The Online Knowledge Library (b-on) is an online library that provides access to the full text of thousands of journals and ebooks from some of the leading international scientific publishers.

The following types of institutions can join b-on:

• Higher education institutions (public or private);

• Scientific research and technological development institutions (public or private);

• Institutions integrated into Public Administration;

• Private non-profit institutions;

• Hospital institutions Access to b-on is prohibited to for-profit institutions. More information is available at b-on website.

Access to b-on has a membership fee. Learn more by contacting the b-on team at: info@b-on.pt .

Content can be accessed from any computer connected to the internet and whose IP address belongs to the b-on network. This access can be done through the b-on research , from publishers' websites or through any search engine.

Being a library, the main service provided by b-on is access to contentHowever, b-on also offers training services (in-person and online), a statistics service, and several electronic services (research portal, context service, and preservation service). Learn more at www.b-on.pt.

Educast is a video management service for the simple recording and distribution of educational content (lessons). The central system ensures the necessary post-processing so that these lessons are available to students via the internet and mobile devices, in the following formats: streaming, desktop, and mobile.

The content production process is simplified into three steps: Record, Edit and Publish.

You may find out more on the service's help site.

FCCN offers several distance learning support services that should be used depending on the pedagogical objectives of the sessions. For dynamic interactive sessions with student collaboration, the Colibri service should be used. For sessions where the classroom work is to be made available later on the course portal for other students to view, the educast service should be used.

The educast service boasts a set of unique features geared toward the academic community, compared to other services. These include: synchronous recording and playback of the speaker and their presentation, online content editing that allows for selecting and highlighting portions of the video for new content, integration with distance learning tools, explicit usage rights through Creative Commons, content exposure on open education repository networks, and controlled access to content via "RCTSaai." This infrastructure is also hosted in the FCCN data center and is therefore not subject to any restrictions imposed by foreign commercial services. See some examples of content created and made available via educast.

You can start using educast right now, using your computer with a webcam. The service offers software for Windows and Mac that allows you to record videos and automatically transfer them to educast's servers. Once transferred, you can edit and publish them independently. To achieve the best results, there are local support teams at each institution.

The main objective of the eduroam (Education Roaming) network is to provide the academic community with a wireless network service, available between participating institutions.

All institutions connected to the RCTS network (RCTS IP Service) can join.

There are no additional costs for entities subscribing to the RCTS IP service.

The eduroam network is currently available in 76 countries. In Portugal, 61 institutions have joined this service. Almost all educational institutions and state laboratories in Portugal provide access to this network. The list of locations can be found here. here.

Authentication is performed at the user's home institution, using their institutional credentials.

Any mobile device (laptop/phone/tablet) can be used to connect to the eduroam network.

You should contact FCCN|FCT at the address noc@fccn.pt  or visit the service page.

THE PTCRIS consists of a framework of standards, principles and guiding rules that aim to ensure the integration of information systems supporting scientific activity into a single, coherent and integrated ecosystem.

The PTCRIS regulatory framework is based on international reference standards and codes of good practice, namely persistent identifiers, data exchange standards, information security and privacy standards, among others.

When creating, through a regulatory framework common, an integrated information ecosystem, PTCRIS promotes the integration of various information systems supporting scientific activity.

This allows the creation of an open ecosystem from which all agents can easily benefit, through services that aim at a greater efficiency in the processes of management, production and access to information on national academic and scientific activities.

In addition to the regulatory framework, PTCRIS also ensures the management and development of infrastructures that support the management of Science and Technology in Portugal (for example, the curriculum management system CIÊNCIAVITAE, the National Register of Organizations and the National Register of Research Funding and the synchronization framework) as well as high value-added services, namely the Business Intelligence system and the service Data as a Service.

PTCRIS is intended for all stakeholders of the Portuguese Scientific and Technological System and all those interested in the results of their activity.

It is an authentication and authorization infrastructure (AAI) that aims to simplify access to web services for the teaching and research community.

