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-== About the project == 
-Duration: The project runs for 6 months, from 1st March 2007 until 31 August 2007 - extended until 31 October 2007, with case studies to follow by January 2008+== SWORD ==
-The project is led by [http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/ UKOLN]+* SWORD is a lightweight protocol for deposit.
 +* SWORD is a profile of the Atom Publishing Protocol.
 +* SWORD is a JISC-funded initiative.
 +* SWORD stands for Simple Web-service Offering Repository Deposit.
-=== Project description ===+The motivation for SWORD is 'lowering the barriers to deposit', principally deposit into repositories, but potentially deposit into any system which wants to receive content from remote sources.
-SWORD (Simple Web-service Offering Repository Deposit) will take forward the Deposit protocol developed by a small working group as part of the JISC Digital Repositories Programme by implementing it as a lightweight web-service in four major repository software platforms: EPrints, DSpace, Fedora and IntraLibrary. The existing protocol documentation will be finalised by project partners and a prototype ‘smart deposit’ tool will be developed to facilitate easier and more effective population of repositories. The project intends to take an iterative approach to developing and revising the protocol, web-services and client implementation through evaluative testing and feedback mechanisms. Community acceptance and take-up will be sought through dissemination activities. The project is led by UKOLN, University of Bath, with partners at the Aberystwyth University, the University of Southampton and Intrallect Ltd. The project aims to improve the efficiency and quality of repository deposit and to diversity and expedite the options for timely population of repositories with content whilst promoting a common deposit interface and supporting the Information Environment principles of interoperability.+For further information see the [http://www.swordapp.org/ SWORD Homepage] (http://www.swordapp.org/)
-For a handy introduction to SWORD, please see the following paper in [http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue54/allinson-et-al/ Ariadne] (as deposited in [http://cadair.aber.ac.uk/dspace/handle/2160/507 CADAIR]).+For project background, see: [[SWORD Project]]
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-=== Project background ===+
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-SWORD is continuing the activities of the the JISC Digital Repository Programme [[Deposit API]] working group. +
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-See the [[Deposit API]] pages for more information.+
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-=== Partners ===+
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-* UKOLN (Julie Allinson)+
-* EPrints, University of Southampton (Les Carr and Sebastien Francois)+
-* Intrallect Ltd. (Martin Morrey and Sarah Currier)+
-* Centre for Advanced Software and Intelligent Systems (CASIS), Aberystwyth+
-University (Neil Taylor, Stuart Lewis, Richard Jones and Glen Robson)+
- +
-=== Contact ===+
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-* [[User:JulieAllinson|Julie Allinson]], <[mailto:j.allinson@gmail.com j.allinson@gmail.com]>+
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-== Workpackage One - standards and protocol ==+
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-=== Deposit protocol ===+
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-The SWORD protocol for deposit is a profile of the Atom Publishing Protocol. Current version:+
-* [[SWORD APP Profile|SWORD APP Profile Version 1.2]] - released 22nd January 2008 ([http://deposit.wordpress.com/2007/10/12/sword-profile-finally-out-there/ announcement])+
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-This document replaces:+
-* [[SWORD APP Profile 1.1]] - released 9th November 2007 +
-* [[SWORD APP Profile 1.0]] - released 12th October 2007+
-* previous working drafts: [[SWORD APP Profile 0.7|0.7]], [[SWORD APP Profile 0.6|0.6]], [[SWORD APP Profile 0.5|0.5]], [[SWORD APP Profile 0.4|0.4]], [[SWORD APP Profile 0.3|0.3]], [[SWORD APP Profile 0.2|0.2]], [[SWORD APP Profile 0.1|0.1]]+
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-=== Parameters ===+
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-* [[SWORD parameters]] - outlines the parameters/requirements for the SWORD protocol +
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-=== Existing standards ===+
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-* [[SWORD Standards|Relevant standards]]+
-* [[SWORD Evaluate existing standards|Evaluation of existing standards]]+
-** [[SWORD APP evaluation]]+
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-=== Supported formats ===+
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-* [[SWORD formats]]+
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-== Workpackage Two - technical development ==+
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-This work package involves implementation of the SWORD protocol in test installations of DSpace, IntraLibrary, Fedora and EPrints and the development of a SWORD demonstration client for depositing to these, and other, installations.+
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-=== SWORD downloads ===+
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-These are available from our Sourceforge project page:+
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-http://sourceforge.net/projects/sword-app/ (from the [http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=208296 downloads] area)+
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-EPrints code is also available from http://files.eprints.org/305/+
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-=== SWORD implementations ===+
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-Intrallect have made available details about their implementation, including acceptance tests at the link below (please note their terms and conditions of use).+
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-* [[intrallect_development|Intrallect development]]+
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-==== Accessing the implementations ====+
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-Further information is available about how to access the current SWORD implementations:+
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-* [[SWORD access]]+
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-=== SWORD demonstration clients ===+
