Monthly Archives: February 2018

Citations as First-Class Data Entities: The OpenCitations Data Model

Posted on February 25, 2018 by David Shotton

Requirements for citations to be treated as First-Class Data Entities In my introductory blog post, I listed five requirements for the treatment of citations as first-class data entities.  The second of these requirements is that they must have metadata structured … Continue reading →

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Citations as First-Class Data Entities: Citation Descriptions

Posted on February 22, 2018 by David Shotton

Requirements for citations to be treated as First-Class Data Entities In my introductory blog post, I listed five requirements for the treatment of citations as first-class data entities.  The first of these requirements is that they must be definable in … Continue reading →

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Citations as First-Class Data Entities: Introduction

Posted on February 19, 2018 by David Shotton

Citations are now centre stage As a result of the Initiative for Open Citations (I4OC), launched on April 6 last year, almost all the major scholarly publishers now open the reference lists they submit to Crossref, resulting in more than … Continue reading →

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