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Open access mandate

A policy requiring publication of research in an open access format.

ByCASRAI Editorial Board

· Last updated 19 May 2026

Editorial commentary

A policy requiring publication of research in an access" class="text-primary underline-offset-2 hover:underline" data-autolinked="true" title="Open access — CASRAI Dictionary">open access format. The research author’s institution, research funder or government may impose a mandate.

Machine-readable encodings

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JATS XML <role> element

xml

<role vocab="credit"
      vocab-identifier="https://casrai.org/dictionary/"
      vocab-term="Open access mandate"
      vocab-term-identifier="https://casrai.org/dictionary/term/open-access-mandate" />

Schema.org DefinedTerm (JSON-LD)

json

{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "DefinedTerm",
  "name": "Open access mandate",
  "identifier": "https://casrai.org/dictionary/term/open-access-mandate/",
  "description": "A policy requiring publication of research in an open access format.",
  "inDefinedTermSet": "https://casrai.org/dictionary/domain/knowledge-equity-diversity-global-south-inclusion/",
  "url": "https://casrai.org/dictionary/term/open-access-mandate/",
  "sameAs": [],
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
}

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