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The SWORD Course<br />Module1<br />An Introductionto SWORD<br />
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Module objectives<br />By the end of this module you will:<br />Understand the purpose of SWORD<br />Know the history of SWORD<br />Know about the SWORD project<br />Have seen a list of useful resources<br />
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What is SWORD?<br />SWORD is a:<br />Simple<br />Web service<br />Offering<br />Repository<br />Deposit<br />During the development of SWORD it was decided to keep the protocol as simple and lightweight as possible.<br />
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What is SWORD?<br />SWORD is a:<br />Simple<br />Web service<br />Offering<br />Repository<br />Deposit<br />A software interface that is accessible<br />using http<br />
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What is SWORD?<br />SWORD is a:<br />Simple<br />Web service<br />Offering<br />Repository<br />Deposit<br />
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What is SWORD?<br />SWORD is a:<br />Simple<br />Web service<br />Offering<br />Repository<br />Deposit<br />Agnostic:<br />DSpace<br />EPrints<br />Fedora<br />Intralibrary<br />Zentity<br />???<br />
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What is SWORD?<br />SWORD is a:<br />Simple<br />Web service<br />Offering<br />Repository<br />Deposit<br />Putting things<br />INTO<br />a repository<br />
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What is the purpose of SWORD?<br />The purpose of SWORD is to:<br />Provide an interoperableinterface that allows deposits to be easily made into repositories.<br />
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What is the history of SWORD?<br />Discussions about the lack of a standard mechanism for deposit<br />JISC CETIS Conference led by Lorna Campbell and Phil Barker<br />Andy Powell’s “A service-oriented view of the JISC Information Environment”<br />The “add” service identified by the eFramework<br />Presentations about the new Open Archives Initiative-Object Reuse and Exchange (OAI-ORE) Project<br />
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What is the history of SWORD?<br />Late 2005<br />UKOLN’s Repository Research Team identified the need for a standardised deposit interface<br />Early / Mid 2006<br />Deposit API working group formed<br />Two meetings (March and July)<br />
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What is the history of SWORD?<br />2007<br />JISC funded SWORD project<br />March to October<br />Consortium project<br />UKOLN (lead)<br />Aberystwyth University<br />The University of Southampton<br />Intrallect<br />
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The SWORD project<br />Lightweight project with controlled scope<br />
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The SWORD project<br />Out of scope<br />Packaging<br />Metadata<br />Authentication<br />Authorization<br />