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Open Access Software and Technology

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The following list is by no means complete, and is intended as a jumping off point for users and for contributors.

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[edit] Infrastructure for storing data and documents

  • Dspace (also link main page, federation, etc) - database system for archiving all sorts of digital resources: articles, data, metadata, multimedia, course materials, software code, learning objects, more. Built by MIT and Hewlett Packard. Cite uptake.
  • Eprints (also link main page, community, etc) - intended primarily for archiving research outputs such as journal articles and theses, but adaptable for data as well. Built by University of Southampton. Strong community support. Cite paper on putting up IR in 8 days. Cite uptake.
  • OCW - for online course materials, curricula, etc. Good for publishing digital versions of class resources, and also a repository of class resources from MIT and many more institutions. Cite uptake and total number of courses.

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[edit] Document formats

  • Using standard document formats is very important to the use of software to assist in indexing and searching the literature.
  • PubMed DTD - the PubMed "Document Type Definition" or "DTD" - this is the standard XML format used by the United States National Library of Medicine to describe journal articles. It's also in use by the United Kingdom PubMed Central (link) hosted by the Wellcome Trust. There is a significant benefit to using the standard DTD - it makes it much easier to use software to index and exploit the literature than any other approach.
  • Open Document Format - a standard, open format for documents. The openness of a system doesn't just revolve around copyright. Open Formats help enormously.

[edit] Operating systems

  • This list is intened for operating systems based on GNU / Linux - there are lots them. If you add a distribution, please make a short annotation for readers who may be unfamiliar with the details. Operating systems based on closed licensing will be removed.
  • Debian GNU / Linux - Debian is a well supported distribution and popular for servers and advanced users.
  • Ubuntu GNU / Linux - Ubuntu is a distribution that is a bit more accessible for those new to GNU / Linux.

[edit] Productivity software

  • Many of the productivity tools essential to publishing scholarly works are available for free (in terms of licensing and cost). If you have free analysis tools to post as well, please do so here. If we get enough we'll fork another subhead, and if we overload there we will subhead by discipline - biological statistics, physics algorithms, and so forth.
  • GIMP (image editor)
  • OpenOffice – spreadsheets, word processors, slide presentations
  • Mozilla suite - web browser and html editor
  • ThinkFree - spreadsheets, word processors, slide presentations (web based)

[edit] Web tools

  • There are lots of online tools that help search, filter, and segment the knoweldge on the Web.
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