DILIGENT: deploying virtual research environments on-demand

Castelli D

Virtual Research Environments  eInfrastructures 

This papers discusses how DLs are evolving into "Virtual Research Environments, i.e., distributed frameworks for carrying out cooperative activities like "in silico experiments", data analysis and processing, production of new knowledge using specialised tools. They are largely based on retrieval and access of always updated knowledge from diverse heterogeneous content sources. The knowledge produced is preserved and made available for other usages inside and outside the VRE.