Digital
Research
Infrastructure

Aims and Principles

At the heart of FDRI is powerful new Digital Research Infrastructure

This new Digital Research Infrastructure will:

Deliver new monitoring data, including real-time data from remote sensors.

Provide platforms for integrated, data-driven research.

Enhance access to existing data, including key national and historical datasets.

Support collaboration across the hydrology community and beyond.

DRI Principles →

The new Digital Research Infrastructure is designed to be modular, portable, and scalable.

It will use open standards, guided by data access and storage principles including FAIR* (Findable / Accessible / Interoperable / Re-usable) to ensure that both humans and information systems can effectively discover, use, and share digital resources.

📃 Wilkinson, M., Dumontier, M., Aalbersberg, I. et al. The FAIR Guiding Principles for scientific data management and stewardship. Sci Data 3, 160018 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2016.18