What will be done in the project (e.g. the programme to be developed, services to be provided, facilities to be established, products to be developed, activities to be undertaken)?

The project will produce:

• nationally and internationally applicable legal protocols based on the Creative Commons model that can be used to facilitate open access to copyright material

• legal solutions in the form of guidelines on best practice models for managing copyright issues in open access environments e.g. where further commercial publication is expected — E-Prints model

• a Rights Expression Language that can be used to technologically enhance open access

• an application of the legal protocols and solutions and REL to existing and proposed repositories.