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Research draft

open access

vr.tr.open-access · XCT.QLT

Let an agent explain open access, relay models, policies, licensing and debates from scholarly communication sources with attribution, describe the forms and initiatives the registry aliases name, and distinguish open access from free-to-read access without reuse rights, open data, open science generally and unauthorised shadow libraries.

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Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent explain open access, relay models, policies, licensing and debates from scholarly communication sources with attribution, describe the forms and initiatives the registry aliases name, and distinguish open access from free-to-read access without reuse rights, open data, open science generally and unauthorised shadow libraries.

The practice of making research outputs such as journal articles, books and data freely available online without payment barriers, and often with open licences allowing reuse, defined in the 2002 Budapest Open Access Initiative, achieved through open-access publishing in journals, known as gold open access, through self-archiving in repositories, known as green open access, and through diamond open access with no fees for authors or readers, supported by policies such as Plan S, secondary publication rights in national law and national strategies such as that of the Netherlands, and extended to cultural heritage by the OpenGLAM movement.

What it is for: Free and open availability of research.

It can be explain models and licences; relay policies and debates; describe named forms and initiatives; distinguish related concepts.

Distinguishing features

Free to read

Reuse rights

Several routes

Funder policies

What it looks like

Not a visible object; seen as freely downloadable articles, often with open licence notices.

Physical character

Budapest Open Access Initiative: 2002 year

Plan S announced: 2018 year - cOAlition S

common licence: CC BY licence

How it is recognised

Free online access to research outputs

Secondary publication, diamond open access, open-access publishing, self-archiving, OpenGLAM, open access in the Netherlands

Free-to-read may lack reuse rights; open data covers datasets; open science is broader; shadow libraries infringe copyright

Related models

is a kind of - in registry terms

information access

uses -

Creative Commons license

is promoted by -

Plan S

is contrasted with -

shadow library

In practice

Families and kinds

gold open access

green open access and self-archiving

diamond or platinum open access

hybrid open access

secondary publication rights

open GLAM heritage access

Standards and regulation

Funder mandates such as Plan S and national policies

Copyright law including secondary publication rights

Creative Commons licences

Failure modes and hazards

Predatory journals exploiting fees

Article processing charges excluding authors, as critics argue

Confusing open access with piracy

Also called

secondary publicationdiamond open accessopen-access publishingself-archivingOpenGLAMopen access in the Netherlandsplatinum open accessblack open access

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Understand What open access is.

Attribution.

Definition

Definition.

Definition

Definition.

  1. What is open access, and how does it differ from free-to-read, open data, open science and shadow libraries? definition
  2. Is the question about publishing, finding free articles legally, policy or heritage collections? boundary

Forms

Named forms and initiatives.

Forms

Forms.

  1. What are secondary publication, diamond open access, open-access publishing, self-archiving, OpenGLAM and Dutch open access policy? definition
  2. Which entry fits the specific form? action
Models Publishing models.

Attribution.

Routes

Gold, green and diamond.

Routes

Routes.

  1. How do gold, green, hybrid and diamond models work and who pays? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

Debates

Debates.

Debates

Debates.

  1. What do supporters and critics say about APCs, transformative agreements and quality, with positions attributed? provenance
  2. Is the presentation neutral? boundary
Policy Policy and law.

Regulation.

Mandates

Funder mandates.

Mandates

Mandates.

  1. What do Plan S and national funders require, checked against current sources? provenance
  2. Which sources are cited? provenance

Law

Secondary publication rights.

Law

Law.

  1. How do secondary publication rights such as the Dutch Taverne amendment work? provenance
  2. Which entry fits copyright law? action
Context Tools and heritage.

Context.

Finding

Finding open articles.

Finding

Finding.

  1. How can readers find legal open versions through repositories and tools such as Unpaywall? provenance
  2. Which entry fits institutional repository? action

GLAM

Open heritage.

GLAM

GLAM.

  1. How do museums and libraries open collections under OpenGLAM principles? provenance
  2. Which entry fits OpenGLAM? action

What the second pass must settle

  • Should green, gold and diamond be separate entries?
  • How should scholarly communication sources be linked?
  • How should national policies be kept current?