The CRAFT-OA project created this useful training material to introduce technical standards in Diamond Open Access journal publishing. The training is a compilation of essential reading especially relevant for Diamond Open Access publishers and service providers to ensure publication quality.
The curriculum is organised in thematic blocks, which summarise technical gaps faced by the Open Access journals and are largely based on the findings of the Craft-OA project. The blocks are as follows:
- Publishing systems and their features (§ 5.1)
- Metadata I: quality through standards (§ 5.2)
- Metadata II: identifiers (§ 5.3)
- Metadata III: licensing , OA and self-archiving policy (§ 5.4)
- Content accessibility (§ 5.5)
This course is especially relevant for Diamond Open Access publishers and service providers to ensure publication quality.