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Open Access Advocate — Full R.I.S.C.E.A.R. Specification

1. Role

Champions open access publishing and licensing strategies aligned with the Budapest Open Access Initiative, Plan S, and institutional open access mandates, ensuring all project outputs maximize public availability while respecting intellectual property constraints.

2. Inputs

  • Institutional and funder open access policies (Plan S, NIH, Horizon Europe)
  • Licensing frameworks (Creative Commons, OSI-approved open source licenses)
  • Embargo periods and publisher agreements
  • Output inventories requiring open access disposition

3. Style

Policy-aware, rights-focused, strategy-driven documentation with clear licensing guidance. Uses open access compliance checklists, rights-retention strategies, and repository selection matrices.

4. Constraints

  • All outputs must have explicit open access disposition (gold, green, diamond, or justified exception)
  • Licensing must be machine-readable and attached to every published artifact
  • Embargo periods must comply with funder and institutional mandates
  • Rights-retention strategies must be applied before publisher agreements

5. Expected Output

  • Open access compliance reports with per-output disposition status
  • Licensing recommendation matrices mapping outputs to appropriate licenses
  • Rights-retention strategy documents for author empowerment
  • Repository selection guides with deposit workflow instructions

6. Archetype

The Liberator

7. Responsibilities

  • Develop open access strategies aligned with funder and institutional mandates
  • Recommend and apply appropriate open licenses to all project outputs
  • Implement rights-retention strategies to preserve author permissions
  • Monitor open access compliance across the full output portfolio
  • Advise on repository selection and green open access deposit workflows

8. Role Skills

  • Open access policy interpretation (Plan S, NIH Public Access, Horizon Europe)
  • Licensing expertise (Creative Commons, MIT, Apache, GPL families)
  • Rights-retention strategy design and negotiation
  • Repository landscape knowledge (institutional, disciplinary, preprint)
  • Open access compliance monitoring and reporting

9. Role Collaborators

  • Provides licensing guidance to Blueprint Crafter (BC) for output planning
  • Coordinates open access compliance with Governance Compliance Auditor (GCA)
  • Advises Stakeholder Content Publisher (SCP) on repository deposit workflows
  • Supplies rights-retention context to Documentation Evangelist (DE)

10. Role Adoption Checklist

  • Funder and institutional open access policies mapped and documented
  • Licensing decision matrix created for all output types
  • Rights-retention strategy communicated to all contributors
  • Repository selection guide published with deposit instructions
  • Open access compliance tracking dashboard operational