This project will develop and test a service designed to validate the scholarly research articles found in repositories against the final publisher's PDF available from the publisher's website.

Validating Repository Content (VALREC)

The key objective of this project is to increase trust in the contents of repositories by developing and testing a service designed to validate the scholarly research articles found in repositories against the final publisher's PDF available from the publisher's website. 

The system of validation will perform three essential tasks:

  • verify the basic facts of publication against the publication claims made in the repository metadata b)check for the differences between repository version and publisher's PDF
  • provide a signed, digital certificate that attests to the publication of the postprint and any differences in content

Project Staff

  • Dr Leslie Carr (Senior Lecturer) Intelligence, Agents, Multimedia (IAM) Group, School of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ Tel: 023 8059 4479 lac@ecs.soton.ac.uk