From: Dietrich Rordorf / MDPI <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2014 08:00:18 +0100

Dear Sally,

You are right. However, the Publisher could deposit the metadata into
CrossRef. The author then just needs to upload his pre/postprint + doi
number to the repository. The repository can then easily fetch the
metadata from CrossRef. (The metadata sets in CrossRef can be easily
and publicly accessed, see example below.)

curl -D - -L -H "Accept: application/unixref+xml"
"http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1157784"

(Replace "10.1126/science.1157784" with any doi number. Curl:
http://curl.haxx.se/)

Best,
Dietrich

On 09.01.2014 01:00, LIBLICENSE wrote:
>
> From: Sally Morris <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 8
> Jan 2014 11:36:01 +0000
>
> Publishers could certainly add this type of metadata, but what about
>  author-deposited OA materials?  Do we really think authors are
> going to do it?
>
> Sally
>
> Sally Morris Email:  [log in to unmask]
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> From: Dietrich Rordorf / MDPI <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 7 Jan
> 2014 08:02:57 +0100
>
> Marking-up the license *conditions* as XML would definitely be more
> useful. Something quite generic like:
>
> <license ref="{publisher_or_license_url}">
>
> <copyright> <plain>{plain_copyright_statement}</plain> <owner
> type="[individual|corporation|...]></owner> <year>{year}</year>
> <country>[ISO 3166-1 alpha2/3 code]</country> </copyright>
>
> <use_allowed> <access type="[free|paid|..]"
> ref="{publisher_condition_url}"></access> <read
> type="[free|paid|..]" ref="{publisher_condition_url}"></read> <quote
> type="[free|paid|..]" ref="{publisher_condition_url}"></quote> <cite
> type="[free|paid|..]" ref="{publisher_condition_url}"></cite> <mine
> type="[free|paid|..]" ref="{publisher_condition_url}"></mine>
> </use_allowed>
>
> <use_disallowed> <commercial type="[free|paid|..]"
> ref="{publisher_condition_url}"></commercial> <derivatives
> type="[free|paid|..]" ref="{publisher_condition_url}"></derivatives>
>  ... </use_disallowed>
>
> </license>
>
> etc.
>
> Kind regards, Dietrich Rordorf
>
> On 07.01.2014 01:14, LIBLICENSE wrote:
>>
>>
>> From: Cynthia Hodgson <[log in to unmask]> Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2014
>> 11:03:18 -0500
>>
>>
>> The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) is seeking
>> comments on the draft recommended practice Open Access Metadata and
>> Indicators (NISO RP-22-201x). Launched in January 2013, the NISO
>> Open Access Metadata and Indicators Working Group was chartered to
>> develop protocols and mechanisms for transmitting the access status
>> of scholarly works, specifically to indicate whether a specific
>> work is openly accessible (i.e., free-to-read by any user who can
>> get to the work over the internet) and what re-use rights might be
>> available. This draft recommended practice proposes the adoption of
>> two core pieces of metadata and associated tags: <free_to_read> and
>> <license_ref>. The first tag would indicate that the work is freely
>> accessible during the specified timeframe (if applicable). The
>> second tag would contain a reference to a URI that carries the
>> license terms specifying how a work may be used.
>>
>> "Currently publishers provide articles that are free-to-read under
>> a wide range of re-use terms and licenses," explains Cameron
>> Neylon, Advocacy Director, PLOS, and Co-chair of the NISO Open
>> Access Metadata and Indicators Working Group. "It is unclear to
>> readers when an article is freely accessible and what their re-use
>> rights are. Funders are unsure if the publication of an article
>> complies with their open access policies. Aggregators and platform
>> or knowledgebase providers have no consistent mechanism for
>> machine-processing metadata and identifying the accessibility or
>> rights status. Adoption of these two common metadata designations
>> will allow both humans and machines to assess the status of
>> content."
>>
>> "Use and re-use rights can be difficult to explain in metadata,"
>> states Ed Pentz, Executive Director, CrossRef, and Co-chair of the
>>  NISO Open Access Metadata and Indicators Working Group. "By
>> publishing URIs for applicable licenses and including these URIs
>> in the metadata for the content, more detailed explanations of
>> rights can be made available. The <license_ref> metadata can also
>> be used to express how usage rights change over time or point to
>> different licenses for particular time periods, for example when an
>> embargo applies."
>>
>> "The recommended metadata tags can easily be incorporated into
>> existing metadata distribution channels, encoded in XML, and added
>> to existing schemas and workflows," states Greg Tananbaum,
>> Consultant at SPARC and Co-chair of the NISO Open Access Metadata
>> and Indicators Working Group. "Publishers and platform providers
>> can use the <free_to_read> tag to automate the display of
>> appropriate status icons to users. The combination of
>> <free_to_read> and <license_ref> metadata provides a mechanism for
>> signaling or determining compliance with most funder and
>> institutional policies that allow compliance through the article
>> publisher's site."
>>
>> "In addition to the recommendations, the Working Group has defined
>> the most common use cases," states Nettie Lagace, NISO's Associate
>>  Director for Programs. "For each use case, the current situation
>> and applicable stakeholders are described and the extent to which
>> the recommendations will solve the situation is explained. The
>> group has also identified several issues for further follow-up,
>> such as the incorporation of the recommended metadata into
>> existing formats, such as ONIX."
>>
>> The draft recommended practice is open for public comment through
>> February 4, 2014. To download the draft or submit online comments,
>>  visit the Open Access Metadata and Indicators webpage at:
>> www.niso.org/workrooms/oami/.
>>
>> Cynthia Hodgson Technical Editor / Consultant National Information
>>  Standards Organization [log in to unmask] 301-654-2512