dbdd1fdb-128b-414c-ba2b-fa26a25a4bc6 Research Infrastructure This scheme defines the CERIF concept of "Research Infrastructure" composed through the link entities cfEquipment_Classification, cfFacility_Classification, cfService_Classification cf7799ea-3477-11e1-b86c-0800200c9a66 Research Infrastructure CERIF Concept; MERIL project is a In CERIF, the concept of research infrastructure is defined as a term in the vocabulary. A research infrastructure in CERIF terms subsumes the three entities service cfService (cfSrv), equipment cfEquipment (cfEquip) and facility cfFacility (cfFacil); these are logic and physic enitites in the CERIF data model. CERIF Task Group A European Research Infrastructure is a facility or (virtual) platform that provides the scientific community with resources and services to conduct top-level research in their respective fields. These research infrastructures can be single-sited or distributed or an e-infrastructure, and can be part of a national or international network of facilities, or of interconnected scientific instrument networks. The infrastructure should: offer top quality scientific and technological performance, that should be recognised as being of European relevance offer access to scientific users from Europe and beyond through a transparent selection process on the basis of excellence have stable and effective management http://www.esf.org/activities/science-policy/research-infrastructures/meril-mapping-of-the-european-research-infrastructure-landscape/what-is-meant-by-research-infrastructures.html