Review of current SERIES and EPOS databases : SERA deliverable 6.4

This deliverable is written within the framework of the project "Seismology and Earthquake Engineering Research Infrastructure Alliance for Europe - SERA" (Project no: 730900), funded by the Horizon 2020, INFRAIA-01-2016-2017 Programme. Main objective of this deliverable is to review the existing EPOS service provisions and SERIES databases and provide a comparative assessment. A review of the current SERIES (Seismic Engineering Research Infrastructures for European Synergies) and EPOS (European Plate Observing System) platforms developed by the Earthquake Engineering and solid Earth Science communities in Europe, respectively, is presented. The document includes a summary of the two projects and a review of the main features of the two platforms, focusing on the database content, structure, functionality and access portals. A special emphasis is given to the Thematic Core Service (TCS) on Seismology of EPOS due to its relevance to SERA project. Results from this deliverable will further be used for outlining a roadmap for integration of earthquake engineering and seismological data and databanks using the infrastructures provided by the SERIES and EPOS platforms. It is noted that aiming to a better knowledge of the EPOS and SERIES projects, the deliverable needed to review also the two approaches for data sharing and integration (governance, architecture, collaboration), and not be only limited to a review of current SERIES and EPOS databases.