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The state of metadata in open access journals: possibilities and restrictions

Francke, Helena LU (2008) 12th International Conference on Electronic Publishing p.56-67
Abstract
This paper reports on an inquiry into the use of metadata, publishing formats, and markup in editor-managed open access journals. It builds on findings from a study of the document architectures of open access journals, conducted through a survey of 265 journal web sites and a qualitative, descriptive analysis of 4 journal web sites. The journals’ choices of publishing formats and the consistency of their markup are described as a background. The main investigation is of their inclusion of metadata. Framing the description is a discussion of whether the journals’ metadata may be automatically retrieved by libraries and other information services in order to provide better tools for helping potential readers locate relevant journal articles.
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subject
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information access, open access, markup, scholarly journals, metadata
host publication
ELPUB:2008
editor
Chan, Leslie and Mornati, Susana
pages
12 pages
publisher
International Conference on Electronic Publishing (ELPUB)
conference name
12th International Conference on Electronic Publishing
conference location
Toronto, Canada
conference dates
2008-06-25 - 2008-06-27
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  • scopus:84869129763
ISBN
978-0-7727-6315-0
language
English
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yes
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fe2a6508-399a-4da1-996b-850e8f332d9f (old id 1182274)
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http://elpub.scix.net/cgi-bin/works/Show?_id=056_elpub2008
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  author       = {{Francke, Helena}},
  booktitle    = {{ELPUB:2008}},
  editor       = {{Chan, Leslie and Mornati, Susana}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{56--67}},
  publisher    = {{International Conference on Electronic Publishing (ELPUB)}},
  title        = {{The state of metadata in open access journals: possibilities and restrictions}},
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  year         = {{2008}},
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