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Supporting executable scientific workflows in a clustered Infrastructure: DARIAH-IT and H2IOSC

Emiliano Degl'Innocenti ORCID (1), Francesco Pinna ORCID (1), Alessia Spadi ORCID (1), Federica Spinelli ORCID (1)
(1) Opera del Vocabolario Italiano
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November 15, 2024
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September 4, 2025
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October 14, 2025
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October 14, 2025
Volume 1
Workflows
Metadata-based workflows
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10.46298/transformations.14776
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Supporting executable scientific workflows in a clustered Infrastructure: DARIAH-IT and H2IOSC

Emiliano Degl'Innocenti ORCID (1), Francesco Pinna ORCID (1), Alessia Spadi ORCID (1), Federica Spinelli ORCID (1)
(1) Opera del Vocabolario Italiano
Abstract
English
Workflows have become essential in digital humanities, enabling the formalisation, automation and reproducibility of complex research processes. As the humanities increasingly adopt data-driven methodologies, workflows offer structured approaches to manage diverse data and tools while supporting transparency and collaboration. Recognising this need, DARIAH-IT has advanced research infrastructure development by focusing on workflow-based services within the H2IOSC (Humanities and Cultural Heritage Italian Open Science Cloud) project. DARIAH-IT leads the design and implementation of a national cloud system to support digital humanities research, ensuring interoperability, FAIR data practices and semantic integration across disciplines. Central to DARIAH-IT’s effort within H2IOSC is AEON (dAriah sErvice Oriented iNfrastructure), a platform that enables the creation, execution and management of scientific workflows. AEON integrates service provisioning, semantic validation and runtime orchestration, supporting reproducible research and collaborative practices.
Italian
I workflow sono diventati sempre più rilevanti nell’ambito Digital Humanities, poiché permettono di formalizzare, automatizzare e rendere riproducibili processi di ricerca complessi. Con la crescente adozione di metodologie basatesui dati nelle scienze umane e sociali, i workflow offrono approcci strutturati per gestire dati e strumenti eterogenei, promuovendo al contempo trasparenza e collaborazione. Riconoscendo questa esigenza, DARIAH-IT ha contribuito allo sviluppo di infrastrutture di ricerca focalizzandosi su servizi basati su workflow all’interno del progetto H2IOSC (Humanities and Cultural Heritage Italian Open Science Cloud). In questo contesto, DARIAH-IT ha come obiettivol’implementazione di un sistema cloud nazionale a supporto della ricerca nelle digital humanities, garantendo interoperabilità, pratiche FAIR per i dati e integrazione semantica tra le risorse. Al centro di questo impegno di DARIAH-IT nell’ambito di H2IOSC si colloca AEON (dAriah sErvice Oriented iNfrastructure), una piattaforma che consente la creazione, l’esecuzione e la gestione di workflow scientifici. AEON integra l’erogazione di servizi, la validazione semantica e l’orchestrazione in fase di esecuzione, supportando la riproducibilità della ricerca e le pratiche collaborative.
Keywords
  • Digital Humanities
  • Scientific Workflows
  • Research Infrastructures
  • FAIR Data Principles
  • Semantic Interoperability
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