The U.S. Categorization of Government Information (CGI) Working Group has released a Recommendation for Search Interoperability for public comment. Excerpt: "Because public access to government information is the basis of effective, accountable and transparent government, interoperability of government search facilities is essential. Adoption of a search service standard would serve the public interest by making government information more readily accessible through the diverse community of government information providers. Search interoperability also generates government-wide efficiencies: from increased information sharing, and from lowered costs for mechanisms needed to merge information from multiple government sources." Comments are due by September 27, 2004.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 8/25/2004 10:39:00 AM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
I recommend the OA tracking project (OATP) as the best way to stay on top of new OA developments. You can read the OATP feed on a blog-like web page or subscribe to it by RSS, email, or Twitter. You can also help build the feed by tagging new developments you encounter.