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-There are two demonstration clients which can be used to test implementations within the SWORD project and are freely available for wider use.+
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-* Desktop client - available from [http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=208296 sourceforge]+
-* Online client - available from http://sword.aber.ac.uk/sword/client+
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-Other clients developed outside of the project are also in development currently ...+
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-* for example, the [http://legolas.cetis.ac.uk/ Feedforward] project has recently produced a client which includes SWORD-compliance, among other features. Definitely worth a look.+
-* also, potentially implementation and testing in the [http://ice.usq.edu.au/ ICE] project, see this report on a recent [http://ice.usq.edu.au/blog/?p=105 workshop]+
- +
-== Workpackage Three - user testing and feedback ==+
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-=== Case studies ===+
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-Four case studies have been commissioned and will appear here in early 2008. Further information is available here:+
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-* [[SWORD case studies|Case studies]]+
-** [[SWORD_case_studies#Case_study_1_:_arXiv|arXiv]]+
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-=== CRIG unconference workshop ===+
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-There was a discussion of SWORD at the CRIG Unconference on December 6th:+
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-[[SWORD at the unconference]]+
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-== Workpackage Four - Community engagement and dissemination ==+
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-* Rachel Heery, Julie Allinson, Jim Downing, Christopher Gutteridge and Martin Morrey, [http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/ukoln/staff/j.allinson/or2007-deposit.pdf Repository Deposit Service Description] (MIME type: application/pdf). Presented by Julie Allinson at [http://openrepositories.org/ Open Repositories 2007], 23-26 January 2007, San Antonio, Texas. Also available on [http://www.slideshare.net/j.allinson/repository-deposit-service-description Slideshare]+
-* [http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/ukoln/staff/j.allinson/SWORD-2007-06-22.pdf Simple Web-service Offering Repository Deposit (SWORD)] (MIME type: application/pdf). Presentation at the Defining Image Access project meeting, Wolfson College, Oxford University, Oxford, 22nd June 2007. Also available on [http://www.slideshare.net/j.allinson/sword-2007-06-22 Slideshare]+
-* [http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/ukoln/staff/j.allinson/SWORD-cetis-2007-06-29.pdf Simple Web-service Offering Repository Deposit] (SWORD). Presentation at the JISC CETIS EC and MDR SIG meeting, Strathclyde University, Glasgow, 29th June 2007. Also available on [http://www.slideshare.net/j.allinson/sword-cetis-2007-06-29-73233/ Slideshare]+
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-== Workpackage Five - Project management ==+
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-=== Project documents ===+
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-* [http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/repositories/sword/sword-project-plan-02.pdf SWORD project plan v2] (pdf)+
-* [http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/repositories/sword/sword-workpackages.pdf SWORD workpackages] (pdf)+
-* [[Progress report 2007-08]]+
-* [[Progress report 2007-11]]+
-* [[Progress report 2008-01]]+
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-=== Project meetings ===+
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-* [[SWORD meeting 2007-04]]+
-* [[SWORD telephone meeting 2007-05-11]]+
-* [[SWORD telephone meeting 2007-06-15]]+
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-== Other relevant work ==+
- +
-* [[OAI-ORE]]+
-* [[SOURCE]] project+
-* HAL (http://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/) - in French+
-* [http://www.depot.edina.ac.uk/ The Depot]+
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-* Google Data APIs Protocol (http://code.google.com/apis/gdata/)+
-** YouTube video from Google Developers Day (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4SWAfisH-8)+
-** Authentication extension (http://code.google.com/apis/gdata/reference.html#Authentication)+
-* Apache Abdera project (http://incubator.apache.org/abdera/) - implementing ATOM and APP+
-* Poster (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2691) - a Firefox add-on that can be used to test *some* SWORD functionality, see blog post [http://frittato.wordpress.com/2007/10/12/firefox-addon-for-web-service-interaction/ here]+
-* [http://ice.usq.edu.au/ ICE] Project+
-* [http://legolas.cetis.ac.uk/ FeedForward]+
- +
-=== Interest in SWORD ===+
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-Blog posts and publicity:+
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-* Pete Johnston, eFoundations: http://efoundations.typepad.com/efoundations/2007/07/putting-them-wi.html and http://efoundations.typepad.com/efoundations/2007/10/sword-unsheathe.html+
-* David Davies' Weblog: http://david.davies.name/weblog/2007/06/30/how-project-sword-restored-my-faith-in-educational-technology/+
-* Ed Summers: http://www.inkdroid.org/journal+
-* Pete Sefton: http://ptsefton.com/blog/2007/06/04/migration-toolkit and http://ptsefton.com/blog/2007/08/09/09-23-19.208941+
-* DigitalKoans: http://digital-scholarship.org/digitalkoans/index.php?s=sword+
-* http://www.trainingpressreleases.com/newsstory.asp?NewsID=3345+
-* http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?post=42597+
-* Caveat Lector: http://cavlec.yarinareth.net/archives/2008/03/05/barn-door-horse/+

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SWORD

  • SWORD is a lightweight protocol for deposit.
  • SWORD is a profile of the Atom Publishing Protocol.
  • SWORD is a JISC-funded initiative.
  • SWORD stands for Simple Web-service Offering Repository Deposit.

The motivation for SWORD is 'lowering the barriers to deposit', principally deposit into repositories, but potentially deposit into any system which wants to receive content from remote sources.

For further information see the SWORD Homepage (http://www.swordapp.org/)

For project background, see: SWORD Project

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