Architecture & Federating Policies Working Group

For federating (technical) policies, the WG will

• Review recommendations for new & existing technical policies & guidelines proposed by EEN, EOSC-A Task Forces, and EOSC HE projects
• With the Operations Committee, assess whether they can be adopted and implemented by all, most or a subset of the EOSC Nodes
• With the Node Coordinators Committee, make decisions on whether to adopt as mandatory, recommended or optional
• Not write or propose new policies & guidelines itself

For architecture, the WG will

• Collate existing Node & Federation Service Architecture documentation, focusing on Federating capabilities.
• Propose and promote standardisation and technical interoperability of architectural representation & language
• Work towards an agreed Federation Architecture, using the outputs of EOSC Projects and EOSC-A Task Forces as the primary source.

Q1 2026

• Prioritise the technical policies and guidelines identified by the Handbook subgroup
• Collect architectural specifications of as-is Node & Service architectures
• Propose an adoption and change management decision procedure

Q2 2026

• Present a priority list of technical policies for adoption/recommendation
• Build a registry (managed index) of as-is Architecture
• Recommend architectural representation best practice

Q3 2026

• Operationalise the review and change management of technical policies & guidelines
• Integrate Architecture review with FitSM
• Deliver a first version of the Federation Architecture