Open access mandate

A policy requiring publication of research in an open access format. The research author’s institution, research funder or government may impose a mandate.

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

{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "DefinedTerm",
  "@id": "https://casrai.org/dictionary/term/open-access-mandate",
  "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#set",
  "url": "https://casrai.org/dictionary/term/open-access-mandate",
  "sameAs": [],
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "publisher": {
    "@id": "https://casrai.org/#organization"
  },
  "dateModified": "2026-05-19T19:12:29",
  "inLanguage": "en"
}