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GNU EPrints 2 Overview
No full textAn overview of GNU EPrints 2. EPrints is free software which creates a web based archive and database of scholarly output and is intended for use by a university or university department. This article contains a description of the features and design philosophy of the software including OAI-PMH (Open Archive Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting), internationalisation of the interface via XML files containing all text used in the interface, internationalisation of metadata fields which may be entered in more that one language and an API for adding your own features. This article also discusses the costs of setting up an eprints archive, including staff time and hardware
Using the Institutional Repository to publish research data
No full textFor open research data to be fully utilised it must be discoverable. Many types of research dataset are impossible to identify by looking at them so metadata is essential. This is the only major issue with using existing Institutional Repositories to preserve and disseminate data. This paper suggests a simple scheme for facilitating discovery and reuse of open scientific data
Data hygiene factors
No full textThe goal of making your data available is that other people can reuse it. A number of factors can prevent anybody from ever exploiting your data. This article reviews some of these factors and suggests some low effort ways you can increase the chances of your data’s being used by others
equipment.data – Delivering a data autodiscovery infrastructure
No full textThe development of the National Research Equipment Portal, equipment.data, was funded by EPSRC (Jisc from April 2015) in response to the need to improve visibility and utilisation of UK research equipment. The aim of equipment.data was to deliver a sustainable solution for the aggregation and displaying of published research equipment data from across UK HE in order to promote greater conversation around the utilisation of existing research infrastructure. Its development has the backing of RCUK as its preferred medium for national equipment data sharing with the service now endorsed as strategically significant by HEFCE
Applications, Potential Problems and a Suggested Policy for Institutional E-Print Archives
No full textEPrints archives and similar archives promise many benefits for academics and their institutions, but there are complications in trying to solve too many problems at once. We describe the potential uses for an institutional archive running either the GNU EPrints software or software intended to provide similar functionality and how those applications may complement or interfere with each other. We then discusses policy decisions which should be made when implementing an archive and suggest a possible policy based on our own experience at Southampton University where the Electronics and Computer Science Department has been running an archive and database of our publications since 1998 and has provided software and assistance to many other institutions setting up a variety of electronic archives
A networked registration scheme for enhancing trust
No full textSociety has widely adopted use of electronic data without sufficient attention to the problems of non-repudiation (NR). A universal, transparent scheme is needed to replace the traditional paper-based model that people are familiar with. A registration scheme is proposed that uses a network of registration servers run in a way that is robust to legal and technical challenge. Any user can register potential electronic evidence with one or more of these servers. This enables a user to later assert that they had the data at the time. Applications encompass intellectual property (IP) protection, file-download-based e-commerce and corporate shareholder communications. Wide availability should induce proper behaviour between parties whether they use the scheme or not
AI3SD Video: Giving your Open Data the best chance to realise its potential
No full textChris is not a researcher, but he’s worked with a lot of them over 23 years at the University of Southampton. He’s seen a lot of hard work on open data fail to achieve the potential it could have. A common issue is that rather than face the reality of what’s going wrong, it’s easier to invest more in the aspects of your dataset and data service that are good than to identify and fix aspects that are bad. Such “hygiene factors” don’t have to be perfect but they must all be good enough. Failure in any one may lead to failure of your data to achieve its potential, no matter how well you do on other factors. Chris will give some examples of the most common open data hygiene factors, and some tips from the public sector open data community on how to address them pragmatically
A networked registration scheme to support open science
No full textThe Open Source and Open Science movements have demonstrated the success of distributed collaborative experimentation and intellectual property (IP) development. While those contributing to the effort may do so without seeking to secure IP rights, it is clear that credit and attribution are crucial to the scholarly lifecycle because they underpin reputation – when IP is created it is only fair that ‘credit is given where credit is due’. We propose that there need to be systems in place, independent of the project, where the evidence of ‘prior art’ can be registered
Delivering bus arrival information at stops via quick response codes: case study of user take-up and reaction in Southampton, United Kingdom
No full textReal-time passenger information systems for bus users are now common place with bus stops in major UK cities equipped with arrival countdown displays and several apps now providing similar information direct to the Smartphone. Real-time displays at stops are expensive to install and given the current rate of smartphone take up, there could be benefits from using Quick Response (QR) codes linking to adapted, mobile friendly, webpages displaying arrival times of buses. This paper reports on a QR code implementation trial on 44 bus stops in six distinct areas of Southampton, UK. Each bus stop was fitted with a poster containing a unique QR code, linking to a website giving live bus arrival information taken from the Southampton traffic control centre. Two types of poster were developed (simplistic with minimal text and a more comprehensive one) to understand what level of instruction was necessary for QR code use. The number of hits at each stop were monitored via the website and surveys of users were undertaken through an on-line questionnaire (accessed via the QR code) and face-to-face interviews.The results suggested that there was very little variation in use of QR codes at stops by day of the week or between peak and inter-peak times but there were variations by geographical area. QR code use improved wait time acceptability and feelings of safety and well-being with the vast majority of users finding the system easy to use<br/
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