Adding a subject, since I saw that I hadn't. -- Kathi
On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 7:59 PM, Kathi Fletcher <
kathi.fletc...@shuttleworthfoundation.org> wrote:
> For those of you attending OR12, I would love to have you join our
> "working" workshop on using SWORD to deposit to both an OER repository and
> an institutional repository at the same time. Register for the
> workshop<http://www.eventbrite.com/event/3549581895/eorg>.
> The workshop is free for attendees and it will be Monday, July 9th. Since
> we will be working to extend an existing SWORD client that deposits to
> Connexions (cnx.oerpub.org) so that it will also optionally deposit to an
> insitutional dspace repo (and eprints if we have folks to drive that
> effort).
>
> *OER: Workshop: Multi-repository Deposit to OER and IR at the Same
> Time<https://www.conftool.net/or2012/index.php?page=browseSessions&form_session=37&CTSID_OR2012=P,0lYjn4bI84f1PX2DZxIW7szy9>
> *
>
> OERPub is a new API for publishing OER (Open Education Resources) that was
> adapted lightly from SWORD V2. The purpose for the OERPub API is to enable
> an ecosystem of tools and services that support transforming, remixing,
> adapting, and translating OER.
>
> Features were added to SWORD to specialize it for OER and it has been
> implemented in Connexions (an open repository). We have also created a
> client that transforms content in general purposes formats like Word, Open
> Office, HTML, and Google Docs into semantic formats and then uses the API
> to publish the resulting content. When institutional authors submit
> scholarly works such as textbooks, conference proceedings, or journal
> articles to Connexions, they often need to archive the materials within
> their institutional arrchives (DSpace Fedora, Eprints).
>
> In this workshop we will extend the OERPub client to optionally deposit to
> DSpace institutional archives using SWORD V2 at the same time as the
> materials are being published in Connexions. The first part of the workshop
> will be spent on design discussion, and then we will extend the client to
> deposit to both Connexions and DSpace. If participants are interested in
> EPrints or Fedora, we will pursue prototype implementations for those also.
> Attendees should be familiar with SWORD for publishing and an institutional
> repository. Since we will be actively extending existing software, software
> development skills or user experience skills will be priority for attendees.
>
> Presenters: Kathi Fletcher (Shuttleworth Foundation Fellow), Marvin Reimer
> (TU Braunschweig), Ying Jin (Rice University – Center for Digital
> Scholarship)
>
> Register for the workshop<http://www.eventbrite.com/event/3549581895/eorg>
>
> --
> Kathi Fletcher
> Email: kathi.fletc...@shuttleworthfoundation.org
> Alternate Email: kathi.fletc...@gmail.com
> Twitter: kefletcher <http://www.twitter.com/kefletcher>
> Skype: kef-sky
> Blog: kefletcher.blogspot.com
> Phone: US 862-345-6178
>
>
--
Kathi Fletcher
Email: kathi.fletc...@shuttleworthfoundation.org
Alternate Email: kathi.fletc...@gmail.com
Twitter: kefletcher <http://www.twitter.com/kefletcher>
Skype: kef-sky
Blog: kefletcher.blogspot.com
Phone: US 862-345-6178
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