two dimensions of policies: (1) policy domain and (2) policy level of goverment
# coordinationg with other use cses: UC4 is affecting other use cases, so our keywords should not only match, but sometimes should be even taken from other use cases.

== What to report back to the plenary on Day 3? ==
* Databases selected (names and short reasoning)
* Main insights from discussions
* Suggested next steps
* Other issues

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This page provides space for notes from workshop discussions of use case 4 during Day 2 of WS1.

== Interactive elements ==
The discussions can also benefit from considering the EERAdata storyboard and/or slido comments. See [[WS1#Interactive_elements]]

== Notes from the morning session ==
The morning session is dedicated to database discussions with the aim to select 3-5 databases from below's list of databases for further examination. The [[UC3#List_of_selected_databases|first table of the WIKI page]] is filled out by noon.

* The workshop has started with the short introduction round to enable peaople to know something about each other, especially of the specific institutions day-to-day approach to data use.
* Later on the base for further works was presented:
# screeening the databases --> names, short descriptions, rationale for preliminary choosing the database
# checking the datbases proposed already, adding new, if needed.
# discussion and evaluation of databases - to choose the most suitable one for further works

Segmenting databases into 2 categories:
# policy relevant databases, eg. COMETS, EU Merci, PETA4
# policy databases, eg. IEA Policy database, EUR-Lex, OECD, RES-Legal, MURE

From both categories, the most suitbale databases may be chosen. This will enable us to have a full spectrum - how energy policies may use both types of databases.

Chosen databases - after morning discussion
# COMETS
# EUR-Lex
# IEA Policy database
# JRC

The evaluation using a tool developed by Mark Wilkinson will be carried out on EUR-Lex, IEA and JRC during afternoon sesion. In this time will be also assesing databases has already chose by metadata aspects

=== Draft list of databases ===
The databases that had been identified as containing data in relation to low carbon energy and energy efficiency policy:

#[https://www.copernicus.eu/en Copernicus]
#[https://datacite.org DataCite]
#[https://www.vs.inf.ethz.ch/res/show.html?what=eco-data ECO data set]
#[https://energydata.info/ EnergyData]
#[https://www.resourceefficient.eu/en#explore-content EREK]
#[http://www.eumerci-portal.eu/web/guest/home EU Merci]
#[https://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en EUR-Lex]
#[https://ec.europa.eu/energy/topics/energy-efficiency/energy-efficient-buildings/eu-bso_en?redir=1 European Buildings Stock Observatory]
#[https://www.iea.org/policies IEA Policies database]
#[https://www.irena.org/Statistics/View-Data-by-Topic/Energy-Transition/REmap-Energy-Demand-and-Supply-by-Sector IRENA, REmap]
#[http://resourceirena.irena.org/gateway/ IRENA, Resource]
#[https://data.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ JRC-database hub]
#[https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/publication/jrc-idees-integrated-database-european-energy-sector-methodological-note JRC-IDEES: Integrated Database of the European Energy Sector: Metodological note]
#[https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/publication/eur-scientific-and-technical-research-reports/monitoring-ri-low-carbon-energy-technologies JRC: Monitoring R&I in Low-Carbon Energy Technologies
#[https://magic-nexus.eu/metadata-repository MAGIC]
#[https://data.nrel.gov/ NREL data]
#[https://odin.jrc.ec.europa.eu/odin/index.jsp ODIN: Online Data & Information Network for Energy]
#[https://data.oecd.org/ OECD data]
#[https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/home/home.do OEIL]
#[https://openei.org/wiki/Main_Page OPENEI]
#[https://heatroadmap.eu/peta4/ PETA4]
#[https://www.proquest.com/ PROQuest]
#[https://www.reeep.org/reegleinfo REEEP]
#[https://www.re3data.org/ Re3data.org]
#[http://www.res-legal.eu/home/ RES LEGAL]
#[https://setis.ec.europa.eu/publications/setis-research-innovation-data SETIS research and innovation data]
#[https://zenodo.org/ ZENODO]
#[https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/837722 H2020 project COMETS] - EU-wide inventory of collective action initiatives in the low carbon energy transition
#[https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/business_economy_euro/banking_and_finance/documents/200309-sustainable-finance-teg-final-report-taxonomy_en.pdf] - EU taxonomy for green innovation companies
#MURE (Mesures d'Utilisation Rationnelle de l'Energie)database [http://www.measures-odyssee-mure.eu/]

=== Discussion on the choice of databases: ===
* From GIG, apart from IEA Policy database, there will be also a proposition of EUR-Lex, DataCite, EU Merci, OECD, and probably also JRC-database.
* @ IUE and ENEA: each of you please suggest 2 other databases and prepare for them a description and an explanation - why we should choose them for further evaluation. Material please put in the Wiki.
* @ all: for databases that you suggested please complete the questionnaire from AIT in OO ([https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/Products/Files/doceditor.aspx?fileid=5413183] and put answers into the folder in OO [https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/products/projects/tmdocs.aspx?prjID=236894#1976709] until Friday 29.05.

==== COMETS database: EU-wide inventory of collective action initiatives in the energy transition ====
''Description of database:''
The inventory is a multi-country database of collective action initiatives (e.g., energy cooperatives, eco-villages, community energy projects, and other citizen-led energy projects). For each initiative, the country, the date of foundation/cancellation, the evolution of members and renewable energy units, installation capacities, fields of engagement, legal form, website, address, source, etc. is collected. The entries are sourced from a variety of national, regional, and European registers and websites.

''Rationale for choosing this database'':
*The database is of policy relevance. Its data interpretation is highly dependent on changes in the legal and policy frameworks across Europe.
*We own the database and therefore have it easier to exercise FAIRification and opening activities.
*The database is being created in a parallel running European project and we would not like that the database ends in the graveyard of dead EU project databases.
*We aim at opening the database to the low carbon research community within the next two years.
*We are interested to explore the options for opening while ensuring that our work in building the database is appropriately acknowledged. This is relevant for later EERAdata discussion. Here, we already started discussing with e3s and tJP of EERAdata.
*We can use synergies with another parallel EU project and have the possibility to assign rich metadata to every single entry, by also using the expertise of researchers from the COMETS project.
*The database itself has a relatively simple structure, however, the inventory contains heterogeneous and dynamic data. Thus, it helps us to investigate how to approach FAIRification for such data. This is a particular challenge for UC4.
*Sources of the COMETS database are coming in a variety of European languages, all brought together in an English database. Thus, it helps us to investigate the relevance of languages for FAIRification and opening activities. This is also a particular challenge for UC4.
*We aim at uploading this database as an example for EERAdata to EOSC. We hope to create a best practice example for a FAIR and open database. Currently, it is F - non-existing, A - non-existing., I - partly as one can, e.g., go to the currently published papers to access the original sources. But it is not machine-actionable. R - no, because it is currently not open.

''Reference:'' Wierling, A.; Schwanitz, V.J.; Zeiß, J.P.; Bout, C.; Candelise, C.; Gilcrease, W.; Gregg, J.S. [https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/10/9/3339 Statistical Evidence on the Role of Energy Cooperatives for the Energy Transition in European Countries]. Sustainability.

==== IEA Policy database ====
''Description of the database:''
A worldwide database of past, future and planned policies and measures thematically related to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve energy efficiency and support the development and deployment of renewables and other clean energy technologies. It contains data from IEA/IRENA Renewable Energy Policies and Measures Database, the IEA Energy Efficiency Database, the Addressing Climate Change database, and the Building Energy Efficiency Policies (BEEP) database, along with information on CCUS and methane abatement policies. Data are collected from governments, partner organizations and IEA analysis since 1999.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* A popular, recognized, and world-wide database hosted by a reputable institution.
* Since we are not able to analyze all the databases that we would like to - the selection of the IEA Policy database would indirectly allow us to take into account several other, selected databases because it contains data from: IEA/IRENA Renewable Energy Policies and Measures Database, the IEA Energy Efficiency Database, the Addressing Climate Change database, and the Building Energy Efficiency Policies (BEEP) database,
* Cross-use case relevance, as it contains policies and measures also for buildings efficiency (UC1) and for power transmission and distribution networks (UC2).

==== EU Taxonomy for green innovation companies ====
''Description of the database:''
The EU Taxonomy is a tool to help investors, companies, issuers, and project promoters navigate the transition to a low-carbon, resilient and resource-efficient economy. The Taxonomy sets performance thresholds (referred to as ‘technical screening criteria’) for economic activities which: • make a substantive contribution to one of six environmental objectives (Figure 1); • do no significant harm (DNSH) to the other five, where relevant; • meet minimum safeguards (e.g., OECD Guidelines on Multinational Enterprises and the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights). The performance thresholds will help companies, project promoters and issuers access green financing to improve their environmental performance, as well as helping to identify which activities are already environmentally friendly. In doing so, it will help to grow low-carbon sectors and decarbonise high-carbon ones. The EU Taxonomy is one of the most significant developments in sustainable finance and will have wide-ranging implications for investors and issuers working in the EU, and beyond.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* It is low-hanging fruit because taxonomy is already in place.
* We could use this taxonomy to see how it aligns with our other assessments (and with other use cases)
* The taxonomy will be enacted in a year from now, so we can provide timely feedback

''Reference:'' [[https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/business_economy_euro/banking_and_finance/documents/200309-sustainable-finance-teg-final-report-taxonomy_en.pdf]]

==== EUR-Lex ====
''Description of the database:''
EUR-Lex is online database that provides the official and most comprehensive access to EU Law and legal documents such as treaties, legal acts from EU institutions, preparatory documents related to EU legislation, EU case-law, international agreements, EFTA documents, references to national case-law related to EU law. EUR-Lex has access to all editions of the Official Journal of the European Union (OJ) since the first of December 1952.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* It is available in all of the EU’s 24 official languages
* It is updated daily, which confirms the validity of the documents
* Each document in EUR-Lex is supported by detailed information such as: relations with other legal documents, case-law interpretations, dates of adoption or entry into force etc.
* It is the open and highly recognizable European Union’s database directly related to policy
* Most documents in EUR-Lex, regardless of their language, receive a unique identifier - CELEX number, so all documents have a designed structure and each type of document corresponds to a so-called “a descriptor”.

==== EU MERCI ====
''Description of the database:''
The database contains data on the implementation of energy efficiency measures in the manufacturing industry. For nearly 3000 companies from 4 European countries (Austria, Italy, Poland, United Kingdom), the following information has been collected: size of the company, year of implementation of the measure, type of support received (white certificates), statistical classification of economic activities, according to NACE, applied processes and ways to save energy and total final energy savings achieved by the implemented measures.
The database contains data also on low-carbon policies, examples of business action to reduce emissions, etc.
The database includes data for the 2005-2017 period. Besides the database, also a library, sector reports and static analyses of different countries were made available.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* The database contains good practices that can be used by other actors willing to implement energy efficiency measures,
* Disadvantages of the database: It includes data from the 2005-2017 period, with no updates (no newer examples)

==== OECD database ====
''Description of the database:''
OECD database makes available data related to agriculture, development, economy, education, energy, environment, finance, government, health, innovation and technology, jobs and society. In each of these areas the database contains, inter alia, data on legal issues. In the area of energy, data can be assigned thematically to: primary energy supply, crude oil production, electricity generation, renewable energy, nuclear power plants, crude oil import prices.
The data comes from over 130 countries around the world. The database allows sharing data in the form of indicators, maps and tables. The data is collected and made available since 1960.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* It is a popular, well recognised worldwide database, maintained by a reputable institution,
* Since we are not able to analyze all the databases that we would like to - the selection of the OECD database would indirectly allow us to take into account several other, selected databases because it contains data from: the IEA database - International Energy Agency (https://www.iea.org/) and Nuclear Energy Agency (http://www.oecd-nea.org/).

==== ISTAT energy data ====
'' Description of the database: ''
I.Stat is the warehouse of statistics currently produced by the Italian National Institute of Statistics.Statistics are searchable by theme. The system is also consultable by keyword. Data are presented in multidimensional tables which users can export in xls, csv formats. Acting on variables, reference periods and the arrangement of heads and sides, moreover, it is possible to obtain custom tables.
Through a web service that allows direct machine-to-machine questioning, organizations, as well as private citizens, can form specific query data, download results. The service is accessible at the following address: https://www.istat.it/it/metodi-e-strumenti/web-service-sdmx

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* It’s a complete overview of energy consumption in Italy in all sectors of the society.

==== SETIS Innovation and Research data ====
'' Description of the database: ''
The level of investment in R&I in terms of both private (expenditure by businesses and industry) and public (Member States' national programmes and instruments), and trends in patents, for the Integrated SET Plan Actions.

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
The Integrated SET Plan needs to be underpinned by an effective monitoring and reporting scheme that supports the development and implementation of the European R&I Agenda. SETIS plays a central role in the successful implementation of the Integrated SET Plan 10 key actions. In particular, the enhanced SETIS follows the objectives below:
* To monitor R&I activities, investments and technology progress in Europe;
* To contribute to the identification of gaps in the implementation of the actions;
* To report on the overall progress towards the common goals set out in the integrated SET-Plan;
* To contribute to assessing the impact of the SET-Plan on European competitiveness;
* To make recommendations for actions that could further increase the effectiveness of the European R&I Strategy.

==== ENERGISE Online Database ====
'' Description of the database: ''
The Database is an output of the H2020 Energise Project. The project aims at testing household and community-level initiatives to reduce energy consumption through energy cultures. An output of the project forms the database that contains data on 1067 energy initiatives from 30 European countries.

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* The database contains recent information on a considerable number of (1067) initiatives pertaining to household and community-level energy policies. Thus, its representativeness is for European countries is high.
* Since the focus of the EERAdata project is mainly concerning the European Union countries, this database is a good fit in terms of scope.
* The database hosts information that would be gathered from national sources of each country, hence may be considered as a repository for national databases.

==== MURE Online Database ====
'' Description of the database: ''
MURE (Mesures d'Utilisation Rationnelle de l'Energie) is a comprehensive database that lists energy efficiency policies and measures regarding the Member States of the European Union. It allows for the analysis of policies based on topics, policy interaction, policy scoring, impact evaluation, as well as successful policies. The information is accessible by query in the database. The contributors are French Environment and Energy Management Agency, European Energy Network, and the H2020 program of the European Union.

Relates to the Odyssee database on energy-efficiency indicators and energy consumption.

Reference: [http://www.measures-odyssee-mure.eu Odyssee-MURE project]

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* A comprehensive database including energy efficiency policies and measures in the European Union member states.
* Since the focus of the EERAdata project is mainly concerning the European Union countries, this database is a good fit in terms of scope.
* The database hosts information that would be gathered from national sources of each country, hence may be considered as a repository for national databases.
* The database pertains to both Uses Case 4 on Energy Policies and Use Case 1 on Buildings Efficiency.

==== JRC-database hub: Joint Research Centre Data Catalogue ====
'' Description of database: ''
The JRC Science Hub aims to gradually integrate and aggregate all of the European Commission's science related activities, tools, laboratories, facilities, databases and networks. The inventory is wide range of the compilation of databases development of software and modelling tools. Published on the basis of open data principles with clear descriptions for each entry. The tools and databases are categorised by name and acronym, but can be filtered by research area, keyword and JRC institute responsible for the coordination of the particular entry. It contains, inter alia, databases related to energy and transport and climate
'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* It’s the open and highly recognizable European Union’s database directly related to different related aspects also energy policy related
* It’s data interpretation is highly dependent on changes in the legal and policy frameworks across European Union.
* The database enhances the transparency and openness of the JRC and further enables the open access policy of scientific research data.
* The information and links provided in the metadata are maintained in distributed and heterogeneous information systems. Although the datasets are maintain and links and information are updated,
* Sources of the database are coming in a variety of European languages, all brought together in an English database. Thus, it helps to investigate the relevance for FAIRification and opening activities.
* The database is cross-use case relevant, as it contains policies and measures also for other use cases.

