[GOAL] Re: Open Science - Open Access - Open Metadata: New Psychology Resource PubPsych

Erich Weichselgartner wga at uni-trier.de
Thu Jul 18 21:25:25 BST 2013


On 18.07.2013 20:40, Thomas Krichel wrote:

>    Erich Weichselgartner writes
>
>> Sorry, but this is why I didn't write "open metadata".
>
>    You did, in your subject. The subject you chose is
>    "Open Science - Open Access - Open Metadata: New Psychology Resource PubPsych"
>
>> At this point it is not open; there are too many stakeholders
>> involved. But it's a start ...
>
>    You are misleading your readers. Since it's not open there is no start.
>
>    It would be a start if there would at least be a subset of metadata
>    elements that is open, like, say title, author names and full text
>    URLs. This would help.

It's a start if you look into the usually very high priced metadata 
offerings in psychology. And it's a start in the sense that we will try 
to become more open ... Rome wasn't built in a day, Erich




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