The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) has announced publication of its updated Access & License Indicators (ALI) Recommended Practice (NISO RP-22-2021). Originally published in 2015, this Recommended Practice defines the metadata indicators used to indicate free-to-read content, as well as for linking to license terms for the use/re-use of that content.
In response to community feedback, the ALI Recommended Practice has now been updated to include metadata and indicators that allow content metadata users to filter or target subsets of license information. Content platforms and other applications can use this additional information to determine which of the asserted license or sharing indicators have relevance to their particular context. For example, a content hosting service could determine whether its users are permitted to share a specific journal article version—or elements of it—with researcher collaboration groups or on public profiles.
The Access & License Indicators (ALI) Recommended Practice (NISO RP-22-2021) is openly available for everyone to implement at https://www.niso.org/standards-committees/ali-revision.
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