• Law No. 36/2011, of June 21. This law establishes the adoption of open standards for information in digital format in the Public Administration, promoting the technological freedom of citizens and organizations and the interoperability of the State's computer systems. Published in Diário da República, 1st series - No. 216 - June 21, 2011.  https://dre.pt/application/dir/pdf1s/2011/06/11800/0359903600.pdf

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• Resolution of the Council of Ministers No. 91/2012 that approves the National Regulation of Digital Interoperability (RNID) that defines the technical specificities and digital formats to be adopted by the public administration. Published in Diário da República, 1st series - No. 118 - November 8, 2012.
  https://dre.pt/application/dir/pdf1s/2012/11/21600/0646006465.pdf
   

• Decree-Law No. 115/2013, which proceeds to the third amendment to Decree-Law nr. 74/2006, approves the legal regime of academic degrees and higher education diplomas and regulates, through the provisions of its Article 50 , The legal deposit of doctoral theses, works provided for in Article 31 (2) (a) and (b) and master's dissertations in institutional repositories. Published in Diário da República, 1st series - No. 151 - August 7, 2013. http://www.a3es.pt/sites/default/files/DL%20115_2013%20GADES.pdf
   

• Ordinance No. 285/2015 of September 15. Approves the Technical Regulation for the Deposit of Thesis and PhD Works and Dissertations and Masters Works, it has submitted to the FCT Board of Directors the approval, by order, of the list of formats authorized in the deposit of the registrations added by the portal RCAAP. This list is based on the requirement in the Ordinance that these formats be "open formats, widely recognized in the community, that ensure technical and semantic interoperability, and ensure the accessibility, readability and integrity of its content in the long term. Published in Diário da República, 1st series - No. 180 - September 15, 2015. https://dre.pt/application/file/70297526
   

• Order No.14167 / 2015 of December 1st effectively defines the set of technical requirements of the deposit in the RCAAP, namely with regard to file formats and job description. Published in Diário da República, 2ª serie – No. 235 - 6 of December of 2015. https://dre.pt/application/conteudo/72779297
   

• Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on the Single Digital Market Strategy in Europe. Brussels, 06.05.2015. COM (2015) 192 final.  http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:52015DC0192
   

• Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: Promoting a fair, efficient and competitive European copyright-based economy in the Digital Single
  Market, 14.09.2016. COM (2016) 592. https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regdoc/rep/1/2016/EN/1-2016-592-EN-F1-1.PDF