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A centre of expertise in digital information management http://www.ukoln.ac.uk Email Repository Deposit Creating a plug-in for Thunderbird allowing deposit into a repository via SWORD Monday 12 th October 2009 Deposit Tools Show and Tell, University of London, London www.bath.ac.uk UKOLN is supported by: Alexey Strelnikov Research Officer UKOLN Contributions from Emma Tonkin, Mahendra Mahey and Mark Dewey
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A centre of expertise in digital information management http://www.ukoln.ac.uk Deposit through trusted / used applications Repository Email Research information systems Deposit Web2.0 Desktop apps Logos reproduced under Section 29(1) of the CPDA 1998 - fair dealing for the purpose of research or private study.
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A centre of expertise in digital information management http://www.ukoln.ac.uk Development Original idea by Emma Tonkin, Mahendra Mahey and Mark Dewey Developed Thunderbird email client plug-in for deposit into repository using SWORD Open Repositories 2009 – Repository Challenge Developed in 1 day Would consider further development if there is enough interest
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A centre of expertise in digital information management http://www.ukoln.ac.uk Action flow diagram
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A centre of expertise in digital information management http://www.ukoln.ac.uk User perspective One click deposit, into repository publication workflow Full control on what being deposited Friendly suggestion on what could be deposited Automatic metadata extraction Optional manual metadata input Leeds to better m/d Depends on amount of detail input (may require specific plug-in for specific repository) But adds more 'clicks' to the deposit process
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A centre of expertise in digital information management http://www.ukoln.ac.uk Developers perspective Multiplatform application Common API (JavaScript) Easy to deliver and install Problems: limited performance, possible security limitations, email client version incompatibilities
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A centre of expertise in digital information management http://www.ukoln.ac.uk Walk-through http://www.vimeo.com/4733141
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A centre of expertise in digital information management http://www.ukoln.ac.uk Next Steps of Action Implementing additional features, e.g. an email thread handling Testing & publishing Exploring possibilities to create plugins for other email clients
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