EUDAT, a project funded by the EU's 7th Framework Programme for Research, aims to develop a Collaborative Data Infrastructure (CDI) bringing together all players involved (national data repository managers, computing and storage facilities, networks, identity providers, research centres and universities that use these data systems)  The project aims to create an infrastructure that is: 

•    Collaborative
•    Researcher-oriented
•    Sustainable and flexible
•    Pan-European
•    Multidisciplinary