==== DataCite - an international not-for-profit organization aiming to improve data citation ====
'' Description of database: ''
The main aim of DataCite is to provide the means to create, find, cite, connect, and use research. The primary service provided by DataCite is the registration of DOI tags. In addition, DataCite is constantly developing additional services related to DOI and related metadata, as following:
* DataCite Search (https://search.datacite.org/) - allows to search the database of DOI metadata registered in DataCite.
* DataCite Profiles (https://profiles.datacite.org/) - allows for automatic data transfer between the DataCite and ORCID systems, facilitating the update of personal profiles of researchers in ORCID with information about objects for which DOIs have been registered in DataCite.
* DataCite Statistics (https://stats.datacite.org/) - a service presenting statistical data on the number of registered DOI, their metadata records and the use of this information.
* DataCite OAI-PMH Provider (https://oai.datacite.org/) - an access interface to metadata collected in DataCite using the OAI-PMH protocol.
In addition, DataCite is involved in international projects and initiatives related to sharing and quoting research data, such as:
* the worldwide Registry of Research Data Repositories - Re3Data (https://www.re3data.org/).
* The Initiative for Open Citations (I4OC) = a collaboration between scholarly publishers, researchers, and other interested parties to promote the unrestricted availability of scholarly citation data and to make these data available.

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* The inventory contains heterogeneous and dynamic data. Thus, it helps us to investigate how to approach FAIRification for such data.
* DataCite provides an integrated search interface, where it is possible to search and filter a relevant metadata gathered
* Sources of the database are coming in a variety of European languages. Thus, it helps to investigate the relevance for FAIRification and opening activities.
* The database may be cross-use case relevant, as it contains DOIs and citations relevant also for other use cases.

== Notes from the afternoon session ==
The afternoon session is dedicated to discussing metadata for the selected databases. The aim of the afternoon session is to fill out [[UC3#Metadata_assessments|table 2 of the wiki page for the use case]] and to decide what to report back from the use case to the plenary session the next day (again, see the WIKI template for a suggested structure). Thus, at the end of the day, the WIKI page for the use case is complete.

=== Assessment of metadata for databases ===
# IEA Policy database
# COMETS
# JRC database hub
# EUR-Lex

==== IEA Policy database ====

* preliminary assessment of level of implementation of FAIR/O principles: F4 - yes; A1 - yes, A2 - yes (only depends on EU policy); I1 - yes; I2 - fulfilled, I3 - fulfilled; R1.1 - yes; R1.2 - no; R1.3 - not fulfilled, not even the DC standards.
* Metadate seems to be spread.
* Discussion on understanding of 100% fulfillement, on the example: In ideal database all country names would be linked to official registry --> you could go for all information. It would be 100% FAIR. Are any bases like that?
* difficulties even in defining "policy" = everything (every official document) which is published in official governmental page.
* testing on the example of Poland and National Energy Efficency Action Plan for Poland: link to the official governmental page, not the direct link to the official document or to the official country law. When information about the date of update - should be also a linked to the local page (to ensure that the is a possibility to check at the source, if the policy has been already updated.
* if metadata doesn't provide the possibility of reachning the sources (if the documents are there, but you don't have an opportunity to get to the official, legal document).

==== COMETS ====
* information for collective actions for all EU countries, most importantly - for countries being in energy transition.
* 3700 initiatives in selected European countries - Germany, Belgium, Czechia, Switzerland,
* based on the internet desk research, business registers, etc.
* energy production units / electriciity facilitiation units - including more than 50000
* within the project in six countries (DE, ES, BE, PL, EE) they are conducting servey about the development and values (export, import). The data from it will be also included into the databse/.
* as it's still under development - FAIRness is 0% for now.
* from COMETS project perspective, an important step for FAIRification is to facilitate by categorisation, what and how specific activities are currently being implemented in different countries, categorisation of them, taxonomy.

==== General conclusions ====

* discussion on Wilkinson FAIR priniciples --> if there are any databases which are 100% in accordance to these principles. 100% is an utopia. We only can make a hierarchy, which databases are matching these citerias better, or worse.
* in Mons system - it's more clear that you have to achieve specific level, to be able to go further.

* two possibl approaches: (1) start of absolute lowest datasets and try to FAIRify those, and later on move "up". (2) on the other hand FAIRification of database which are more complex is leading us to results / conlcussions available also for less complicated databases.

* important - what format it's possible to include for specific entry. As example - the date (you have to have clear definitions - what's date. - year, month, day specific? ) Similarly - with longitude, latitute. If you don't do it in advance, later on it takes much work to manually change it and put into right format. On the other hand - potentially - makinf a very specific description - may exclude some data, which are available but in different standards - for ecxample between EU and American standards.
* every entry has it's provenence, with information how the entry hhas been changed, when, etc. Basically all entries should have their own metadata.

* two dimensions of policies:
1) policy domain (topic of the policy)
2) policy perspective / the level of goverment (for whom it's developed = local regional, national, international level, etc)

* much focus is put on energy citizenship, participatorey of inclusiveness of policy process

==== directions in building taxonomy ====
* Example to be watched: EU taxonomy for green innovation companies
* UC4 taxomnomy needs to match to higher level = overall level of the projects. To make sure, that the complete taxonomy is

Proposed logical aspects / steps:
# starting on agreement of keywords + the glossry, to ensure common understanding.
# taking into consideration two dimensions of policies: (1) policy domain and (2) policy level of goverment
# coordinationg with other use cses: UC4 is affecting other use cases, so our keywords should not only match, but sometimes should be even taken from other use cases.

== What to report back to the plenary on Day 3? ==
* Databases selected (names and short reasoning)
* Main insights from discussions
* Suggested next steps
* Other issues

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This page provides space for notes from workshop discussions of use case 4 during Day 2 of WS1.

== Interactive elements ==
The discussions can also benefit from considering the EERAdata storyboard and/or slido comments. See [[WS1#Interactive_elements]]

== Notes from the morning session ==
The morning session is dedicated to database discussions with the aim to select 3-5 databases from below's list of databases for further examination. The [[UC3#List_of_selected_databases|first table of the WIKI page]] is filled out by noon.

* The workshop has started with the short introduction round to enable peaople to know something about each other, especially of the specific institutions day-to-day approach to data use.
* Later on the base for further works was presented:
# screeening the databases --> names, short descriptions, rationale for preliminary choosing the database
# checking the datbases proposed already, adding new, if needed.
# discussion and evaluation of databases - to choose the most suitable one for further works

Segmenting databases into 2 categories:
# policy relevant databases, eg. COMETS, EU Merci, PETA4
# policy databases, eg. IEA Policy database, EUR-Lex, OECD, RES-Legal, MURE

From both categories, the most suitbale databases may be chosen. This will enable us to have a full spectrum - how energy policies may use both types of databases.

Chosen databases - after morning discussion
# COMETS
# EUR-Lex
# IEA Policy database
# JRC

The evaluation using a tool developed by Mark Wilkinson will be carried out on EUR-Lex, IEA and JRC during afternoon sesion. In this time will be also assesing databases has already chose by metadata aspects

=== Draft list of databases ===
The databases that had been identified as containing data in relation to low carbon energy and energy efficiency policy:

#[https://www.copernicus.eu/en Copernicus]
#[https://datacite.org DataCite]
#[https://www.vs.inf.ethz.ch/res/show.html?what=eco-data ECO data set]
#[https://energydata.info/ EnergyData]
#[https://www.resourceefficient.eu/en#explore-content EREK]
#[http://www.eumerci-portal.eu/web/guest/home EU Merci]
#[https://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en EUR-Lex]
#[https://ec.europa.eu/energy/topics/energy-efficiency/energy-efficient-buildings/eu-bso_en?redir=1 European Buildings Stock Observatory]
#[https://www.iea.org/policies IEA Policies database]
#[https://www.irena.org/Statistics/View-Data-by-Topic/Energy-Transition/REmap-Energy-Demand-and-Supply-by-Sector IRENA, REmap]
#[http://resourceirena.irena.org/gateway/ IRENA, Resource]
#[https://data.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ JRC-database hub]
#[https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/publication/jrc-idees-integrated-database-european-energy-sector-methodological-note JRC-IDEES: Integrated Database of the European Energy Sector: Metodological note]
#[https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/publication/eur-scientific-and-technical-research-reports/monitoring-ri-low-carbon-energy-technologies JRC: Monitoring R&I in Low-Carbon Energy Technologies
#[https://magic-nexus.eu/metadata-repository MAGIC]
#[https://data.nrel.gov/ NREL data]
#[https://odin.jrc.ec.europa.eu/odin/index.jsp ODIN: Online Data & Information Network for Energy]
#[https://data.oecd.org/ OECD data]
#[https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/home/home.do OEIL]
#[https://openei.org/wiki/Main_Page OPENEI]
#[https://heatroadmap.eu/peta4/ PETA4]
#[https://www.proquest.com/ PROQuest]
#[https://www.reeep.org/reegleinfo REEEP]
#[https://www.re3data.org/ Re3data.org]
#[http://www.res-legal.eu/home/ RES LEGAL]
#[https://setis.ec.europa.eu/publications/setis-research-innovation-data SETIS research and innovation data]
#[https://zenodo.org/ ZENODO]
#[https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/837722 H2020 project COMETS] - EU-wide inventory of collective action initiatives in the low carbon energy transition
#[https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/business_economy_euro/banking_and_finance/documents/200309-sustainable-finance-teg-final-report-taxonomy_en.pdf] - EU taxonomy for green innovation companies
#MURE (Mesures d'Utilisation Rationnelle de l'Energie)database [http://www.measures-odyssee-mure.eu/]

=== Discussion on the choice of databases: ===
* From GIG, apart from IEA Policy database, there will be also a proposition of EUR-Lex, DataCite, EU Merci, OECD, and probably also JRC-database.
* @ IUE and ENEA: each of you please suggest 2 other databases and prepare for them a description and an explanation - why we should choose them for further evaluation. Material please put in the Wiki.
* @ all: for databases that you suggested please complete the questionnaire from AIT in OO ([https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/Products/Files/doceditor.aspx?fileid=5413183] and put answers into the folder in OO [https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/products/projects/tmdocs.aspx?prjID=236894#1976709] until Friday 29.05.

==== COMETS database: EU-wide inventory of collective action initiatives in the energy transition ====
''Description of database:''
The inventory is a multi-country database of collective action initiatives (e.g., energy cooperatives, eco-villages, community energy projects, and other citizen-led energy projects). For each initiative, the country, the date of foundation/cancellation, the evolution of members and renewable energy units, installation capacities, fields of engagement, legal form, website, address, source, etc. is collected. The entries are sourced from a variety of national, regional, and European registers and websites.

''Rationale for choosing this database'':
*The database is of policy relevance. Its data interpretation is highly dependent on changes in the legal and policy frameworks across Europe.
*We own the database and therefore have it easier to exercise FAIRification and opening activities.
*The database is being created in a parallel running European project and we would not like that the database ends in the graveyard of dead EU project databases.
*We aim at opening the database to the low carbon research community within the next two years.
*We are interested to explore the options for opening while ensuring that our work in building the database is appropriately acknowledged. This is relevant for later EERAdata discussion. Here, we already started discussing with e3s and tJP of EERAdata.
*We can use synergies with another parallel EU project and have the possibility to assign rich metadata to every single entry, by also using the expertise of researchers from the COMETS project.
*The database itself has a relatively simple structure, however, the inventory contains heterogeneous and dynamic data. Thus, it helps us to investigate how to approach FAIRification for such data. This is a particular challenge for UC4.
*Sources of the COMETS database are coming in a variety of European languages, all brought together in an English database. Thus, it helps us to investigate the relevance of languages for FAIRification and opening activities. This is also a particular challenge for UC4.
*We aim at uploading this database as an example for EERAdata to EOSC. We hope to create a best practice example for a FAIR and open database. Currently, it is F - non-existing, A - non-existing., I - partly as one can, e.g., go to the currently published papers to access the original sources. But it is not machine-actionable. R - no, because it is currently not open.

''Reference:'' Wierling, A.; Schwanitz, V.J.; Zeiß, J.P.; Bout, C.; Candelise, C.; Gilcrease, W.; Gregg, J.S. [https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/10/9/3339 Statistical Evidence on the Role of Energy Cooperatives for the Energy Transition in European Countries]. Sustainability.

==== IEA Policy database ====
''Description of the database:''
A worldwide database of past, future and planned policies and measures thematically related to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve energy efficiency and support the development and deployment of renewables and other clean energy technologies. It contains data from IEA/IRENA Renewable Energy Policies and Measures Database, the IEA Energy Efficiency Database, the Addressing Climate Change database, and the Building Energy Efficiency Policies (BEEP) database, along with information on CCUS and methane abatement policies. Data are collected from governments, partner organizations and IEA analysis since 1999.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* A popular, recognized, and world-wide database hosted by a reputable institution.
* Since we are not able to analyze all the databases that we would like to - the selection of the IEA Policy database would indirectly allow us to take into account several other, selected databases because it contains data from: IEA/IRENA Renewable Energy Policies and Measures Database, the IEA Energy Efficiency Database, the Addressing Climate Change database, and the Building Energy Efficiency Policies (BEEP) database,
* Cross-use case relevance, as it contains policies and measures also for buildings efficiency (UC1) and for power transmission and distribution networks (UC2).

==== EU Taxonomy for green innovation companies ====
''Description of the database:''
The EU Taxonomy is a tool to help investors, companies, issuers, and project promoters navigate the transition to a low-carbon, resilient and resource-efficient economy. The Taxonomy sets performance thresholds (referred to as ‘technical screening criteria’) for economic activities which: • make a substantive contribution to one of six environmental objectives (Figure 1); • do no significant harm (DNSH) to the other five, where relevant; • meet minimum safeguards (e.g., OECD Guidelines on Multinational Enterprises and the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights). The performance thresholds will help companies, project promoters and issuers access green financing to improve their environmental performance, as well as helping to identify which activities are already environmentally friendly. In doing so, it will help to grow low-carbon sectors and decarbonise high-carbon ones. The EU Taxonomy is one of the most significant developments in sustainable finance and will have wide-ranging implications for investors and issuers working in the EU, and beyond.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* It is low-hanging fruit because taxonomy is already in place.
* We could use this taxonomy to see how it aligns with our other assessments (and with other use cases)
* The taxonomy will be enacted in a year from now, so we can provide timely feedback

''Reference:'' [[https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/business_economy_euro/banking_and_finance/documents/200309-sustainable-finance-teg-final-report-taxonomy_en.pdf]]

==== EUR-Lex ====
''Description of the database:''
EUR-Lex is online database that provides the official and most comprehensive access to EU Law and legal documents such as treaties, legal acts from EU institutions, preparatory documents related to EU legislation, EU case-law, international agreements, EFTA documents, references to national case-law related to EU law. EUR-Lex has access to all editions of the Official Journal of the European Union (OJ) since the first of December 1952.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* It is available in all of the EU’s 24 official languages
* It is updated daily, which confirms the validity of the documents
* Each document in EUR-Lex is supported by detailed information such as: relations with other legal documents, case-law interpretations, dates of adoption or entry into force etc.
* It is the open and highly recognizable European Union’s database directly related to policy
* Most documents in EUR-Lex, regardless of their language, receive a unique identifier - CELEX number, so all documents have a designed structure and each type of document corresponds to a so-called “a descriptor”.

==== EU MERCI ====
''Description of the database:''
The database contains data on the implementation of energy efficiency measures in the manufacturing industry. For nearly 3000 companies from 4 European countries (Austria, Italy, Poland, United Kingdom), the following information has been collected: size of the company, year of implementation of the measure, type of support received (white certificates), statistical classification of economic activities, according to NACE, applied processes and ways to save energy and total final energy savings achieved by the implemented measures.
The database contains data also on low-carbon policies, examples of business action to reduce emissions, etc.
The database includes data for the 2005-2017 period. Besides the database, also a library, sector reports and static analyses of different countries were made available.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* The database contains good practices that can be used by other actors willing to implement energy efficiency measures,
* Disadvantages of the database: It includes data from the 2005-2017 period, with no updates (no newer examples)

==== OECD database ====
''Description of the database:''
OECD database makes available data related to agriculture, development, economy, education, energy, environment, finance, government, health, innovation and technology, jobs and society. In each of these areas the database contains, inter alia, data on legal issues. In the area of energy, data can be assigned thematically to: primary energy supply, crude oil production, electricity generation, renewable energy, nuclear power plants, crude oil import prices.
The data comes from over 130 countries around the world. The database allows sharing data in the form of indicators, maps and tables. The data is collected and made available since 1960.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* It is a popular, well recognised worldwide database, maintained by a reputable institution,
* Since we are not able to analyze all the databases that we would like to - the selection of the OECD database would indirectly allow us to take into account several other, selected databases because it contains data from: the IEA database - International Energy Agency (https://www.iea.org/) and Nuclear Energy Agency (http://www.oecd-nea.org/).

