[Journal] RE: ISBNs for FOSS4G2008 Proceedings

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

Hi all,
Just a snippit from some other communication I had recently -  
discussing how they plan to do the proceedings for this years FOSS4G  
academic track.  Is anyone familiar with how we might be able to get  
OSGeo Journal accredited using one the sources mentioned?

Begin forwarded message:

> Unfortunately, for the proceedings of an academic conference to be  
> "Recognised Research Output" in South Africa, they must have an  
> ISBN (when published as a stand-alone volume) or be published in an  
> accredited journal, which is a journal appearing in at least one of  
> the following:
> (1) The Sciences Citation Index of the Institute of Scientific  
> Information (ISI)
> (2) The Social Sciences Citation Index of the ISI
> (3) The Arts and Humanities Citation Index of the ISI
> (4) The International Bibliography of Social Sciences (IBSS)
> (5) The South African Department of Education's list of Approved  
> South African Journals.