"Readiness dimension";"Current assessment summary (progress to date)";"Currently or previously contributingprojects/initiatives/organisations(Cf. Table 4)"
"Scientific Readiness";"Relatively high maturityExtended use cases of DiSSCo collected;User audiences identified;Potential user numbers estimated;Case studies.";"GBIF, ICEDIG, SYNTHESYS+, MOBILISE, CETAF, other national projects."
"Data Readiness";"Medium maturity(Meta)Data standards in use;Institutional FAIR data portals in place;Digital curation practices.";"GBIF, ICEDIG, SYNTHESYS+, Catalogue ofLife, TDWG, Global Genome Biodiversity Network (GGBN), CETAF, other national projects"
"Financial Readiness";"Relatively low maturityMass scale digitisation costs estimated;Procurement needs for e-infrastructureservices partly described.";"ICEDIG, DiSSCo design study, GBIF, internally funded projects"
"Technological Readiness";"Medium maturityCommon (meta)data standards alreadywell adopted in the community;Data architecture principles established;Major e-services identified;Some service functional requirements in place.";"ICEDIG, SYNTHESYS+, GBIF, Catalogue of Life, CETAF Information Science &Technology Commission (ISTC), TDWG"
"Organisational Readiness";"Relatively high maturityInterim governance model in place;Strong institutional-level commitment andengagement;Political commitment across 11 countries;Financial commitment currently at aninstitutional level.";"DiSSCo national and internally funded projects, DiSSCo design study"