Hi, Today, thinking hard again about the (dis)advantages of Green OA the following idea flashed through my mind. Green OA leads to `parallel articles', i.e. the post prints of the pdf's in official journals. Why not having `parallel journals' as well? It's not so difficult I think. Someone has to generate a list of journal titles and issues with empty article records. And then every repository can complete these records with the metadata of the post prints that they hold. Just like we created union catalogs in the old days.
As I see it, the main advantage is that we can integrate the worlds of Gold and Green OA at journal level. Wouldn't that be a relief to readers, funders and authors? Cheers, Leo.