The openCost team is pleased to present a draft of another metadata schema to the community for discussion. In a first step, the openCost team worked with (inter)national experts to develop a metadata schema for fee-based, individual articles. Now the openCost schema also includes transformative agreements and memberships.
To further improve the published metadata schema, the openCost team is inviting feedback from the community until Oct 15 2023 as a GitHub Issue or via E-Mail. After the end of that comment period, all incoming suggestions will be discussed by the openCost team and, where required, incorporated into the metadata schema. If you have any questions about the correct application of the scheme, please feel free to contact us by e-mail. Please send us a sample invoice for this purpose.
Community discussion
Of course, there will be the opportunity for an exchange with the project team. First, openCost will be represented at this year’s Open Access Days. On Wednesday, Sept 27 2023, openCost will report on its current work, progress as well as new project results in the presentation “Transparent publishing with openCost: news on the technical cost data infrastructure”. After the presentation there will be enough time for discussion with the participants.
In addition, the openCost team will host an online event via Zoom again to discuss the metadata schema for transformative agreements and memberships with the community. We cordially invite all interested parties to this event. The online discussion will take place on Oct 12 2023 Zoom. Informal registration via email is requested.
Information on the online discussion
– Date: Thursday, Oct 12 2023, 11 am to 1 pm
– Venue: Zoom (Link will be sent to registered participants before the event)
Schema available via GitHub Repository
The metadata schema can be viewed in our GitHub repository. If you have any questions, comments, or observations about the metadata schema, please feel free to create an issue in the repository at any time. Alternatively, you can send us feedback via the openCost mailing list or leave a comment on our website, which we will turn into Issues for you.
The openCost team invites all interested parties to participate in the development of the metadata schema and looks forward to a constructive discussion.