==== ISTAT energy data ====
'' Description of the database: ''
I.Stat is the warehouse of statistics currently produced by the Italian National Institute of Statistics.Statistics are searchable by theme. The system is also consultable by keyword. Data are presented in multidimensional tables which users can export in xls, csv formats. Acting on variables, reference periods and the arrangement of heads and sides, moreover, it is possible to obtain custom tables.
Through a web service that allows direct machine-to-machine questioning, organizations, as well as private citizens, can form specific query data, download results. The service is accessible at the following address: https://www.istat.it/it/metodi-e-strumenti/web-service-sdmx

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* It’s a complete overview of energy consumption in Italy in all sectors of the society.

==== SETIS Innovation and Research data ====
'' Description of the database: ''
The level of investment in R&I in terms of both private (expenditure by businesses and industry) and public (Member States' national programmes and instruments), and trends in patents, for the Integrated SET Plan Actions.

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
The Integrated SET Plan needs to be underpinned by an effective monitoring and reporting scheme that supports the development and implementation of the European R&I Agenda. SETIS plays a central role in the successful implementation of the Integrated SET Plan 10 key actions. In particular, the enhanced SETIS follows the objectives below:
* To monitor R&I activities, investments and technology progress in Europe;
* To contribute to the identification of gaps in the implementation of the actions;
* To report on the overall progress towards the common goals set out in the integrated SET-Plan;
* To contribute to assessing the impact of the SET-Plan on European competitiveness;
* To make recommendations for actions that could further increase the effectiveness of the European R&I Strategy.

==== ENERGISE Online Database ====
'' Description of the database: ''
The Database is an output of the H2020 Energise Project. The project aims at testing household and community-level initiatives to reduce energy consumption through energy cultures. An output of the project forms the database that contains data on 1067 energy initiatives from 30 European countries.

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* The database contains recent information on a considerable number of (1067) initiatives pertaining to household and community-level energy policies. Thus, its representativeness is for European countries is high.
* Since the focus of the EERAdata project is mainly concerning the European Union countries, this database is a good fit in terms of scope.
* The database hosts information that would be gathered from national sources of each country, hence may be considered as a repository for national databases.

==== MURE Online Database ====
'' Description of the database: ''
MURE (Mesures d'Utilisation Rationnelle de l'Energie) is a comprehensive database that lists energy efficiency policies and measures regarding the Member States of the European Union. It allows for the analysis of policies based on topics, policy interaction, policy scoring, impact evaluation, as well as successful policies. The information is accessible by query in the database. The contributors are French Environment and Energy Management Agency, European Energy Network, and the H2020 program of the European Union.

Relates to the Odyssee database on energy-efficiency indicators and energy consumption.

Reference: [http://www.measures-odyssee-mure.eu Odyssee-MURE project]

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* A comprehensive database including energy efficiency policies and measures in the European Union member states.
* Since the focus of the EERAdata project is mainly concerning the European Union countries, this database is a good fit in terms of scope.
* The database hosts information that would be gathered from national sources of each country, hence may be considered as a repository for national databases.
* The database pertains to both Uses Case 4 on Energy Policies and Use Case 1 on Buildings Efficiency.

==== JRC-database hub: Joint Research Centre Data Catalogue ====
'' Description of database: ''
The JRC Science Hub aims to gradually integrate and aggregate all of the European Commission's science related activities, tools, laboratories, facilities, databases and networks. The inventory is wide range of the compilation of databases development of software and modelling tools. Published on the basis of open data principles with clear descriptions for each entry. The tools and databases are categorised by name and acronym, but can be filtered by research area, keyword and JRC institute responsible for the coordination of the particular entry. It contains, inter alia, databases related to energy and transport and climate
'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* It’s the open and highly recognizable European Union’s database directly related to different related aspects also energy policy related
* It’s data interpretation is highly dependent on changes in the legal and policy frameworks across European Union.
* The database enhances the transparency and openness of the JRC and further enables the open access policy of scientific research data.
* The information and links provided in the metadata are maintained in distributed and heterogeneous information systems. Although the datasets are maintain and links and information are updated,
* Sources of the database are coming in a variety of European languages, all brought together in an English database. Thus, it helps to investigate the relevance for FAIRification and opening activities.
* The database is cross-use case relevant, as it contains policies and measures also for other use cases.

==== DataCite - an international not-for-profit organization aiming to improve data citation ====
'' Description of database: ''
The main aim of DataCite is to provide the means to create, find, cite, connect, and use research. The primary service provided by DataCite is the registration of DOI tags. In addition, DataCite is constantly developing additional services related to DOI and related metadata, as following:
* DataCite Search (https://search.datacite.org/) - allows to search the database of DOI metadata registered in DataCite.
* DataCite Profiles (https://profiles.datacite.org/) - allows for automatic data transfer between the DataCite and ORCID systems, facilitating the update of personal profiles of researchers in ORCID with information about objects for which DOIs have been registered in DataCite.
* DataCite Statistics (https://stats.datacite.org/) - a service presenting statistical data on the number of registered DOI, their metadata records and the use of this information.
* DataCite OAI-PMH Provider (https://oai.datacite.org/) - an access interface to metadata collected in DataCite using the OAI-PMH protocol.
In addition, DataCite is involved in international projects and initiatives related to sharing and quoting research data, such as:
* the worldwide Registry of Research Data Repositories - Re3Data (https://www.re3data.org/).
* The Initiative for Open Citations (I4OC) = a collaboration between scholarly publishers, researchers, and other interested parties to promote the unrestricted availability of scholarly citation data and to make these data available.

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* The inventory contains heterogeneous and dynamic data. Thus, it helps us to investigate how to approach FAIRification for such data.
* DataCite provides an integrated search interface, where it is possible to search and filter a relevant metadata gathered
* Sources of the database are coming in a variety of European languages. Thus, it helps to investigate the relevance for FAIRification and opening activities.
* The database may be cross-use case relevant, as it contains DOIs and citations relevant also for other use cases.

== Notes from the afternoon session ==
The afternoon session is dedicated to discussing metadata for the selected databases. The aim of the afternoon session is to fill out [[UC3#Metadata_assessments|table 2 of the wiki page for the use case]] and to decide what to report back from the use case to the plenary session the next day (again, see the WIKI template for a suggested structure). Thus, at the end of the day, the WIKI page for the use case is complete.

=== Assessment of metadata for databases ===
# IEA Policy database
# COMETS
# JRC database hub
# EUR-Lex

==== IEA Policy database ====

* preliminary assessment of level of implementation of FAIR/O principles: F4 - yes; A1 - yes, A2 - yes (only depends on EU policy); I1 - yes; I2 - fulfilled, I3 - fulfilled; R1.1 - yes; R1.2 - no; R1.3 - not fulfilled, not even the DC standards.
* Metadate seems to be spread.
* Discussion on understanding of 100% fulfillement, on the example: In ideal database all country names would be linked to official registry --> you could go for all information. It would be 100% FAIR. Are any bases like that?
* difficulties even in defining "policy" = everything (every official document) which is published in official governmental page.
* testing on the example of Poland and National Energy Efficency Action Plan for Poland: link to the official governmental page, not the direct link to the official document or to the official country law. When information about the date of update - should be also a linked to the local page (to ensure that the is a possibility to check at the source, if the policy has been already updated.
* if metadata doesn't provide the possibility of reachning the sources (if the documents are there, but you don't have an opportunity to get to the official, legal document).

==== COMETS ====
* information for collective actions for all EU countries, most importantly - for countries being in energy transition.
* 3700 initiatives in selected European countries - Germany, Belgium, Czechia, Switzerland,
* based on the internet desk research, business registers, etc.
* energy production units / electriciity facilitiation units - including more than 50000
* within the project in six countries (DE, ES, BE, PL, EE) they are conducting servey about the development and values (export, import). The data from it will be also included into the databse/.
* as it's still under development - FAIRness is 0% for now.
* from COMETS project perspective, an important step for FAIRification is to facilitate by categorisation, what and how specific activities are currently being implemented in different countries, categorisation of them, taxonomy.

==== General conclusions ====

* discussion on Wilkinson FAIR priniciples --> if there are any databases which are 100% in accordance to these principles. 100% is an utopia
We only can make a hierarchy, which databases are matching these citerias better, or worse.
* in Mons system it's more clear that you have to achieve specific level, to be able to go further.

* August example: database with country information, which should be easily available automatically, for example ISO code for the country. IEA policy database is not fully like that.
* start of absolute lowest datasets and try to FAIRify those, and later on move "up".
* FAIRification of database which are more complex is leading us to results / conlcussions available also for less complicated databases.

* important - what format it's possible to include for specific entry. As example - the date (you have to have clear definitions - what's date. - year, month, day specific? ) Similarly - with longitude, latitute. If you don't do it in advance, later on it takes much work to manually change it and put into right format. On the other hand - potentially - makinf a very specific description - may exclude some data, which are available but in different standards - for ecxample between EU and American standards.
* every entry has it's provenence, with information how the entry hhas been changed, when, etc. Basically all entries should have their own metadata.

* two dimensions of policies:
1) policy domain (topic of the policy)
2) policy perspective / the level of goverment (for whom it's developed = local regional, national, international level, etc)

* much focus is put on energy citizenship, participatorey of inclusiveness of policy process

==== directions in building taxonomy ====
* Example to be watched: EU taxonomy for green innovation companies
* UC4 taxomnomy needs to match to higher level = overall level of the projects. To make sure, that the complete taxonomy is

Proposed logical aspects / steps:
# starting on agreement of keywords + the glossry, to ensure common understanding.
# taking into consideration two dimensions of policies: (1) policy domain and (2) policy level of goverment
# coordinationg with other use cses: UC4 is affecting other use cases, so our keywords should not only match, but sometimes should be even taken from other use cases.

== What to report back to the plenary on Day 3? ==
* Databases selected (names and short reasoning)
* Main insights from discussions
* Suggested next steps
* Other issues

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This page provides space for notes from workshop discussions of use case 4 during Day 2 of WS1.

== Interactive elements ==
The discussions can also benefit from considering the EERAdata storyboard and/or slido comments. See [[WS1#Interactive_elements]]

== Notes from the morning session ==
The morning session is dedicated to database discussions with the aim to select 3-5 databases from below's list of databases for further examination. The [[UC3#List_of_selected_databases|first table of the WIKI page]] is filled out by noon.

* The workshop has started with the short introduction round to enable peaople to know something about each other, especially of the specific institutions day-to-day approach to data use.
* Later on the base for further works was presented:
# screeening the databases --> names, short descriptions, rationale for preliminary choosing the database
# checking the datbases proposed already, adding new, if needed.
# discussion and evaluation of databases - to choose the most suitable one for further works

Segmenting databases into 2 categories:
# policy relevant databases, eg. COMETS, EU Merci, PETA4
# policy databases, eg. IEA Policy database, EUR-Lex, OECD, RES-Legal, MURE

From both categories, the most suitbale databases may be chosen. This will enable us to have a full spectrum - how energy policies may use both types of databases.

Chosen databases - after morning discussion
# COMETS
# EUR-Lex
# IEA Policy database
# JRC

The evaluation using a tool developed by Mark Wilkinson will be carried out on EUR-Lex, IEA and JRC during afternoon sesion. In this time will be also assesing databases has already chose by metadata aspects

=== Draft list of databases ===
The databases that had been identified as containing data in relation to low carbon energy and energy efficiency policy:

#[https://www.copernicus.eu/en Copernicus]
#[https://datacite.org DataCite]
#[https://www.vs.inf.ethz.ch/res/show.html?what=eco-data ECO data set]
#[https://energydata.info/ EnergyData]
#[https://www.resourceefficient.eu/en#explore-content EREK]
#[http://www.eumerci-portal.eu/web/guest/home EU Merci]
#[https://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en EUR-Lex]
#[https://ec.europa.eu/energy/topics/energy-efficiency/energy-efficient-buildings/eu-bso_en?redir=1 European Buildings Stock Observatory]
#[https://www.iea.org/policies IEA Policies database]
#[https://www.irena.org/Statistics/View-Data-by-Topic/Energy-Transition/REmap-Energy-Demand-and-Supply-by-Sector IRENA, REmap]
#[http://resourceirena.irena.org/gateway/ IRENA, Resource]
#[https://data.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ JRC-database hub]
#[https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/publication/jrc-idees-integrated-database-european-energy-sector-methodological-note JRC-IDEES: Integrated Database of the European Energy Sector: Metodological note]
#[https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/publication/eur-scientific-and-technical-research-reports/monitoring-ri-low-carbon-energy-technologies JRC: Monitoring R&I in Low-Carbon Energy Technologies
#[https://magic-nexus.eu/metadata-repository MAGIC]
#[https://data.nrel.gov/ NREL data]
#[https://odin.jrc.ec.europa.eu/odin/index.jsp ODIN: Online Data & Information Network for Energy]
#[https://data.oecd.org/ OECD data]
#[https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/home/home.do OEIL]
#[https://openei.org/wiki/Main_Page OPENEI]
#[https://heatroadmap.eu/peta4/ PETA4]
#[https://www.proquest.com/ PROQuest]
#[https://www.reeep.org/reegleinfo REEEP]
#[https://www.re3data.org/ Re3data.org]
#[http://www.res-legal.eu/home/ RES LEGAL]
#[https://setis.ec.europa.eu/publications/setis-research-innovation-data SETIS research and innovation data]
#[https://zenodo.org/ ZENODO]
#[https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/837722 H2020 project COMETS] - EU-wide inventory of collective action initiatives in the low carbon energy transition
#[https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/business_economy_euro/banking_and_finance/documents/200309-sustainable-finance-teg-final-report-taxonomy_en.pdf] - EU taxonomy for green innovation companies
#MURE (Mesures d'Utilisation Rationnelle de l'Energie)database [http://www.measures-odyssee-mure.eu/]

=== Discussion on the choice of databases: ===
* From GIG, apart from IEA Policy database, there will be also a proposition of EUR-Lex, DataCite, EU Merci, OECD, and probably also JRC-database.
* @ IUE and ENEA: each of you please suggest 2 other databases and prepare for them a description and an explanation - why we should choose them for further evaluation. Material please put in the Wiki.
* @ all: for databases that you suggested please complete the questionnaire from AIT in OO ([https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/Products/Files/doceditor.aspx?fileid=5413183] and put answers into the folder in OO [https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/products/projects/tmdocs.aspx?prjID=236894#1976709] until Friday 29.05.

==== COMETS database: EU-wide inventory of collective action initiatives in the energy transition ====
''Description of database:''
The inventory is a multi-country database of collective action initiatives (e.g., energy cooperatives, eco-villages, community energy projects, and other citizen-led energy projects). For each initiative, the country, the date of foundation/cancellation, the evolution of members and renewable energy units, installation capacities, fields of engagement, legal form, website, address, source, etc. is collected. The entries are sourced from a variety of national, regional, and European registers and websites.

''Rationale for choosing this database'':
*The database is of policy relevance. Its data interpretation is highly dependent on changes in the legal and policy frameworks across Europe.
*We own the database and therefore have it easier to exercise FAIRification and opening activities.
*The database is being created in a parallel running European project and we would not like that the database ends in the graveyard of dead EU project databases.
*We aim at opening the database to the low carbon research community within the next two years.
*We are interested to explore the options for opening while ensuring that our work in building the database is appropriately acknowledged. This is relevant for later EERAdata discussion. Here, we already started discussing with e3s and tJP of EERAdata.
*We can use synergies with another parallel EU project and have the possibility to assign rich metadata to every single entry, by also using the expertise of researchers from the COMETS project.
*The database itself has a relatively simple structure, however, the inventory contains heterogeneous and dynamic data. Thus, it helps us to investigate how to approach FAIRification for such data. This is a particular challenge for UC4.
*Sources of the COMETS database are coming in a variety of European languages, all brought together in an English database. Thus, it helps us to investigate the relevance of languages for FAIRification and opening activities. This is also a particular challenge for UC4.
*We aim at uploading this database as an example for EERAdata to EOSC. We hope to create a best practice example for a FAIR and open database. Currently, it is F - non-existing, A - non-existing., I - partly as one can, e.g., go to the currently published papers to access the original sources. But it is not machine-actionable. R - no, because it is currently not open.

