A conceptual model for building publishing services on top of a distributed network of repositories

Abstract

Green and gold are artificial distinctions, mainly driven by the technical and business separation between publishing platforms and institutional and thematic repositories operated by research institutions or research communities. Building on two efforts that were presented last year at Open Repositories in 2018, (1) Next Generation Repositories functionalities and (2) prospects for greater integration between repositories and journal publishing platforms, we have developed a conceptual model for publishing overlay services on top of distributed repository platforms. The model removes the green and gold dichotomy by providing a system that integrates publishing capabilities with repository capabilities, thereby combining the strength of the two worlds, while building out an integrative and interoperable infrastructure for scholarly communication.