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Information consumed by CLARITY Climate Services must be provided in a common Data Package format which contains all or part of the datasets necessary for carrying out the project climate proofing assessment (according to the steps defined in CLARITY EU-GL Methodology (WEB REFERENCE NEEDED HERE)).

Technically, a standardised Data Package can be realised as “distributed data object“, so that not all data must reside in the same location (database, server). Here arises also the need for “Smart Links” that can combine, relate and describe different information entities (in this particular case the distinct elements of Data Package). Furthermore, a serialisation feature for Data Packages is needed that allows to put all contents of package into a concrete (zip) file that can be shared, e.g. with other experts.

Besides, the output of Climate Services must be delivered as such a Standardised Data Package to ensure technical interoperability to the CSIS and thus the Climate Services Ecosystem. Consequently, a Data Package can either reside on the CSIS as Virtual Data Package (distributed among several physical data stores) if the provider of the Expert Climate Service uses the CLARITY CSIS to provide its service, or as concrete file (Serialized Data Package) if the provider works offline.