The Alternative Data Project is expected to be the largest open sourcing initiative for Alternative Data that has ever been held. (battlefin.com)
The International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF), the group responsible for the ePUB specification chose the launch of TOC today to announce their new ePUB 3.o reader Readium, a «a new open source initiative to develop a comprehensive reference implementation of the IDPF EPUB ® 3 standard.» (epubsecrets.com)
This principled model for an open access publishing cooperative draws inspiration from the SCOAP3 cooperative that has enabled particle physics journals to go open access, as well as from the many libraries hosting open access journals and supporting open source initiatives such as LOCKSS, DSpace and the Public Knowledge Project. (slaw.ca)