Metadata Infrastructure for OA: The Need for Article-Level Open-Access Metadata
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The document discusses the importance of article-level open-access metadata for enhancing discovery and access to open-access materials. It outlines potential use cases for various stakeholders, including researchers, content providers, and funders, emphasizing the need for machine-readable identification of open-access content. The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) supports this initiative, which aims to improve understanding and compliance with open-access policies.
Metadata Infrastructure for OA: The Need for Article-Level Open-Access Metadata
- 1. Metadata Infrastructure for OA: The Need for Ar+cle-‐Level Open-‐Access Metadata Todd A. Carpenter, NISO Execu7ve Director CENDI Mee7ng May 9, 2013 -‐ Alexandria, VA
- 2. About • Non-‐profit industry trade associa7on accredited by ANSI with 150+ members • Mission of developing and maintaining technical standards related to informa7on, documenta7on, discovery and distribu7on of published materials and media • Volunteer driven organiza7on: 400+ spread out across the world • Represent US interests to ISO TC 46 & also serve as Secretariat for ISO TC46/SC9 -‐ Iden7fica7on & Descrip7on • Responsible for standards like ISSN, DOI, Dublin Core metadata, DAISY digital talking books, OpenURL, MARC records, and ISBN (indirectly)
- 3. Percentage of ar7cles published as OA (Graph reprinted from R. Poynder, “Open Access by Numbers,” Open and Shut, June 19, 2011.
- 5. Implica7ons?
- 6. Poten7al Use Cases -‐ Users • Discovery of and access to OA material via a MetaIndex • Reader understanding of access status • General public/non-‐professional researcher understanding of access status • Researcher understanding of re-‐use permissions • Ci7ng version of OA item
- 7. Poten7al Use Cases -‐ Content Providers/Aggregators • Use of content, for repositories • Text-‐mining content • Conflic7ng OA licensing statements made when ar7cle metadata supplied to repositories • Poten7al discovery of and access to OA ar7cles in hybrid journals • Deposi7ng research/ar7cles in IR • Producing DOI/cita7on for OA items
- 8. Poten7al Use Cases -‐ Funder, government, and ins7tu7ons • Funders tracking policy compliance • Repor7ng on policy compliance or performance
- 9. <CAVEAT> I am not (nor is NISO) advoca7ng for Open Access Not for more, greater, freer, or cheaper Open Access
- 10. But if publishers are going to adopt Open Access the community needs to be able to machine process that fact
- 13. Working Group Members Note: Logos represent WG members. It does not imply institutional support for the project or its output.
- 14. A Bit More Information • NISO Workroom: www.niso.org/workrooms/OAmetadata • Scholarly Kitchen: hep://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2012/12/05/as-‐hybrid-‐ open-‐access-‐grows-‐the-‐scholarly-‐community-‐needs-‐ar7cle-‐ level-‐oa-‐metadata/ • Serials Review: hep://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.serrev.2013.02.001 (subs Req’d)
- 15. Thank you! Todd Carpenter, Executive Director tcarpenter@niso.org National Information Standards Organization (NISO) 3600 Clipper Mill Road, Suite 302 Baltimore, MD 21211 USA +1 (301) 654-2512 www.niso.org