13093: A Choice: Standards for Sale or Open Access?
(2007) A Choice: Standards for Sale or Open Access?. In Australian Certifed Organic Magazine, Summer., page 12. McGuire Guides.
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Summary
The Australian National Standard for Organic and Bio-Dynamic Produce was first issued in 1992, and revised editions have appeared in 1998, 2002 and 2007. It is an export standard and serves as a de facto domestic standard. It is currently freely available for download. There is a proposaal that the copyright residing in organic standards in Australia be relinquished to a private company which licences and profits from the sale of standards. This article questions this standards-for-sale model and asks whether the community and the organic cause are better served by the standard remaining as an Open Access document, rather than a pay-per-view document.
| Document Language: | English |
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| Keywords: | organic standard, bio-dynamic standard, Australia, open access, AQIS, OIECC, Standards Australia, SAI Global. |
| Subject Areas: | "Organics" in general > Country reports > Australia Knowledge management Values, standards and certification |
| Research affiliation: | Australia > Australian National University |
| Total budget (Euro): | 0 |
| Orgprints ID Number: | 13093 |
| Contact: | Paull, John |
| Deposited On: | 04 February 2008 |
| EPrint Type: | Newspaper or magazine article |
| Published?: | Published |
| Peer Review Status: | Not peer-reviewed |
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