An identity provider provides the infrastructure required for user authentication. Any institution connected to the RCTS network (RCTS IP Service) can become an identity provider.

All entities that provide one or more services that are considered to be of interest to the academic and research community.

Consult the list of related institutions.

See the RCTSaai service catalog to find out about all the services.

Students, teachers, researchers and staff of participating institutions.

Authentication is performed at the user's home institution, using their institutional credentials.

You should contact FCCN|FCT at the address noc@fccn.pt or visit the service page.

There are no additional costs for entities subscribing to the RCTS IP service.

If you are responsible for accessing RCTS within your organization, you should contact noc@fccn.pt, which will send you an address request form after validation. If this is not the case, you should contact your organization's IT department.

No. RCTS still has a reasonable supply of IP addresses to distribute among its members, based on demonstrated need and a description of the infrastructure that will use the addresses to be allocated.

Yes. FCCN only delegates space from larger blocks assigned to it (by RIPE/NCC), and its integrity must be maintained. This means that if your organization disconnects from RCTS, it will no longer be able to use the same public IP address. In this case, you will need to renumber to "return" the addresses delegated under RCTS to FCCN.

stat.ripe.net is a public access service provided by RIPE/NCC.

RCAAP is an aggregating portal (meta-repository) of documents deposited in the various institutional repositories in Portugal and Brazil. RCAAP gathers and indexes not only the description (metadata) but also the full text. You can access the RCAAP portal at www.rcaap.pt.

Institutions that have scientific resources in electronic format and that meet the criteria for inclusion in the RCAAP may join the RCAAP. RCAAP aggregation.

The RCAAP portal provides access to scientific and academic literature whose full text is open access. However, some documents may not meet these requirements, either because they are restricted due to an embargo or because they do not contain the full text of the document, but only metadata records.

The institutions currently participating in the RCAAP project, as well as their respective repositories, can be consulted through Portal directory.

From the set of activities/services developed within the scope of RCAAP, the following stand out:

RCAAP Portal – The RCAAP Portal is the central component of the Portuguese Open Access Scientific Repository project. It serves as a single point for research, discovery, location, and access to thousands of scientific and academic documents, including journal articles, conference papers, theses, and dissertations, distributed across the network's repositories, both national and Brazilian.

Project website – concentrates all relevant information related to the RCAAP project

Luso-Brazilian Directory – The directory service aims to provide, in a single location, a complete and exhaustive list of Open Access repositories and scientific journals available in Portugal and Brazil.

Scientific journal hosting service – SARC – Scientific Journal Hosting Service – was created to develop the online publishing of scientific journals in Portugal, facilitating journal management and supporting best practices. The service is based on the OJS – Open Journal System publishing and management platform, an open-source system with a large user community and a strong impact on the open access field. See the journals hosted on the service at: http://revistas.rcaap.pt

Scientific Data The Scientific Data Repository Hosting Service (SARDC) aims to provide a platform for free access to data created and used in the research work of national institutions. The service is available at: http://dados.rcaap.pt.

Additionally, RCAAP carries out, develops, and executes activities in the areas of promoting the open access movement, providing support services (especially to repository managers), developing standards, and defining procedures. Learn more about RCAAP services at project web page.

This service ensures the provision of various types of certificates, guaranteeing the security, authenticity, confidentiality and integrity of information sent over the Internet.

All institutions connected to the RCTS network (RCTS IP Service) can join.

Consult the list of related institutions.

This service offers four categories of certificates: Server, GRID, Personal, and Code Signing. For more information, see the RCTS Certified space.

Yes, certificates are issued by a globally recognized issuing entity such as CA – Certification Authority.

The personal certificates of this service are valid and identify a user as a member of an institution. However, because they are not issued by a CA recognized by the National Security Office, they cannot replace the certificates on the Citizen Card.

You should contact FCCN|FCT at the address noc@fccn.pt or visit the service page.

There are no additional costs for entities subscribing to the RCTS IP service.

