Federated Data Discovery and Access Services (DD&AS)

Q2 2026
  • Implementation challenges
    • FAIR metrics & certification
  • Problem addressed

    Fragmentation of data sources in the marine research community. The DD&AS provides users a common interface (GUI and API) for discovery and retrieval of a large amount of marine data as managed by multiple Blue Data Infrastructures.

    Who can use the result

    All stakeholders in marine science, data consumers. The DD&AS is a public service, which is open to everybody. All data included are also open.

    Timeline

    The final improved and optimized result will be available at the end of the project, 31 June 2026 (Q2 2026). Sustainability of the DD&AS is guaranteed till end 2026. Achieving longer-term sustainability is one of the objectives in the ongoing project.