Use-cases

There are many potential use-cases for COAR Notify. While individual workflows are defined in relation to specific services, they can normally be grouped into these use-cases.

Peer-review

Peer-review of repository-based resources, initiated either by the repository, or by a peer-review service. This use-case encompasses a range of forms of peer-review, including open-peer-review.

Endorsement

The endorsement of repository resources, involving an endorsement service of some kind - such as an overlay-journal. One common example may be the publishing of repository-based resources in overlay journals, initiated either by the repository, or by a repository content aggregation service, or by the overlay journal

Dissemination

This use-case is about those services which wish to use, classify, aggregate or otherwise process other activities (such as reviews or endorsements) that have generated resources related to repository-based resources.