Journal article metadata and book metadata
Coordinators: Ludo Waltman (Leiden University), Mariángela Nápoli (Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales - CLACSO)
This working group focuses on advancing the openness of metadata for journal articles and books. Its goal is to ensure that key publication metadata are made openly available and can be widely used to improve transparency, discoverability, and reuse of scholarly outputs.
To support this transition, the group addresses questions such as what essential publication metadata should be openly available, how institutions can work collectively to promote openness of publication metadata in their interactions with publishers, and how publishers with limited resources can be supported in making their metadata openly available.
The group’s work is organized into three task forces.
Task forces
Metadata framework
Task force leads: Adam Buttrick (California Digital Library), Bianca Kramer, Bárbara Rivera López (Barcelona Declaration)
- Identify key metadata elements for various research outputs, linked to use cases of working groups / working group members
Negotiating openness of publication metadata (Joint Taskforce with OA2020)
Task force leads: Ludo Waltman (CWTS, Leiden University); Miranda Bennett (California Digital Library / OA2020)
- Enable research organizations to negotiate the openness of publication metadata with publishers by developing shared frameworks, clauses, and practical tools.
Supporting poorly-resourced publishers
Task force leads: Dominic Mitchell (DOAJ)
- List recommended and desired metadata elements
- Identify obstacles for publishers in creating and supplying metadata
Outcomes
Outcomes from the Working Group will be added here as they become available.