''Reference:'' Wierling, A.; Schwanitz, V.J.; Zeiß, J.P.; Bout, C.; Candelise, C.; Gilcrease, W.; Gregg, J.S. [https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/10/9/3339 Statistical Evidence on the Role of Energy Cooperatives for the Energy Transition in European Countries]. Sustainability.

==== IEA Policy database ====
''Description of the database:''
A worldwide database of past, future and planned policies and measures thematically related to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve energy efficiency and support the development and deployment of renewables and other clean energy technologies. It contains data from IEA/IRENA Renewable Energy Policies and Measures Database, the IEA Energy Efficiency Database, the Addressing Climate Change database, and the Building Energy Efficiency Policies (BEEP) database, along with information on CCUS and methane abatement policies. Data are collected from governments, partner organizations and IEA analysis since 1999.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* A popular, recognized, and world-wide database hosted by a reputable institution.
* Since we are not able to analyze all the databases that we would like to - the selection of the IEA Policy database would indirectly allow us to take into account several other, selected databases because it contains data from: IEA/IRENA Renewable Energy Policies and Measures Database, the IEA Energy Efficiency Database, the Addressing Climate Change database, and the Building Energy Efficiency Policies (BEEP) database,
* Cross-use case relevance, as it contains policies and measures also for buildings efficiency (UC1) and for power transmission and distribution networks (UC2).

==== EU Taxonomy for green innovation companies ====
''Description of the database:''
The EU Taxonomy is a tool to help investors, companies, issuers, and project promoters navigate the transition to a low-carbon, resilient and resource-efficient economy. The Taxonomy sets performance thresholds (referred to as ‘technical screening criteria’) for economic activities which: • make a substantive contribution to one of six environmental objectives (Figure 1); • do no significant harm (DNSH) to the other five, where relevant; • meet minimum safeguards (e.g., OECD Guidelines on Multinational Enterprises and the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights). The performance thresholds will help companies, project promoters and issuers access green financing to improve their environmental performance, as well as helping to identify which activities are already environmentally friendly. In doing so, it will help to grow low-carbon sectors and decarbonise high-carbon ones. The EU Taxonomy is one of the most significant developments in sustainable finance and will have wide-ranging implications for investors and issuers working in the EU, and beyond.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* It is low-hanging fruit because taxonomy is already in place.
* We could use this taxonomy to see how it aligns with our other assessments (and with other use cases)
* The taxonomy will be enacted in a year from now, so we can provide timely feedback

''Reference:'' [[https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/business_economy_euro/banking_and_finance/documents/200309-sustainable-finance-teg-final-report-taxonomy_en.pdf]]

==== EUR-Lex ====
''Description of the database:''
EUR-Lex is online database that provides the official and most comprehensive access to EU Law and legal documents such as treaties, legal acts from EU institutions, preparatory documents related to EU legislation, EU case-law, international agreements, EFTA documents, references to national case-law related to EU law. EUR-Lex has access to all editions of the Official Journal of the European Union (OJ) since the first of December 1952.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* It is available in all of the EU’s 24 official languages
* It is updated daily, which confirms the validity of the documents
* Each document in EUR-Lex is supported by detailed information such as: relations with other legal documents, case-law interpretations, dates of adoption or entry into force etc.
* It is the open and highly recognizable European Union’s database directly related to policy
* Most documents in EUR-Lex, regardless of their language, receive a unique identifier - CELEX number, so all documents have a designed structure and each type of document corresponds to a so-called “a descriptor”.

==== EU MERCI ====
''Description of the database:''
The database contains data on the implementation of energy efficiency measures in the manufacturing industry. For nearly 3000 companies from 4 European countries (Austria, Italy, Poland, United Kingdom), the following information has been collected: size of the company, year of implementation of the measure, type of support received (white certificates), statistical classification of economic activities, according to NACE, applied processes and ways to save energy and total final energy savings achieved by the implemented measures.
The database contains data also on low-carbon policies, examples of business action to reduce emissions, etc.
The database includes data for the 2005-2017 period. Besides the database, also a library, sector reports and static analyses of different countries were made available.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* The database contains good practices that can be used by other actors willing to implement energy efficiency measures,
* Disadvantages of the database: It includes data from the 2005-2017 period, with no updates (no newer examples)

==== OECD database ====
''Description of the database:''
OECD database makes available data related to agriculture, development, economy, education, energy, environment, finance, government, health, innovation and technology, jobs and society. In each of these areas the database contains, inter alia, data on legal issues. In the area of energy, data can be assigned thematically to: primary energy supply, crude oil production, electricity generation, renewable energy, nuclear power plants, crude oil import prices.
The data comes from over 130 countries around the world. The database allows sharing data in the form of indicators, maps and tables. The data is collected and made available since 1960.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* It is a popular, well recognised worldwide database, maintained by a reputable institution,
* Since we are not able to analyze all the databases that we would like to - the selection of the OECD database would indirectly allow us to take into account several other, selected databases because it contains data from: the IEA database - International Energy Agency (https://www.iea.org/) and Nuclear Energy Agency (http://www.oecd-nea.org/).

==== ISTAT energy data ====
'' Description of the database: ''
I.Stat is the warehouse of statistics currently produced by the Italian National Institute of Statistics.Statistics are searchable by theme. The system is also consultable by keyword. Data are presented in multidimensional tables which users can export in xls, csv formats. Acting on variables, reference periods and the arrangement of heads and sides, moreover, it is possible to obtain custom tables.
Through a web service that allows direct machine-to-machine questioning, organizations, as well as private citizens, can form specific query data, download results. The service is accessible at the following address: https://www.istat.it/it/metodi-e-strumenti/web-service-sdmx

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* It’s a complete overview of energy consumption in Italy in all sectors of the society.

==== SETIS Innovation and Research data ====
'' Description of the database: ''
The level of investment in R&I in terms of both private (expenditure by businesses and industry) and public (Member States' national programmes and instruments), and trends in patents, for the Integrated SET Plan Actions.

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
The Integrated SET Plan needs to be underpinned by an effective monitoring and reporting scheme that supports the development and implementation of the European R&I Agenda. SETIS plays a central role in the successful implementation of the Integrated SET Plan 10 key actions. In particular, the enhanced SETIS follows the objectives below:
* To monitor R&I activities, investments and technology progress in Europe;
* To contribute to the identification of gaps in the implementation of the actions;
* To report on the overall progress towards the common goals set out in the integrated SET-Plan;
* To contribute to assessing the impact of the SET-Plan on European competitiveness;
* To make recommendations for actions that could further increase the effectiveness of the European R&I Strategy.

==== ENERGISE Online Database ====
'' Description of the database: ''
The Database is an output of the H2020 Energise Project. The project aims at testing household and community-level initiatives to reduce energy consumption through energy cultures. An output of the project forms the database that contains data on 1067 energy initiatives from 30 European countries.

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* The database contains recent information on a considerable number of (1067) initiatives pertaining to household and community-level energy policies. Thus, its representativeness is for European countries is high.
* Since the focus of the EERAdata project is mainly concerning the European Union countries, this database is a good fit in terms of scope.
* The database hosts information that would be gathered from national sources of each country, hence may be considered as a repository for national databases.

==== MURE Online Database ====
'' Description of the database: ''
MURE (Mesures d'Utilisation Rationnelle de l'Energie) is a comprehensive database that lists energy efficiency policies and measures regarding the Member States of the European Union. It allows for the analysis of policies based on topics, policy interaction, policy scoring, impact evaluation, as well as successful policies. The information is accessible by query in the database. The contributors are French Environment and Energy Management Agency, European Energy Network, and the H2020 program of the European Union.

Relates to the Odyssee database on energy-efficiency indicators and energy consumption.

Reference: [http://www.measures-odyssee-mure.eu Odyssee-MURE project]

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* A comprehensive database including energy efficiency policies and measures in the European Union member states.
* Since the focus of the EERAdata project is mainly concerning the European Union countries, this database is a good fit in terms of scope.
* The database hosts information that would be gathered from national sources of each country, hence may be considered as a repository for national databases.
* The database pertains to both Uses Case 4 on Energy Policies and Use Case 1 on Buildings Efficiency.

==== JRC-database hub: Joint Research Centre Data Catalogue ====
'' Description of database: ''
The JRC Science Hub aims to gradually integrate and aggregate all of the European Commission's science related activities, tools, laboratories, facilities, databases and networks. The inventory is wide range of the compilation of databases development of software and modelling tools. Published on the basis of open data principles with clear descriptions for each entry. The tools and databases are categorised by name and acronym, but can be filtered by research area, keyword and JRC institute responsible for the coordination of the particular entry. It contains, inter alia, databases related to energy and transport and climate
'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* It’s the open and highly recognizable European Union’s database directly related to different related aspects also energy policy related
* It’s data interpretation is highly dependent on changes in the legal and policy frameworks across European Union.
* The database enhances the transparency and openness of the JRC and further enables the open access policy of scientific research data.
* The information and links provided in the metadata are maintained in distributed and heterogeneous information systems. Although the datasets are maintain and links and information are updated,
* Sources of the database are coming in a variety of European languages, all brought together in an English database. Thus, it helps to investigate the relevance for FAIRification and opening activities.
* The database is cross-use case relevant, as it contains policies and measures also for other use cases.

==== DataCite - an international not-for-profit organization aiming to improve data citation ====
'' Description of database: ''
The main aim of DataCite is to provide the means to create, find, cite, connect, and use research. The primary service provided by DataCite is the registration of DOI tags. In addition, DataCite is constantly developing additional services related to DOI and related metadata, as following:
* DataCite Search (https://search.datacite.org/) - allows to search the database of DOI metadata registered in DataCite.
* DataCite Profiles (https://profiles.datacite.org/) - allows for automatic data transfer between the DataCite and ORCID systems, facilitating the update of personal profiles of researchers in ORCID with information about objects for which DOIs have been registered in DataCite.
* DataCite Statistics (https://stats.datacite.org/) - a service presenting statistical data on the number of registered DOI, their metadata records and the use of this information.
* DataCite OAI-PMH Provider (https://oai.datacite.org/) - an access interface to metadata collected in DataCite using the OAI-PMH protocol.
In addition, DataCite is involved in international projects and initiatives related to sharing and quoting research data, such as:
* the worldwide Registry of Research Data Repositories - Re3Data (https://www.re3data.org/).
* The Initiative for Open Citations (I4OC) = a collaboration between scholarly publishers, researchers, and other interested parties to promote the unrestricted availability of scholarly citation data and to make these data available.

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* The inventory contains heterogeneous and dynamic data. Thus, it helps us to investigate how to approach FAIRification for such data.
* DataCite provides an integrated search interface, where it is possible to search and filter a relevant metadata gathered
* Sources of the database are coming in a variety of European languages. Thus, it helps to investigate the relevance for FAIRification and opening activities.
* The database may be cross-use case relevant, as it contains DOIs and citations relevant also for other use cases.

== Notes from the afternoon session ==
The afternoon session is dedicated to discussing metadata for the selected databases. The aim of the afternoon session is to fill out [[UC3#Metadata_assessments|table 2 of the wiki page for the use case]] and to decide what to report back from the use case to the plenary session the next day (again, see the WIKI template for a suggested structure). Thus, at the end of the day, the WIKI page for the use case is complete.

=== Assessment of metadata for databases ===
# IEA Policy database
# COMETS
# JRC database hub
# EUR-Lex

==== IEA Policy database ====

Level of implementation of FAIR/O principles: F4 - yes; A1 - yes, A2 - yes (only depends on EU policy); I1 - yes; I2 - fulfilled, I3 - fulfilled; R1.1 - yes; R1.2 - no; R1.3 - not fulfilled, not even the DC standards.
* Metadate seems to be spread.
* August - example: In ideal database all country names would be linked to official registry --> you could go for all information. It would be 100% FAIR. Are any bases like that?
* Difficulties even in defining "policy" = everything (every official document) which is published in official governmental page.
* testing on the example of Poland and National Energy Efficency Action Plan for Poland: link to the official governmental page, not the direct link to the official document or to the official country law. When information about the date of update - should be also a linked to the local page (to ensure that the is a spossibility to chacke at the source, if the policy has been already updated.
* if metadata doesn't provide the possibility of reachning the sources (if the documents are there, but you don't have an opportunity to get to the official, legal document).

==== COMETS ====
* information for collective actions for all EU countries, most importantly - for countries being in energy transition.
* 3700 initiatives in selected European countries - Germany, Belgium, Czechia, Switzerland,
* based on the internet desk research, business registers, etc.
* energy production units / electriciity facilitiation units - including more than 50000
* within the project in six countries (DE, ES, BE, PL, EE) they are conducting servey about the development and values (export, import). The data from it will be also included into the databse/.
* as it's still under development - FAIRness is 0% for now.
* from COMETS project perspective, an important step for FAIRification is to facilitate by categorisation, what and how specific activities are currently being implemented in different countries, categorisation of them, taxonomy.

==== General conclusions ====

* discussion on Wilkinson FAIR priniciples --> if there are any databases which are 100% in accordance to these principles. 100% is an utopia
We only can make a hierarchy, which databases are matching these citerias better, or worse.
* in Mons system it's more clear that you have to achieve specific level, to be able to go further.

* August example: database with country information, which should be easily available automatically, for example ISO code for the country. IEA policy database is not fully like that.
* start of absolute lowest datasets and try to FAIRify those, and later on move "up".
* FAIRification of database which are more complex is leading us to results / conlcussions available also for less complicated databases.

* important - what format it's possible to include for specific entry. As example - the date (you have to have clear definitions - what's date. - year, month, day specific? ) Similarly - with longitude, latitute. If you don't do it in advance, later on it takes much work to manually change it and put into right format. On the other hand - potentially - makinf a very specific description - may exclude some data, which are available but in different standards - for ecxample between EU and American standards.
* every entry has it's provenence, with information how the entry hhas been changed, when, etc. Basically all entries should have their own metadata.

* two dimensions of policies:
1) policy domain (topic of the policy)
2) policy perspective / the level of goverment (for whom it's developed = local regional, national, international level, etc)

* much focus is put on energy citizenship, participatorey of inclusiveness of policy process

==== directions in building taxonomy ====
* Example to be watched: EU taxonomy for green innovation companies
* UC4 taxomnomy needs to match to higher level = overall level of the projects. To make sure, that the complete taxonomy is

Proposed logical aspects / steps:
# starting on agreement of keywords + the glossry, to ensure common understanding.
# taking into consideration two dimensions of policies: (1) policy domain and (2) policy level of goverment
# coordinationg with other use cses: UC4 is affecting other use cases, so our keywords should not only match, but sometimes should be even taken from other use cases.

== What to report back to the plenary on Day 3? ==
* Databases selected (names and short reasoning)
* Main insights from discussions
* Suggested next steps
* Other issues

WS1UC4

2020-06-03T13:13:23Z

Małgorzatam: /* IEA Policy database */

This page provides space for notes from workshop discussions of use case 4 during Day 2 of WS1.

== Interactive elements ==
The discussions can also benefit from considering the EERAdata storyboard and/or slido comments. See [[WS1#Interactive_elements]]

== Notes from the morning session ==
The morning session is dedicated to database discussions with the aim to select 3-5 databases from below's list of databases for further examination. The [[UC3#List_of_selected_databases|first table of the WIKI page]] is filled out by noon.

* The workshop has started with the short introduction round to enable peaople to know something about each other, especially of the specific institutions day-to-day approach to data use.
* Later on the base for further works was presented:
# screeening the databases --> names, short descriptions, rationale for preliminary choosing the database
# checking the datbases proposed already, adding new, if needed.
# discussion and evaluation of databases - to choose the most suitable one for further works

Segmenting databases into 2 categories:
# policy relevant databases, eg. COMETS, EU Merci, PETA4
# policy databases, eg. IEA Policy database, EUR-Lex, OECD, RES-Legal, MURE

From both categories, the most suitbale databases may be chosen. This will enable us to have a full spectrum - how energy policies may use both types of databases.

