What have we been up to recently? Well, quite a lot really:
- Completed data interviews with UoEssex researchers and research leaders from the four pilot departments
- Began drafting a full report and recommendations based on these interviews, targeted at both Essex and the wider MRD community
- Collated sample data from departments ready for trial ingest into our (now functional) EPrints test bed
- Started some experimental metadata mapping with EPrints default, DC and DDI, while considering minimum metadata requirements for research data
- Initial tests with SWORD2 powered deposit
- Ingest of dummy files
- Submitted a proposal for the OR2012 EPrints panel
- Arranged an MRD2 programme webinar for EPrints users (we will report back here)
We'll be posting our full data inventory form soon, and will report some more details on the metadata front as we progress.
EDIT: If you're interested in hearing more about anything mentioned in this post, get in touch with us via Twitter - @RDEssex - we're more than happy to chat!
Advance warning: the Twitter juggernaut has subsumed Posterous, and as a result I'm doubtful of the services long term future. We may look at migrating this blog to Wordpress in the near future!