Stephen's Web ~ The Four R’s of Openness and ALMS Analysis: Frameworks for Open Educational Resources ~ Stephen Downes

"In the ongoing discussion on OER repositories David Wiley suggested today that "While many people are aware of the 5Rs framework for thinking about the legal openness of OER, but far fewer people are aware of the ALMS framework for thinking about the technical openness of OER." It was introduced in 2010 in Open Learning, a Taylor & Francis journal that throws up a subscription barrier if I want to read it."