Our technical approach to monograph publishing involves one substantial change in software development over the approach used previously by the Public Knowledge Project. After building dedicated systems both for conferences and for journals, we are merging the software from these systems into a series of common modules that can be recombined in various forms to produce systems for journals, conferences, and monographs. The systems will share modules, and take advantage of a common platform for purposes of upgrading the software, adding translations, and other developments.

OMP’s great extensibility allows for a wide variety of uses and new features, from annotation, to scheduling, to financial transactions, etc. The many possible uses are described in his paper. It seems like a really exciting project!