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Email Repository Deposit

Creating a plug-in for Thunderbird allowing deposit into a repository via SWORDMonday 12th October 2009Deposit Tools Show and Tell, University of London, London

www.bath.ac.uk

UKOLN is supported by:

Alexey StrelnikovResearch OfficerUKOLNContributions from Emma Tonkin, Mahendra Mahey and Mark Dewey

                                                             

A centre of expertise in digital information management

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Deposit through trusted / used applications

RepositoryRepository

Email

Research information systems

DepositWeb2.0

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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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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http://www.ukoln.ac.uk

Action flow diagram

                                                             

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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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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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Walk-through

http://www.vimeo.com/4733141

                                                             

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Next Steps of Action

Implementing additional features, e.g. an email thread handling

Testing & publishing Exploring possibilities to create plugins for

other email clients