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EC report calls for more open access content.(European Commission)
Byline: Tracey Caldwell
EC report calls for more open access content
Tracey Caldwell
Linking and markup technologies must be promoted if open access is to become more widely adopted, according to one of the recommendations of the EC report on scientific publishing, released last month. But critics have slammed the recommendation, saying it is 'putting the cart before the horse'.
Recommendation A5 of Study on the economic and technical evolution of the scientific publications market in Europe states that the European Commission should support R&D on interoperability issues such as meta-data and the XML format.
It also says the EC should be promoting the wide implementation of linking technologies, especially the open standard OpenURL, and interoperable standard protocols, especially the OAI-PMH.
Stevan Harnad, OA champion, said the EC had got things the wrong way round. "A5 is about fostering interoperable tools to improve visibility. But without the content, there's nothing to be made visible."
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Source: HighBeam Research, EC report calls for more open access content.(European Commission)