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Table of Contents

  • Foreword
  • Conventions
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Overview
  • 3 Technical Specifications for COUNTER Reports
  • 4 COUNTER reports
  • 5 Delivery of COUNTER Reports
  • 6 Logging Usage
  • 7 Processing Rules for Underlying COUNTER Reporting Data
  • 8 SUSHI for Automated Report Harvesting
  • 9 Audit
  • 10 Other Compliance Topics
  • 11 Extending the Code of Practice
  • 12 Continuous Maintenance
  • 13 Transitioning from Previous Releases or to New Reporting Services
  • 14 Change History
  • Appendices
    • Appendix A: Glossary of Terms
    • Appendix B: Changes from Release 5
    • Appendix C: Vendor/Aggregator/Gateway Declaration of COUNTER Compliance
    • Appendix D: Handling Errors and Exceptions
    • Appendix E: Audit Requirements and Tests
      • E.1 Audit Requirements
      • E.2 General Audit Tests
      • E.3 Audit Tests for Denials
      • E.4 Audit Tests for Search Metrics
      • E.5 Audit Tests for Investigations and Requests for Books and Reference_Works
      • E.6 Audit Tests for Investigations and Requests for Other Data_Types
    • Appendix F: List of Federated Search Products
    • Appendix G: Sample COUNTER Reports and Standard Views of the COUNTER Reports
    • Appendix H: List of internet robots, crawlers and spiders
COUNTER Code of Practice Release 5
  • Appendices
  • Appendix E: Audit Requirements and Tests

Appendix E: Audit Requirements and Tests

Note: The main Code of Practice document takes precedence in the case of any conflicts between it and this appendix.

  • E.1 Audit Requirements
    • E.1.1 Auditor Setup
    • E.1.2 Audits Where ‘Accounts’ Do Not Apply
  • E.2 General Audit Tests
    • E.2.1 Validation Tool
    • E.2.2 SUSHI Endpoints
    • E.2.3 Audit Tests for Double-Click Filtering
  • E.3 Audit Tests for Denials
    • E.3.1 Limit_Exceeded
    • E.3.2 No_Licence
  • E.4 Audit Tests for Search Metrics
    • E.4.1 Searches_Platform
    • E.4.2 Searches_Regular and Searches_Automated
  • E.5 Audit Tests for Investigations and Requests for Books and Reference_Works
    • E.5.1 Books Available as Book_Segments
    • E.5.2 Books Available as Whole Books Where Book_Segments Can Be Identified
    • E.5.3 Books Available as Whole Books Where Book_Segments Cannot Be Identified
    • E.5.4 Investigations Independent of Requests
  • E.6 Audit Tests for Investigations and Requests for Other Data_Types
    • E.6.1 Access Types
    • E.6.2 Investigations Independent of Requests
    • E.6.3 Year of Publication
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