OpenAIRE Guidelines for Other Research Products (ORP) Repository Managers

These guidelines describe the application profile for ORPs Repository managers to be compatible with OpenAIRE.

Introduction

Aim

The OpenAIRE Guidelines for Other Research Products (ORP) Repository Managers 1.0 provide orientation for repository managers to define and implement their local management policies according to the requirements of the OpenAIRE - Open Access Infrastructure for Research in Europe. These guidelines are intended to provide indications on how to cite ORPs products.

By implementing these Guidelines, repository managers will enable authors to incorporate their research product into the OpenAIRE infrastructure for discoverability and utilizing value-added services provided by the OpenAIRE portal. The metadata of the products should be included in the OpenAIRE information space, and exposed when the research artefact is related to an open access publication e.g. referred by an article. By implementing the OpenAIRE Guidelines, the creation of enhanced publications and building the stepping-stones for a linked data infrastructure for research is facilitated. Exposure and visibility of content from a range of European repositories will be significantly increased when a common and interoperable approach is taken as well as adhering to existing guidelines. OpenAIRE is happy to assist in adherence to these guidelines. This compatibility will lead to future interoperability between research infrastructures, and structured metadata is of benefit to individual data repositories and the scholarly community at large.

The Guidelines take inspiration from DataCite, on the side of citation metadata, and from the OpenMinTed SHARE-OMTD software guidelines.

Acknowledgements & Contributors

Editors

  • Miriam Baglioni (CNR, Italy)
  • Alessia Bardi (CNR, Italy)
  • Paolo Manghi (CNR, Italy)

Experts & Reviewers

  • Jochen Schirrwagen (Bielefeld University, Germany)
  • Claudio Atzori (CNR, Italy)
  • Lars Holm Nielsen (CERN, Switzerland)
  • Leo Mack (JISC, UK)

Application Profile Overview

This documentation uses the following namespace abbreviation:

OpenAIRE-Field Metadata Element
1 Identifier (M) datacite:identifier
2. Author (M) datacite:creator
3. Contact Person (O) datacite:contributor
4. Contact Group (O) datacite:contributor
5. Name (M) datacite:title
6. Repository (R) datacite:publisher
7. Type (M) datacite:resourceType
8. Subject (R) datacite:subject
9. Release date (R) datacite:date
10. Description language (O) datacite:language
11. Alternate identifier (O) datacite:alternateIdentifier
12. Landing page (R) datacite:alternateIdentifier
13. Distribution location (R) datacite:alternateIdentifier
14. Documentation (R) datacite:relatedIdentifier
15. RelatedIdentifier (R) datacite:relatedIdentifier
16. Format (O) datacite:format
17. Version Number (R) datacite:version
18. Access Rights (M) datacite:rights
19. Licence Condition (R) datacite:rights
20. Description (R) datacite:description
21. Tool (R) datacite:description
22. Funding Reference (R) datacite:fundingReference

Examples of valid metadata records

Example