Imagine you need to find the best research on a topic, but half of it is written in French, German, or Polish — and scattered across dozens of databases you've never heard of. TRIPLE built a single search engine that finds social science and humanities research across all European languages and connects it in one place. Think of it as Google Scholar on steroids, with built-in translation, visualization tools, and a way to find not just papers but the actual researchers and projects behind them. The platform is live at gotriple.eu and plugs into the European Open Science Cloud.
Finding relevant research across European languages and disciplines is like searching for needles in dozens of separate haystacks — each with its own language, database, and search rules. Companies and organizations that need evidence from social sciences and humanities waste enormous time on fragmented searches, miss critical insights published in other languages, and often give up before finding what they need.
The project built and deployed the TRIPLE platform (live at gotriple.eu) — a multilingual discovery engine for social science and humanities research, powered by the Isidore search engine from CNRS. It includes visualization tools, annotation capabilities, a trust-building system, a crowdfunding feature, social networking, and a recommender system. The consortium delivered 40 deliverables including the documented TRIPLE prototype.
If you are a consulting firm dealing with the challenge of gathering evidence from academic research across multiple European languages — this project developed a multilingual discovery platform with 40 deliverables including search, visualization, and recommendation tools that let you find relevant social science insights without hiring translators or searching dozens of databases one by one.
If you are a publisher or research service provider struggling to connect content across disciplinary silos — this project developed the TRIPLE platform built on the Isidore search engine by CNRS, offering linked exploration, annotation tools, and a recommender system that can surface cross-disciplinary connections your users would otherwise miss.
If you are a policy advisory organization that needs evidence-based insights from social sciences across 15 European countries — this project built a discovery platform backed by a consortium of 24 partners that aggregates and links research resources, making it possible to find relevant studies in any European language through a single search interface.
The TRIPLE platform at gotriple.eu is designed as an open service within the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) marketplace and OPERAS research infrastructure. Based on available project data, specific licensing fees or subscription costs are not mentioned — access appears to be open for researchers, though commercial integration terms would need to be discussed with CNRS as coordinator.
The platform was built to handle SSH resources across all European languages, backed by the Isidore search engine developed by CNRS and a consortium of 24 partners across 15 countries. It includes visualization, annotation, and recommender systems designed for large-scale scientific discovery. Based on available project data, it was designed for pan-European scale from the start.
TRIPLE was funded as a Research and Innovation Action (RIA) under Horizon 2020 topic INFRAEOSC-02-2019, with CNRS as coordinator. IP arrangements would follow standard H2020 rules where partners typically retain ownership of their contributions. Any licensing would need to be negotiated with the consortium, primarily CNRS.
Yes. The project delivered a working TRIPLE prototype as documented in its deliverables, and the platform is accessible at gotriple.eu. The project closed in March 2023, and the platform was designed to become a dedicated service of the OPERAS research infrastructure and part of the EOSC marketplace.
TRIPLE was specifically designed to link with the EOSC marketplace and serve as a service of OPERAS research infrastructure. The platform uses the Isidore search engine and provides linked exploration capabilities. Based on available project data, integration with external systems was a core design goal, though specific API documentation would need to be requested from the consortium.
Based on the project objective, TRIPLE developed a full multilingual and multicultural solution for discovering SSH resources. The consortium of 24 partners across 15 countries built this capability to work across all European languages, enabling researchers to find content regardless of the language it was written in. Specific technical details on the translation and matching approach would need to be confirmed with the team.
This is a large research-driven consortium of 24 partners across 15 European countries, coordinated by CNRS — France's national research center and one of Europe's most prominent research organizations. The consortium leans heavily toward academia and research institutions (7 universities, 8 research organizations), with only 4 industry partners and 4 SMEs making up a 17% industry ratio. For a business looking to adopt this technology, the low industry participation signals this is primarily a research infrastructure project rather than a commercially-driven product. However, the breadth of the consortium across 15 countries means the multilingual and multicultural capabilities were built with real European diversity, not just theoretical coverage.
CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) in France coordinated this project. Contact their technology transfer office or the TRIPLE project team through the project website.
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