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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

<role vocab="credit"
      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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  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "DefinedTerm",
  "name": "Closed access",
  "identifier": "https://casrai.org/dictionary/term/closed-access/",
  "description": "Restricting access to Internet content via a paid subscription; is often called a paywall.",
  "inDefinedTermSet": "https://casrai.org/dictionary/domain/knowledge-equity-diversity-global-south-inclusion/",
  "url": "https://casrai.org/dictionary/term/closed-access/",
  "sameAs": [
    "Paywall"
  ],
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
}

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