The SWORD Course

Module1 An Introduction

to SWORD

Module objectives

• By the end of this module you will:– Understand the purpose of SWORD– Know the history of SWORD– Know about the SWORD project– Have seen a list of useful resources

What is SWORD?

• SWORD is a:– Simple– Web service– Offering– Repository– Deposit

During the development of

SWORD it was decided to keep the protocol as simple and lightweight

as possible.

What is SWORD?

• SWORD is a:– Simple– Web service– Offering– Repository– Deposit

A software interface that is accessible

using http

What is SWORD?

• SWORD is a:– Simple– Web service– Offering– Repository– Deposit

What is SWORD?

• SWORD is a:– Simple– Web service– Offering– Repository– Deposit

Agnostic:

DSpaceEPrintsFedora

IntralibraryZentity

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What is SWORD?

• SWORD is a:– Simple– Web service– Offering– Repository– Deposit

Putting thingsINTO

a repository

What is the purpose of SWORD?

• The purpose of SWORD is to:– Provide an interoperable interface that allows

deposits to be easily made into repositories.

What is the history of SWORD?• Discussions about the lack of a standard mechanism

for deposit• JISC CETIS Conference led by Lorna Campbell and

Phil Barker• Andy Powell’s “A service-oriented view of the JISC

Information Environment”• The “add” service identified by the eFramework• Presentations about the new Open Archives

Initiative-Object Reuse and Exchange (OAI-ORE) Project

What is the history of SWORD?

• Late 2005– UKOLN’s Repository Research Team identified the

need for a standardised deposit interface• Early / Mid 2006– Deposit API working group formed– Two meetings (March and July)

What is the history of SWORD?

• 2007– JISC funded SWORD project– March to October– Consortium project• UKOLN (lead)• Aberystwyth University• The University of Southampton• Intrallect

The SWORD project

• Lightweight project with controlled scope

The SWORD project

• Out of scope– Packaging– Metadata– Authentication– Authorization

The SWORD project

• Final outputs– A specification– Repository implementations• DSpace• EPrints• Fedora• Intralibrary

– Example clients• Desktop client• Web client

Want to learn more?

• SWORD: Simple Web-service Offering Repository Deposit– http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue54/allinson-et-al/– http://hdl.handle.net/2160/507

Credits

• This course has been produced by:– Stuart Lewis

• The SWORD project– http://swordapp.org/

• Funded by JISC– http://www.jisc.ac.uk/

• Licence– Creative commons

Photo Credits• Lecture hall: http://www.flickr.com/photos/iamthebestartist/2008790/