If you represent a consortium of organizations, please indicate
why these partnerships were formed and how they will best serve the
execution of the project and the interests of the scientific community.
Public goods infrastructure is most effective with a distributed,
coordinated model of contributorship to draw on multiple sources of
expertise and to promote inclusivity. There are five key components of
The Commons:
- Preprints Repository: COS’s SHARE service already meets most
of the requirements for the repository of preprints for aggregated
indexing, search, and discovery.
- Submission Service: COS’s OSF Preprints already meets
most of the requirements for the submission service for preprints.
- Conversion Tools: Manuscripts.app and Authorea have developed
conversion libraries, renderers, and editors that can be extended to
meet functionality requirements. Additional contributions by a
community of experts (e.g., CoKo Foundation, Pandoc,
CiteSeerx) will chart a meta-roadmap for an open
suite of services.
- Automated Screening Tools: Crossref offers services for automated screening for plagiarism that offer
immediate value for a fee. COS and the community experts will advance
open solutions.
- Service Administration: COS’s community team already provides
user and administrative support for the operation of the OSF. This
team will add personnel dedicated to efficient service administration
of The Commons.
Technical capability (2000
words)
Explain why your organization or consortia of organizations are
well-qualified to undertake the development and management of the CS.
Please address the questions below: