title: EOSC Preservation: Overview Discussion Paper
creators: Toni Andreu Lluís Anglada David Antos Thomas Bähr Maciej Brzeźniak Pierre-Yves Burgi Cécile Cavet Draženko Celjak Sabine Crépé-Renaudin Chris De Loof Ingrid Dillo Olesea Dubois Rui Fernandes Pirjo-Leena Forsström Gerardo Ganis Eileen Gibney András Holl Hervé L'Hours Didi Lamers Andrea Lammert Lara Lloret Iglesias Marcello Maggi Mariusz Majdanski Jean-Yves Nief Jiri Novacek Florina Piroi Karl Presser Bregt Saenen Sangeetha Shankar Riccardo Smareglia Martina Stockhause Paul Stokes Ville Tenhunen Shanmugasundaram Venkataraman Matthew Viljoen Mojib Wali Roxanne Wyns
abstract: <p>The&nbsp;Long-Term Data Preservation Task Force&nbsp;(LTDP TF) of the EOSC Association has since its establishment worked on mapping the status and further clarification of the meaning of long-term preservation within the EOSC. This work has resulted in an&nbsp;overview and discussion paper&nbsp;to presents the context, activities and ongoing issues surrounding the EOSC Association Long Term Data Preservation Task Force. The paper describes our approach on preservation in the context of EOSC concerning outcomes, systems, and actions with attention to the vision, roles, finance, and networks needed to deliver preservation for FAIR digital objects in the EOSC. This document is intended to collect community feedback on our approach as well as future recommendations to be considered.</p>
  
  <p>We kindly ask the community for feedback on our approach as well as future recommendations to be considered through a short survey: <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/TFLTDPsurvey2023">https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/TFLTDPsurvey2023</a></p>
keywords: EOSC EOSC Association OpenScience Advancing OpenScience in Europe HorizonEU Long term data preservation Trustworthy Digital Repositories FAIR EOSC Association Long Term Data Preservation Task force Overview Discussion Paper