Chosen databases - after morning discussion
# COMETS
# EUR-Lex
# IEA Policy database
# JRC

The evaluation using a tool developed by Mark Wilkinson will be carried out on EUR-Lex, IEA and JRC during afternoon sesion. In this time will be also assesing databases has already chose by metadata aspects

=== Draft list of databases ===
The databases that had been identified as containing data in relation to low carbon energy and energy efficiency policy:

#[https://www.copernicus.eu/en Copernicus]
#[https://datacite.org DataCite]
#[https://www.vs.inf.ethz.ch/res/show.html?what=eco-data ECO data set]
#[https://energydata.info/ EnergyData]
#[https://www.resourceefficient.eu/en#explore-content EREK]
#[http://www.eumerci-portal.eu/web/guest/home EU Merci]
#[https://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en EUR-Lex]
#[https://ec.europa.eu/energy/topics/energy-efficiency/energy-efficient-buildings/eu-bso_en?redir=1 European Buildings Stock Observatory]
#[https://www.iea.org/policies IEA Policies database]
#[https://www.irena.org/Statistics/View-Data-by-Topic/Energy-Transition/REmap-Energy-Demand-and-Supply-by-Sector IRENA, REmap]
#[http://resourceirena.irena.org/gateway/ IRENA, Resource]
#[https://data.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ JRC-database hub]
#[https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/publication/jrc-idees-integrated-database-european-energy-sector-methodological-note JRC-IDEES: Integrated Database of the European Energy Sector: Metodological note]
#[https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/publication/eur-scientific-and-technical-research-reports/monitoring-ri-low-carbon-energy-technologies JRC: Monitoring R&I in Low-Carbon Energy Technologies
#[https://magic-nexus.eu/metadata-repository MAGIC]
#[https://data.nrel.gov/ NREL data]
#[https://odin.jrc.ec.europa.eu/odin/index.jsp ODIN: Online Data & Information Network for Energy]
#[https://data.oecd.org/ OECD data]
#[https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/home/home.do OEIL]
#[https://openei.org/wiki/Main_Page OPENEI]
#[https://heatroadmap.eu/peta4/ PETA4]
#[https://www.proquest.com/ PROQuest]
#[https://www.reeep.org/reegleinfo REEEP]
#[https://www.re3data.org/ Re3data.org]
#[http://www.res-legal.eu/home/ RES LEGAL]
#[https://setis.ec.europa.eu/publications/setis-research-innovation-data SETIS research and innovation data]
#[https://zenodo.org/ ZENODO]
#[https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/837722 H2020 project COMETS] - EU-wide inventory of collective action initiatives in the low carbon energy transition
#[https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/business_economy_euro/banking_and_finance/documents/200309-sustainable-finance-teg-final-report-taxonomy_en.pdf] - EU taxonomy for green innovation companies
#MURE (Mesures d'Utilisation Rationnelle de l'Energie)database [http://www.measures-odyssee-mure.eu/]

=== Discussion on the choice of databases: ===
* From GIG, apart from IEA Policy database, there will be also a proposition of EUR-Lex, DataCite, EU Merci, OECD, and probably also JRC-database.
* @ IUE and ENEA: each of you please suggest 2 other databases and prepare for them a description and an explanation - why we should choose them for further evaluation. Material please put in the Wiki.
* @ all: for databases that you suggested please complete the questionnaire from AIT in OO ([https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/Products/Files/doceditor.aspx?fileid=5413183] and put answers into the folder in OO [https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/products/projects/tmdocs.aspx?prjID=236894#1976709] until Friday 29.05.

==== COMETS database: EU-wide inventory of collective action initiatives in the energy transition ====
''Description of database:''
The inventory is a multi-country database of collective action initiatives (e.g., energy cooperatives, eco-villages, community energy projects, and other citizen-led energy projects). For each initiative, the country, the date of foundation/cancellation, the evolution of members and renewable energy units, installation capacities, fields of engagement, legal form, website, address, source, etc. is collected. The entries are sourced from a variety of national, regional, and European registers and websites.

''Rationale for choosing this database'':
*The database is of policy relevance. Its data interpretation is highly dependent on changes in the legal and policy frameworks across Europe.
*We own the database and therefore have it easier to exercise FAIRification and opening activities.
*The database is being created in a parallel running European project and we would not like that the database ends in the graveyard of dead EU project databases.
*We aim at opening the database to the low carbon research community within the next two years.
*We are interested to explore the options for opening while ensuring that our work in building the database is appropriately acknowledged. This is relevant for later EERAdata discussion. Here, we already started discussing with e3s and tJP of EERAdata.
*We can use synergies with another parallel EU project and have the possibility to assign rich metadata to every single entry, by also using the expertise of researchers from the COMETS project.
*The database itself has a relatively simple structure, however, the inventory contains heterogeneous and dynamic data. Thus, it helps us to investigate how to approach FAIRification for such data. This is a particular challenge for UC4.
*Sources of the COMETS database are coming in a variety of European languages, all brought together in an English database. Thus, it helps us to investigate the relevance of languages for FAIRification and opening activities. This is also a particular challenge for UC4.
*We aim at uploading this database as an example for EERAdata to EOSC. We hope to create a best practice example for a FAIR and open database. Currently, it is F - non-existing, A - non-existing., I - partly as one can, e.g., go to the currently published papers to access the original sources. But it is not machine-actionable. R - no, because it is currently not open.

''Reference:'' Wierling, A.; Schwanitz, V.J.; Zeiß, J.P.; Bout, C.; Candelise, C.; Gilcrease, W.; Gregg, J.S. [https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/10/9/3339 Statistical Evidence on the Role of Energy Cooperatives for the Energy Transition in European Countries]. Sustainability.

==== IEA Policy database ====
''Description of the database:''
A worldwide database of past, future and planned policies and measures thematically related to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve energy efficiency and support the development and deployment of renewables and other clean energy technologies. It contains data from IEA/IRENA Renewable Energy Policies and Measures Database, the IEA Energy Efficiency Database, the Addressing Climate Change database, and the Building Energy Efficiency Policies (BEEP) database, along with information on CCUS and methane abatement policies. Data are collected from governments, partner organizations and IEA analysis since 1999.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* A popular, recognized, and world-wide database hosted by a reputable institution.
* Since we are not able to analyze all the databases that we would like to - the selection of the IEA Policy database would indirectly allow us to take into account several other, selected databases because it contains data from: IEA/IRENA Renewable Energy Policies and Measures Database, the IEA Energy Efficiency Database, the Addressing Climate Change database, and the Building Energy Efficiency Policies (BEEP) database,
* Cross-use case relevance, as it contains policies and measures also for buildings efficiency (UC1) and for power transmission and distribution networks (UC2).

==== EU Taxonomy for green innovation companies ====
''Description of the database:''
The EU Taxonomy is a tool to help investors, companies, issuers, and project promoters navigate the transition to a low-carbon, resilient and resource-efficient economy. The Taxonomy sets performance thresholds (referred to as ‘technical screening criteria’) for economic activities which: • make a substantive contribution to one of six environmental objectives (Figure 1); • do no significant harm (DNSH) to the other five, where relevant; • meet minimum safeguards (e.g., OECD Guidelines on Multinational Enterprises and the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights). The performance thresholds will help companies, project promoters and issuers access green financing to improve their environmental performance, as well as helping to identify which activities are already environmentally friendly. In doing so, it will help to grow low-carbon sectors and decarbonise high-carbon ones. The EU Taxonomy is one of the most significant developments in sustainable finance and will have wide-ranging implications for investors and issuers working in the EU, and beyond.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* It is low-hanging fruit because taxonomy is already in place.
* We could use this taxonomy to see how it aligns with our other assessments (and with other use cases)
* The taxonomy will be enacted in a year from now, so we can provide timely feedback

''Reference:'' [[https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/business_economy_euro/banking_and_finance/documents/200309-sustainable-finance-teg-final-report-taxonomy_en.pdf]]

==== EUR-Lex ====
''Description of the database:''
EUR-Lex is online database that provides the official and most comprehensive access to EU Law and legal documents such as treaties, legal acts from EU institutions, preparatory documents related to EU legislation, EU case-law, international agreements, EFTA documents, references to national case-law related to EU law. EUR-Lex has access to all editions of the Official Journal of the European Union (OJ) since the first of December 1952.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* It is available in all of the EU’s 24 official languages
* It is updated daily, which confirms the validity of the documents
* Each document in EUR-Lex is supported by detailed information such as: relations with other legal documents, case-law interpretations, dates of adoption or entry into force etc.
* It is the open and highly recognizable European Union’s database directly related to policy
* Most documents in EUR-Lex, regardless of their language, receive a unique identifier - CELEX number, so all documents have a designed structure and each type of document corresponds to a so-called “a descriptor”.

==== EU MERCI ====
''Description of the database:''
The database contains data on the implementation of energy efficiency measures in the manufacturing industry. For nearly 3000 companies from 4 European countries (Austria, Italy, Poland, United Kingdom), the following information has been collected: size of the company, year of implementation of the measure, type of support received (white certificates), statistical classification of economic activities, according to NACE, applied processes and ways to save energy and total final energy savings achieved by the implemented measures.
The database contains data also on low-carbon policies, examples of business action to reduce emissions, etc.
The database includes data for the 2005-2017 period. Besides the database, also a library, sector reports and static analyses of different countries were made available.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* The database contains good practices that can be used by other actors willing to implement energy efficiency measures,
* Disadvantages of the database: It includes data from the 2005-2017 period, with no updates (no newer examples)

==== OECD database ====
''Description of the database:''
OECD database makes available data related to agriculture, development, economy, education, energy, environment, finance, government, health, innovation and technology, jobs and society. In each of these areas the database contains, inter alia, data on legal issues. In the area of energy, data can be assigned thematically to: primary energy supply, crude oil production, electricity generation, renewable energy, nuclear power plants, crude oil import prices.
The data comes from over 130 countries around the world. The database allows sharing data in the form of indicators, maps and tables. The data is collected and made available since 1960.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* It is a popular, well recognised worldwide database, maintained by a reputable institution,
* Since we are not able to analyze all the databases that we would like to - the selection of the OECD database would indirectly allow us to take into account several other, selected databases because it contains data from: the IEA database - International Energy Agency (https://www.iea.org/) and Nuclear Energy Agency (http://www.oecd-nea.org/).

==== ISTAT energy data ====
'' Description of the database: ''
I.Stat is the warehouse of statistics currently produced by the Italian National Institute of Statistics.Statistics are searchable by theme. The system is also consultable by keyword. Data are presented in multidimensional tables which users can export in xls, csv formats. Acting on variables, reference periods and the arrangement of heads and sides, moreover, it is possible to obtain custom tables.
Through a web service that allows direct machine-to-machine questioning, organizations, as well as private citizens, can form specific query data, download results. The service is accessible at the following address: https://www.istat.it/it/metodi-e-strumenti/web-service-sdmx

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* It’s a complete overview of energy consumption in Italy in all sectors of the society.

==== SETIS Innovation and Research data ====
'' Description of the database: ''
The level of investment in R&I in terms of both private (expenditure by businesses and industry) and public (Member States' national programmes and instruments), and trends in patents, for the Integrated SET Plan Actions.

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
The Integrated SET Plan needs to be underpinned by an effective monitoring and reporting scheme that supports the development and implementation of the European R&I Agenda. SETIS plays a central role in the successful implementation of the Integrated SET Plan 10 key actions. In particular, the enhanced SETIS follows the objectives below:
* To monitor R&I activities, investments and technology progress in Europe;
* To contribute to the identification of gaps in the implementation of the actions;
* To report on the overall progress towards the common goals set out in the integrated SET-Plan;
* To contribute to assessing the impact of the SET-Plan on European competitiveness;
* To make recommendations for actions that could further increase the effectiveness of the European R&I Strategy.

==== ENERGISE Online Database ====
'' Description of the database: ''
The Database is an output of the H2020 Energise Project. The project aims at testing household and community-level initiatives to reduce energy consumption through energy cultures. An output of the project forms the database that contains data on 1067 energy initiatives from 30 European countries.

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* The database contains recent information on a considerable number of (1067) initiatives pertaining to household and community-level energy policies. Thus, its representativeness is for European countries is high.
* Since the focus of the EERAdata project is mainly concerning the European Union countries, this database is a good fit in terms of scope.
* The database hosts information that would be gathered from national sources of each country, hence may be considered as a repository for national databases.

==== MURE Online Database ====
'' Description of the database: ''
MURE (Mesures d'Utilisation Rationnelle de l'Energie) is a comprehensive database that lists energy efficiency policies and measures regarding the Member States of the European Union. It allows for the analysis of policies based on topics, policy interaction, policy scoring, impact evaluation, as well as successful policies. The information is accessible by query in the database. The contributors are French Environment and Energy Management Agency, European Energy Network, and the H2020 program of the European Union.

Relates to the Odyssee database on energy-efficiency indicators and energy consumption.

Reference: [http://www.measures-odyssee-mure.eu Odyssee-MURE project]

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* A comprehensive database including energy efficiency policies and measures in the European Union member states.
* Since the focus of the EERAdata project is mainly concerning the European Union countries, this database is a good fit in terms of scope.
* The database hosts information that would be gathered from national sources of each country, hence may be considered as a repository for national databases.
* The database pertains to both Uses Case 4 on Energy Policies and Use Case 1 on Buildings Efficiency.

==== JRC-database hub: Joint Research Centre Data Catalogue ====
'' Description of database: ''
The JRC Science Hub aims to gradually integrate and aggregate all of the European Commission's science related activities, tools, laboratories, facilities, databases and networks. The inventory is wide range of the compilation of databases development of software and modelling tools. Published on the basis of open data principles with clear descriptions for each entry. The tools and databases are categorised by name and acronym, but can be filtered by research area, keyword and JRC institute responsible for the coordination of the particular entry. It contains, inter alia, databases related to energy and transport and climate
'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* It’s the open and highly recognizable European Union’s database directly related to different related aspects also energy policy related
* It’s data interpretation is highly dependent on changes in the legal and policy frameworks across European Union.
* The database enhances the transparency and openness of the JRC and further enables the open access policy of scientific research data.
* The information and links provided in the metadata are maintained in distributed and heterogeneous information systems. Although the datasets are maintain and links and information are updated,
* Sources of the database are coming in a variety of European languages, all brought together in an English database. Thus, it helps to investigate the relevance for FAIRification and opening activities.
* The database is cross-use case relevant, as it contains policies and measures also for other use cases.

==== DataCite - an international not-for-profit organization aiming to improve data citation ====
'' Description of database: ''
The main aim of DataCite is to provide the means to create, find, cite, connect, and use research. The primary service provided by DataCite is the registration of DOI tags. In addition, DataCite is constantly developing additional services related to DOI and related metadata, as following:
* DataCite Search (https://search.datacite.org/) - allows to search the database of DOI metadata registered in DataCite.
* DataCite Profiles (https://profiles.datacite.org/) - allows for automatic data transfer between the DataCite and ORCID systems, facilitating the update of personal profiles of researchers in ORCID with information about objects for which DOIs have been registered in DataCite.
* DataCite Statistics (https://stats.datacite.org/) - a service presenting statistical data on the number of registered DOI, their metadata records and the use of this information.
* DataCite OAI-PMH Provider (https://oai.datacite.org/) - an access interface to metadata collected in DataCite using the OAI-PMH protocol.
In addition, DataCite is involved in international projects and initiatives related to sharing and quoting research data, such as:
* the worldwide Registry of Research Data Repositories - Re3Data (https://www.re3data.org/).
* The Initiative for Open Citations (I4OC) = a collaboration between scholarly publishers, researchers, and other interested parties to promote the unrestricted availability of scholarly citation data and to make these data available.

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* The inventory contains heterogeneous and dynamic data. Thus, it helps us to investigate how to approach FAIRification for such data.
* DataCite provides an integrated search interface, where it is possible to search and filter a relevant metadata gathered
* Sources of the database are coming in a variety of European languages. Thus, it helps to investigate the relevance for FAIRification and opening activities.
* The database is cross-use case relevant, as it contains DOIs and citations relevant also for other use cases.
* it's not a database in the literal sense of the word, but rather an 'access facilitator' to data.

