Workflow & Infrastructure

Scholarly publishing involves interconnected activities that extend beyond publication day. Content, editorial workflows, metadata, persistent identifiers and technical infrastructure need to work together as a coherent publishing environment.

GEST focuses on infrastructure that connects these operational areas. The aim is to help publishers establish workflows that are easier to understand, maintain and evolve.

A connected infrastructure approach can reduce fragmentation between publishing platforms and supporting technology. Information can move through defined stages while maintaining relationships between content, metadata and identifiers.

This approach also supports long-term operations. As publishing programmes change, infrastructure and workflows can be reviewed and adapted without losing sight of the underlying scholarly record.