Metadata and Vocabularies
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New version of the Resource Type Vocabulary now available
COAR is very pleased to announce the publication of the COAR Resource Type Controlled Vocabulary, Version 3.2. The vocabulary now contains 105 terms that represent the wide variety of scholarly resources that are being deposited, managed, and made available through repositories around the world. Each concept is accompanied by a definition and is related to
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COAR Announces first recommendation for supporting multilingual and non-English content in repositories
Multilingualism is a critical characteristic of a healthy, inclusive, and diverse research communications landscape. The Helsinki Initiative on Multilingualism in Scholarly Communication asserts that the disqualification of local or national languages in academic publishing is the most important – and often forgotten – factor that prevents societies from using and taking advantage of the research
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COAR releases resource types vocabulary version 3.0 for repositories with new look and feel
We are pleased to announce the release of version 3.0 of the resource types vocabulary. Since 2015, three COAR Controlled Vocabularies have been developed and are maintained by the Controlled Vocabulary Editorial Board: Resource types, access rights and version types. These vocabularies have a new look and are now being managed using the iQvoc platform, hosted by the University of Vienna
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COAR Recommendations for COVID-19 resources in repositories
These recommendations were last updated on June 15, 2020 English version in pdf format Spanish version Turkish version Around the world, research related to COVID-19 is being undertaken at unprecedented rates and rapid sharing of early research outputs at the international level is critically important. Many governments and funders are requiring immediate open access to
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