== Notes from the afternoon session ==
The afternoon session is dedicated to discussing metadata for the selected databases. The aim of the afternoon session is to fill out [[UC3#Metadata_assessments|table 2 of the wiki page for the use case]] and to decide what to report back from the use case to the plenary session the next day (again, see the WIKI template for a suggested structure). Thus, at the end of the day, the WIKI page for the use case is complete.

=== Assessment of metadata for databases ===
# IEA Policy database
# COMETS
# JRC database hub
# EUR-Lex

==== IEA Policy database ====

Level of implementation of FAIR/O principles: F4 - yes; A1 - yes, A2 - yes (only depends on EU policy); I1 - yes; I2 - fulfilled, I3 - fulfilled; R1.1 - yes; R1.2 - no; R1.3 - not fulfilled, not even the DC standards.
* Metadate seems to be spread.
* August - example: In ideal database all country names would be linked to official registry --> you could go for all information. It would be 100% FAIR. Are any bases like that?
* Difficulties even in defining "policy" = everything (every official document) which is published in official governmental page.
* testing on the example of Poland and National Energy Efficency Action Plan for Poland: link to the official governmental page, not the direct link to the official document or to the official country law. When information about the date of update - should be also a linked to the local page (to ensure that the is a spossibility to chacke at the source, if the policy has been already updated.
* if metadata doesn't provide the possibility of reachning the sources (if the documents are there, but you don't have an opportunity to get to the official, legal document).

==== COMETS ====
* information for collective actions for all EU countries, most importantly - for countries being in energy transition.
* 3700 initiatives in selected European countries - Germany, Belgium, Czechia, Switzerland,
* based on the internet desk research, business registers, etc.
* energy production units / electriciity facilitiation units - including more than 50000
* within the project in six countries (DE, ES, BE, PL, EE) they are conducting servey about the development and values (export, import). The data from it will be also included into the databse/.
* as it's still under development - FAIRness is 0% for now.
* from COMETS project perspective, an important step for FAIRification is to facilitate by categorisation, what and how specific activities are currently being implemented in different countries, categorisation of them, taxonomy.

==== General conclusions ====

* discussion on Wilkinson FAIR priniciples --> if there are any databases which are 100% in accordance to these principles. 100% is an utopia
We only can make a hierarchy, which databases are matching these citerias better, or worse.
* in Mons system it's more clear that you have to achieve specific level, to be able to go further.

* August example: database with country information, which should be easily available automatically, for example ISO code for the country. IEA policy database is not fully like that.
* start of absolute lowest datasets and try to FAIRify those, and later on move "up".
* FAIRification of database which are more complex is leading us to results / conlcussions available also for less complicated databases.

* important - what format it's possible to include for specific entry. As example - the date (you have to have clear definitions - what's date. - year, month, day specific? ) Similarly - with longitude, latitute. If you don't do it in advance, later on it takes much work to manually change it and put into right format. On the other hand - potentially - makinf a very specific description - may exclude some data, which are available but in different standards - for ecxample between EU and American standards.
* every entry has it's provenence, with information how the entry hhas been changed, when, etc. Basically all entries should have their own metadata.

* two dimensions of policies:
1) policy domain (topic of the policy)
2) policy perspective / the level of goverment (for whom it's developed = local regional, national, international level, etc)

* much focus is put on energy citizenship, participatorey of inclusiveness of policy process

==== directions in building taxonomy ====
* Example to be watched: EU taxonomy for green innovation companies
* UC4 taxomnomy needs to match to higher level = overall level of the projects. To make sure, that the complete taxonomy is

Proposed logical aspects / steps:
# starting on agreement of keywords + the glossry, to ensure common understanding.
# taking into consideration two dimensions of policies: (1) policy domain and (2) policy level of goverment
# coordinationg with other use cses: UC4 is affecting other use cases, so our keywords should not only match, but sometimes should be even taken from other use cases.

== What to report back to the plenary on Day 3? ==
* Databases selected (names and short reasoning)
* Main insights from discussions
* Suggested next steps
* Other issues

WS1UC4

2020-06-03T13:02:29Z

Małgorzatam: /* Notes from the afternoon session */

This page provides space for notes from workshop discussions of use case 4 during Day 2 of WS1.

== Interactive elements ==
The discussions can also benefit from considering the EERAdata storyboard and/or slido comments. See [[WS1#Interactive_elements]]

== Notes from the morning session ==
The morning session is dedicated to database discussions with the aim to select 3-5 databases from below's list of databases for further examination. The [[UC3#List_of_selected_databases|first table of the WIKI page]] is filled out by noon.

* The workshop has started with the short introduction round to enable peaople to know something about each other, especially of the specific institutions day-to-day approach to data use.
* Later on the base for further works was presented:
# screeening the databases --> names, short descriptions, rationale for preliminary choosing the database
# checking the datbases proposed already, adding new, if needed.
# discussion and evaluation of databases - to choose the most suitable one for further works

Segmenting databases into 2 categories:
# policy relevant databases, eg. COMETS, EU Merci, PETA4
# policy databases, eg. IEA Policy database, EUR-Lex, OECD, RES-Legal, MURE

From both categories, the most suitbale databases may be chosen. This will enable us to have a full spectrum - how energy policies may use both types of databases.

Chosen databases - after morning discussion
# COMETS
# EUR-Lex
# IEA Policy database
# JRC

The evaluation using a tool developed by Mark Wilkinson will be carried out on EUR-Lex, IEA and JRC during afternoon sesion. In this time will be also assesing databases has already chose by metadata aspects

=== Draft list of databases ===
The databases that had been identified as containing data in relation to low carbon energy and energy efficiency policy:

#[https://www.copernicus.eu/en Copernicus]
#[https://datacite.org DataCite]
#[https://www.vs.inf.ethz.ch/res/show.html?what=eco-data ECO data set]
#[https://energydata.info/ EnergyData]
#[https://www.resourceefficient.eu/en#explore-content EREK]
#[http://www.eumerci-portal.eu/web/guest/home EU Merci]
#[https://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en EUR-Lex]
#[https://ec.europa.eu/energy/topics/energy-efficiency/energy-efficient-buildings/eu-bso_en?redir=1 European Buildings Stock Observatory]
#[https://www.iea.org/policies IEA Policies database]
#[https://www.irena.org/Statistics/View-Data-by-Topic/Energy-Transition/REmap-Energy-Demand-and-Supply-by-Sector IRENA, REmap]
#[http://resourceirena.irena.org/gateway/ IRENA, Resource]
#[https://data.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ JRC-database hub]
#[https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/publication/jrc-idees-integrated-database-european-energy-sector-methodological-note JRC-IDEES: Integrated Database of the European Energy Sector: Metodological note]
#[https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/publication/eur-scientific-and-technical-research-reports/monitoring-ri-low-carbon-energy-technologies JRC: Monitoring R&I in Low-Carbon Energy Technologies
#[https://magic-nexus.eu/metadata-repository MAGIC]
#[https://data.nrel.gov/ NREL data]
#[https://odin.jrc.ec.europa.eu/odin/index.jsp ODIN: Online Data & Information Network for Energy]
#[https://data.oecd.org/ OECD data]
#[https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/home/home.do OEIL]
#[https://openei.org/wiki/Main_Page OPENEI]
#[https://heatroadmap.eu/peta4/ PETA4]
#[https://www.proquest.com/ PROQuest]
#[https://www.reeep.org/reegleinfo REEEP]
#[https://www.re3data.org/ Re3data.org]
#[http://www.res-legal.eu/home/ RES LEGAL]
#[https://setis.ec.europa.eu/publications/setis-research-innovation-data SETIS research and innovation data]
#[https://zenodo.org/ ZENODO]
#[https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/837722 H2020 project COMETS] - EU-wide inventory of collective action initiatives in the low carbon energy transition
#[https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/business_economy_euro/banking_and_finance/documents/200309-sustainable-finance-teg-final-report-taxonomy_en.pdf] - EU taxonomy for green innovation companies
#MURE (Mesures d'Utilisation Rationnelle de l'Energie)database [http://www.measures-odyssee-mure.eu/]

=== Discussion on the choice of databases: ===
* From GIG, apart from IEA Policy database, there will be also a proposition of EUR-Lex, DataCite, EU Merci, OECD, and probably also JRC-database.
* @ IUE and ENEA: each of you please suggest 2 other databases and prepare for them a description and an explanation - why we should choose them for further evaluation. Material please put in the Wiki.
* @ all: for databases that you suggested please complete the questionnaire from AIT in OO ([https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/Products/Files/doceditor.aspx?fileid=5413183] and put answers into the folder in OO [https://energydata.onlyoffice.eu/products/projects/tmdocs.aspx?prjID=236894#1976709] until Friday 29.05.

==== COMETS database: EU-wide inventory of collective action initiatives in the energy transition ====
''Description of database:''
The inventory is a multi-country database of collective action initiatives (e.g., energy cooperatives, eco-villages, community energy projects, and other citizen-led energy projects). For each initiative, the country, the date of foundation/cancellation, the evolution of members and renewable energy units, installation capacities, fields of engagement, legal form, website, address, source, etc. is collected. The entries are sourced from a variety of national, regional, and European registers and websites.

''Rationale for choosing this database'':
*The database is of policy relevance. Its data interpretation is highly dependent on changes in the legal and policy frameworks across Europe.
*We own the database and therefore have it easier to exercise FAIRification and opening activities.
*The database is being created in a parallel running European project and we would not like that the database ends in the graveyard of dead EU project databases.
*We aim at opening the database to the low carbon research community within the next two years.
*We are interested to explore the options for opening while ensuring that our work in building the database is appropriately acknowledged. This is relevant for later EERAdata discussion. Here, we already started discussing with e3s and tJP of EERAdata.
*We can use synergies with another parallel EU project and have the possibility to assign rich metadata to every single entry, by also using the expertise of researchers from the COMETS project.
*The database itself has a relatively simple structure, however, the inventory contains heterogeneous and dynamic data. Thus, it helps us to investigate how to approach FAIRification for such data. This is a particular challenge for UC4.
*Sources of the COMETS database are coming in a variety of European languages, all brought together in an English database. Thus, it helps us to investigate the relevance of languages for FAIRification and opening activities. This is also a particular challenge for UC4.
*We aim at uploading this database as an example for EERAdata to EOSC. We hope to create a best practice example for a FAIR and open database. Currently, it is F - non-existing, A - non-existing., I - partly as one can, e.g., go to the currently published papers to access the original sources. But it is not machine-actionable. R - no, because it is currently not open.

''Reference:'' Wierling, A.; Schwanitz, V.J.; Zeiß, J.P.; Bout, C.; Candelise, C.; Gilcrease, W.; Gregg, J.S. [https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/10/9/3339 Statistical Evidence on the Role of Energy Cooperatives for the Energy Transition in European Countries]. Sustainability.

==== IEA Policy database ====
''Description of the database:''
A worldwide database of past, future and planned policies and measures thematically related to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve energy efficiency and support the development and deployment of renewables and other clean energy technologies. It contains data from IEA/IRENA Renewable Energy Policies and Measures Database, the IEA Energy Efficiency Database, the Addressing Climate Change database, and the Building Energy Efficiency Policies (BEEP) database, along with information on CCUS and methane abatement policies. Data are collected from governments, partner organizations and IEA analysis since 1999.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* A popular, recognized, and world-wide database hosted by a reputable institution.
* Since we are not able to analyze all the databases that we would like to - the selection of the IEA Policy database would indirectly allow us to take into account several other, selected databases because it contains data from: IEA/IRENA Renewable Energy Policies and Measures Database, the IEA Energy Efficiency Database, the Addressing Climate Change database, and the Building Energy Efficiency Policies (BEEP) database,
* Cross-use case relevance, as it contains policies and measures also for buildings efficiency (UC1) and for power transmission and distribution networks (UC2).

==== EU Taxonomy for green innovation companies ====
''Description of the database:''
The EU Taxonomy is a tool to help investors, companies, issuers, and project promoters navigate the transition to a low-carbon, resilient and resource-efficient economy. The Taxonomy sets performance thresholds (referred to as ‘technical screening criteria’) for economic activities which: • make a substantive contribution to one of six environmental objectives (Figure 1); • do no significant harm (DNSH) to the other five, where relevant; • meet minimum safeguards (e.g., OECD Guidelines on Multinational Enterprises and the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights). The performance thresholds will help companies, project promoters and issuers access green financing to improve their environmental performance, as well as helping to identify which activities are already environmentally friendly. In doing so, it will help to grow low-carbon sectors and decarbonise high-carbon ones. The EU Taxonomy is one of the most significant developments in sustainable finance and will have wide-ranging implications for investors and issuers working in the EU, and beyond.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* It is low-hanging fruit because taxonomy is already in place.
* We could use this taxonomy to see how it aligns with our other assessments (and with other use cases)
* The taxonomy will be enacted in a year from now, so we can provide timely feedback

''Reference:'' [[https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/business_economy_euro/banking_and_finance/documents/200309-sustainable-finance-teg-final-report-taxonomy_en.pdf]]

==== EUR-Lex ====
''Description of the database:''
EUR-Lex is online database that provides the official and most comprehensive access to EU Law and legal documents such as treaties, legal acts from EU institutions, preparatory documents related to EU legislation, EU case-law, international agreements, EFTA documents, references to national case-law related to EU law. EUR-Lex has access to all editions of the Official Journal of the European Union (OJ) since the first of December 1952.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* It is available in all of the EU’s 24 official languages
* It is updated daily, which confirms the validity of the documents
* Each document in EUR-Lex is supported by detailed information such as: relations with other legal documents, case-law interpretations, dates of adoption or entry into force etc.
* It is the open and highly recognizable European Union’s database directly related to policy
* Most documents in EUR-Lex, regardless of their language, receive a unique identifier - CELEX number, so all documents have a designed structure and each type of document corresponds to a so-called “a descriptor”.

==== EU MERCI ====
''Description of the database:''
The database contains data on the implementation of energy efficiency measures in the manufacturing industry. For nearly 3000 companies from 4 European countries (Austria, Italy, Poland, United Kingdom), the following information has been collected: size of the company, year of implementation of the measure, type of support received (white certificates), statistical classification of economic activities, according to NACE, applied processes and ways to save energy and total final energy savings achieved by the implemented measures.
The database contains data also on low-carbon policies, examples of business action to reduce emissions, etc.
The database includes data for the 2005-2017 period. Besides the database, also a library, sector reports and static analyses of different countries were made available.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* The database contains good practices that can be used by other actors willing to implement energy efficiency measures,
* Disadvantages of the database: It includes data from the 2005-2017 period, with no updates (no newer examples)

==== OECD database ====
''Description of the database:''
OECD database makes available data related to agriculture, development, economy, education, energy, environment, finance, government, health, innovation and technology, jobs and society. In each of these areas the database contains, inter alia, data on legal issues. In the area of energy, data can be assigned thematically to: primary energy supply, crude oil production, electricity generation, renewable energy, nuclear power plants, crude oil import prices.
The data comes from over 130 countries around the world. The database allows sharing data in the form of indicators, maps and tables. The data is collected and made available since 1960.

''Rationale for choosing this database:''
* It is a popular, well recognised worldwide database, maintained by a reputable institution,
* Since we are not able to analyze all the databases that we would like to - the selection of the OECD database would indirectly allow us to take into account several other, selected databases because it contains data from: the IEA database - International Energy Agency (https://www.iea.org/) and Nuclear Energy Agency (http://www.oecd-nea.org/).

==== ISTAT energy data ====
'' Description of the database: ''
I.Stat is the warehouse of statistics currently produced by the Italian National Institute of Statistics.Statistics are searchable by theme. The system is also consultable by keyword. Data are presented in multidimensional tables which users can export in xls, csv formats. Acting on variables, reference periods and the arrangement of heads and sides, moreover, it is possible to obtain custom tables.
Through a web service that allows direct machine-to-machine questioning, organizations, as well as private citizens, can form specific query data, download results. The service is accessible at the following address: https://www.istat.it/it/metodi-e-strumenti/web-service-sdmx

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* It’s a complete overview of energy consumption in Italy in all sectors of the society.

