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RIOXX

Research Outputs Information Exchange XML (RIOXX): a UK-originated application profile for institutional-repository metadata, layered on Dublin Core, designed to capture funder, project, and licence information for OA-compliance reporting, currently maintained at v3.0.

ByCASRAI Editorial Board
· Last updated 21 May 2026

Examples

Worked examples

  • Is an instance

    A UK institutional repository exposing RIOXX-formatted metadata over OAI-PMH for Jisc Publications Router consumption.

  • Is an instance

    RIOXX metadata feeding a UKRI funder-compliance dashboard.

Counter-examples

Looks similar, but isn't

  • Not an instance

    Plain oai_dc Dublin Core is not RIOXX.

  • Not an instance

    JATS XML is not RIOXX.

Editorial commentary

RIOXX was developed by Jisc and the UK Research and Innovation funder community to address the gap in standard repository metadata around funder identification, grant references, embargo dates, and licences — fields essential to demonstrating compliance with funder OA policies. RIOXX records are intended to be exposed over OAI-PMH alongside oai_dc. RIOXX v3.0 (2022) aligns with the OpenAIRE Guidelines and adds richer relationship modelling.

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Also known as

Research Outputs Information Exchange

Machine-readable encodings

Use in your systems

JATS XML <role> element
xml
<role vocab="credit"
      vocab-identifier="https://casrai.org/dictionary/"
      vocab-term="RIOXX"
      vocab-term-identifier="https://casrai.org/dictionary/term/rioxx" />
Schema.org DefinedTerm (JSON-LD)
json
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "DefinedTerm",
  "name": "RIOXX",
  "identifier": "https://casrai.org/dictionary/term/rioxx",
  "description": "Research Outputs Information Exchange XML (RIOXX): a UK-originated application profile for institutional-repository metadata, layered on Dublin Core, designed to capture funder, project, and licence information for OA-compliance reporting, currently maintained at v3.0.",
  "inDefinedTermSet": "https://casrai.org/dictionary/domain/research-information-systems-and-integration/",
  "url": "https://casrai.org/dictionary/term/rioxx",
  "sameAs": [
    "Research Outputs Information Exchange"
  ],
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
}

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