Overview
The REFEDS Steering Committee has approved the launch of a consultation on the adoption of the Academic Institution Entity Category by REFEDS. This updates and improves on a previous proposal for an Academia Entity Category.
The Consultation starts on 24th November 2017 and closes on 8th January 2017 (17:00 CET). Participants are invited to review the full text and make change proposals in the table below, via issues on the github repository or by email to the REFEDS Coordinators and to express their support / dissension for the category. It is recommended that you also read the prepared notes on the original proposal and the previous consultation. Discussion is invited at: consultations@lists.refeds.org.
The main changes in the new proposal are:
- Definition as Academic Institution rather than Academia.
- Lower ISCED to level 5.
- Introduced research hospitals.
- Introduced a registration criteria section.
- Better linking to affiliation statements.
The proposed text for the category is available at: https://github.com/leifj/academia-category/blob/master/academia-entity-category.md.
The notes are available at: Academic-Academia.
All comments should be made on: consultations@lists.refeds.org or added to the change log below. Comments posted to other lists will not be included in the consultation review.
Statements of Support / Dissension
As this category has been contentious in the community, we are asking for organisations to express their support or dissension below to allow us to gauge the appropriateness of REFEDS adopting this approach.
| Name | Organisation | Reason |
|---|---|---|
Change Log
Change Log for the Consultation on the Academia Entity Category. The Consultation starts on 20th November 2017 and closes on 8th January 2017 (17:00 CET). Please fill in your proposed changes to Academia Category below or add them as issues on the github repository.
Number | Current Text | Proposed Text / Query | Proposer | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Existing Text | Your Change Proposal | Name | Please leave blank |
Other Comments / Observations