OMII-UK (Open Middleware Infrastructure Institute) is an open-source software organisation for the UK research community. It was launched in 2004.[1]

OMII-UK have a number of roles within the UK research community: helping new users get started with E-research, providing the software that is needed and developing, that software if it does not exist. OMII-UK also help to guide the development of E-research by liaising with national and international organisations, e-Research groups, standards' groups, and the researchers themselves.

Funding

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OMII-UK is funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and Jisc.

Project partners

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OMII-UK is a collaboration between three bodies:

  • the School of Electronics and Computer Science at the University of Southampton
  • the Open Grid Services Architecture (OGSA)-DAI project at the National e-Science Centre and EPCC
  • the myGrid project at the School of Computer Science at the University of Manchester

Project history

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The OMII (Open Middleware Infrastructure Institute) started at the University of Southampton in January 2004. In January 2006, the Southampton group joined forces with the established myGrid and OGSA-DAI projects to form OMII-UK - an integral part of the UK e-Science programme.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Case for Support - Description of work". www.omii.ac.uk. OMII-UK. 1 January 2004. Archived from the original on 2004-02-20. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
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