[BOAI] SWORD v2 client funding opportunity

[Peter Suber]

[Forwarding from the SWORD Project, via the JISC-Repositories list.  --Peter
Suber.]


Hi,

Readers of this list might be interested in the following funding
opportunity:

- http://swordapp.org/2011/07/sword-v2-request-for-project-proposals/

SWORD v2 in a nutshell:  SWORD is a deposit protocol that allows remote
deposits to be made into SWORD compliant repositories such as DSpace,
EPrints, Fedora, Microsoft Zentity, and Intralibrary.  SWORD v1 was first
released in 2007 and allows one way deposits to made - coined as 'fire and
forget'.  The SWORD v2 specification now enhances this by allowing deposits
to be updated, replaced, or deleted, which allows for richer deposit
workflows and new use cases such as collaborative authoring.

The SWORD v2 project has developed implementations for DSpace, EPrints and
Fedora.  In addition it has developed client code libraries (APIs) for Java,
PHP, Ruby and Python.

In order to increase the number of SWORD v2 client implementations, the JISC
have donated over £5,000 to fund new SWORD v2 clients.  The majority of this
money is being made available in a contested request for projects.  We are
seeking developers or development teams to submit ideas for creating new
SWORD v2 clients, either by upgrading existing SWORD clients, building SWORD
functionality into other scholarly communications tools, or developing
entirely new deposit tools.  In addition a small amount of the money will be
used to provide technical support to the winning developers by the original
SWORD v2 team ensuring that the projects have access to all the help and
support they need.

Entrants are encouraged to make use of the existing SWORD v2 client code
libraries.  Using the existing client code libraries will lower the
development effort needed, enabling rapid, efficient, and cost-effective
development.  Proposals to add SWORD v2 into existing well-adopted and
mature systems are particularly welcome.

If you are not a developer but have some great ideas for possible new SWORD
v2 clients, get in touch and we'll try and pair you up with some developers:
info at swordapp.org or leave a comment at
http://swordapp.org/2011/07/sword-v2-request-for-project-proposals/

Best wishes,


The SWORD v2 Team
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