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/cc0...
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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-enUnfortunately, 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.
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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/1241106910574784519EC 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.
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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=0The EC estimates it will pay €1 million for 2 years of work. Tenders are due by January 31, 2024.
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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."
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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-enSee §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."
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Update. Very good news: The 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.