==== SETIS Innovation and Research data ====
'' Description of the database: ''
The level of investment in R&I in terms of both private (expenditure by businesses and industry) and public (Member States' national programmes and instruments), and trends in patents, for the Integrated SET Plan Actions.

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
The Integrated SET Plan needs to be underpinned by an effective monitoring and reporting scheme that supports the development and implementation of the European R&I Agenda. SETIS plays a central role in the successful implementation of the Integrated SET Plan 10 key actions. In particular, the enhanced SETIS follows the objectives below:
* To monitor R&I activities, investments and technology progress in Europe;
* To contribute to the identification of gaps in the implementation of the actions;
* To report on the overall progress towards the common goals set out in the integrated SET-Plan;
* To contribute to assessing the impact of the SET-Plan on European competitiveness;
* To make recommendations for actions that could further increase the effectiveness of the European R&I Strategy.

==== ENERGISE Online Database ====
'' Description of the database: ''
The Database is an output of the H2020 Energise Project. The project aims at testing household and community-level initiatives to reduce energy consumption through energy cultures. An output of the project forms the database that contains data on 1067 energy initiatives from 30 European countries.

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* The database contains recent information on a considerable number of (1067) initiatives pertaining to household and community-level energy policies. Thus, its representativeness is for European countries is high.
* Since the focus of the EERAdata project is mainly concerning the European Union countries, this database is a good fit in terms of scope.
* The database hosts information that would be gathered from national sources of each country, hence may be considered as a repository for national databases.

==== MURE Online Database ====
'' Description of the database: ''
MURE (Mesures d'Utilisation Rationnelle de l'Energie) is a comprehensive database that lists energy efficiency policies and measures regarding the Member States of the European Union. It allows for the analysis of policies based on topics, policy interaction, policy scoring, impact evaluation, as well as successful policies. The information is accessible by query in the database. The contributors are French Environment and Energy Management Agency, European Energy Network, and the H2020 program of the European Union.

Relates to the Odyssee database on energy-efficiency indicators and energy consumption.

Reference: [http://www.measures-odyssee-mure.eu Odyssee-MURE project]

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* A comprehensive database including energy efficiency policies and measures in the European Union member states.
* Since the focus of the EERAdata project is mainly concerning the European Union countries, this database is a good fit in terms of scope.
* The database hosts information that would be gathered from national sources of each country, hence may be considered as a repository for national databases.
* The database pertains to both Uses Case 4 on Energy Policies and Use Case 1 on Buildings Efficiency.

==== JRC-database hub: Joint Research Centre Data Catalogue ====
'' Description of database: ''
The JRC Science Hub aims to gradually integrate and aggregate all of the European Commission's science related activities, tools, laboratories, facilities, databases and networks. The inventory is wide range of the compilation of databases development of software and modelling tools. Published on the basis of open data principles with clear descriptions for each entry. The tools and databases are categorised by name and acronym, but can be filtered by research area, keyword and JRC institute responsible for the coordination of the particular entry. It contains, inter alia, databases related to energy and transport and climate
'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* It’s the open and highly recognizable European Union’s database directly related to different related aspects also energy policy related
* It’s data interpretation is highly dependent on changes in the legal and policy frameworks across European Union.
* The database enhances the transparency and openness of the JRC and further enables the open access policy of scientific research data.
* The information and links provided in the metadata are maintained in distributed and heterogeneous information systems. Although the datasets are maintain and links and information are updated,
* Sources of the database are coming in a variety of European languages, all brought together in an English database. Thus, it helps to investigate the relevance for FAIRification and opening activities.
* The database is cross-use case relevant, as it contains policies and measures also for other use cases.

==== DataCite - an international not-for-profit organization aiming to improve data citation ====
'' Description of database: ''
The main aim of DataCite is to provide the means to create, find, cite, connect, and use research. The primary service provided by DataCite is the registration of DOI tags. In addition, DataCite is constantly developing additional services related to DOI and related metadata, as following:
* DataCite Search (https://search.datacite.org/) - allows to search the database of DOI metadata registered in DataCite.
* DataCite Profiles (https://profiles.datacite.org/) - allows for automatic data transfer between the DataCite and ORCID systems, facilitating the update of personal profiles of researchers in ORCID with information about objects for which DOIs have been registered in DataCite.
* DataCite Statistics (https://stats.datacite.org/) - a service presenting statistical data on the number of registered DOI, their metadata records and the use of this information.
* DataCite OAI-PMH Provider (https://oai.datacite.org/) - an access interface to metadata collected in DataCite using the OAI-PMH protocol.
In addition, DataCite is involved in international projects and initiatives related to sharing and quoting research data, such as:
* the worldwide Registry of Research Data Repositories - Re3Data (https://www.re3data.org/).
* The Initiative for Open Citations (I4OC) = a collaboration between scholarly publishers, researchers, and other interested parties to promote the unrestricted availability of scholarly citation data and to make these data available.

'' Rationale for choosing this database: ''
* The inventory contains heterogeneous and dynamic data. Thus, it helps us to investigate how to approach FAIRification for such data.
* DataCite provides an integrated search interface, where it is possible to search and filter a relevant metadata gathered
* Sources of the database are coming in a variety of European languages. Thus, it helps to investigate the relevance for FAIRification and opening activities.
* The database is cross-use case relevant, as it contains DOIs and citations relevant also for other use cases.
* it's not a database in the literal sense of the word, but rather an 'access facilitator' to data.

== Notes from the afternoon session ==
The afternoon session is dedicated to discussing metadata for the selected databases. The aim of the afternoon session is to fill out [[UC3#Metadata_assessments|table 2 of the wiki page for the use case]] and to decide what to report back from the use case to the plenary session the next day (again, see the WIKI template for a suggested structure). Thus, at the end of the day, the WIKI page for the use case is complete.

=== Assessment of metadata for databases ===
# IEA Policy database
# COMETS
# JRC database hub
# EUR-Lex

==== IEA Policy database ====

Level of implementation of FAIR/O principles: F4 - yes; A1 - yes, A2 - yes (only depends on EU policy); I1 - yes; I2 - fulfilled, I3 - fulfilled; R1.1 - yes; R1.2 - no; R1.3 - not fulfilled, not even the DC standards.
* Metadate seems to be spread.
* August - example: In ideal database all country names would be linked to official registry --> you could go for all information. It would be 100% FAIR. Are any bases like that?
* Difficulties even in defining "policy" = everything (every official document) which is published in official governmental page.
* testing on the example of Poland and National Energy Efficency Action Plan for Poland: link to the official governmental page, not the direct link to the official document or to the official country law. When information about the date of update - should be also a linked to the local page (to ensure that the is a spossibility to chacke at the source, if the policy has been already updated.
* if metadata doesn't provide the
if the documents are there, but you don't have an oppurtunity to get to the official, legal document.

==== COMETS ====
* information for collective actions for all EU countries, most importantly - for countries being in energy transition.
* 3700 initiatives in selected European countries - Germany, Belgium, Czechia, Switzerland,
* based on the internet desk research, business registers, etc.
* energy production units / electriciity facilitiation units - including more than 50000
* within the project in six countries (DE, ES, BE, PL, EE) they are conducting servey about the development and values (export, import). The data from it will be also included into the databse/.
* as it's still under development - FAIRness is 0% for now.
* from COMETS project perspective, an important step for FAIRification is to facilitate by categorisation, what and how specific activities are currently being implemented in different countries, categorisation of them, taxonomy.

==== General conclusions ====

* discussion on Wilkinson FAIR priniciples --> if there are any databases which are 100% in accordance to these principles. 100% is an utopia
We only can make a hierarchy, which databases are matching these citerias better, or worse.
* in Mons system it's more clear that you have to achieve specific level, to be able to go further.

* August example: database with country information, which should be easily available automatically, for example ISO code for the country. IEA policy database is not fully like that.
* start of absolute lowest datasets and try to FAIRify those, and later on move "up".
* FAIRification of database which are more complex is leading us to results / conlcussions available also for less complicated databases.

* important - what format it's possible to include for specific entry. As example - the date (you have to have clear definitions - what's date. - year, month, day specific? ) Similarly - with longitude, latitute. If you don't do it in advance, later on it takes much work to manually change it and put into right format. On the other hand - potentially - makinf a very specific description - may exclude some data, which are available but in different standards - for ecxample between EU and American standards.
* every entry has it's provenence, with information how the entry hhas been changed, when, etc. Basically all entries should have their own metadata.

* two dimensions of policies:
1) policy domain (topic of the policy)
2) policy perspective / the level of goverment (for whom it's developed = local regional, national, international level, etc)

* much focus is put on energy citizenship, participatorey of inclusiveness of policy process

==== directions in building taxonomy ====
* Example to be watched: EU taxonomy for green innovation companies
* UC4 taxomnomy needs to match to higher level = overall level of the projects. To make sure, that the complete taxonomy is

Proposed logical aspects / steps:
# starting on agreement of keywords + the glossry, to ensure common understanding.
# taking into consideration two dimensions of policies: (1) policy domain and (2) policy level of goverment
# coordinationg with other use cses: UC4 is affecting other use cases, so our keywords should not only match, but sometimes should be even taken from other use cases.

== What to report back to the plenary on Day 3? ==
* Databases selected (names and short reasoning)
* Main insights from discussions
* Suggested next steps
* Other issues

Talk:UC4

2020-06-03T12:58:33Z

Małgorzatam:

Assessment of metadata for databases
# IEA Policy database
# COMETS
# JRC database hub
# EUR-Lex

==== IEA Policy database ====

Level of implementation of FAIR/O principles: F4 - yes; A1 - yes, A2 - yes (only depends on EU policy); I1 - yes; I2 - fulfilled, I3 - fulfilled; R1.1 - yes; R1.2 - no; R1.3 - not fulfilled, not even the DC standards.
* Metadate seems to be spread.
* August - example: In ideal database all country names would be linked to official registry --> you could go for all information. It would be 100% FAIR. Are any bases like that?
* Difficulties even in defining "policy" = everything (every official document) which is published in official governmental page.
* testing on the example of Poland and National Energy Efficency Action Plan for Poland: link to the official governmental page, not the direct link to the official document or to the official country law. When information about the date of update - should be also a linked to the local page (to ensure that the is a spossibility to chacke at the source, if the policy has been already updated.
* if metadata doesn't provide the
if the documents are there, but you don't have an oppurtunity to get to the official, legal document.

==== COMETS ====
* information for collective actions for all EU countries, most importantly - for countries being in energy transition.
* 3700 initiatives in selected European countries - Germany, Belgium, Czechia, Switzerland,
* based on the internet desk research, business registers, etc.
* energy production units / electriciity facilitiation units - including more than 50000
* within the project in six countries (DE, ES, BE, PL, EE) they are conducting servey about the development and values (export, import). The data from it will be also included into the databse/.
* as it's still under development - FAIRness is 0% for now.
* from COMETS project perspective, an important step for FAIRification is to facilitate by categorisation, what and how specific activities are currently being implemented in different countries, categorisation of them, taxonomy.

==== General conclusions ====

* discussion on Wilkinson FAIR priniciples --> if there are any databases which are 100% in accordance to these principles. 100% is an utopia
We only can make a hierarchy, which databases are matching these citerias better, or worse.
* in Mons system it's more clear that you have to achieve specific level, to be able to go further.

* August example: database with country information, which should be easily available automatically, for example ISO code for the country. IEA policy database is not fully like that.
* start of absolute lowest datasets and try to FAIRify those, and later on move "up".
* FAIRification of database which are more complex is leading us to results / conlcussions available also for less complicated databases.

* important - what format it's possible to include for specific entry. As example - the date (you have to have clear definitions - what's date. - year, month, day specific? ) Similarly - with longitude, latitute. If you don't do it in advance, later on it takes much work to manually change it and put into right format. On the other hand - potentially - makinf a very specific description - may exclude some data, which are available but in different standards - for ecxample between EU and American standards.
* every entry has it's provenence, with information how the entry hhas been changed, when, etc. Basically all entries should have their own metadata.

* two dimensions of policies:
1) policy domain (topic of the policy)
2) policy perspective / the level of goverment (for whom it's developed = local regional, national, international level, etc)

* much focus is put on energy citizenship, participatorey of inclusiveness of policy process

==== directions in building taxonomy ====
* Example to be watched: EU taxonomy for green innovation companies
* UC4 taxomnomy needs to match to higher level = overall level of the projects. To make sure, that the complete taxonomy is

Proposed logical aspects / steps:
# starting on agreement of keywords + the glossry, to ensure common understanding.
# taking into consideration two dimensions of policies: (1) policy domain and (2) policy level of goverment
# coordinationg with other use cses: UC4 is affecting other use cases, so our keywords should not only match, but sometimes should be even taken from other use cases.

Talk:UC4

2020-06-03T12:57:55Z

Małgorzatam: /* General conclusions */

Assessment of metadata for databases
# IEA Policy database
# COMETS
# JRC database hub
# EUR-Lex

==== IEA Policy database ====

Level of implementation of FAIR/O principles: F4 - yes; A1 - yes, A2 - yes (only depends on EU policy); I1 - yes; I2 - fulfilled, I3 - fulfilled; R1.1 - yes; R1.2 - no; R1.3 - not fulfilled, not even the DC standards.
* Metadate seems to be spread.
* August - example: In ideal database all country names would be linked to official registry --> you could go for all information. It would be 100% FAIR. Are any bases like that?
* Difficulties even in defining "policy" = everything (every official document) which is published in official governmental page.
* testing on the example of Poland and National Energy Efficency Action Plan for Poland: link to the official governmental page, not the direct link to the official document or to the official country law. When information about the date of update - should be also a linked to the local page (to ensure that the is a spossibility to chacke at the source, if the policy has been already updated.
* if metadata doesn't provide the
if the documents are there, but you don't have an oppurtunity to get to the official, legal document.

==== COMETS ====
* information for collective actions for all EU countries, most importantly - for countries being in energy transition.
* 3700 initiatives in selected European countries - Germany, Belgium, Czechia, Switzerland,
* based on the internet desk research, business registers, etc.
* energy production units / electriciity facilitiation units - including more than 50000
* within the project in six countries (DE, ES, BE, PL, EE) they are conducting servey about the development and values (export, import). The data from it will be also included into the databse/.
* as it's still under development - FAIRness is 0% for now.
* from COMETS project perspective, an important step for FAIRification is to facilitate by categorisation, what and how specific activities are currently being implemented in different countries, categorisation of them, taxonomy.

==== General conclusions ====

* discussion on Wilkinson FAIR priniciples --> if there are any databases which are 100% in accordance to these principles. 100% is an utopia
We only can make a hierarchy, which databases are matching these citerias better, or worse.
* in Mons system it's more clear that you have to achieve specific level, to be able to go further.

* August example: database with country information, which should be easily available automatically, for example ISO code for the country. IEA policy database is not fully like that.
* start of absolute lowest datasets and try to FAIRify those, and later on move "up".
* FAIRification of database which are more complex is leading us to results / conlcussions available also for less complicated databases.

* important - what format it's possible to include for specific entry. As example - the date (you have to have clear definitions - what's date. - year, month, day specific? ) Similarly - with longitude, latitute. If you don't do it in advance, later on it takes much work to manually change it and put into right format. On the other hand - potentially - makinf a very specific description - may exclude some data, which are available but in different standards - for ecxample between EU and American standards.
* every entry has it's provenence, with information how the entry hhas been changed, when, etc. Basically all entries should have their own metadata.

* two dimensions of policies: 1) policy domain (topic of the policy)
2) policy perspective / the level of goverment (for whom it's developed = local regional, national, international level, etc)

* much focus is put on energy citizenship, participatorey of inclusiveness of policy process

==== directions in building taxonomy ====
* Example to be watched: EU taxonomy for green innovation companies
* UC4 taxomnomy needs to match to higher level = overall level of the projects. To make sure, that the complete taxonomy is

Proposed logical aspects / steps:
# starting on agreement of keywords + the glossry, to ensure common understanding.
# taking into consideration two dimensions of policies: (1) policy domain and (2) policy level of goverment
# coordinationg with other use cses: UC4 is affecting other use cases, so our keywords should not only match, but sometimes should be even taken from other use cases.

