VRCs on EGI and Regional Infrastructures

The CHAIN project has organised a workshop at the EGI Community Forum 2012 event in March 2012. The event aimed at reviewing the current status of Virtual Research Communities (VRCs) and their needs in terms of e-Infrastructures. The workshop has been focusing mainly on two topics: 1. An update on the Digital Cultural Heritage and Seismic VRCs status and requirements - including the current VRC vision of the CHAIN, EGI-InSPIRE, EUMEDGRIDSupport, INDICATE and GISELA projects. 2. The CHAIN roadmap towards interoperability among e-Infrastructures. The workshop included presentations about CHAIN, its user communities, its partner projects and of the expected structure and content of the CHAIN roadmap that will be delivered by the end of 2012. Within this roadmap Science Gateways are proposed as sustainable interoperability solution for applications.