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Common validation errors: learning from others’ mistakes
It’s been about a month since our new Validation Tool for R5.1 became publicly available (time flies!). Thus far, nine report providers – representing over a third of publishing platforms…
Free to read?
We’ve had a couple of messages asking about one particular change in Release 5.1. This change is the inclusion of the new Free_To_Read Access Type alongside Controlled and Open. We…
Release 5.1 Validation Tool
We are extremely pleased to announce that we have updated the COUNTER Validation Tool to support Release 5.1 of the Code of Practice. We are very grateful to the wonderful…
Guest post: COUNTER API (sushi) validation
In this guest post, Beda Kosata from our partner Big Dig Data, the developers of the COUNTER harvesting tool Celus, explains how to validate a response from a COUNTER API…
Best practice guidance: syndicated usage
Our new best practice guidance focuses on syndicated usage. COUNTER has always tried to reflect the usage reporting needs of the knowledge community. We encourage community members to tell us…