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‪The Internet and the expansion of digital technology have opened up new opportunities for the dissemination and exchange of knowledge and information for science. In addition to the concepts of Open Science and Open Access, the accessibility and reusability of research data have become sources of debate. Peter Schirmbacher has focused in his research and teaching on the relevance, design and use of information infrastructures for research data in the digital age. Schirmbacher has made pioneering contributions to development of these services for the benefit of scientific activities. This contribution provides an overview of these information infrastructures and their potential, and situates them in the current context of Open Science debates‪.