DINI Certificate "Document and Publication Services" 2010

"In summer 2010 the DINI working group for Electronic Publishing released the third edition of the DINI Certificate "Document and Publication Services" and by this adapted the well-established criteria catalogue for scholarly repository services to current developments. Now, the English version of the DINI Certificate 2010 has been made available to the public....2010 is the third version of the document. The certificate describes technical, organisational and legal aspects that should be considered in the process of setting up and operating a scholarly repository service and puts considerable interest in Open Access....The latest edition of the DINI certificate addresses particularly the following aspects: [1] The growing importance of the "golden road" to Open Access. [2] The increased demand for interoperability with comprehensive services. [3] The growing technical virtualization of Document and Publication Services (hosting of services). [4] A comprehensive view of the scientific and scholarly research processes...."