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Closed access

Restricting access to Internet content via a paid subscription; is often called a paywall.

ByCASRAI Editorial Board
· Last updated 19 May 2026

Editorial commentary

The subscription business model is a business model where a customer must pay a subscription price to have access to the product/service. The model was pioneered by magazines and newspapers, and is now used by many businesses and websites.

Also known as

Paywall

Machine-readable encodings

Use in your systems

JATS XML <role> element
xml
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      vocab-identifier="https://casrai.org/dictionary/"
      vocab-term="Closed access"
      vocab-term-identifier="https://casrai.org/dictionary/term/closed-access" />
Schema.org DefinedTerm (JSON-LD)
json
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  "sameAs": [
    "Paywall"
  ],
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
}
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