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Embargo

Restriction of access to the content of a copy of a work for a defined period of time.

ByCASRAI Editorial Board
· Last updated 19 May 2026

Editorial commentary

Restriction of access to the content of a copy of a work for a defined period of time. The metadata may be freely available to read and download initially. Sometimes metadata may also be embargoed. Embargoes of the full text vary and can typically be 6, 12, 24 or 36 months or longer.

Also known as

Closed depository

Machine-readable encodings

Use in your systems

JATS XML <role> element
xml
<role vocab="credit"
      vocab-identifier="https://casrai.org/dictionary/"
      vocab-term="Embargo"
      vocab-term-identifier="https://casrai.org/dictionary/term/embargo" />
Schema.org DefinedTerm (JSON-LD)
json
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "DefinedTerm",
  "name": "Embargo",
  "identifier": "https://casrai.org/dictionary/term/embargo/",
  "description": "Restriction of access to the content of a copy of a work for a defined period of time.",
  "inDefinedTermSet": "https://casrai.org/dictionary/domain/compliance-and-regulatory/",
  "url": "https://casrai.org/dictionary/term/embargo/",
  "sameAs": [
    "http://www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/year/2016/201635/",
    "Closed depository"
  ],
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
}
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