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CASRAI
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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 open access format. The research author’s institution, research funder or government may impose a mandate.

Machine-readable encodings

Use in your systems

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
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  "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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