NAP Reference Architecture
National Access Point (NAP) Reference architecture aims to harmonize NAP activities at the European level and increase their effectiveness. It defines roles, functions, and processes for NAP users and data registration and data/metadata retrieval. It details motivation layer, functional, organizational, physical and communications view as well as a link to NAP KPI framework developed within the NAPCORE project for two basic NAP types at the national level:
- Metadata directory and
- Data platform
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NAP Reference Architecture version 2.0.0-draft (2025-06-13)
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The NAP Reference Architecture is a live document, it deviates from the FRAME repository since it provides much greater detail.
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