Automatic XML Extraction from Word and Formatting of E-Book Formats: Insight into the Open Source Academic Publishing Suite (OS-APS)

Due to resource constraints, most Diamond Open Access journals publish fewer than 25 articles per year, and 75% of are not able provide their content in XML HTML, primarily providing only PDFs. In order keep up with larger commercial publishers, a high degree automation streamlining processes is necessary. The Source Academic Publishing Suite (OS-APS) project, funded by the German Federal Ministry Education Research, aims achieve this. OS-APS automatically extracts underlying from Word manuscripts offers optimization export options various formats (PDF, EPUB). professional corporate design, e.g., PDFs, managed using templates or creating one’s own Template Development Kit. will also connect scholarly-led community-driven publishing platforms such as Journal Systems (OJS), Monograph Press (OMP), DSpace: software be integrated into wide range publication processes, whether at small, low-resource Publishers, institutional Publishers.