Open access to knowledge is a generic term used for knowledge resources
made available in the public domain for public access or public consumption at
large scale, without any hindrance of subscription fee or access charges. OA is
facilitated in an internet-based online environment. Thus, OA facilitators as
well as users need to establish an online connectivity for knowledge diffusion.
Internet services are designed for global as well as local users. User interfaces
and languages of scholarly communications are to be suitable for global users
for achieving fruits of OA.