Web Reference Database- 0.9.0 Released

Refbase is a web-based bibliographic manager for scientific literature, references and citations. A new release of the refbase package is available at:

http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/refbase/refbase-0.9.0.tar.gz?download

This release offers major function enhancements and bugfixes. Batch import from various bibliographic formats (including BibTeX, Endnote, RIS, ISI and MODS XML) is now supported, as is import from a PubMed ID. An OpenDocument Spreadsheet for use with OpenOffice.org can be exported and formatted citation lists can be generated as HTML, RTF, PDF, or LaTeX. A SRU/W service as well as support for unAPI, OpenURL and COinS metadata have been added. These allow the data to be used by the next generation of bibliographic clients. A new command line client is also included.

An overview of the main features of this package can be found at:

http://refbase.sourceforge.net/features.html

ARCHIMEDE(2.0 version) : A canadian software solution for institutional repositories

Archimède is an electronic document management system, designed and developed at the library of the Université Laval.

Here’s a list of new features for the upcoming Archimede 2.0 version:

• Fine-grained security
• Automatic versioning of content
• Supports for locks (for exclusive content editing)
• Support for custom workflows (editable at run-time)
• Web-Dav + DeltaV interface
• Custom metadata formats (run-time addition)
• Improved Web interface
• Support for portal integration (JSR-168 portlets)
• Fully implements the Java Content Repository standard (JSR-170). Archimede is built on top of the Jackrabbit reference implementation.
• Pluggable authentication/authorization module that uses Java Authentication and Authorization Service. (For example, LDAP authentication can be easily added.)
• Flexible event notification (new content, content modification, etc.)

open source distribution of Archimede is now available.

Digital Preservation Recorder (DPR)

Digital Preservation Recorder (DPR) has been developed by the National Archives
of Australia to manage a digital preservation workflow.

Features of the DPR
* Cross platform – uses a Java Runtime Environment.
* Metadata recording.
* User authentication and profiling.
* Multiple concurrent users.
* Detailed reporting.
Preservation

The carrying device is connected to the Preservation network
and the individual data files are converted to XML via the open
source application Xena. The XML files created by Xena are recorded on
a second carrying device for transfer to the Digital Repository.

Downloading DPR

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=116934&package_id=127214

How to start DPR:
There are two ways to start DPR. Either may be effective depending on the Java Runtime Environment installation on a particular computer.

The simplest way is to open a file manager via Windows Explorer or My Computer and navigate to the dprclient.jar file. Double click the jar file and wait a few moments for
the Java Virtual Machine to start up and the DPR login to display.

On some computers, it may be necessary to start DPR manually. Open a command prompt (Start, Run, cmd, OK) and navigate to the directory containing the dprclient.jar file.

Type:

java -jar dprclient.jar

The Java Virtual Machine should start in a few moments and the command prompt window may display some startup messages. The DPR user interface will follow and DPR is ready for use.

Technical contact: digipres@naa.gov.au

Source:http:http://sourceforge.net/projects/dpr

GeoNetwork:web based Geographic Metadata Catalog System

GeoNetwork is a web based Geographic Metadata Catalog System developed by FAO-UN, WFP-UN and UNEP. The system implements the ISO 19115 Geographic Metadata and ISO 23950 (Z39.50) standards. Technical details: Java, XML/XSL, JDBC compliant, Multi-lingual .

Data Crow

Data Crow : Software tool for manage list of movie & video, book, software (games & program) and music cataloguer / database. Uses online web services (amazon, imdb, musicbrainz, freedb). Skinnable, highly customizable, creates reports. Supports: DVD, many audio & video file formats and Audio CD's . Search for your titles in the Amazon database. Amazon has a huge database holding information on any kind of book. Data Crow retrieves descriptions, information about the author, year of release, average user rating, a front cover picture and more! Just like with all the other modules you can easily retrieve this information and ofcourse change it. The information can be exported to a pdf or html file for nice print-outs

November issue of the SPARC Open Access Newsletter

"This issue reviews the eleven (count 'em) open-access mandates adopted or proposed in October and takes an opening reconnaissance into the largely unexplored territory of no-fee OA journals. The Top Stories section takes a brief look at the Citizendium project, the continuing division within the American Anthropological Association over OA and FRPAA, the new NESLi2 model license that allows self-archiving, the new JISC-SURF model license that lets authors retain key rights, and Google Custom Search. "

"Web reaches new milestone: 100 million sites"

"There were just 18,000 Web sites when Netcraft, based in Bath, England, began keeping track in August of 1995. It took until May of 2004 to reach the 50 million milestone; then only 30 more months to hit 100 million, late in the month of October 2006.Netcraft says the United States, Germany, China, South Korea and Japan show the greatest Web site growing spurts.
When the Web was started, it was started as a mechanism for sharing high energy particle physics data," said Professor Rebecca Grinter of Georgia Tech's College of Computing. The creator of that Web site, Tim Berners-Lee, wanted experts to be able to share data on particle smashing, even if they weren't at CERN in Switzerland where he was doing research. CERN, in Geneva, is the European Organization for Nuclear Research.Research facilities and universities soon started seeing benefits of this new tool for things as lofty as nuclear physics and as mundane as sharing restaurant recommendations.......................More"