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