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Basic Services are one of the cornerstones of the National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI), providing cross-disciplinary solutions for research data management and enabling interoperability across scientific communities. While considerable attention has been paid to the technical implementation and integration of these services, much less is known about the organizational and collaborative processes through which they emerge.
This poster presents the design of an ongoing qualitative study that investigates how Basic Services develop from initial ideas to their integration into the NFDI ecosystem. Rather than focusing on individual services or technical implementation, the project aims to reconstruct the development process itself, identifying key stages, decision points, actors, challenges and impacts.
The study employs a series of focus groups bringing together actors involved in different phases of Basic Service development. The focus groups are designed to jointly reconstruct the trajectory of service development, discuss critical challenges, and identify factors that facilitate or hinder successful integration.
The project seeks to answer questions such as: How are needs for Basic Services identified? How do ideas evolve into actually used services? Which actors shape decision-making throughout the process? What challenges arise during implementation and integration, and how are they negotiated?
By mapping these processes, the study aims to contribute a process-oriented perspective on Basic Service development that complements existing technical and organizational discussions. The findings are expected to support reflection on current development practices and provide insights for the future design, coordination, and sustainable integration of Basic Services within the NFDI.
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