Why does the DFG support the development of information budgets and standardized cost data?

The presentation will address the various ways in which the German Research Foundation (DFG) is working toward the standardization of cost and other publication metadata in the scientific publishing sector.It will embed this support in the strategic discussion on open access and address the framework conditions and objectives of information budgets. It also explains the funding strategy approach that underlies standardization. In doing so, it also addresses questions about the obstacles and difficulties involved in standardization.Biography:Dr. Angela Holzer is responsible for funding in the area of digital publishing/open access at the German Research Foundation.