Florence Commons · Open European Health Evidence
Europe’s health knowledge is built together. Florence connects libraries, universities, hospitals, publishers, researchers and public institutions in an open, traceable evidence infrastructure.
27 European perspectives One traceable evidence layer
Hosted in Europe Open interfaces Multilingual by design Traceable provenance
Library network
A discovery layer that makes library work visibly better Florence connects search, holdings, authentication, delivery, usage and acquisition decisions. Users no longer end up at dead ends.
Evidence-to-action
Move evidence changes safely into care Guidelines, studies and local SOPs become prioritised, auditable improvement pathways.
Publisher Studio
Your content is found, understood and used correctly Publishers provide machine-readable metadata and rights. Florence adds precise linking, multilingual discovery, lawful access and transparent usage signals.
Metadata & discovery Crossref, ONIX, JATS, OAI-PMH, KBART
Rights & access OA, licences, institutional access
Quality & corrections Versions, retractions, provenance
Usage & impact Demand, access gaps, evidence use
Florence Commons
A wiki principle for European evidence Experts improve metadata, report corrections, curate topics and review applicability. Every change is versioned and moderated.
European public value
Sovereign infrastructure for research and care European hosting, open interfaces, transparent ranking and pluralistic governance create a robust public good.
Interoperability first
Standards Florence connects to DOI PMID / PMCID ISSN ORCID ROR MeSH SNOMED CT JATS ONIX KBART OpenURL MARC 21 BIBFRAME OAI-PMH COUNTER SUSHI FHIR R5 JSON-LD
Florence Commons
Open European governance Experts improve metadata, report corrections, curate topics and review applicability. Every change is versioned and moderated.
01 Research & community User council and clinical review 02 Technical partners Open interfaces and shared infrastructure 03 Publishers Metadata, rights and correction channels 04 Public institutions Public-interest safeguards and strategy
