[Open-access] [open-science] [okfn-discuss] Help make a comparison of open access journals on Wikipedia

[Mike Taylor]

DOAJ does have a slot in its metadata for licences: for example, if
you search for "acta":
http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=findJournals&uiLanguage=en&hybrid=&query=acta
27 of the 100 journals listed in the first page of results list the licence.

Obviously, though, that's not nearly enough. From my perspective two
top priorities for DOAJ now that it's up and running again are:

1. Populate the Licence field for *all* journals. Obviously not all
journals have an explicit statement of licence, but even for such
journals it's much better that the DOAJ entry clearly state
"unspecified" rather than no say anything.

2. Extend the search form to allow narrowing by licence (and other
criteria, I guess, but this is the big one).

-- Mike



On 28 January 2013 23:54, Peter Murray-Rust <pm286 at cam.ac.uk> wrote:
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 11:15 PM, Kẏra <kxra at freeculture.org> wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 5:51 PM, Peter Murray-Rust <pm286 at cam.ac.uk>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I think this is a great idea. Wiki* is increasingly going to underpin
>>> scholarship (academia has not done a very good job).
>>>
>>> You should keep in touch with DOAJ (directory of OA journals). It's been
>>> relaunched. They have been patchy up to now, but may gte more comprehensive
>>> in the future. Possibilities include:
>>> * you feed off them.
>>> * they feed of you
>>> * mutual feeding.
>>>
>>> P.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Peter Murray-Rust
>>> Reader in Molecular Informatics
>>> Unilever Centre, Dep. Of Chemistry
>>> University of Cambridge
>>> CB2 1EW, UK
>>> +44-1223-763069
>>> ___________________________
>>>
>>
>> Have been in touch with them...no luck. Conversation thus far:
>>
>
> They *should* be able to differentiate between licences. I think they don't
> regard it as high priority.
>
> At the risk of flooding almost all OKF lists I have added Open Bibliography.
> Mark MacGillivray and others have tools for starting to interrogate
> documents and their metadata about licences. Early days. But if DOAJ don't
> do it, we shall have to use machines to do it.
>
>
>
>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Kẏra <kxra at riseup.net>
>> Date: Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 6:09 PM
>> Subject: Re: DOAJ Feedback: Free culture licenses
>> To: Sonja Brage <sonja.brage at ub.lu.se>
>>
>>
>> I see. Where does this limitation stem from? Can this data not be compiled
>> over time so that this feature could be implemented? There are lots of
>> people who would help with such an effort.
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 1:03 PM, Sonja Brage <sonja.brage at ub.lu.se> wrote:
>>
>> (Sorry, i was not ironic. I thought that “hell” was some derivative of
>> heil, but it was only a dropped “o”. nothing new there.)
>>
>> Problem is that we cannot make a difference between the different CC:s in
>> the searches. we have received the question before.
>>
>> Regards, Sonja
>>
>>
>>
>> Från: danny.piccirillo at gmail.com [mailto:danny.piccirillo at gmail.com] För
>> K?ra
>> Skickat: den 28 januari 2013 18:47
>> Till: Sonja Brage
>> Ämne: Re: DOAJ Feedback: Free culture licenses
>>
>>
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> No, because only some of the Creative Commons licenses are free culture.
>> CC-BY and CC-BY-SA are free culture, as well as public domain. NonCommercial
>> and Nonderivative are not free culture.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Kẏra
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 12:43 PM, Sonja Brage <sonja.brage at ub.lu.se>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hell,
>> Did you mean such a search (it is only creative commons):
>> http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=licensedJournals&uiLanguage=en
>> Please get back if I have misunderstood.
>> Regards, the Doaj team, SB.
>> (What language is "hell"=hi?)
>> -----Ursprungligt meddelande-----
>> Från: kxra at riseup.net [mailto:kxra at riseup.net]
>> Skickat: den 28 januari 2013 14:24
>> Till: Sonja Brage
>> Ämne: DOAJ Feedback: Free culture licenses
>>
>> Hell,
>>
>> I was wondering if an option could be added to filter out the journals
>> which use free culture licenses as defined by freedomdefined.org (endorsed
>> by Creative Commons, Wikimedia, etc). This would be an invaluable addition
>> to the directory.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Kẏra
>>
>>
>> --
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>>
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> --
> Peter Murray-Rust
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> Unilever Centre, Dep. Of Chemistry
> University of Cambridge
> CB2 1EW, UK
> +44-1223-763069
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