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 …
ScomCat
SComCat is a catalogue (knowledge base) of scholarly communication open technologies where the term "technologies" is defined to include software and some essential running services. The aim is to assist potential users in making decisions about which technologies they …
COAR Community Framework for Best Practices in Repositories
COAR is very pleased to announce the release of the COAR Community Framework for Best Practices in Repositories. The purpose of the framework is to assist repositories in evaluating and improving their current operations based on a set of …
Overlay model for peer review on repositories
COAR is pleased to share with you a proposed model for a standard approach to peer review of resources in repositories. The proposed model, prepared by Paul Walk, Martin Klein, Herbert Van de Sompel, and Kathleen Shearer with input …
COAR Submission to UNESCO Open Science Consultation
The widespread and rapid sharing of research results, commonly referred to as open science or open scholarship, is fundamental for addressing some of today’s most critical problems. Repositories provide essential services that manage and provide access to data, articles, …