Long-term digital archiving and preservation
To preserve scientific research results for access in future generations, independent preservation is of utmost importance, Journals may cease to exist, databases may become corrupted
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Find out more about establishing and running an online journal. This section covers software and infrastructure considerations, journal appearance and web design, metadata, structured content and persistent identifiers.
Find out more about establishing and running an online journal. This section covers software and infrastructure considerations, journal appearance and web design, metadata, structured content and persistent identifiers.
To preserve scientific research results for access in future generations, independent preservation is of utmost importance, Journals may cease to exist, databases may become corrupted
Many open access journals run on open source software. This software is freely available online and needs to be installed on a suitable server to
A journal’s website, called the front-end, is where users will make first contact. It should be carefully curated to convey a chosen set of messages.
Metadata is data that provides information about other data. In scholarly publishing, metadata refers to structured information that describes the attributes of an article, including
Structured content is information or data that is organised in a systematic and predictable way. There are various formats for structured content, the most notable
As research has moved from predominantly paper based to predominantly digital, the ways in which outputs are found, cited and archived have changed. Internet searches