CERIF is an EU recommendation to member states and the European Commission (EC) has authorisedeuroCRIS to maintainand develop CERIF and its usage. CERIF base entities: OrgUnit, person, project

Interoperability: 1. Agreed Semantics, 2. Agreed Format, 3. Agreed Protocol. CERIF XML Interchange Format: XML Schema, Based on the ER model, Undergone a big update. CERIF Profiles in general: Useful subsets of CERIF for specific research information interchange scenarios

Concerning open access to scientific peer-revieweb publications, most EU Member States reported a national preference for one of the two types of open access