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1. The terms Green and Gold appeared shortly after BOAI.<BR>
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2. Stevan Harnad invented these terms.<BR>
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3. I should let Stevan clarify this, but, again from memory, Green origin ally meant self-archiving, and Gold meant journals offering open access to their content.<BR>
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Then allkinds of things happened that did not simplify matters... <IMG SRC="cid:1366375816.2350.36.camel@maison.outlook.umontreal.ca" ALIGN="middle" ALT=":-)" BORDER="0"> <BR>
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Jean-Claude Guédon<BR>
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Le vendredi 19 avril 2013 à 12:59 +0900, Shigeki Sugita a écrit :
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Dear BOAI 2002 vanguards,
Someone please teach me about the original meanings or implications of "green" and "gold" at the time of the first BOAI recommendation. Why was self-archving named as "green" and OA journals as "gold"?
green: green light? "RoMEO-green"?
gold: highest grade? (like "Gold Medal")
Best wishes,
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Jean-Claude Guédon
Professeur titulaire
Littérature comparée
Université de Montréal
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