Re: [sword-app-tech] NISO: we need a deposit protocol!

[Jim D. <jim...@po...>]

On 05/03/2008, Dorothea Salo <ds...@li...> wrote:
> <http://www.niso.org/news/newsline/NISONewsline-Mar2008.htm#Story2>
>
>  "The group proposed that a NISO working group develop a common deposit
>  mechanism "tool" that would allow institutional repositories to
>  capture objects as close to their creation point as possible. The
>  capture of these objects should be part of a larger context that will
>  allow for their exposure across a variety of domains, such as
>  journals, subject matter repositories, and course management systems."
>
>  Hm. Now where might there be a protocol that would assist with that...?

I have a nagging feeling I've seen something like this before --
thanks for the pointer, Dorothea! Who / how do we talk to? It looks
from that article like the working group has not yet been established.

Is anyone demonstrating the SWORD desktop client at OR08?

Best regards,
jim