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'''Fatcat''' is a versioned, publicly-editable catalog of {{tag|research}} {{tag|publication}}s: {{tag|journal}} articles, {{tag|conference}} proceedings, pre-prints, {{tag|blog}} posts, and so forth. The goal is to improve the state of {{tag|Digital preservation|preservation}} and access to these works by providing a manifest of full-text content versions and locations. | |||
This service does not directly contain full-text content itself, but provides basic access for human and machine readers through links to copies in web {{tag|archives}}, {{tag|Repository|repositories}}, and the public {{tag|web}}. | |||
Significantly more context and background information can be found in [https://guide.fatcat.wiki The Guide]. | |||
Feedback and queries can be directed to [email protected]. | |||
;''Goals and Features | |||
A few things set Fatcat apart from similar indexing and discovery services: | |||
*inclusion of archival, '''file-level metadata (hashes)''' in addition to URLs, which allows automated verification ('do I have the right copy'), reveals content-drift over time, and enables efficient distribution of content through the ecosystem | |||
*native support for 'post-PDF' {{tag|digital media}}, including '''archival web captures and datasets''', as well as content stored on the distributed web | |||
*data model that captures the '''work/edition distinction''', grouping pre-print, post-review, published, re-published, and updated versions of a work together | |||
*'''public editing''' interface, allowing metadata corrections and improvements from individuals and bots in addition to automated imports from authoritative sources | |||
*focus on providing a stable [[API]] and corpus (making integration with diverse user-facing applications simple), while enabling full replication and [[mirror]]ing of the corpus to '''reduce the risks of centralized control''' | |||
This service aspires to be a piece of sustainable, long-term, {{tag|Non-profit|non-profit}}, {{tag|open source}}, {{tag|Collaboration|collaborative}}, digital infrastructure. It is primarily designed to support the ''archival'' and ''dissemination'' roles of {{tag|Academic|scholarly}} communication. It may also support the ''registration'' role (establishing precedence and authorship), but explicitly does not aid with ''certification'' of content, and is not intended to be used for ''evaluation'' of individuals, institutions, or venues. This service is 'universal', not curated. This means that it includes retracted works (annotated and disclaimed as such) and content some may consider 'predatory publishing'. | |||
;''Sources of Metadata | |||
The source of all bibliographic information is recorded in [[edit history]] metadata, which allows the provenance of all records to be reconstructed. A few major sources are worth highlighting here: | |||
*Release metadata from '''Crossref''', via their public [[GitHub:CrossRef/rest-api-doc|REST API]] | |||
*Release metadata and linked full-text content from NIH '''Pubmed''' and [https://arXiv.org arXiv.org] | |||
*Release metadata and linked public domain full-text content the '''JSTOR''' Early Journal Content collection | |||
*Creator names and de-duplication from '''ORCID''', via their annual public data releases | |||
*Journal title metadata from '''DOAJ, ISSN ROAD''', and '''SHERPA/RoMEO''' | |||
*Full-text URL lists from '''[https://CORE.ac.uk CORE], [https://Unpaywall.org Unpaywall], [https://www.SemanticScholar.org Semantic Scholar], [https://oa.mg OA.mg], [https://CiteseerX.ist.psu.edu CiteseerX]''', and '''[https://www.Microsoft.com/en-us/research/project/academic Microsoft Academic Graph]'''. | |||
*[https://guide.fatcat.wiki/sources.html The Guide] lists more major sources | |||
Many thanks for the hard work of all these projects, institutions, and individuals! | |||
;''Support and Acknowledgments | |||
Fatcat is a project of the '''[[Archive.org|Internet Archive]]''', a [[:Category:United States of America|US]]-based non-profit digital library, well known for its Wayback Machine web archive, [https://OpenLibrary.org Open Library], and book digitization and lending services. | |||
Development of Fatcat and related web harvesting, indexing, and preservation efforts at the Archive have been partially funded by a generous grant from the '''Andrew W. Mellon Foundation''' ([https://blog.Archive.org/2018/03/05/andrew-w-mellon-foundation-awards-grant-to-the-internet-archive-for-long-tail-journal-preservation/ Long-tail Open Access Journal Preservation]). Fatcat supports this work by both tracking which open access works are in known archives and providing minimum-viable indexing and access mechanisms for long-tail works which otherwise would lack them. | |||
The service would not technically be possible without hundreds of [[:Category:Free software|Free Software]] components and the efforts of their individual and organizational maintainers, more than can be listed here (please see the source code for full lists). A few major components include the [[:Category:PostgreSQL|PostgreSQL]] database, Elasticsearch search engine, Flask python web framework, Rust programming language, Diesel database library, Swagger/OpenAPI code generators, Kafka distributed log, Ansible configuration management tool, and [[:Category:Ubuntu|Ubuntu]] [[:Category:GNU|GNU]] / [[:Category:Linux|Linux]] operating system distribution. | |||
The name 'Fatcat' can be interpreted as short for 'large catalog', as the service aspires to be a complete catalog of the digital scholarly record. | |||
A list of technical contributors, including volunteers, is maintained in the source code repository ([[GitHub:internetarchive/fatcat/blob/master/CONTRIBUTORS.md|CONTRIBUTORS.md]]). Thanks everybody! | |||
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