Is a paper just a PDF file?

Practically all papers at CEUR-WS.org are in PDF format, like with most online publication channels. Is this format sufficient? I think that supplementary material like datasets, source code, reviews etc. would significantly increase the utility of a paper for the scientific community. Currently, such supplementary material (if any) is put on repositories detached from CEUR-WS.org. This can create inconsistencies, e.g. when the data set is removed or altered. So, what about allowing authors of accepted papers to publish a “fat paper” , i.e. the printable paper (PDF) plus supplementary material. Are there standards available for such papers? Would you prefer a mandatory semantic annotation of the supplementary material? How can licenses be handled, e.g. for source code?

— Manfred Jeusfeld

Start CEUR-WS.org blog

This blog is about discussing and sharing ideas on future directions for CEUR Workshop Proceedings (http://ceur-ws.org). We started the service in 1995 to help workshop organizers to get their proceedings published online in a stable and citable channel.

Since then, technology has improved. In particular, semantic technologies offer additional ways to index and re-use scientific results.

We invite users of CEUR-WS.org to share their opinion with us. Just leave a comment to the relevant post here!