Service Readiness Levels (SRL): Assessing the maturity of socio-technical services in research data infrastructures

Service Readiness Levels (SRL): A Service Maturity Framework for Research Data Infrastructure The Service Readiness Levels (SRL) are a nine-level maturity framework for assessing services in digital curation and research data infrastructure. Developed within Base4NFDI in response to the limitations of Technology Readiness Levels (TRL) for non-technical and socio-technical services, the SRL framework reframes maturity around a service as a whole rather than its technical readiness alone. It is designed as a self-assessment instrument, to be completed by service teams themselves. This release contains: the SRL framework document (PDF), describing the background, structure, and the nine levels; the SRL self-assessment template (PDF and ODT), listing the full evidence criteria with fields to record status and evidence. We thank the Base4NFDI Co-Spokespersons for their review and feedback on the SRL framework during its development.