Why is publication environment important?
Knowledge of how other projects are using standards will avoid "reinventing the wheel"
To help information providers harmonize their schemas for improved access within domains:
- Between countries (Nordic Metadata Project)
- Preprint repositories (Open Archives Initiative)
- Subject gateways (Renardus)
- Theses and dissertations (NDLTD)
- Mathematics and physics (MathNet, PhysNet)