By: Scott Wilson

Scott Wilson — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:58:16 +0000

Desktop Repository Deposit tool? I think we made one of those:http://blogs.cetis.ac.uk/feedforward/2008/04/04/team-feedforward-finalists-in-the-or2008-repository-challenge/Come to think of it, I think we did the other one too:http://getfeedforward.org

By: Talat Chaudhri

Talat Chaudhri — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:36:42 +0000

Both of these tools would be extremely valuable to academics in my opinion. I’d highlight these issues:(1) different repositories require different metadata to be provided before an item can be deposited. Either they are going to have to refuse the deposit, if the required fields are different, or allow their own decisions about this to be by-passed. Would it be possible to consult the receiving repository for a list of minimum requirements, or is not publicly knowable in general until one is actually using the input forms as an authorised user? Also, what about edit submissions using SWORD, to change existing items? I don’t know to what extent this is supported in practice…(?)(2) the latter tool provides a welcome, software-independent tool replacing what EPrints already provides, i.e. publications lists, and the equivalent that you developed at Aberystwyth for DSpace. If it has the flexibility to order the publications, either by date etc or by a custom order (by drag & drop?) then it will automatically be superior. Plus it could be used for other purposes such as reading lists, bibliographies etc, as long as you can select multiple authors. Is there any way to add category headings to different groups of publications? That might be very helpful for academics who work in various sub-fields or related fields.The basic principle of both of these is sound and practical. I hope to see academics using tools like this. It’s up to repository managers to link to tools like this and encourage uptake.In my view, there needs to be a much greater focus on providing these kinds of services in order to help create the collaborative kind of environment that is increasingly expected. But it’s also going to be about how they are then promoted by repositories and by existing central repository services.This is a really useful area of development.

By: Owen Stephens

Owen Stephens — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:22:51 +0000

Great ideas These both sound similar to things the ‘FeedForward’ project is trying for http://getfeedforward.org?

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