Hi again everyone,

The ODEPO system now also asks for location and contact info (name and email). The location field can accommodate multiple identifiers, which should be ordered from specific to general (i.e., city, state, country, region), each of which then becomes amenable to sorting. See the ccLearn entry for an example. All fields are optional (i.e., "state" may not apply, and you don't have to include "region", though it is necessary to do so if you intend to sort entries that way, such as within "Europe").

Note that we are continuing to work on this system. Any data that are added will be retained, so you need not fear any loss of data. However, we are likely to move the URL of ODEPO to the OER Community site that we are building. All that means is that you may need to update your links at some point relatively soon. Don;t let that stop you from adding in organizational information now though.

Also, if you have additional fields that you are interested in including, you have a few options.

One option is to just let us know. We will not be expanding the number of fields infinitely, but if there is a clear interest in some category of information, we can add it. In the future, we hope to implement a way for anyone (who is signed in) to specify a new category as they wish. We won't be looking into that possibility until later this Fall.

Another option is to use some basic wiki-syntax for the free-form text field. If there is a categorization that you would like to include, you can tell ODEPO that some part of the entry is an identifiable property by using the following notation: [["property"::"value"]]   For example, I might want to put the following sentence into the free text field: "The Creative Commons International office is primarily concerned with the legal porting process for the CC licenses in different jurisdictions."  Perhaps I am interested in categorizing the primary type of activity for organizations in ODEPO; in this case, the primary activity (a "property") would be "legal". I can encode this in a manner that Mediawiki can understand using the following syntax: "The Creative Commons International office is primarily concerned with the [[ActivityType::legal]] porting process for the CC licenses in different jurisdictions."  With this syntax, Mediawiki now understands that there is a property (called ActivityType), and one of the values of this property is "legal".  By re-using this same property notation for other entries, you could add additional values, such as "business", or "entertainment", or whatever.

We are also going to be working on the search function, which is behaving a little strangely at the moment. In the meantime, browsing ODEPO is an excellent way to drill down into the data and sort entries in whatever manner you desire.

Please add your data! Feedback encouraged!

Best,

-Ahrash

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Dear all,

The inaugural meeting of the 'Oxford Univ Society of Bibliophiles' will take place Monday 20 Oct, 8.30pm, in the Morley Fletcher Room of Worcester College. The group's Facebook page, which includes details on this first event, is here:

<http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=10336171359>

Scheduled to attend is Richard Ovenden of the Bodleian Library, who's leading much of the University's work on digitization projects--including a big Shakespeare initiative called the Shakespeare Quartos Archive. I've never met him, but this seems like a good place for anyone interested to make introductions. Also note that I haven't been involved with this group at all, so I'm just assuming that he'll be there based on their notices.

Couple other relevant links:

1. Aug '07 interview with RO (see linked PDF): <http://www.firstauthor.org/blog/?p=93>
2. March '08 release on Shakespeare Quartos Archive: <http://www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/news/2008_mar_26>

Best,
Nate