RCTS IP is the oldest service provided by FCCN and guarantees IP connectivity between RCTS institutions and the Internet.

The types of organizations eligible for access to RCTS IP are defined in the "RCTS AUP" document. Essentially, these include all organizations that carry out teaching and/or scientific research activities.

Between 100Mbps and 10Gbps. These speeds are synchronous, meaning the transmission capacity is equal to the data reception capacity.

These situations always require analysis of the requirements and are analyzed individually.

No. The RCTS IP service only provides service to IP addresses owned by RCTS or the organizations themselves. In the event of a commercial ISP shutdown, and the address is not owned by the organization, the address will have to be "returned" to the commercial ISP.

“Commercial traffic” is communications originating on non-commercial networks.
Research and teaching do not belong to entities that have a direct traffic exchange link with RCTS or the GÉANT Network. "Academic traffic" refers to all other traffic from other sources.

No, no type of filtering is performed when delivering the service.

Costs are calculated according to the nature of the proposing organization, its geographical location and the tariff in force.

Yes, the minimum stay period is 12 months. After this period, any request to terminate the contract must be made with 30 days' notice.

Yes, in addition to monitoring, a supervision service (human support) is provided during the same period.

This list is available here.

60 days. This period may vary depending on geographic location and existing telecommunications infrastructure.

Please send an email to noc@fccn.pt. Once the service is active, only registered administrative and technical contacts will be able to request information or make changes to the active service.

RCTS Plus is the virtual private network service that FCCN provides to its members.

Entities eligible to subscribe to the RCTS IP service.

Virtual private network ports can be configured at 100Mbps, 1Gbps, or 10Gbps.

Yes, the minimum is two locations. This Service can connect multiple locations in different locations.

No. The service provided is completely private. There is no intervention by FCCN at the IP level (or higher); the addressing itself can be chosen by organizations belonging to the same service.

Costs are calculated according to the nature of the proposing organization, its geographical location and the tariff in force.

The minimum contract period is 12 months. However, this period may be shorter depending on the type of communication contract supporting the service. After the initial 12 months, cancellation requests must be made with 30 days' notice.

Yes, in addition to monitoring, a supervision service (human support) is provided during the same period.

This list is available at

Please send an email to noc@fccn.pt. Once the service is active, only registered administrative and technical contacts will be able to make requests for information or changes to the active service.

Incidents that originate or are destined for IP addresses belonging to RCTS.

Only to entities linked to RCTS, through accredited contacts.

You should send it to report@cert.rcts.pt  all the data you have regarding that occurrence.

The use of antivirus is mandatory on Windows systems, and optional on Linux or MacOS-based systems.

You can perform a preliminary test by uploading the file to the website www.virustotal.com, but above all you must notify the RCTS CERT of this occurrence.

Do not open files of unknown origin, and when accessing the web, respect browser warnings regarding potentially malicious websites. It is also very important to make copies of content that is not regularly backed up by the organization. Relevant information must be stored on the organization's server (which has backups) and not on individual workstations (which do not have backups). Finally, never share authentication data (passwords).

RCTS Fibra is a service that provides fiber optic connections between two locations, without any active equipment in between. Because it is a separate physical medium from other RCTS communications, these are completely isolated.

Entities eligible to subscribe to the RCTS IP service and who need to connect two locations using fiber optics without relying on third-party technologies.

You can request the service or ask for more information by sending an email to noc@fccn.pt. A solution that best meets the requested requirements will be found together.

The implementation time will always be analyzed on a case-by-case basis, depending on whether or not there is fiber optics between the locations.

Yes, the financial details of activation and operation depend on the technical solution found.

A dark fiber optic pair from the RCTS fiber network is provided to the User Entity between the two locations. All equipment and configuration are the responsibility of the entity requesting the service.

No, as no active RCTS equipment is used. However, there is support from a 24/7/365 supervision team that will assist in any situation that may arise.

Yes, in addition to monitoring, a supervision service (human support) is provided during the same period.

