> I think we could introduce a distinction of two types
> of resources. A "dated" resource would aim to remain as
> it was at a particular time. A "timely" resource would
> be subject to change.
>
> Such a distinction would help to clarify the difference
> between e-journal and preprint collection. An ejournal
> (remember "jour" in French is day) would be a collection of "dated"
> material. If for example a typo would be found in a papers, this should
> not be corrected ex post. If the problem is severe, a correction should
> appear in a subsequent issue. A preprint collection, on the
> other hand would be about "timely" resources only.
I agree entirely, but the question of corrections can be handled in a
timely way, even for 'dated' papers. All that is needed is to permit
comments to be linked to the paper, and then either the author can
correct his/her own errors, or readers can point out problems or
whatever else. There is, of course, the question of whether the
comments are also dated (I feel they should be) and whether or not
they should be refereed (I am ambivalent on this).
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Bob Cottis, Corrosion and Protection Centre, UMIST,
P.O. Box 88, Manchester M60 1QD, UK
R.A.Cottis @ UMIST.AC.UK, Tel 061-200-4843 Fax 061-200-4865
Editor, Journal of Corrosion Science and Engineering
http://www.cp.umist.ac.uk/JCSE/JCSE.htm
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