What is the O2?

A user who accesses from the portal or directly from the address https://openaccess.uoc.edu/, gains access as an external user, and only has access to unrestricted navigation in the repository collection, and once one registers as a user of the repository (external users UOC), they will have access to the service My repository that will only allow them to subscribe to receive alerts by e-mail when new documents are published in the collections to which they are subscribed.

If you enter from the campus of the UOC, once logged in via a campus session, you will have access to the entire repository collection and the option of publishing a document in the repository, as well as to all the added value services offered to you by the repository: exploitation RefWorks, My repository with advanced options such as consulting the status of your remittances, reinitiate remittance of a document that hasn’t finished, etc.

You can include files in whatever format you prefer: applications, video, audio, etc.

However, we recommend that you use open formats to ensure the preservation of materials in the long term because they are based on open standards, free of legal and economic use restrictions.

In this regard for text documents we recommend the use of pdf format, not only because almost everyone can open PDF documents without having to buy any software, but also because Internet search engines retrieve perfectly the text of the documents in this format.

No, it is not possible for you to modify the documents already published in the repository.

Yes. Creative Commons licences are based on the idea of authors' rights. Recognizing the authorship of a work is essential. Using a Creative Commons licence for your final project simply means you're letting people who might want to use it do certain things with it.