Thread: [oss4lib-discuss] The Scout Portal Toolkit from the Internet Scout Project
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From: David S. <sle...@sc...> - 2002-10-18 22:34:43
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Internet Scout Project would like to invite potential portal developers to investigate the Scout Portal Toolkit (SPT). This open source software package, funded by the Mellon Foundation, allows groups or organizations to develop a portal online without making a big investment in technical resources or expertise. The SPT package features include (as of the October 17, 2002 release of beta version 0.9.7): -Metadata field editor, which allows portal administrators the ability to add, delete, or disable a variety of metadata fields; -Shipped with Dublin Core compliant metadata field set; -Cross-Field Searching; -Resource Annotations by Users; -Intelligent User Agents; -Resource Quality Ratings by Users; -Suggested Resource Referrals (Recommender System); -Accessible to users with disabilities; and -RSS channel export; For more information on SPT and its features, to explore a demo installation, beta testing, or to download the software go to http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/research/SPT/ The Scout Portal Toolkit is packaged in standard tar/gzip format and installed with a single command. In most cases you will literally have the SPT installed and running in less than five minutes. Beta testers for the Scout Portal Toolkit need to have the following: -Access to a Linux web server running Apache with PHP 4.x and MySQL 3.23 support (preferably RedHat Linux); -Access to a database server running MySQL 3.23 or later (the database server and web server can be the same machine) -A staff member (or consultant) with some experience using Linux or Unix Any questions regarding SPT can be sent to David J. Sleasman at sle...@sc.... Comments and bug reports can be sent to SPT...@sc... . The development team looks forward to hearing your feedback! -- David J. Sleasman Metadata and Cataloging Services Coordinator Internet Scout Project University of Wisconsin-Madison Phone: 608-263-2674 http://scout.cs.wisc.edu |