Federation criteria

A collection can join the Open Terms Archive federation if it abides by the following quality criteria:

1. Clearly defined collection metadata.
2. Clearly defined collection governance.
3. The vast majority of versions are readable, as evidenced by a sample assessment.
4. Frequency of at least one track a day, as evidenced by snapshots.
5. Public and open-licensed declarations, as evidenced by the LICENSE file in the declarations repository.
6. Public and open-licensed snapshots, as evidenced by the LICENSE file in the snapshots repository.
7. Public and open-licensed versions, as evidenced by the LICENSE file in the versions repository.
8. Regular, public, and open-licensed dataset releases, as evidenced by the LICENSE file in the datasets.
9. Publicly accessible API with median response time under 20ms, as evidenced by uptime tracking logs.
10. Abide by all Open Terms Archive software and data licenses.

For detailed instructions on joining the federation, refer to the How to Join the Federation guide.

Disclaimer 🔗

Please note that establishing the federation is an ongoing effort. While criteria are assessed and refined to strike the right balance between accessibility and quality, the Open Terms Archive core team is responsible for assessing which collections may join the federation, and has the right to update the criteria as requests for joining are made.

The core team has the right to re-assess the federated status of any collection at any given time. In case the federated status of a collection is changed, the collection administrator will be informed immediately, and if possible before the action is made.