Software:EPrints
| Developer(s) | University of Southampton |
|---|---|
| Stable release | |
| Written in | Perl |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Type | Institutional repository software |
| License | GPL-3.0-or-later |
| Website | eprints.org |
EPrints is a free and open-source software package for building open access repositories that are compliant with the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH). It shares many of the features commonly seen in document management systems, but is primarily used for institutional repositories and scientific journals.[2] EPrints has been developed at the University of Southampton School of Electronics and Computer Science and released under the GPL-3.0-or-later license.[3]
The EPrints software is not to be confused with "Eprints" (or "e-prints"), which are preprints (before peer review) and postprints (after peer review), of research journal articles (eprints = preprints + postprints).
History
EPrints was created in 2000[4] as a direct outcome of the 1999 Santa Fe meeting[5] that launched what eventually became the OAI-PMH.
The EPrints software was enthusiastically received[6] and became the first and one of the most widely used[7] free open access, institutional repository software, and it has since inspired the development of other software that fulfil a similar purpose,[8] notably DSpace.
Version 3 of the software was officially released on 24 January 2007 at the Open Repositories 2007 Conference[9] and was described by its developers as "a major leap forward in functionality, giving even more control and flexibility to repository managers, depositors, researchers and technical administrators".[10]
Technology
EPrints is a Web and command-line application based on the LAMP architecture (but is written in Perl rather than PHP). It has been successfully run under Linux, Solaris and Mac OS X.[11] A version for Microsoft Windows was released 17 May 2010.[12]
Version 3 of the software introduced a (Perl-based) plugin architecture for importing and exporting data, converting objects (for search engine indexing) and user interface widgets.[13]
Configuring an EPrints repository involves modifying configuration files written in Perl or XML. The appearance of a repository is controlled by HTML templates, CSS stylesheets and inline images. While EPrints is shipped with an English translation it has been translated to other languages through (redistributable) language-specific XML phrase files. Existing translations include Bulgarian, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Russian, Spanish and Ukrainian.[14]
References
- ↑ "Releases - eprints/eprints3.4". github.com. https://github.com/eprints/eprints3.4/releases. Retrieved 2019-06-12.
- ↑ "Archived copy". http://www.eprints.org/community/blog/index.php?/archives/178-Using-EPrints-v3-plugins-to-produce-an-OA-journal.html.
- ↑ Tansley, R. & Harnad, S. (2000) Eprints.org Software for Creating Institutional and Individual Open Archives D-Lib Magazine 6 (10)
- ↑ "D-Lib -- in Brief (October 2000)". http://www.dlib.org/dlib/october00/10inbrief.html#HARNAD.
- ↑ "Open Archives Initiative: Meeting History". http://www.openarchives.org/meetings/.
- ↑ Sponsler, Ed and Van de Velde, Eric F. (2001) Eprints.org Software: a Review. SPARC E-News. August–September 2001
- ↑ "ROAR Software Version Listing". http://roar.eprints.org/view/software/. Retrieved 2010-07-09.
- ↑ "Welcome to the Registry of Open Access Repositories - Registry of Open Access Repositories". http://roar.eprints.org/?action=browse#version.
- ↑ "Archived copy". http://openrepositories.org/.
- ↑ "Index of /Software/V3". http://www.eprints.org/software/v3/.
- ↑ "Tech. Documentation - Introduction". http://www.eprints.org/documentation/tech/php/intro.php.
- ↑ "ePrints 3.2.1 - ePrints Files". http://files.eprints.org/544/.
- ↑ "Preservation Support". https://wiki.eprints.org/w/Preservation_Support.
- ↑ "Browse by Type - ePrints Files". http://files.eprints.org/view/type/translation.html.
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