Talk:UC4

2020-06-03T12:57:31Z

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Talk:UC4

2020-06-03T12:55:21Z

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Assessment of metadata for databases
# IEA Policy database
# COMETS
# JRC database hub
# EUR-Lex

==== IEA Policy database ====

Level of implementation of FAIR/O principles: F4 - yes; A1 - yes, A2 - yes (only depends on EU policy); I1 - yes; I2 - fulfilled, I3 - fulfilled; R1.1 - yes; R1.2 - no; R1.3 - not fulfilled, not even the DC standards.
* Metadate seems to be spread.
* August - example: In ideal database all country names would be linked to official registry --> you could go for all information. It would be 100% FAIR. Are any bases like that?
* Difficulties even in defining "policy" = everything (every official document) which is published in official governmental page.
* testing on the example of Poland and National Energy Efficency Action Plan for Poland: link to the official governmental page, not the direct link to the official document or to the official country law. When information about the date of update - should be also a linked to the local page (to ensure that the is a spossibility to chacke at the source, if the policy has been already updated.
* if metadata doesn't provide the
if the documents are there, but you don't have an oppurtunity to get to the official, legal document.

==== COMETS ====
* information for collective actions for all EU countries, most importantly - for countries being in energy transition.
* 3700 initiatives in selected European countries - Germany, Belgium, Czechia, Switzerland,
* based on the internet desk research, business registers, etc.
* energy production units / electriciity facilitiation units - including more than 50000
* within the project in six countries (DE, ES, BE, PL, EE) they are conducting servey about the development and values (export, import). The data from it will be also included into the databse/.
* as it's still under development - FAIRness is 0% for now.
* from COMETS project perspective, an important step for FAIRification is to facilitate by categorisation, what and how specific activities are currently being implemented in different countries, categorisation of them, taxonomy.

==== General conclusions ====

* discussion on Wilkinson FAIR priniciples --> if there are any databases which are 100% in accordance to these principles. 100% is an utopia
We only can make a hierarchy, which databases are matching these citerias better, or worse.
* in Mons system it's more clear that you have to achieve specific level, to be able to go further.

* August example: database with country information, which should be easily available automatically, for example ISO code for the country. IEA policy database is not fully like that.
* start of absolute lowest datasets and try to FAIRify those, and later on move "up".
* FAIRification of database which are more complex is leading us to results / conlcussions available also for less complicated databases.

* important - what format it's possible to include for specific entry. As example - the date (you have to have clear definitions - what's date. - year, month, day specific? ) Similarly - with longitude, latitute. If you don't do it in advance, later on it takes much work to manually change it and put into right format. On the other hand - potentially - makinf a very specific description - may exclude some data, which are available but in different standards - for ecxample between EU and American standards.
* every entry has it's provenence, with information how the entry hhas been changed, when, etc. Basically all entries should have their own metadata.

* two dimensions of policies:
1) policy domain (topic of the policy)
2) policy perspective / the level of goverment (for whom it's developed = local regional, national, international level, etc)

* much focus is put on energy citizenship, participatorey of inclusiveness of policy process

==== directions in building taxonomy ====
EU taxonomy for green innovation companies

# starting on agreement of keywords + building the glossry
It needs to match to higher level = overall level of the projects. To make sure, that the complete taxonomy is

# taking into consideration two dimensions of policies: (1) policy domain and (2) policy level of goverment
# coordinationg with other use cses: UC4 is affecting other use cases, so our keywords should not only match, but sometimes should be even taken from other use cases.

Talk:UC4

2020-06-03T12:48:28Z

Małgorzatam:

Assessment of metadata for databases
# IEA Policy database
# COMETS
# JRC database hub
# EUR-Lex

==== IEA Policy database ====

Level of implementation of FAIR/O principles: F4 - yes; A1 - yes, A2 - yes (only depends on EU policy); I1 - yes; I2 - fulfilled, I3 - fulfilled; R1.1 - yes; R1.2 - no; R1.3 - not fulfilled, not even the DC standards.
* Metadate seems to be spread.
* August - example: In ideal database all country names would be linked to official registry --> you could go for all information. It would be 100% FAIR. Are any bases like that?
* Difficulties even in defining "policy" = everything (every official document) which is published in official governmental page.
* testing on the example of Poland and National Energy Efficency Action Plan for Poland: link to the official governmental page, not the direct link to the official document or to the official country law. When information about the date of update - should be also a linked to the local page (to ensure that the is a spossibility to chacke at the source, if the policy has been already updated.
* if metadata doesn't provide the
if the documents are there, but you don't have an oppurtunity to get to the official, legal document.

==== COMETS ====
* information for collective actions for all EU countries, most importantly - for countries being in energy transition.
* 3700 initiatives in selected European countries - Germany, Belgium, Czechia, Switzerland,
* based on the internet desk research, business registers, etc.
* energy production units / electriciity facilitiation units - including more than 50000
* within the project in six countries (DE, ES, BE, PL, EE) they are conducting servey about the development and values (export, import). The data from it will be also included into the databse/.
* as it's still under development - FAIRness is 0% for now.
* from COMETS project perspective, an important step for FAIRification is to facilitate by categorisation, what and how specific activities are currently being implemented in different countries, categorisation of them, taxonomy.

==== General conclusions ====

* discussion on Wilkinson FAIR priniciples --> if there are any databases which are 100% in accordance to these principles. 100% is an utopia
We only can make a hierarchy, which databases are matching these citerias better, or worse.
* in Mons system it's more clear that you have to achieve specific level, to be able to go further.

* August example: database with country information, which should be easily available automatically, for example ISO code for the country. IEA policy database is not fully like that.
* start of absolute lowest datasets and try to FAIRify those, and later on move "up".
* FAIRification of database which are more complex is leading us to results / conlcussions available also for less complicated databases.

* important - what format it's possible to include for specific entry. As example - the date (you have to have clear definitions - what's date. - year, month, day specific? ) Similarly - with longitude, latitute. If you don't do it in advance, later on it takes much work to manually change it and put into right format. On the other hand - potentially - makinf a very specific description - may exclude some data, which are available but in different standards - for ecxample between EU and American standards.
* every entry has it's provenence, with information how the entry hhas been changed, when, etc. Basically all entries should have their own metadata.

==== directions in building taxonomy ====
EU taxonomy for green innovation companies

# first step - starting on agreement of keywords + building the glossry
It needs to match to higher level = overall level of the projects. To make sure, that the complete taxonomy is

* two dimensions of policies: 1) policy domain 2) policy perspective (for whom it's developed = local regional, national level, etc)
#

Talk:UC4

2020-06-03T12:45:15Z

Małgorzatam:

Assessment of metadata for databases
# IEA Policy database
# COMETS
# JRC database hub
# EUR-Lex

==== IEA Policy database ====

Level of implementation of FAIR/O principles: F4 - yes; A1 - yes, A2 - yes (only depends on EU policy); I1 - yes; I2 - fulfilled, I3 - fulfilled; R1.1 - yes; R1.2 - no; R1.3 - not fulfilled, not even the DC standards.
* Metadate seems to be spread.
* August - example: In ideal database all country names would be linked to official registry --> you could go for all information. It would be 100% FAIR. Are any bases like that?
* Difficulties even in defining "policy" = everything (every official document) which is published in official governmental page.
* testing on the example of Poland and National Energy Efficency Action Plan for Poland: link to the official governmental page, not the direct link to the official document or to the official country law. When information about the date of update - should be also a linked to the local page (to ensure that the is a spossibility to chacke at the source, if the policy has been already updated.
* if metadata doesn't provide the
if the documents are there, but you don't have an oppurtunity to get to the official, legal document.

==== COMETS ====
* information for collective actions for all EU countries, most importantly - for countries being in energy transition.
* 3700 initiatives in selected European countries - Germany, Belgium, Czechia, Switzerland,
* based on the internet desk research, business registers, etc.
* energy production units / electriciity facilitiation units - including more than 50000
* within the project in six countries (DE, ES, BE, PL, EE) they are conducting servey about the development and values (export, import). The data from it will be also included into the databse/.
* as it's still under development - FAIRness is 0% for now.
* from COMETS project perspective, an important step for FAIRification is to facilitate by categorisation, what and how specific activities are currently being implemented in different countries, categorisation of them, taxonomy.

==== General conclusions ====

* discussion on Wilkinson FAIR priniciples --> if there are any databases which are 100% in accordance to these principles. 100% is an utopia
We only can make a hierarchy, which databases are matching these citerias better, or worse.
* in Mons system it's more clear that you have to achieve specific level, to be able to go further.

* August example: database with country information, which should be easily available automatically, for example ISO code for the country. IEA policy database is not fully like that.
* start of absolute lowest datasets and try to FAIRify those, and later on move "up".
* FAIRification of database which are more complex is leading us to results / conlcussions available also for less complicated databases.

* important - what format it's possible to include for specific entry. As example - the date (you have to have clear definitions - what's date. - year, month, day specific? ) Similarly - with longitude, latitute. If you don't do it in advance, later on it takes much work to manually change it and put into right format. On the other hand - potentially - makinf a very specific description - may exclude some data, which are available but in different standards - for ecxample between EU and American standards.
* every entry has it's provenence, with information how the entry hhas been changed, when, etc. Basically all entries should have their own metadata.

==== directions in building taxonomy ====
EU taxonomy for green innovation companies

# first step - starting on agreement of keywords + building the glossry
#

Talk:UC4

2020-06-03T12:43:08Z

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Talk:UC4

2020-06-03T12:32:17Z

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Talk:UC4

2020-06-03T12:27:40Z

Małgorzatam:

Assessment of metadata for databases
# IEA Policy database
# COMETS
# JRC database hub
# EUR-Lex

==== IEA Policy database ====

Level of implementation of FAIR/O principles: F4 - yes; A1 - yes, A2 - yes (only depends on EU policy); I1 - yes; I2 - fulfilled, I3 - fulfilled; R1.1 - yes; R1.2 - no; R1.3 - not fulfilled, not even the DC standards.
* Metadate seems to be spread.
* August - example: In ideal database all country names would be linked to official registry --> you could go for all information. It would be 100% FAIR. Are any bases like that?
* Difficulties even in defining "policy" = everything (every official document) which is published in official governmental page.
* testing on the example of Poland and National Energy Efficency Action Plan for Poland: link to the official governmental page, not the direct link to the official document or to the official country law. When information about the date of update - should be also a linked to the local page (to ensure that the is a spossibility to chacke at the source, if the policy has been already updated.
* if metadata doesn't provide the
if the documents are there, but you don't have an oppurtunity to get to the official, legal document.

==== COMETS ====
* information for collective actions for all EU countries, most importantly - for countries being in energy transition.
* 3700 initiatives in selected European countries - Germany, Belgium, Czechia, Switzerland,
* based on the internet desk research, business registers, etc.
* energy production units / electriciity facilitiation units - including more than 50000
* within the project in six countries (DE, ES, BE, PL, EE) they are conducting servey about the development and values (export, import). The data from it will be also included into the databse/.
* as it's still under development - FAIRness is 0% for now.

==== General conclusions ====

* discussion on Wilkinson FAIR priniciples --> if there are any databases which are 100% in accordance to these principles. 100% is an utopia
We only can make a hierarchy, which databases are matching these citerias better, or worse.
* in Mons system it's more clear that you have to achieve specific level, to be able to go further.

* August example: database with country information, which should be easily available automatically, for example ISO code for the country. IEA policy database is not fully like that.
* start of absolute lowest datasets and try to FAIRify those, and later on move "up".
* FAIRification of database which are more complex is leading us to results / conlcussions available also for less complicated databases.

* important - what format it's possible to include for specific entry. As example - the date (you have to have clear definitions - what's date. - year, month, day specific? ) Similarly - with longitude, latitute. If you don't do it in advance, later on it takes much work to manually change it and put into right format. On the other hand - potentially - makinf a very specific description - may exclude some data, which are available but in different standards - for ecxample between EU and American standards.

Talk:UC4

2020-06-03T12:26:35Z

Małgorzatam:

Assessment of metadata for databases
# IEA Policy database
# COMETS
# JRC database hub
# EUR-Lex

==== IEA Policy database ====

Level of implementation of FAIR/O principles: F4 - yes; A1 - yes, A2 - yes (only depends on EU policy); I1 - yes; I2 - fulfilled, I3 - fulfilled; R1.1 - yes; R1.2 - no; R1.3 - not fulfilled, not even the DC standards.
* Metadate seems to be spread.
* August - example: In ideal database all country names would be linked to official registry --> you could go for all information. It would be 100% FAIR. Are any bases like that?
* Difficulties even in defining "policy" = everything (every official document) which is published in official governmental page.
* testing on the example of Poland and National Energy Efficency Action Plan for Poland: link to the official governmental page, not the direct link to the official document or to the official country law. When information about the date of update - should be also a linked to the local page (to ensure that the is a spossibility to chacke at the source, if the policy has been already updated.
* if metadata doesn't provide the
if the documents are there, but you don't have an oppurtunity to get to the official, legal document.

==== COMETS ====
* information for collective actions for all EU countries, most importantly - for countries being in energy transition.
* 3700 initiatives in selected European countries - Germany, Belgium, Czechia, Switzerland,
* based on the internet desk research, business registers, etc.
* energy production units / electriciity facilitiation units - including more than 50000
* within the project in six countries (DE, ES, BE, PL, EE) they are conducting servey about the development and values (export, import). The data from it will be also included into the databse/.
* as it's under deve,oplemt - FAIRness is 0% for now.

==== General conclusions ====

* discussion on Wilkinson FAIR priniciples --> if there are any databases which are 100% in accordance to these principles. 100% is an utopia
We only can make a hierarchy, which databases are matching these citerias better, or worse.
* in Mons system it's more clear that you have to achieve specific level, to be able to go further.

* August example: database with country information, which should be easily available automatically, for example ISO code for the country. IEA policy database is not fully like that.
* start of absolute lowest datasets and try to FAIRify those, and later on move "up".
* FAIRification of database which are more complex is leading us to results / conlcussions available also for less complicated databases.

* important - what format it's possible to include for specific entry. As example - the date (you have to have clear definitions - what's date. - year, month, day specific? ) Similarly - with longitude, latitute. If you don't do it in advance, later on it takes much work to manually change it and put into right format. On the other hand - potentially - makinf a very specific description - may exclude some data, which are available but in different standards - for ecxample between EU and American standards.

Talk:UC4

2020-06-03T12:24:16Z

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Talk:UC4

2020-06-03T12:22:50Z

Małgorzatam: /* COMETS */

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2020-06-03T12:21:20Z

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2020-06-03T12:20:32Z

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2020-06-03T12:17:32Z

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2020-06-03T12:10:40Z

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Talk:UC4

2020-06-03T12:10:09Z

Małgorzatam: /* General conclusions */

Assessment of metadata for databases
# IEA Policy database
# COMETS
# JRC database hub
# EUR-Lex

=== IEA Policy database ===

Level of implementation of FAIR/O principles: F4 - yes; A1 - yes, A2 - yes (only depends on EU policy); I1 - yes; I2 - fulfilled, I3 - fulfilled; R1.1 - yes; R1.2 - no; R1.3 - not fulfilled, not even the DC standards.
* Metadate seems to be spread.
* August - example: In ideal database all country names would be linked to official registry --> you could go for all information. It would be 100% FAIR. Are any bases like that?
* Difficulties even in defining "policy" = everything (every official document) which is published in official governmental page.
* testing on the example of Poland and National Energy Efficency Action Plan for Poland: link to the official governmental page, not the direct link to the official document or to the official country law. When information about the date of update - should be also a linked to the local page (to ensure that the is a spossibility to chacke at the source, if the policy has been already updated.
* if metadata doesn't provide the
if the documents are there, but you don't have an oppurtunity to get to the official, legal document.

==== General conclusions ====

* discussion on Wilkinson FAIR priniciples --> if there are any databases which are 100% in accordance to these principles. 100% is an utopia
We only can make a hierarchy, which databases are matching these citerias better, or worse.
* in Mons system it's more clear that you have to achieve specific level, to be able to go further.

* August example: database with country information, which should be easily available automatically, for example ISO code for the country. IEA policy database is not fully like that.
* start of absolute lowest datasets and try to FAIRify those, and later on move "up".
* FAIRification of database which are more complex is leading us to results / conlcussions available also for less complicated databases.