MuDoc FAQ

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What does MuDoc do?

• allow content (assets) and its associated metadata and keywords to be submitted, peer reviewed, and ultimately incorporated into a digital repository, or rejected
• allow for searching by metadata or keywords, and retrieval of content
• enforce digital rights
• enable annotation of stored information
• allow a federation of digital repositories to act coherently as a single repository

What are keywords?

• Keywords are named concepts, arranged in a non-hierarchical inclusion relation ('directed acyclic graph'), which are used for submission, search, and role assignments
• It is possible to submit new keywords, which then pass through a peer review process

What is metadata?

Metadata is information attached to content, "data about (content) data". An example of metadata is the title of a submission.

What are roles?

Possible roles are "editor" and "reviewer". Each keyword may have one or more editors or reviewers associated.

• Editors guide a review process and make a final decision
• Reviewers provide feedback to editors upon request
• Submissions are guided to the most appropriate editor, who then selects the most appropriate reviewers from a list. "Appropriateness" is calculated wholly (for editors) or partly (for reviewers) by the submission's keyword(s).