# The missing link: Building open bridges between infrastructures to liaise data and publications

Nicolas Larrousse, Sandra Guigonis, Dominique Roux, Charles Bourdot, Hélène Jouguet

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Nicolas Larrousse, Sandra Guigonis, Dominique Roux, Charles Bourdot, Hélène Jouguet. The missing link: Building open bridges between infrastructures to liaise data and publications. DH2025. Accessibility & Citizenship, Jul 2025, Lisbonne, Portugal. . [hal-05175881](https://hal.science/hal-05175881v1)

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Submitted on 22 Jul 2025

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COMMONS

# The missing link

## Building open bridges between infrastructures to liaise data and publications

One of the main goal of the COMMONS project (Consortium of Mutualised Means for Open data & Services for SSH) is to build reliable and documented links between data and publications to improve their accessibility and develop new types of publications

A step by step approach in building a seamless environment that covers the whole research life-cycle: from data generation to the dissemination of all research outputs

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### Build reliable links

Add specific metadata to implement the links at infrastructure level. One of the main challenge is to make this process user-friendly.

### Exchange & synchronize

Develop specific components to enable swift communication across infrastructures. Using appropriate standards will make information "machine actionable".

### Scholarly publishing

Stabilise models for editorial products mobilising complex interfaces with data. Align with evolving community needs & coordinate with external partners. sharing the same goals

The COMMONS project, a collaborative effort involving three French national infrastructures, aims to establish reliable links between data and publications in the Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) domain. Over an 8-year period with a total cost of around €30 million, the project strategically approaches its objectives by developing infrastructure components, implementing standards, and fostering user training. Emphasising machine-actionable data and interoperability, COMMONS aims to streamline workflows and enhance accessibility and usability of SSH resources, ultimately going beyond FAIR principles to significantly improve data-publication links.

Authors: Charles Bourdot, Sandra Guigonis, Hélène Jouguet, Nicolas Larrousse, Dominique Roux

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OpenEdition

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Huma-Num IR*

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métopes
méthodes et outils
pour l'édition structurée

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cnrs

amU
Aix Marseille Université

L'ÉCOLE
DES HAUTES
ÉTUDES EN
SCIENCES
SOCIALES

AVIGNON
UNIVERSITÉ

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UNIVERSITÉ
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NORMANDIE

The COMMONS project has received government funding managed by the Agence Nationale de la Recherche under the Programme France 2030, reference ANR-21-ESRE-0045.

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