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Dear Leslie, DINI does not indent to be the institution that would develop international guidelines. Because Guidance is what we think is the aim of that initiative. Information infrastructures esp. repository infrastructures are too different between countries. In Germany this helped to reach a quite high level of standardised repositories. We would very much like to discuss this approach as it is a centralistic one, we know that, and the details esp. in Europe. We have had several people thathad expressed interest in using this approach to develop national strategies. So under this context, your rematks are extremely helpful to see where German Deelopments may meet international use. All the best! Susanne. Leslie Carr schrieb: > A quick browse of the DINI criteria would seem to indicate that this > draft is quite helpful but that it exposes certain specific > requirements that aren't general enough to cope with the repository > landscape as we see it today. Is this document intended to develop > into an Internation Certificate? > > For example, "a document with altered content must be treated as a new > document (new persisitent identifier)". Not all repositories assign > unique persistent identifiers to individual documents / bitstreams, > and those that do don't necessarily expose those identifiers. In the > case of a repository which has one record (and one identifier) per > FRBR-style "ScholarlyWork", there may be various ways of > distinguishing between its preprint, postprint, publisher's PDF and > PowerPoint presenttiuon versions, but they NOT NECESSARILY all be > separate repository records. > > Other tiny isuess: an indexing policy must exist/Dewey Decimal > Classification must be used/a subject classification scheme must be used. > -- > Les > > > > On 19 Dec 2006, at 13:23, Susanne Dobratz wrote: > >> Dear Collegues, >> >> I would like to inform you that the preliminary english version of >> the DINI certificate for document and publication services is >> available via the DINI Webserver: >> http://www.dini.de/documents/DINI_certificate_eng_2006-10-12_draft.pdf >> >> ---short description -- >> >> Installing and institutionalising document and publication >> repositories at universities creates the opportunity to archive >> scholarly publications that were produced at the respective >> universities and to offer them to a worldwide audience. This new >> service offered by libraries and computing centres as infrastructure >> facilities helps disseminate the idea of electronic publishing as a >> new tool for academic work. DINI, the Deutsche Initiative für >> Netzwerkinformation (German Initiative for Network Information), >> supports this to reach a higher level of scientific and scholarly >> communication both nationally and internationally. >> >> To reach this goal it is necessary to create a network of Document >> and Publication Services. The ‘DINI-Certificate Document and >> Publication Services’ includes current international developments, >> describes how Document and Publication Services support the >> open-access publication of scholarly documents, and shows how as >> Institutional Repositories they can position themselves in their >> respective institutions, especially with regard to supporting >> scholars and scientists to make pre and post prints of their >> documents available that have already been published by publishing >> houses – free of time or space constraints. >> >> The DINI-Certificate 2007 aims for the following: >> • Provide a detailed description of the requirements of certified >> Document and Publication Services >> • Position Document and Publication Services as an Institutional >> Repository >> • Highlight development directions in the areas of developing >> services and of information exchange >> • Offer a visible reference to both users and providers to certify >> the adherence to defined standards and recommendations by the >> respective Document and Publication Services >> >> By issuing this certificate, DINI offers a quality control for >> Document and Publication Services. >> >> A set of mandatory minimum requirements of a service and its provider >> must be attained, prior to the award of the DINI Certificate. >> Fulfilling these requirements is essential in order to allow modern >> scholarly communication. At the same time, DINI makes recommendations >> with regard to foreseeable developments that might become future >> requirements. >> >> ----- >> >> Please distribute this information in your communities! >> >> Best Whishes for Christmas and New Year! >> >> Susanne Dobratz. >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Susanne Dobratz >> Head Electronic Publishing Group >> University Library & Computer and Media Services >> Humboldt-University Berlin Unter den Linden 6 >> 10099 Berlin, Germany >> Visiting address: http://www.hu-berlin.de/~dobratz/ >> Erwin Schrödinger-Zentrum email: [log in to unmask] >> Rudower Chaussee 26 phone: +49+30+2093-7070 >> 12489 Berlin fax: +49+30+2093-2959 >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > > -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Susanne Dobratz Head Electronic Publishing Group University Library & Computer and Media Services Humboldt-University Berlin Unter den Linden 6 10099 Berlin, Germany Visiting address: http://www.hu-berlin.de/~dobratz/ Erwin Schrödinger-Zentrum email: [log in to unmask] Rudower Chaussee 26 phone: +49+30+2093-7070 12489 Berlin fax: +49+30+2093-2959 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------