From the "ReST in Repositories" BarCamp at the University of London George Birkbeck Bar (on Tavistock Square). Matt Zumwalt gives an introduction to what ReST is and how it applies to the Fedora Commons Repository System.
Sandy and Michele talk about the DSpace and Fedora Collaboration and seal the deal with a hig-five!
Coincidentally, the library police showed up shortly after this video was shot because people at the Capitol building had spotted what looked like a potential snipper on the roof of the Library of Congress. The library police came barging into the meeting to question some of our actions (rightfully so!).
Ben talks about how to enable a low level storage API for all basic repository / content management systems.
Matt talks about what repositories are (and what they should not be).
Stephan and Ben give an intro to what ORE is and how it can be used within the Web Architecture.
Jim presents current work from the SWORD Deposit API along with Savas who explains how Microsoft is using the Deposit API in Microsoft Word.
We've arrive in Washington DC for RepoCamp, but first a meeting with Richard Rodgers (MIT), Brad McLean (DSpace), Ben O'Steen (Oxford) and Dave Tarrant (Southampton) to talk about a framework for a common storage for Repositories (ePrints, DSpace and Fedora).
This is a shout out to Tim, an absolute rock-star of a CRIGian! Plans for the US CRIG Chapter coming soon!
I really liked this protoype as it crossed the eLearning and eResearch boundary, by providing a systematic overview of how a Research paper is written. Think timlapse of how a research paper is written from inception (versions), and then add the ancillary information like twitters and blog posts that feed into the creation of the research paper.
