News Roundup

1. Standards:

• HTML 5.1 is Now a W3C Recommendation

• W3C Invites Implementations of Linked Data Notifications (LDN)

• Webmention is a Now W3C Proposed Recommendation

What is Webmention?

“The W3C Social Web Working Group is calling for review of Webmention, which is now a Proposed Recommendation. Webmention provides a mechanism for a webpage to notify another webpage when it mentions its URL, and when the content around the mention changes or is deleted. From the receiver’s perspective, it’s a way to request notifications when other sites mention it. This mechanism is a core building block for a decentralized (social) Web, because it allows sites to automatically learn about connected content, without any prior setup or agreement. For users, an immediate benefit is cross-site comments. Comments on the PR are welcome until 30 November.”

2. Biomed Central and Springer Retract Articles by Iranian Scientists over Authorship Manipulation (via Nature.com)
||| Coverage From Retraction Watch
3. Budget Issues: “California State Library Says Goodbye to Scopus” (via UC Berkeley Library)
3. Scribd Adds Access to Eight Magazines (With More to Come) to Monthly Subscription Service
4. Taylor & Francis eBooks and CRC netBASE Platforms Now Available to Order through ProQuest OASIS
5. Sage Publishing Launches Collection of 480+ Videos that Illustrate How Research is Done
 
 

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