RCTS Lambda is a high-performance point-to-point connection service that uses the RCTS optical network. It allows for private communications between two locations, isolated from other RCTS communications and therefore with protected capacity.

Entities eligible to subscribe to the RCTS IP service.

You can request the service or ask for more information by sending an email to noc@fccn.pt.
A solution that best meets the requested requirements will be found together.

Implementation time will always be analyzed on a case-by-case basis, depending on the infrastructure existing between locations.

Yes, the financial details of activation and operation depend on the technical solution found.

Communication between the two locations is carried out through RCTS's optical transmission platform, based on DWDM technology.
A specific optical wavelength is reserved to establish the connection between the two sites without interfering with other RCTS communications.
This platform supports various network protocols, such as Ethernet and Fiber Channel, among others. The typical transmission speed is 10Gbps, but other options may be considered.

One of the requirements is the existence of fiber optics between the two locations. This service also requires the existence or installation of optical transmission equipment between the ends of the connection.

Yes, the service can be implemented with a redundant topology.

 Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) is a technology that allows users to establish telephone calls over a data network by converting an analog voice signal into a set of digital signals, which are then sent over an Internet connection in the form of packets with IP addresses. Although not new, this technology has now reached a state of maturity and quality that allows its application in production environments through interconnection with conventional telephone systems. Similarly, the supply of equipment and services from carriers has been growing exponentially.

One of the main features that the VoIP@RCTS service allows is Mobility, that is, the possibility of each user's extension being able to accompany them everywhere as long as they have access to a network point.

Voicemail also gains a new dimension, with the possibility of integrating it with email. This means that any message arriving in voicemail can also arrive in your email inbox simultaneously.

Authorization levels for making calls can now be defined per user according to their needs.

Another feature of the system is the creation of virtual conference rooms. By sharing the room with other participants, anyone can join the virtual room for audio conferencing.

Naturally, all the services available in the traditional telephone system are also available, such as extension blocking, call forwarding, and other features.

One of the goals of the RCTS VoIP service is to reduce voice communication costs. This reduction is achieved not only by routing calls to different operators via the lowest-cost route, but also by creating virtually dedicated IP connections between participating institutions, enabling calls between them at no associated cost.

The RCTS VoIP service is intended for all public higher education institutions and the research community that are connected to the academic network through RCTS Plus.

You can contact FCT | FCCN to request information using the details provided in “Contacts”.

Although both services are based on audio and video transmission, they differ in terms of direction and audience reach. Designed for one-way communication from a small number of speakers or participants to large groups of viewers, video broadcasting (videocasting) allows the broadcasting of video from events such as seminars, conferences, or sporting events. Videoconferencing services (COLIBRI) are geared toward two-way communication between a limited number of participants, all with equivalent levels of participation and the ability to participate and "conference" whenever necessary.

All members (teachers, researchers, or students) of the entities present at RCTS can use FCCN's video services free of charge. Online services, such as Colibri, the Videocast, or access videos from Educast operate on a self-service basis, after identity validation through the federated authentication process (learn more about RCTSaai). Other more specialized services, such as the Studio or access to videoconferencing rooms, require prior booking, which can be made through the respective service pages.

All members of RCTS entities registered with RCTSaai have valid accounts with access to FCCN services. Occasionally, access errors occur and should be validated with the institution's local technical infrastructure managers. If the entity you are affiliated with is not yet part of RCTS but fits the network's objectives and mission, please contact us. In duly validated situations, it is possible to create temporary accounts to access the range of services provided by FCCN.

The studio's technical infrastructure is primarily intended to facilitate access to a range of audiovisual and production resources for RCTS member entities. Therefore, use of this equipment is free and exclusive to these entities. Since FCCN is a public, non-profit entity, it would be inappropriate and unfair to the market to rent this infrastructure on a widespread basis. The use of the studio by non-member entities for commercial purposes is therefore prohibited, and rentals are not permitted. However, for non-profit academic, cultural, or scientific content aligned with the studio's mission, FCCN may consider production support.