Directory of hellenic academic and research entities (D.H.A.R.E.)

The Directory of Hellenic Academic and Research Entities (DHARE for short) comprises an act undertaken under the Hellenic Libraries Link (HEAL-Link) project titled "Advanced Services for Open Access Digital Libraries" [1,2]. The aim is to design and develop a national system for the unique identification of research and academic entities (individual researchers, academic institutions, research centers, research organizations, etc.). The DHARE directory will be primarily used by services that incorporate in their functionality the unique identification of academic and research entities in Greece. Services like those of the institutional and/or subject repositories [5], current research information systems [6], research bibliography systems [7], etc. The co-authors of the present work comprise the DHARE project support team and they herewith report on the main requirements specifications, system architecture, and operational characteristics.