[GOAL] Re: The "Funder Identification" Pseudo-Problem

[Stevan Harnad]

Paul,

I hope EDINA, Jisc, RCUK, HEFCE, Chygrove Ltd as well as OpenAIRE will also
try to harmonize with US Funding Agencies: Open Access is a global matter.

Best wishes, Stevan


On Sat, May 31, 2014 at 1:39 PM, Paul Walk <paul at paulwalk.net> wrote:

> On a general note:
>
> I agree that the bottom-up, repository-mediated approach to attaching
> information about funder and grant/project to OA outputs is feasible and,
> it seems to me, the preferred approach.
>
> On a more specific note:
>
> It should be noted that the OpenAIRE approach to identifying the
> grant/project is well-designed for EU-funded projects, but does not so
> easily accommodate other funders (e.g. UK Research Council). This was
> discussed on this list last year [^1]
>
> EDINA is working with Jisc, RCUK, HEFCE and Chygrove Ltd (as well as
> repository software suppliers) to develop a metadata application-profile
> better suited (but not restricted to) the identification of UK funders and
> projects.
>
> Details about this can be found at [^2] but please note that we are
> working on a significant revision to this to which should be published for
> comment in June.
>
> We remain in close contact with OpenAIRE (having discussed this at the
> COAR/OpenAIRE meeting last week) and have agreed to work closely to ensure
> that we can achieve the best possible, mutual interoperability.
>
> Regards
>
> Paul
>
> [^1]:
> https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=ind1304&L=jisc-repositories&F=&S=&P=28729
> [^2]: http://rioxx.net
>
>
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