A pragmatic approach to metadata and compliance with funder policies - Research Information

abernard102@gmail.com 2015-04-14

Summary:

" ... Good metadata and common vocabularies to describe research outputs are still the keys to making UK research more visible and easy to track. In January 2015 the RIOXX metadata application profile version 2.0 was launched, along with guidance and plug-ins to work with repository software, enabling institutions to implement consistency across key metadata fields.   RIOXX version 2.0 is the result of two years of collaborative development between Jisc, Research Councils UK (RCUK) and the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE). By implementing it, universities and repositories will be able to ensure that their outputs are discoverable while demonstrating their compliance with RCUK’s OA policy. What’s more, certain criteria for the metadata elements will take them some way towards demonstrating that they comply with HEFCE’s policies on research. It won’t cover everything but it will ensure that there is consistency for some of the most important fields and so help with reporting to the next Research Excellence Framework (REF) submission.   Both RCUK and HEFCE endorse the RIOXX application profile and are encouraging research institutions to implement it now in order that they are can provide the required metadata described within it by April 2016; making a start sooner rather than later will bring early benefits in the improved ability of researchers and research managers to track research effectively over time ..."

Link:

http://www.researchinformation.info/news/news_story.php?news_id=1884

From feeds:

Open Access Tracking Project (OATP) » abernard102@gmail.com

Tags:

oa.new oa.comment oa.libraries oa.librarians oa.ir oa.green oa.metadata oa.rioxx oa.jisc oa.hefce oa.rcuk oa.uk oa.funders oa.mandates oa.compliance oa.repositories oa.policies

Date tagged:

04/14/2015, 08:32

Date published:

04/14/2015, 04:32