@book {879, title = {Realising the European open science cloud}, year = {2016}, abstract = {The European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) aims to accelerate and support the current transition to more effective Open Science and Open Innovation in the Digital Single Market. It should enable trusted access to services, systems and the re-use of shared scientific data across disciplinary, social and geographical borders. This report approaches the EOSC as a federated environment for scientific data sharing and re-use, based on existing and emerging elements in the Member States, with light-weight international guidance and governance, and a large degree of freedom regarding practical implementation.}, isbn = {978-92-79-61762-1}, doi = {10.2777/940154}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.2777/940154}, author = {Ayris, Paul and Berthou, Jean-Yves and Bruce, Rachel and Lindstaedt, Stefanie and Anna Monreale and Mons, Barend and Murayama, Yasuhiro and S{\"o}derg{\r a}rd, Caj and Tochtermann, Klaus and Wilkinson, Ross} }