Chapter 2: Use Cases
IN THIS LESSON
Types of Content Kotahi Can Publish
Where Kotahi Can Publish To
Some Configuration Options
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Kotahi is highly configurable and can publish a wide variety of research outputs. Here are some of the main options:
Types of content
Evaluations - Review content and decision summaries from the peer review process. This could include full verbatim reviews or edited excerpts.
Data - Datasets, metadata, code, multimedia, and other supplementary files.
Manuscripts - Preprints, journal articles, conference papers, micropublications, and other scholarly documents.
Publishing destinations
Internal CMS - Kotahi has a built-in content management system (CMS) to display content. The CMS is customisable to fit your needs.
External endpoints - Kotahi can publish to any external endpoint or system provided it can receive the data. This includes institutional repositories, preprint servers, journals, archives, social media, and more.
Multiple targets - Content can be published to the internal CMS, external endpoints, or both simultaneously.
Configuration Options
Kotahi allows flexible configuration of publishing in various ways:
publish any combination of evaluations, data, and manuscripts or none at all
publish to single or multiple endpoints
customise metadata, identifiers, licenses, formatting, layouts, and more
In summary, Kotahi enables publishing virtually any scholarly content anywhere through a highly configurable system.