An Approach to Support Data Integration in a Scientific Software Ecosystem Platform

[Motivation] The science has evolved giving space to the open and data-intensive science. In this context, information sharing, and data integration are essential issues. [Problem] Data integration in the e-Science domain is a complex task, as researchers use different scientific software tools, and perform their experiments in different sites and contexts, thus using specific data models. Without supporting the execution of different geographically distributed tools, scientists may not collaborate with the experiment. [Objective] The goal of this article is to enhance collaboration between researchers throughout the process of scientific experimentation in a scientific software ecosystem platform. [Method] To achieve this goal, the article addresses an approach to support the integration of a scientific software ecosystem with external scientific platforms. [Results] An evaluation of the proposed solution showed that integration solutions implemented can enhance collaboration among researchers.