The Case for Interoperability for Open Access Repositories
Authors/Creators
- 1. Universidade do Minho, Portugal
- 2. Clobrige Consulting
- 3. Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR)
Editor (16):
Other:
- 1. EDINA, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- 2. Goettingen State and University Library, Germany
- 3. SURF, The Netherlands
- 4. CNR, Italy
- 5. Universidad Carlos II de Madrid, Spain
- 6. JISC, United Kingdom
- 7. UNED, Spain
- 8. University of Konstanz, Germany
- 9. University Bielefeld, Germany
- 10. Key Perspectives Ltd., United Kingdom
- 11. Universidad del Rosario, Colombia
Description
Open Access repositories, whose number has been steadily rising, are an important component of the global e-Research infrastructure. The real value of repositories lies in the potential to interconnect them to create a network of repositories, a network that can provide unified access to research outputs and be (re-) used by machines and researchers. However, in order to achieve this potential, we need interoperability. The purpose of this paper is to provide a high-level overview of interoperability of Open Access repositories, identify the major issues and challenges that need to be addressed, stimulate the engagement of the repository community and launch a process that will lead to the establishment of a COAR roadmap for repository interoperability.
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