Meaning Before Appearance
Authors describe what content means, not how it should look.
Open Manuscript Initiative
Open standards for portable scholarly publishing
Write naturally. Structure once. Publish everywhere.
Functional Manuscripts
Structure scholarly concepts such as titles, abstracts, citations, figures, tables and references.
Publish Everywhere
Generate HTML, PDF, EPUB, JATS XML, Crossref XML and future publishing formats from one source.
Why Open Manuscript Initiative?
Scholarly publishing still depends on disconnected tools. Authors write in word processors, reviewers annotate PDFs, editors manage journal systems, and publishers recreate manuscripts in XML.
OMI replaces this fragmented workflow with a single semantic manuscript that accompanies research from the first draft to long-term preservation.
How OMI Works
Write
Create your manuscript naturally.
Structure
Capture scholarly meaning instead of formatting.
Review
Collaborate using semantic annotations.
Publish
Export to every scholarly publishing format.
Documentation
Join the Initiative
Whether you are a researcher, editor, developer or publisher, your expertise can help shape the future of scholarly communication.
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