16th December 2025

GRAPHIA Publishes the Draft Catalogue of Innovative Workflows

Authors: Giovanni Pescarmona and Anthony Pamart

A Milestone for Connecting ESFRI Datasets to the Social Sciences and Humanities Knowledge Graph

GRAPHIA is pleased to announce the publication of Draft Catalogue of Innovative Workflows for Data Management and Connection to the Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) Knowledge Graph (access it here or scroll down to the end of the page). Led by CNRS MAP, this addresses the challenge of connecting heterogeneous and legacy data produced by multiple ESFRI research infrastructures (European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures) —such as E-RIHS (European Research Infrastructure for Heritage Science), OPERAS, EHRI (European Holocaust Research Infrastructure), RESILIENCE, and GGP (Generations and Gender Programme)—to a shared, graph-based knowledge ecosystem.

From ESFRI Research Practices to Semantic Interoperability

The catalogue builds directly on the concrete research practices and data production processes already in place across ESFRI communities. As documented in the linked report, workflows are treated not only as operational sequences, but as structured representations of how data are generated, curated, and contextualised within different disciplinary and infrastructural settings, providing a critical bridge toward semantic interoperability.

Workflow Modelling as a Common Framework

A key contribution of the milestone is the use of a conceptual framework to model workflows in a consistent and reusable manner. As detailed in the report, this work enables the explicit representation of provenance, actors, tools, methods, and transformations, supporting FAIR-by-design principles and facilitating alignment across the diverse data landscapes of participating ESFRIs, including Heritage Science and SSH infrastructures.

Complementarity with other GRAPHIA Work and Future SSH Knowledge Graph Ingestion

This workflow work is explicitly positioned as complementary to partners involved in defining the semantic architectures and ingestion mechanisms of the SSH Knowledge Graph. The catalogue does not yet prescribe technical implementations; instead, it identifies the requirements and conditions under which ESFRI workflows and datasets can evolve toward Knowledge Graph-ready and Knowledge Graph-compliant forms. These aspects will be further specified in the next phases of our work in coordination with the other partners.

An Open, Shared Resource Published in Zenodo

The Draft Catalogue of Innovative Workflows is openly published in the GRAPHIA Zenodo community, ensuring long-term accessibility and reuse. It is conceived as an evolving resource that will be progressively enriched through feedback from ESFRI partners and other stakeholders, strengthening cross-infrastructure alignment and reuse.

Laying the Groundwork for Future Integration and Use Cases

By framing workflows as a key mediation layer between ESFRI research activities and the SSH Knowledge Graph, it establishes a shared conceptual foundation for subsequent work. Building on this document, GRAPHIA will further refine workflow descriptions, interoperability mappings, and integration strategies, enabling scalable, semantically enriched access to SSH and Cultural Heritage data across European research infrastructures.