From: "Schwartz, Judy" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:38:30 +0000
I would think a system similar to engineering drawing changes would be ‘just the ticket’ for version control: the first one is just the number; i.e., 357682; the next change is 357682A, then 357682B and so on. Of course, this would require a main person to be the controller / tracker.
Judy
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From: LibLicense-L Discussion Forum On Behalf Of Wilhelmina Randtke
Sent: Friday, February 17, 2012 10:52 PM
Oh, oh, oh, version control. VERSION CONTROL. This is so huge in government documents (the only thing I work with), and almost no one doing publishing platforms seems aware of it.
What's great about a version of record is there is only one version, and you don't have to be paranoid and check which one you are dealing with.
For people working with IRs, how often is there a revision? I would imagine it's rare, but some way to track version control would nail down prevalence (and discourage changes, because tracking can get cumbersome fast).
-Wilhelmina Randtke
On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 9:27 PM, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
From: Stevan Harnad <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 03:44:37 -0500
> From: Sally Morris on Liblicence
> Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 11:28:18 +0000
>
> Unless you also provide the date when you read it, people may not know
> whether a correction/retraction/whatever had been appended to the VoR at
> that time?
Date/Version read is helpful, feasible, advisable -- but a
straightforward matter of scholarly practice (which will not be
decided on the liblicense Forum!).
My comments are only about the bearing of the versions question on OA
and OA mandates.
In particular:
"Is accessing, quoting and citing the author's refereed, revised,
accepted final draft good enough for scholars and scientists when they
are denied access to the publisher's version-of-record, because they
or their institution cannot afford subscription/license/pay-per-view
access?"
The answer is a resounding, unambiguous, unequivocal "YES".
All the rest is irrelevant, and just equivocation or question-begging.
Stevan Harnad