SWORD case studies
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Case study 1 : arXiv
Abstract: The arXiv e-print archive (http://arxiv.org/) has for many years used an ad-hoc automated upload interface to accept submissions from proxies (overlay and other journals also posting open-access copies of articles to arXiv) and from our remote submission site in France (HAL, http://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/). In collaboration with Microsoft, we are working to produce a new interface to allow automated upload of conference articles from the popular Conference Management Toolkit site (CMT, http://cmt.research.microsoft.com/cmt/). We are implementing the SWORD profile of Atom at arXiv to facilitate these uploads.
Case study 2 : SOURCE
http://flickr.com/photos/dff1978/1533681354/
Case study 3 : SPECTRa
The SPECTRa web application allows for the quick and easy deposition of chemistry data in a range of formats. The original implementation works against the DSpace Lightweight Network interface, since the SWORD did not exist at the time SPECTRa was developed. This is a limitation, since the installed base of the DSpace LNI is extremely small. To ameliorate this limitation, the function of deposit is performed through a plugin mechanism, whereby plugins can be developed for other deposit protocols. A SWORD plugin for SPECTRa will help to achieve two main goals: -
1) Increase the utility of SPECTRa to the mainstream of DSpace installations
2) Allow use of SPECTRa with a range of repository softwares.
Case study 4 : White Rose Research Online
Automatic deposit in a funder-mandated repository from a local repository.
- Implementing the EPrints SWORD package on the White Rose server.
- Proof of concept of export/import between two development repositories
- Workflow modelling:
-Logic +If funder mandates deposit +-Find where it should go (some form of authority file?) +-Find supported fields +-Export data and document in required format +-Send data +-?Automatically test record has been deposited?
Currently import to a remote (funder) repository probably isn't possible, as they won't have the SWORD import functionality - hence testing the workflow between two 3 of 7 promoting access to White Rose research papers development repositories locally. The test will still be sent 'over the wire' - via http to make a more realistic model.
