What changes are included in the Release 2 of the COUNTER Code of Practice?
There are two changes to the content of the COUNTER reports: • The addition of columns that identify the ‘Publisher’ and ‘Platform’ of the database or journal. • A modification to Journal Report 1 (Number of Successful Full-Text Article Requests by Month and Journal), which requires that HTML and PDF full-text article downloads are reported in separate columns. Currently, one total is reported for all types of full-text article downloads. PostScipt totals will only appear in the ‘YTD Total’ column and must be distinguished from HTML & PDF full-text article downloads. These are the changes to the format of the COUNTER reports: • The following header information is now included in the xls and csv report formats: • Report title • Institution name and account number • Report date • The monthly date column heading has been changed from mmm-yy to mmm-yyyy There is also the introduction of XML-formatted usage reports. The XML format will make it easier for customers to manipulate and merge re
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- What changes are included in the Release 2 of the COUNTER Code of Practice?
