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**REMINDER: Note that the submission deadline is quickly approaching: July 15, 2007** Amy Brand wrote: > > > RFP > *REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS: INNOVATIVE USES OF CROSSREF METADATA > > *CrossRef is now accepting proposals for the most original and > promising use of CrossRef's article-level metadata as part of a > scholarly research/authoring tool or related library service. *_Free > access _*to participating publishers' metadata and DOIs will be > granted to the researcher or librarian whose proposal is selected. > > > */DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS:/ _July 15, 2007 > > > _**/WHAT TO SUBMIT: > / > **1)* *A short but thorough description of the service you would like > to create using the CrossRef metadata, > including estimated implementation time > > **2)* *Links to software/services/protocols/standards that you may > have implemented in the past > > **3)* *Your CV > > > **/TO WHOM: > > /*Amy Brand, PhD, Director of Business & Product Development > email: [log in to unmask] > > > By submitting a proposal, you agree to any publicity about the winning > project that CrossRef may wish to pursue. > > > *_BACKGROUND ON CROSSREF METADATA AND WEB SERVICES > _ > *CrossRef is an independent membership association, founded and > directed by publishers. CrossRef helps connect users to primary > research content by enabling publishers to work collectively. Our > citation-linking network today covers over 27 million articles and > other content items from several hundred scholarly and professional > publishers. > > CrossRef Web Services, or CWS, offers an easy-to-use suite of tools > for authorized partners to collect metadata on a cross-publisher basis > to streamline their own crawling, indexing, and linking services. One > way to access the 27 million+ metadata records now registered in > CrossRef is via our OAI-PMH (Open Archives Initiative Protocol for > Metadata Harvesting) interface. The CrossRef OAI-PMH repository > interface serves as the central point for the distribution of metadata > from participating publishers, utilizing a robust and widely adopted > technology targeted at consumers of large quantities of metadata. > Access to the CrossRef’s metadata repository is controlled by IP > authentication and can be tailored to provide specific content from > select publishers to each authorized recipient. > > The metadata in CrossRef’s database consists of basic bibliographic > information for each item, including author(s), title, journal name, > ISSN, volume, issue, page, and DOI-URL pair. Here are links to some > sample CWS metadata: <http://www.crossref.org/oai-handler_sample.xml>, > <http://www.crossref.org/oai-pmh_sample2.xml>. > > Our data repository is extensive but highly variable in quality from > publisher to publisher. We have recently begun to take measures to > ensure higher quality metadata. Any suggestions you may have regarding > how best to achieve a higher level of data quality and consistency, as > part of your proposal or otherwise, would be greatly appreciated. > Different but similarly basic metadata is collected for other types of > content. In addition, many publishers now also deposit references as > part of their metadata. > > *CONTACT: *Please email [log in to unmask] with any questions you may > have about CrossRef Web Services or this RFP. > > http://www.crossref.org/03libraries/RFP_CrossRef_metadata.html >