The Cornell Law School is building an OA legal dictionary and encyclopedia on a wiki called Wex. However, at least at first, it will limit editing privileges to approved authors. "Potentially, anyone qualified [may write and edit entries]. We limit access to the Wex authoring apparatus as a way of ensuring that the quality of material here remains high, and free of vandalism of various kinds. If you're interested in becoming an author or editor, or if you want to know more about our selection criteria, take a look at the article on editorial contributions."
(PS: I've noticed this mutation at a number of academic wikis recently. It's an interesting middle ground between top-down quality control, which is secure but stodgy, and emergent quality control, which is communitarian but anarchical.)
Posted by
Peter Suber at 11/21/2005 04:25:00 PM.
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.
