The SWORD v2 project has been asked by the JISC to look into the applicability of the SWORD protocol for depositing Research Data. The SWORD protocol has always been agnostic about the type of resource it is depositing, however its initial development stemmed from a requirement for the deposit of scholarly communications outputs into repositories… Read More »
As part of the SWORD v2 project finding, resources were allocated to implement it in a number of repository platforms. First off the block to release SWORD v2 implementations as part of their core functionality are EPrints and DSpace: Download: EPrints 3.3.6+ Download: DSpace 1.8+ There are also client code library implementations available if you wish to… Read More »
Have you wondered how the SWORD v2 development process has taken place, from humble beginnings in 2010 to the standard today? Richard Jones (SWORD v2 Technical Lead) from CottageLabs explains during a Pecha Kucha session at the 2011 Repository Fringe event #rfringe11
We recently announced one of the clients that the SWORD v2 project has been able to fund (the ‘right-click deposit‘ project). This blog post describes the other project that was funded: “A SWORD-V2 Client for Publishing Open Education Resources (OER) to Connexions”. Kathi Fletcher is a Shuttleworth Fellow who is focusing on how to foster… Read More »
The SWORD project recently published a call for project proposals to create new SWORD v2 clients. We are happy to announce that two projects have been funded which we’ll introduce in some blog posts. This blog post introduces the first of the two: Right-click deposit by Kim Shepherd. The project proposal aims to: Create a… Read More »
The JISC funded SWORD v2 project has been working to extend the original SWORD protocol that facilitates the deposit of materials into repositories. Based on the Atom-Pub protocol, SWORD v2 enhances the power of SWORD by taking the existing ability of deposit, and adding the ability to retrieve, update, or delete deposits as they pass… Read More »
We’re glad to announce that the SWORD v2 project has been granted extension funding by JISC. The original SWORD v2 project has been extending the current SWORD standard from its current model of ‘fire and forget’ deposits, to a full CRUD model where items can be updated, replaced, or deleted too. The project will deliver… Read More »
Everyone is home from Open Repositories 2011 now. As usual it was a great conference, and we were once again surprised by how often SWORD is referred to in different presentations. SWORD was promoted by the team twice at the conference: The SWORD Course: The course was presented by Stuart Lewis and Richard Jones. The slides… Read More »
Are you coming to the Open Repositories 2011 conference? If so, you might be interested in the ‘Developers Challenge‘. The theme of the the challenge this year is: “Show us the future of repositories!” This competition will be fascinating, as it will allow repository users, managers, and developers to team up in order to show us… Read More »
The Open Repositories 2011 conference is less than 5 weeks away now, so we thought it would be a good time to tell you about about what the SWORD team will be up to at the conference. SWORD will be represented at two different parts of the conference: The SWORD Course If you would like… Read More »