Open Archive :
It is a repository of contents, an outcome of scientific research and it is freely available on the net according to Open Access’s rules. It can be thematic or institutional.
Self-Archiving :
It is the act when researchers themselves deposit their own documents in an Open Archive.
Copyright :
It is a bundle of rights wchich authors benefit on their original work.This latter is protected since its creation and even without being neither deposited nor registered. Copyright includes moral rights – paternity rights with respect to the work, disclosure rights, of withdrawal or regret – integrity rights – reproduction and performance rights and the right to authorize derivative works. Only these latter could be transferred to a third party by the author.
OAI Repository :
A database which supports the OAI-PMH protocol and is established by a data provider.It contains metadata that is available in various formats to meet different types of applications.