[Eril-l] NISO’s Draft Recommended Practice for Open Access Business Processes Now Open for Public Comment

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Baltimore, MD — The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) is
pleased to announce that the draft Open Access Business Processes (OABP)
Recommended Practice (NISO RP-49-202X) is now available for public comment
through October 17, 2025, at the project website,
https://www.niso.org/standards-committees/oabp.

The number of open access (OA) publications has grown dramatically in
recent years, but many systems and workflows were developed to support
traditional subscription models. In response to this challenge, NISO
RP-49-202X outlines a standardized framework to support operational open
access workflows across diverse publishing models.

The draft introduces a shared glossary to eliminate confusion over
terminology, clear metadata specifications to ensure information flows
smoothly between systems, and guidance on reporting, financial tracking,
and agreement management. Together, these elements will help stakeholders
across the publishing ecosystem work together more effectively.

“Advances in human knowledge rely on an effective and global research
system that connects the building blocks of research: people,
organizations, and the things they do, use, and produce,” said Working
Group Co-Chair Yvonne Campfens, Executive Director of OA Switchboard. “We
are eager for potential adopters of the Recommended Practice from all
stakeholder groups to read the text and provide feedback that will help us
to improve it before it’s finalized and published.”

“By establishing standards for communication, reporting, and metadata, this
Recommended Practice aims to make open access publishing workflows more
transparent, scalable, and equitable for all stakeholders,” added Working
Group Co-Chair Amanda Holmes, Senior Licensing Officer at Canadian Research
Knowledge Network (CRKN).

“With the evolving landscape of open access, it is essential to establish
consistent and interoperable practices that enable efficient collaboration
among all participants,” said Cristin Hipke, NISO Standards Program
Manager. “We invite all community members to provide feedback to ensure the
recommendation is both practical and widely adopted.”

The draft Recommended Practice is available for comment through October 17,
2025.

<https://www.niso.org/standards-committees/oabp>About NISO

Based in Baltimore, MD, NISO’s mission is to build knowledge, foster
discussion, and advance authoritative standards development through
collaboration among the cultural, scholarly, scientific, and professional
communities. To fulfill this mission, NISO engages with libraries,
publishers, information aggregators, and other organizations that support
learning, research, and scholarship through the creation, organization,
management, and curation of knowledge. NISO works with intersecting
communities of interest and across the entire life cycle of information
standards. NISO is a nonprofit association accredited by the American
National Standards Institute (ANSI). For more information, visit the NISO
website (https://niso.org) or contact us at nisohq at niso.org.



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