The #EuropeanCommission is finally considering whether "#OpenSource software (#OSS)…can be used as a foundation for developing the new #publishing platform" for EC-funded #OpenAccess research.
https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/cc087fd8-82b3-11ee-99ba-01aa75ed71a1/language-en
Unfortunately, the new software would merely "underpin" #OpenResearchEurope (#ORE), not replace it. ORE is proprietary software owned by #TaylorAndFrancis. When the EC called for bids on ORE, it did not require open code despite many calls to do so.
Analysis of the requirements for the Open Source infrastructure of the Open Research Europe Publishing Platform - Publications Office of the EU
Open Research Europe (ORE) is the peer-reviewed open-access publishing platform of the European Commission. It follows the post-publication peer review model to promote scientific transparency and reuse.Publications Office of the EU
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in reply to petersuber • • •Update. Here are some of my own past calls (2018-2020) for the EC specs to require that #OpenResearchEurope (#ORE) be #OpenSource.
https://twitter.com/petersuber/status/1241106910574784519
EC awarded the ORE contract to #F1000 in March 2020.
https://research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/news/all-research-and-innovation-news/european-commission-awards-contract-setting-open-access-publishing-platform-2020-03-20_en
#TaylorAndFrancis had acquired F1000 in January 2020.
https://newsroom.taylorandfrancisgroup.com/f1000-research-joins-taylor-francis/
F1000 Research joins Taylor & Francis Group - Taylor & Francis Newsroom
Jodie Bell (Taylor & Francis)petersuber
in reply to petersuber • • •Update. Here's the #EuropeanCommission call for tenders on the new #OpenSource infrastructure for Open [#OpenAccess] Research Publishing.
https://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:737455-2023:TEXT:EN:HTML&src=0
The EC estimates it will pay €1 million for 2 years of work. Tenders are due by January 31, 2024.
#Code4OA #FLOSS #ORE #OSS
737455-2023 - Competition
TEDpetersuber
in reply to petersuber • • •Update. Open Research Europe (#ORE) is still planning to shift from closed to #OpenSource, and from proprietary to #OpenInfrastructure.
https://www.openaire.eu/open-research-europe-an-update
"[ORE] should be collectively owned and supported by research funders and research institutions and operate as a service for researchers with no author facing fees. The aim is for the infrastructure of the platform to be open source."
Open Research Europe: An Update
OpenAIREpetersuber
in reply to petersuber • • •Update. More on the EC plan for Open Research Europe (#ORE) to adopt an #OpenSource core.
https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/3603e219-6a65-11ef-a8ba-01aa75ed71a1/language-en
See §2.4.5. "ORE will be underpinned by an #OpenSource software #infrastructure, the core elements of which will be developed with the support of the Commission and will follow #OpenStandards. Its infrastructure will be in line with the Principles for Open Scholarly Infrastructure [#POSI] and with the Open Source Software Strategy of the European Commission."
Open research Europe - Publications Office of the EU
Publications Office of the EUpetersuber
in reply to petersuber • • •Update. Very good news: The European Commission picked #OpenJournalSystems (#OJS) to be the #OpenSource core of #OpenResearchEurope (#ORE).
https://pkp.sfu.ca/2024/09/12/ojs-infrastructure-for-open-research-europe/
At least at its core, the primary platform for hosting EC-funded #OpenAccess research will finally now be #OpenInfrastructure.
OPEN JOURNAL SYSTEMS (OJS) SELECTED AS INFRASTRUCTURE TO UNDERPIN OPEN RESEARCH EUROPE PUBLISHING PLATFORM - Public Knowledge Project
Famira Racy (Public Knowledge Project)