Overview

This service is the central access point to data, methods, and services for social mining and big data analytics. It brings together datasets, analytical tools, and workflows produced by the research infrastructure. The catalogue promotes responsible and ethical data use by providing metadata, documentation, and access conditions aligned with privacy and legal requirements. It enables discovery, reuse, and comparison of resources across disciplines. By fostering openness, interoperability, and reproducibility, the SoBigData Catalogue helps transform large-scale digital traces into actionable scientific and societal insights.

Purpose and Objectives

The main objective of the Catalogue is to make SoBigData resources:

• Findable: Easily searchable through a structured and user-friendly interface
• Accessible: Available via the SoBigData gateway and virtual research environments
• Interoperable: Compatible across tools, platforms, and disciplines
• Reusable: Designed for integration into new experiments and applications

These goals align with the FAIR and FACT principles promoted by the infrastructure, ensuring ethical, transparent, and responsible data usage.  

Types of Resources Available

The Catalogue provides advanced mechanisms to explore:

• Datasets (e.g., social, mobility, economic data)
• Libraries, Algorithms and AI models
• Analytical methods and workflows
• Software application, tools and services
• Publications and scientific outputs

Users can browse, search, and filter resources according to domain, type, or application context.