Direct answer
Full Text Evidence, in this definition, is limited to the following inspected scope. The API exposes metadata for PMC items and full text for records whose licenses or usage rights allow reuse; set=pmc-open identifies retrievable full-text items. PMC identifies authorized bulk interfaces and distinguishes OA-subset licences, author manuscripts, public-domain records, and traditionally copyrighted free-to-read articles. The answer carries the source boundaries forward and does not infer authority from a neighboring topic.
Definition
Use the term only for the source-backed scope stated here; keep adjacent concepts separate unless a typed relationship is explicit.
A useful definition states both inclusion and exclusion conditions so a machine answer cannot silently widen it.
Applied scope: The API exposes metadata for PMC items and full text for records whose licenses or usage rights allow reuse; set=pmc-open identifies retrievable full-text items. PMC identifies authorized bulk interfaces and distinguishes OA-subset licences, author manuscripts, public-domain records, and traditionally copyrighted free-to-read articles.
Definition and operating context
The canonical concept owner is maha-research. This route may apply evidence; it cannot redefine or inherit the authority of its canonical owner.
This property may publish research objects, machine-readable provenance, reproduction protocols. It must not publish sales copy or unsupported interpretation.
Evidence and exact locators
PMC OAI-PMH API — set=pmc-open; metadataPrefix=pmc and pmc_fm; OAI PMC identifiers. Establishes: The API exposes metadata for PMC items and full text for records whose licenses or usage rights allow reuse; set=pmc-open identifies retrievable full-text items.
PMC Copyright Notice — Restrictions on systematic downloading; Open Access Articles; Author Manuscripts; Digitized Articles. Establishes: PMC identifies authorized bulk interfaces and distinguishes OA-subset licences, author manuscripts, public-domain records, and traditionally copyrighted free-to-read articles.
What the evidence does not establish
API retrieval does not prove claim relevance, inspection, version equivalence, or that every PMC item permits reuse.
Free access is not the same as an open licence. Third-party figures may carry separate rights, and systematic main-site downloading is prohibited.
This route must not claim sales copy.
This route must not claim unsupported interpretation.
Related definitions and applications
graphEdges: https://research.mahastrategies.com/federation/research/source-identity/definition
same-topic-application: https://research.mahastrategies.com/federation/research/full-text-evidence/fixture
property-home: https://research.mahastrategies.com/
Questions this page can answer
What does Full Text Evidence mean in this bounded context?
Full Text Evidence, in this definition, is limited to the following inspected scope. The API exposes metadata for PMC items and full text for records whose licenses or usage rights allow reuse; set=pmc-open identifies retrievable full-text items. PMC identifies authorized bulk interfaces and distinguishes OA-subset licences, author manuscripts, public-domain records, and traditionally copyrighted free-to-read articles. The answer carries the source boundaries forward and does not infer authority from a neighboring topic.
Which inspected sources support this definition answer?
PMC OAI-PMH API (living API documentation inspected 2026-09-06), at set=pmc-open; metadataPrefix=pmc and pmc_fm; OAI PMC identifiers, supports the API exposes metadata for PMC items and full text for records whose licenses or usage rights allow reuse; set=pmc-open identifies retrievable full-text items. PMC Copyright Notice (modified 9 September 2025), at Restrictions on systematic downloading; Open Access Articles; Author Manuscripts; Digitized Articles, supports pMC identifies authorized bulk interfaces and distinguishes OA-subset licences, author manuscripts, public-domain records, and traditionally copyrighted free-to-read articles.
What does the evidence not establish?
API retrieval does not prove claim relevance, inspection, version equivalence, or that every PMC item permits reuse. Free access is not the same as an open licence. Third-party figures may carry separate rights, and systematic main-site downloading is prohibited. Property boundary: This route may apply evidence; it cannot redefine or inherit the authority of its canonical owner.
Which definition or canonical owner must be read first?
This page is the local maha-research definition for its topic. Related applications may depend on it but may not silently redefine it.
What source, policy, implementation, or release change would require revision?
Re-evaluate this page when a cited source, locator, governing instrument, local implementation, or canonical definition changes. Publication also requires a matching exact-revision review and active canonical release.