Many thanks, Neil

It is good that projects are working together as described and look forward to the outcomes.

I suppose my frustration arises because we are being forced along at great pace - mainly by the RC Policy and the new ROS reporting collection system - before there are clear definitions for what is required for reporting and no roadmap on what data will be used by which RC and when.

This makes it difficult for us to work efficiently with our system suppliers and runs the risk of considerable rework and cost.

In contrast, for example, is the REF - which although we may complain about some of the data requirements - at least they are clearly documented and defined and in good time (more or less!) for us to develop and test our systems.

All the best and I know you appreciate my concerns.

Anna

Anna Clements
Enterprise Architect
University of St Andrews
St Andrews, Fife,KY16 9AL

On 8 Feb 2013, at 09:02, "Neil JACOBS" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Thanks Anna, well the UK needs something quickly certainly, but I guess others do too.
> Here's my understanding of some of what's going on here.
> Jisc supported the RIOXX project http://rioxx.net/ , which is developing a simple DC schema for UK repositories to meet UK Research Council requirements, and this should also enable them to meet OpenAIRE requirements (thought there are some nuances there that will need a bit of attention).
> Jisc also supports the V4OA project http://www.v4oa.net/ which is gathering together the requirements / use cases for vocabularies for OA publications.  These will inform the NISO project.  There will be mutual representation on the NISO and V4OA groups to ensure they join up.
> Both RIOXX and V4OA are led by UKOLN in the UK (Paul Walk). Paul is also working with Brigitte Joerg at UKOLN to ensure CERIF is well adopted in the UK - and Brigitte sits on the CERIF task group of EuroCRIS of course.
> Jisc and UKOLN are also involved in the UK work of the international CASRAI initiative, to develop data dictionaries for various aspects of research information, including OA research outputs and reporting.
> Finally, I am writing this from the OpenAIRE interoperability workshop in Minho, and people here such as Eloy Rodrigues are well aware of all the above.
> So, I hope it is all joined up to some extent, and we can see results reasonably soon. But, as we know, getting agreement on vocabularies is not always easy, as they are often tied up with organisations' internal management and workflows.
> Best wishes
> Neil
> 
> 
> 
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> From: Repositories discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Anna Clements
> Sent: 07 February 2013 17:32
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> Subject: Re: NISO Launches New Initiative to Develop Standard for Open Access Metadata and Indicators
> 
> Interesting news.
> 
> What worries me a little is that it seems there are a lot of bodies looking at this - so will we end up with a single  standard in a reasonable (ie ASAP) time frame?
> 
> All the best
> 
> Anna
> 
> 
> Anna Clements
> Enterprise Architect
> University of St Andrews
> St Andrews, Fife,KY16 9AL
> 
> On 7 Feb 2013, at 17:27, "Cynthia Hodgson" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
>> NISO Launches New Initiative to Develop Standard for Open Access 
>> Metadata and Indicators Interested participants from all library 
>> types, publishers, and funding agencies are encouraged to contact NISO
>> 
>> The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) voting members 
>> have approved a new project to develop standardized bibliographic 
>> metadata and visual indicators to describe the accessibility of 
>> journal articles as well as potentially describe how "open" the item 
>> is. Many offerings are available from publishers under the banner of 
>> Open Access (OA), Increased Access, Public Access, or other 
>> descriptions; the terms offered vary between publishers and, in some 
>> cases, based on the funding organization of the author. Adding to the 
>> potential confusion, a number of publishers also offer hybrid options 
>> in which some articles are "open" while the rest of the journal's 
>> content are available only by subscription or license. No standardized 
>> bibliographic metadata currently provides information on whether a 
>> specific article is freely readable and what re-use rights might be 
>> available to readers. Visual indicators or icons indicating the 
>> openness of an article are inconsistent in both design and use across publishers or even across journals from the same publisher.
>> 
>> "The NISO OA metadata and indicator project would complement other 
>> related efforts currently underway," states Nettie Lagace, NISO's 
>> Associate Director for Programs. "Such projects include CrossMark, 
>> CrossRef's update identification service; How Open Is It?, a guide 
>> developed by PLoS, SPARC, and OASPA; Vocabularies for OA (V40A), a 
>> JISC/UKOLN project; ONIX-PL, a specification for communicating 
>> licensing terms developed by EDItEUR; the Linked Content Coalition; 
>> and NISO's Open Discovery Initiative. Coordination and communication 
>> with these projects will be an important aspect of the NISO working group's efforts."
>> 
>> "The benefits of having standardized OA metadata and indicators should 
>> have a positive impact on many participants in the scholarly 
>> communications chain," explains Todd Carpenter, NISO's Executive 
>> Director. "Funders who have implemented OA mandates would have a 
>> mechanism to determine if a specific article or researcher is 
>> compliant with their policies. Publishers of hybrid journals would 
>> benefit by having a simple mechanism for signaling the OA status of 
>> the articles published under that model. Authors could more easily 
>> determine whether their selected distribution option is being respected and be able to document their compliance with funder requirements.
>> Readers could more easily ascertain from search results if they can 
>> read an article for free or fee-and more easily adhere to the terms 
>> that publishers have established. Aggregators and discovery service 
>> providers would have an improved mechanism of programmatically 
>> collecting and surfacing OA articles that are available in the community."
>> 
>> The project launched by NISO will focus initially on metadata elements 
>> that describe the readership rights associated with an OA article. 
>> Specifically, the NISO Working Group will determine the optimal 
>> mechanisms to describe and transmit the right, if any, an arbitrary 
>> user has to access a specific article from any internet connection 
>> point. Recommendations will include a means for distribution and 
>> aggregation of this metadata in machine-readable form. The group will 
>> also consider the feasibility of incorporating information on re-use 
>> rights and the feasibility of reaching agreement on transmission of that data.
>> 
>> Individuals interested in participating in this working group should 
>> contact Nettie Lagace ([log in to unmask]). An interest group list for 
>> this project will be available for those who would like to receive 
>> updates on the Working Group's progress and provide feedback to the 
>> group on its work. To subscribe, send an e-mail to [log in to unmask]
>> 
>> 
>> Cynthia Hodgson
>> Technical Editor / Consultant
>> National Information Standards Organization [log in to unmask]
>> 301-654-2512
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