# 5.6 Upskilling curriculum: modular break-up and a checklist

**5.6.1 Modular break-up**

The figure below summarises the tentative division of the curriculum topics into training blocks and user levels. The organisers of the upskilling are advised to view it as a starting point for their own module compilation rather than a definitive prescription.

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_Figure 1: Overview of the modular break-up of the curriculum_

**5.6.1 Curriculum check-list**

The check-list presents an overview of training blocks, sections and topics presented above. It offers trainers and trainees the possibility to identify the training needs and combine suitable topics into new training modules.

| **Suggested training topics**                                       | **Curriculum chapter** | **Training checklist** |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------- | ---------------------- |
| **Publishing systems and their features**                           | **§5.1**               |                        |
| 1. Introduction to common publishing systems                        |                        |                        |
| 2. Advanced use of publishing systems                               |                        |                        |
| Introduction to the advanced use                                    |                        |                        |
| Update and security features of publishing systems                  |                        |                        |
| Automating migration to a dedicated publishing system               |                        |                        |
| 3. XML publishing workflows                                         |                        |                        |
| **Metadata I: quality through standards**                           | **§5.2**               |                        |
| 1. Introduction to metadata                                         |                        |                        |
| 2. Metadata standards                                               |                        |                        |
| Dublin Core (simple and qualified)                                  |                        |                        |
| MARC family (MARC21 and MARC XML)                                   |                        |                        |
| MODS XML                                                            |                        |                        |
| ONIX XML                                                            |                        |                        |
| JATS XML and TEI XMl header                                         |                        |                        |
| KBART files                                                         |                        |                        |
| OpenAire guidelines                                                 |                        |                        |
| Europeana Data model                                                |                        |                        |
| Datacite metadata schema                                            |                        |                        |
| 3. Metadata harvesting, depositing and export                       |                        |                        |
| OAI-PMH: protocol and infrastructure                                |                        |                        |
| SWORD protocol                                                      |                        |                        |
| Mass metadata export                                                |                        |                        |
| 4. Controlled vocabularies                                          |                        |                        |
| Introduction to controlled vocabularies                             |                        |                        |
| COAR Resource Types Vocabulary                                      |                        |                        |
| **Metadata II: identifiers**                                        | **§5.3**               |                        |
| 1. Introduction to identifiers: IDs, PIDs and metadata standards    |                        |                        |
| 2. Identifier systems                                               |                        |                        |
| **5.4 Metadata III: licensing, OA and self-archiving policy**       | **§5.4**               |                        |
| 1. Introduction to open access models and license types             |                        |                        |
| Creative Commons, MIT license, GNU                                  |                        |                        |
| Green, Gold and Diamond OA                                          |                        |                        |
| 2. Journal’s self-archiving policy                                  |                        |                        |
| 3. Setting up the publishing system:                                |                        |                        |
| Licenses and self-archiving policy in metadata.                     |                        |                        |
| Licenses and self-archiving policy in content data (XML, HTML, PDF) |                        |                        |
| **Content accessibility**                                           | **§5.5**               |                        |
| 1. Content provisioning                                             |                        |                        |
| XML: JATS, ONIX, TEI                                                |                        |                        |
| PDF                                                                 |                        |                        |
| HTML: website features and SEO                                      |                        |                        |
| Citations in metadata and content data                              |                        |                        |
| Research data                                                       |                        |                        |
| Version control                                                     |                        |                        |
| 2. Content harvesting and indexing                                  |                        |                        |
| OAI-PMH protocol and infrastructure                                 |                        |                        |
| Introduction to indexing services and their requirements            |                        |                        |
| Website optimization for indexing                                   |                        |                        |
| 3. Content depositing and export                                    |                        |                        |
| Repositories and journal hosting services                           |                        |                        |
| Depositing protocols: SWORD                                         |                        |                        |
| Export format types: CSV (DC), JSON, XML (JATS, ONIX)               |                        |                        |
| 4. Content long-term archiving                                      |                        |                        |
| Archiving services                                                  |                        |                        |

Table 20: Check-list with topics for planned trainings
