Open-access repository

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An open repository or open-access repository is a digital platform that holds research output and provides free, immediate and permanent access to research results for anyone to use, download and distribute. To facilitate <a href="/facts/Open_access/r7rLYN6C">open access</a> such repositories must be <a href="/facts/Interoperable/7WgqUbXU">interoperable</a> according to the <a href="/facts/Open_Archives_Initiative_Protocol_for_Metadata_Harvesting/Qphlv5Dp">Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting</a> (OAI-PMH). <a href="/facts/Search_engines/SRntsbz2">Search engines</a> harvest the content of open access repositories, constructing a database of worldwide, free of charge available research. Data repositories are the cornerstone for FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable) data practices and are used expeditiously within the scientific community.
</p><p>Open-access repositories, such as an <a href="/facts/Institutional_repository/wnKIUJqk">institutional repository</a> or <a href="/facts/Disciplinary_repository/zMK10Qz0">disciplinary repository</a>, provide free access to research for users outside the institutional community and are one of the recommended ways to achieve the <a href="/facts/Open_access/r7rLYN6C">open access</a> vision described in the <a href="/facts/Budapest_Open_Access_Initiative/2VcySL2B">Budapest Open Access Initiative</a> definition of open access. This is sometimes referred to as the <a href="/facts/Self-archiving/yPp2AAea">self-archiving</a> or "green" route to open access.
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Open-access repository