Typesetting · HTML full text · DOIs and metadata · OJS / OMP
From manuscript to a publication the world can find
University presses, learned societies and independent academic publishers produce excellent research, yet few have an in-house production team. Silsile takes the manuscript all the way to a typeset, DOI-registered and discoverable publication, and runs the OJS and OMP systems it is published on.
- Work
- Coastal Ecosystems under Climate Stress
- Type
- Edited volume · 12 chapters
- Editor
- Verified with ORCID
- Affiliation
- Resolved to a ROR ID
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0 · machine-readable
- Subject
- Thema RNC · BISAC SCI020000
- Crossref
- ONIX 3
- MARC 21
- DOAB
- OpenAIRE
- CLOCKSS
- Portico
Built for the scholarly record
- Crossref
- ORCID
- ROR
- DOAJ
- OJS / OMP
- JATS XML
- EPUB3
What we do
All servicesGood research, incomplete records
A book chapter is found through its metadata. Yet of the 24.9 million book chapters registered with Crossref, most records carry little more than a title, the authors and a date.
- of book chapters at Crossref include an abstract
- 4.7%
- Crossref REST API, October 2026
- include a reference list
- 31.8%
- Crossref REST API, October 2026
- include at least one ORCID iD
- 3.0%
- Crossref REST API, October 2026
- include a ROR institution ID
- 0.13%
- Crossref REST API, October 2026
When abstracts, references and identifiers are missing, a chapter does not surface in discovery services, drops out of citation networks and cannot be credited to its authors and institutions.
The wider picture
- Global scholarly publishing market, 2020
- USD 26.5 billion
- STM Global Brief 2021 (Outsell data)
- Share of books in that market, 2020
- USD 3.21 billion
- STM Global Brief 2021 (Outsell data)
- Works registered with a DOI at Crossref
- 187.4 million
- Crossref REST API, October 2026
- Book chapters registered with a DOI at Crossref
- 24.9 million
- Crossref REST API, October 2026
Since 28 June 2025 the European Accessibility Act has applied to e-books placed on the EU market. Accessible, well-structured digital editions are no longer a courtesy but a requirement.
Directive (EU) 2019/882 (European Accessibility Act)
A six-link chain
Each stage starts from the checked output of the one before, so errors are caught before they reach print or international records.
01Receiving the files
The author's Word file or the content in a publishing management system (OJS, OMP) is reviewed, and anything missing is reported at the outset.
- DOCX
- HTML
- OJS
- OMP
02Working out the structure
Heading levels, abstracts, figure and table captions, footnotes and references are marked up one by one by our team.
- heading levels
- references
03Typesetting and proofs
The book is set to the press's template, read page by page, and a proof PDF is sent to the author and editor.
- template
- proofs
- corrections
04Multi-format output
Alongside the print PDF, HTML full text is prepared for each chapter, so the publication is found by its content in search engines and reads comfortably on a phone. EPUB3 and JATS/BITS XML on request.
- HTML
- EPUB3
- JATS
05Persistent identifiers
Book and chapter DOIs are registered; author and institution names are linked to ORCID, ISNI and ROR identifiers, each one verified.
- DOI
- ORCID
- ROR
- ISNI
06Metadata distribution
Rich metadata goes to Crossref, book trade and library channels, open access libraries, preservation services and national systems.
- Crossref
- ONIX
- MARC 21
- DOAB
- CLOCKSS
Eleven areas, one team
A publication's reach depends on how accurately and consistently it is connected to a network of persistent identifiers, metadata standards, indexes, open access infrastructure and library catalogues.
The full ecosystem- 01Persistent identifiersDOI (Crossref, DataCite) · ISBN · ISSN · ORCID
- 02Metadata standardsCrossref schema · Crossmark · ONIX for Books 3 · Thema
- 03Open access book infrastructureDOAB · OAPEN Library · OpenAIRE · Zenodo
- 04Indexes and citation databasesWeb of Science BKCI · Scopus · Google Scholar · OpenAlex
- 05Libraries, catalogues and distributionOCLC WorldCat · Library of Congress · GOBI · ProQuest Ebook Central
- 06Legal depositNational legal deposit libraries · ISBN agencies · ISSN Network
- 07Long-term preservationCLOCKSS · Portico · LOCKSS · PKP PN
- 08Ethics and trustCOPE · OASPA · Think. Check. Submit. · Similarity Check
- 09Publishing management systemsPKP OMP · PKP OJS
- 10Research information systemsInstitutional repositories · CRIS systems · OpenAIRE Graph · OAI-PMH
- 11AccessibilityEPUB Accessibility 1.1 · WCAG 2.2 · PDF/UA · European Accessibility Act
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