Online publication

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As online publications or online publications referred to electronic publications that are not on a physical disk , but via the Internet or a local area network (such. As in business) are offered.

Manifestations

Examples of online publications are Internet newspapers , e-mail newsletters, electronic magazines , wikis , weblogs , e-books , information retrievals or even databases and websites in general . However, it must not be a mere collection of files, but must be logical and consistent units that can be described with metadata (author, title, date of publication, etc.). Independently of this, other data available on the Internet can also be designated as published.

A distinction is made between web-specific online publications with typical properties of websites such as search fields, links or databases on the one hand and publications similar to print images on the other hand, which correspond to the “ look and feel ” of a printed article. The latter are usually published on the Internet in the form of a file in Portable Document Format (PDF).

Archiving

Due to the volatility of the medium and the rapid technical change, the problem of long-term archiving is unsolved. Basically, two categories of solution approaches can be distinguished. On the one hand, the network or parts of it are automatically archived with the help of software (e.g. Internet archive ), and on the other hand, the network publications are actively stored in an archive by the publishers. For example, in Germany on June 29, 2006, the "Law on the German National Library" came into force, which extended the scope of the German National Library to the archiving of online publications. Since the URIs (URI: Uniform Resource Identifier) ​​are used to identify the resource of the online publications, but not the online publication itself, and the long-term existence of a URI in general cannot be guaranteed, the challenge arises of identifying the online publication itself (unambiguously and permanently) to identify. Building on the ISBN system of classic book publications, the primarily commercially used Digital Object Identifier (DOI) and the non-commercial Society Reference Catalog (SRef) have established themselves, as well as the Persistent Uniform Resource Locator (PURL) and the Uniform Resource Name (URN) as another persistent identifier .

copyright

A problem that arises more with online publications than with conventional publications ( print media ) is the identification of the publisher and author . In Germany, therefore , commercial websites (analogous to the legal notice ) must name a responsible person in accordance with the Telemedia Act and provide further information (accessibility via e-mail, address, telephone, etc.).

Personalized access

For the use of commercial online publications, such as electronic journals and databases , a user account is generally required, through which the costs incurred are billed. Access control can be achieved via a password and a restriction of IP addresses .

See also

literature

  • Jörn Heckmann, Marc Philipp Weber: Electronic online publications in the light of the law on the German National Library (DNBG) . AfP, 2008, p. 269 ff .
  • Gabriele Hooffacker : Online journalism. Writing and designing for the Internet. A manual for training and practice, 4th edition, Springer VS, Wiesbaden 2015, ISBN 978-3-430-20096-7
  • Nea Matzen: Online journalism, 3rd edition, Konstanz 2014 (Journalism Guide, Volume 8), ISBN 978-3-86764-226-2 ; ISSN  1866-5365
  • Klaus Meier (Ed.): Internet Journalism, 3rd revised and expanded edition, UVK, Konstanz 2002
  • Jürgen Wilke : Multimedia / Online-Medien, In: Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann, Winfried Schulz, Jürgen Wilke (Hrsg.): Fischer Lexikon Publizistik Massenkommunikation , 5th updated, completely revised and expanded edition, Fischer Taschenbuch, Frankfurt am Main 2009, ISBN 978 -3-596-18192-6 , pp. 329-358

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ see § 5 Telemediengesetz