Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 16, No. 349.
Centre for Computing in the Humanities, King's College London
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Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2002 08:04:16 +0000
From: NINCH-ANNOUNCE <david@ninch.org>
Subject: Portal Toolkit Developed by internet Scout Project
NINCH ANNOUNCEMENT
News on Networking Cultural Heritage Resources
from across the Community
November 26, 2002
Internet Scout Project Releases Scout Portal Toolkit
http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/research/SPT/
>Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 15:29:20 -0600
>From: David Sleasman <sleasman@scout.wisc.edu>
>
The Internet Scout Project is pleased to announce the 1.0 release of the
Scout Portal Toolkit (SPT)!
This open source software package, funded by the Andrew W. Mellon
Foundation, allows groups or organizations to develop a portal online
without making a big investment in technical resources or expertise. This
release marks the first post-beta release of SPT.
Interested users and current beta testing organizations are strongly
encouraged to offer feedback by taking a brief (12 questions) survey. This
survey will help us gather information to refine SPT in future releases and
evaluate our work to date. The survey can be found at
http://www.zoomerang.com/survey.zgi?AQCFEBSRABAHA8YT38NW3520
The SPT 1.0.0 package features include:
* Shipped with a MySQL database with Dublin Core compliant metadata
default fields;
* Cross-Field Searching (Advanced Search);
* Metadata field editor, which allows portal administrators the ability to
add, delete, or disable a variety of metadata fields;
* Resource comments by Users;
* Intelligent User Agents;
* Resource Quality Ratings by Users;
* Suggested Resource Referrals (Recommender System);
* Accessible to users with disabilities;
* -Support for RSS channel export and the Open Archives Initiative
(OAI)Protocol for Metadata Harvesting 2.0;
* Discussion forum options;
For more information on SPT and its features, to explore a demo
installation, or to download the software go
to http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/research/SPT/
Specific comments, question and bug reports can be sent to
<SPTSupport@scout.wisc.edu>.
Also, the November issue of D-LIB Magazine has an article on the SPT
software. Discussed are the key features and functionality. The article may
be found at
http://www.dlib.org/dlib/november02/almasy/11almasy.html
The development team looks forward to hearing your feedback!
Thanks,
-- David J. Sleasman Metadata and Cataloging Services Coordinator Internet Scout Project University of Wisconsin-Madison Phone: 608-263-2674 http://scout.cs.wisc.edu--
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