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<article-title>Perm.pub pilot project</article-title>
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<contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">0000-0002-5014-4809</contrib-id>
<name>
<surname>Ellerman</surname>
<given-names>E. Castedo</given-names>
</name>
<email>castedo@castedo.com</email>
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<pub-date date-type="eprint" publication-format="electronic" iso-8601-date="2022-08-09">
<day>9</day>
<month>8</month>
<year>2022</year>
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<copyright-statement>© 2022, Ellerman et al</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2022</copyright-year>
<copyright-holder>Ellerman et al</copyright-holder>
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Attribution 4.0 International license.</license-p>
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<abstract>
<p>This document describes a pilot project hosted at https://perm.pub/
and its motivation. This pilot project involves two technologies of
interest: one of them JATS, and the other a new technology leveraging
the Software Heritage archive. The formation of working groups may be
appropriate to share opinions and suggestions. Feedback is
encouraged.</p>
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<title>Objectives</title>
<p>The perm.pub pilot project aims to demonstrate how the new
technology of
<ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="https://perm.pub/ji2STto1mZ3i2BmnGxbkebejKH4/0.1">Digital
Succession Identifiers (DSI)</ext-link> can enable an alternative to
current preprint servers with the following combined improvements:</p>
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<label>1)</label>
<p>the benefits of articles in modern web page format,</p>
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<label>2)</label>
<p>freedom for readers to choose different websites to access
those documents, and</p>
</list-item>
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<label>3)</label>
<p>facilities for readers to ascertain the distinct versions of a
document (manuscript, preprint, article) as they have become
available at distinct points in time.</p>
</list-item>
</list>
<p>Notable benefits of a modern web page format are:</p>
<list list-type="order">
<list-item>
<label>1)</label>
<p>improved discovery of documents via Internet search
engines,</p>
</list-item>
<list-item>
<label>2)</label>
<p>an improved reader experience for readers using popular
electronic devices of the 21st century, such as computers and
mobile phones, rather than physical paper, and</p>
</list-item>
<list-item>
<label>3)</label>
<p>the opportunity for innovative web site experiences that
encourage researcher communication and collaboration, such as
<ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="manubot.org">Manubot</ext-link>
<xref alt="1" rid="ref-himmelstein_open_2019" ref-type="bibr">1</xref>.</p>
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<sec id="digital-succession-identifiers">
<title>Digital Succession Identifiers</title>
<p>A digital succession contains multiple digital objects. In this
application to perm.pub, the digital objects are directories with JATS
XML files. Although a digital succession expands over time, each
digital object within the succession does not change. A technical
specification of Digital Succession Identifiers (DSIs) can be found in
the
<ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="https://perm.pub/ji2STto1mZ3i2BmnGxbkebejKH4/0.1">Digital
Succession Identifier Specification</ext-link>.</p>
<p>The capabilities of JATS XML, DSIs and underlying technologies
discussed in the
<ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="https://perm.pub/ji2STto1mZ3i2BmnGxbkebejKH4/0.1">Digital
Succession Identifier Specification</ext-link>, enable a trisection of
the role of a preprint server.</p>
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<sec id="preprint-servers-trisected">
<title>Preprint servers trisected</title>
<p>The
<ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="archive.softwareheritage.org">Software
Heritage archive</ext-link>
<xref alt="2" rid="ref-cosmo_referencing_2020" ref-type="bibr">2</xref>
opens dramatic new possibilities in the preservation of written
outputs by researchers. A possibility the perm.pub pilot project aims
to demonstrate is a decentralized trisection of a preprint server into
three separate entities:</p>
<list list-type="order">
<list-item>
<label>1)</label>
<p>the archiver (e.g. Software Heritage),</p>
</list-item>
<list-item>
<label>2)</label>
<p>the eprinter, and</p>
</list-item>
<list-item>
<label>3)</label>
<p>the locator.</p>
</list-item>
</list>
<p>Today, the decentralized archiver is Software Heritage. Due to the
use of intrinsic identifiers
<xref alt="3" rid="ref-di_cosmo_2044_2022" ref-type="bibr">3</xref>,
this archiver role can be performed by multiple independent
parties.</p>
<sec id="eprinter-role">
<title>Eprinter role</title>
<p>The eprinter is a website which generates webpages and
potentially alternative PDFs based on JATS XML stored in an archive.
It is mostly up to the eprinter, and the community it serves, to
decide which documents are eprinted and how they are presented. The
lifetime of an eprinter is potentially short. By rendering webpages
and implementing novel technological enhancements for a certain
audience, an eprinter might undermine it's ability to sustainable
exist long-term. This is not of great concern to the extent that the
research community does not depend on an eprinter for long-term
preservation.</p>
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<sec id="locator-role">
<title>Locator role</title>
<p>https://perm.pub/ aims to demonstrate a locator which serves a
similar role to a DOI registrar or the ID system managed by a
preprint server. The mandatory minimal long-term mission of the
perm.pub locator is to serve static pages which identify which JATS
XML and PDF files in the Software Heritage archive correspond to a
given identifier of those documents. An appropriate subset of DSI
located by perm.pub can also exist under a DOI registrar
namespace.</p>
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<title>References</title>
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