On Sun, 19 Sep 2021 at 11:11, Peter Patel-Schneider <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sun, 2021-09-19 at 12:17 +0300, Federico Leva (Nemo) wrote: > > [...] > > > The Wikidata community also can't benefit from those publications > > unless > > they're made (libre) open access, so I think it would be fair to > > require > > all the papers will be OA (preferably) or explaining how the authors > > can > > archive them (for free) under a free license (libre green OA) à la: > > https://www.coalition-s.org/rights-retention-strategy/ > > https://cyber.harvard.edu/hoap/How_to_make_your_own_work_open_access > > I think this is too strong. There is no reason that the Wikidata > community cannot benefit from publications in venues that are not open > access. Of course open access makes publications more accessible and > more in line with Wikidata goals but to my mind a publication that is > not open access can provide a benefit to the Wikidata community. While "can't benefit from those publications" over-states the case, choosing to allow (contextualized, appropriate, etc.) CfPs associated with events/publications that are in line with Wikidata goals does make sense. Giving a positive nudge and benefit to likeminded efforts seems fine. The challenge is that this isn't a strict boolean (eg exclusive elite expensive events with open proceedings, or more inclusive/accessible participation but old-style publication…), and policing those grey areas is work for someone. I guess refining policing wiki rules is what some folks do for fun around here, so maybe I should switch to listening mode at this point… Dan > > > From a search <https://link.lens.org/AFeru5oPGdg> it's easy to find > > good and bad examples. Bad is > > e.g. > https://www.elsevier.com/journals/journal-of-web-semantics/1570-8268/guide-for-authors > > > > > (claims embargos and all sorts of restrictions), rather good is e.g. > > <https://aclanthology.org/venues/emnlp/> > > (<https://aclanthology.org/faq/> states CC-BY). > > I think that you should have searched further and found out more about > the open access policy of the Journal of Web Semantics. In > > https://www.elsevier.com/journals/journal-of-web-semantics/1570-8268/open-access-options > there is "In accordance with funding body requirements, Elsevier does > offer alternative open access publishing options. Visit our open access > page for full information." > > > Federico > > peter > > _______________________________________________ > Wikidata mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >
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