Identification of new functionalities

This report identifies the new functionalities to be added to the existent services and tools, taking into account the Use Cases described by the Research Communities represented as well as the findings of task T2.1. It serves as input for the WP4 and WP5, indicating the missed features to be implemented during the project. D2.1 includes a general description of the communities involved in the project that aims to define the complexity and the heterogeneity of the environment. It also includes the definition of the different Use Cases with different types of details. In particular, the Use Case description identifies and analyzes the different data sources involved in terms of size, data types and/or formats, as well as the workflows and definition of the data lifecycle. Metadata management issues and other key actions like pre-processing needs, encryption requirements or data caching will have special consideration. The description should also define other transversal requirements like the use of Authentication and Authorization mechanisms or security and license needs. The analysis of Data Management Plans is included aiming at finding both synergies and gaps among the different communities. The document reports the goals oriented to Open Science and Data, so that requirements in terms of Digital Identifiers for digital object (including datasets, software and others) are included. All the Use Cases take into account the different available products and to pre-defines those that could match to their needs.