Are there any technical specifications for my file?

Your publication should be submitted as an archivable PDF/A file. Please check for display errors or shifted wraps after conversion. To allow for digital preservation, files may not be password- or copy-protected. There is a maximum size limit of 150 MB. For larger attachments and data for your publications, please use the FAU IT-Services for Research Data or dedicated data repositories as FAU Community by Zenodo for larger attachments and data for your publications.

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• OPEN FAU currently supports e.g. the following file formats: PDF, DOC(X), XLS(X), ZIP, AVI, MP3 and MP4.
• The size of the file should be as small as possible. The system only accepts uploads of files of up to 60 MB. If you cannot reduce the size of your file, please contact the OPEN FAU-team.
• For the file name, we recommend using a simple title without spaces or special characters, such as underscores. Example: Diss.pdf
• Special characters may only be used in the abstract, comment, and bibliographical reference fields. See  Markdown and MathJax for details.
• The document must not be copy-protected or have other restricted access settings. This is a requirement of the German National Library to ensure digital preservation. Moreover, no provision is made for restricting access to the documents through OPEN FAU itself, for example, by restricting access to certain IP ranges..
• If your work contains programs, files, video sequences, audio documents, or similar materials on a DVD-ROM enclosure, they must be prepared for publication as a compressed ZIP file and uploaded as well.
• If you encounter technical difficulties uploading your documents, please complete the form to the best of your ability and email your files to ub-repo(at)fau.de.