Prizes Offered for EPrints "Call for Plugins"

From: Leslie Carr <lac_at_ecs.soton.ac.uk>
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 07:06:50 +0000

[This call is available at the EPrints website:
http://www.eprints.org/software/cfp.php . Please excuse multiple
postings. On the other hand, please feel free to distribute this call
through your normal channels.]

CALL FOR PLUGINS FOR EPRINTS REPOSITORIES

Developers are warmly invited to create import and export plugins for
the EPrints repository platform.

EPrints is a mature repository platform that has a particular
emphasis on interoperability. EPrints repositories operate in complex
information environments consisting of mobile devices, user desktop
applications, library environments, institutional databases and
Internet services. EPrints is looking to increase its range of
interoperability capabilities with more community-developed plugins.

EPrints Services is offering prizes for new plugins submitted to the
EPrints developers repository by January 31st 2008. EPrints Services
is the repository hosting company that funds EPrints development.

 * First Prize: Apple iPhone plus contract
 * Second Prize: iPod Touch
 * Third Prize: iPod Nano
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You are invited to develop an import or export plugin. You don't need
to be an established EPrints developer to participate, anyone with
some basic Perl programming skills can join in. To get
started download an EPrints LiveCD, which boots up a running EPrints
repository with training materials. Support can be obtained through
the EP-Tech mailing list, the EPrints wiki and the EPrints website.

EPrints has a growing list of plugins that can handle requirements as
diverse as importing publications from PubMed or creating mashups
using Google Maps. EPrints supports insitutional repositories, but it
is also suitable for individual student projects and research
environments, as its import and export features allow existing
digital collections to be used and reused in innovative ways.

For further information about this Call for Plugins, please see
the Further Information Wiki page or email lac_at_ecs.soton.ac.uk.

IMPORTANT LINKS

  EPrints Services
      http://www.eprints.org/services/

  Call for Plugins
      http://www.eprints.org/software/cfp.php

  Further Information
      http://wiki.eprints.org/w/CallForPlugins

  EPrints Package Repository (Plugins)
      http://files.eprints.org/view/type/plugin.html

  EPrints Live CD
      http://wiki.eprints.org/w/Ubuntu_Live_CD_Help

  Lists of Standard EPrints Plugins
      Import
      plugins http://wiki.eprints.org/w/Perl_lib/EPrints/Plugin/Import/ and
      export
      plugins http://wiki.eprints.org/w/Perl_lib/EPrints/Plugin/Export/

  Plugin Development Tutorial
      http://wiki.eprints.org/w/Contribute:_Plugins

  How To Create Export Plugins
      http://wiki.eprints.org/w/Create_Export_Plugins

  General Training Materials
      http://www.eprints.org/software/training/ (see the
      "Customisation Training" panel for developer training)

  General Documentation
      http://wiki.eprints.org/w/Documentation

  EPrints Orientation for New Users
      Demo Repository http://demoprints.eprints.org/ and Feature
      Overview http://www.eprints.org/software/training/users/overview.php



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