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UDAL: Uniform Data Access Layer - FAIR-EASE poster 2025

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: The Uniform Data Access Layer (UDAL), a central component within the FAIR-EASE project, is designed to revolutionize how researchers access, integrate, and utilize diverse scientific datasets. FAIR-EASE prioritizes FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) principles to ensure that data becomes a powerful enabler of scientific discovery and informed decision-making. The UDAL concept brings a modular and re-usable approach to choosing and using data in data processing workflows. It materializes as a software package that users can use in their pipelines. UDAL serves as a middleware layer, offering a standardized, user-centric framework for data access. By bridging the gap between complex infrastructures and researchers, UDAL simplifies data retrieval, integration, and usage.

Source: Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.16267912

Author: Portier, Marc

Institution: Flanders Marine Institute

Language: English

Topic: Research Data Management Practices

Subfield: Information Systems

Field: Computer Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funder: European Commission

Award: FAIR EArth Sciences & Environment services