NISO’s  Open  Access  Metadata  and  Indicators  Working  Group  

Ne#e  Lagace  (@abugseye)  CNI  Fall  Mee5ng  Washington  DC  

December  9,  2013  

Working  Group’s  Objec;ves  

1.  A  specified  format  for  bibliographic  metadata  and  possibly,  a  set  of  visual  signals,  describing  the  readership  rights  associated  with  a  single  scholarly  work  

2.  Recommended  mechanisms  for  publishing  and  distribu5ng  this  metadata  

3.  A  report  on  the  feasibility  of  including  clear  informa5on  on  downstream  re-­‐use  rights  within  the  current  project  and,  if  judged  feasible,  inclusion  of  these  elements  in  outputs  1  and  2  

4.  A  report  sta5ng  how  the  adop5on  of  these  outputs  would  answer  (or  not)  specific  use  cases  to  be  developed  by  the  Working  Group  

Working  Group  Membership  

Co-­‐chairs:  •  Cameron  Neylon,  PLoS  •  Ed  Pentz,  CrossRef  •  Greg  Tananbaum,  Consultant  

(SPARC)  Members:    •  Tim  Devenport,  EDItEUR  •  Gregg  Gordon,  Social  Science  

Research  Network  (SSRN)  •  Julie  Hardesty,  Indiana  

University  Library  •  Paul  Keller,  Europeana  

Licensing  Framework  

•  Cecy  Marden,  The  Wellcome  Library  

•  Jack  Ochs,  American  Chemical  Society  

•  Heather  Reid,  Copyright  Clearance  Center  

•  Jill  Russell,  University  of  Birmingham  

•  Chris  Shillum,  Elsevier  •  Ben  Showers,  JISC  •  Ee_e  Smit,  STM  

Associa5on  •  Chris5ne  Stohn,  Ex  Libris  •  Timothy  Vollmer,  Crea5ve  

Commons  

“open  access”  poli;cally  fraught  

•  Won’t  use  this  label  Factual  informa5on:  –  Is  a  specified  work  free  to  read  –  can  it  be  accessed  by  anyone  who  has  access  to  the  Web?  

– What  re-­‐use  rights  are  granted  to  this  reader?  

•  Minimal  set  of  metadata  needed  •  Decided  not  to  create/recommend  a  logo  

Two  tags  •  <free_to_read>

<free_to_read start_date=“2013-02-03” end_date=“2013-10-03”> <free_to_read start_date=“2015-02-03”>

•  <license_ref> <license_ref start_date=“2014-02-03”>http://www.psychoceramics.org/license_v1.html</license_ref> <license_ref start_date=“2014-02-03”>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US</license_ref>

Distribu;ng  Metadata  

•  Who?  Publishers,  aggregators,  content  providers  

•  Include  the  metadata  in  all  standard  metadata  sets  –  Intended  that  this  popula5on/distribu5on  will  become  part  of  standard  editorial  and  produc5on  workflows  

•  Could  also  include  in  alerts  such  as  e-­‐TOCs  and  RSS  feeds  and  A&I  feeds    

What’s  Next?  

•  Public  Review  and  Comment  period  •  Working  Group  will  address  and  poten5ally  incorporate  Comments  

•  NISO  Approval  •  NISO  Publica5on  as  a  Recommended  Prac5ce  

Thank  you!  Ques5ons?  nlagace@niso.org  

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