Modelli e tecnologie integrate e innovative per una cittadinanza digitale equa e sostenibile

Integrated and innovative models and technologies for an equitable and sustainable digital citizenship. Accessibility is generally understood as the ability of information systems to provide services and usable information without discrimination. The paper discusses this definition through the actions of the European infrastructure OPERAS - OPen Scholarly Communication in the European Research Area for Social Sciences and Humanities, in particular the Italian node OPERAS-IT, which has as one of its challenges to address the ambivalence of digital ecosystems through fair, open and accessible science (¶1). We present (¶2) dedicated platforms/spaces, such as marketplaces, and working models that make explicit and promote the interconnection, aggregation, access and usability of services and content. After defining the main objectives (¶3), the aim is to highlight and show how some of the applications and tools (¶4) that underpin them, e.g. APIs - Application Programming Interfaces, are constitutive and integral elements of the Open and Accessible Science model, also thanks to the collaboration/co-design between researchers and developers, from their definition to their implementation. This section describing the technologies is followed by a use case of the MarketPlace and the orchestration system (¶5). In conclusion (¶6), while open access to data and research results (e.g. scholarly publishing) certainly contributes to inclusion precisely because of the principle of sharing and communicating knowledge, it is also important to emphasise the integrated role of the technologies that support and communicate them. The synergetic combination of these components strengthens the freedom of thought and research towards a conscious digital citizenship.