taggingtool

If you run an institutional repository based on EPrints, the TaggingTool lets you offer the following features on every item in your repository:

tags and related items on an EPRints article



Features

The TaggingTool connects institutional repository content with the wider literature by allowing users to

  • See what tags have been assigned to an article in del.icio.us, Connotea, or any service running Connotea Code.
  • See links to other articles that share those tags, filtered according to article host.
  • Bookmark the article in their own account at del.icio.us, Connotea, or any service running Connotea Code, and assign their own tags.
  • See a dynamically generated list of related items.


Download

The code and documentation can be downloaded from the Connotea Code SourceForge project area.

Download TaggingTool v1.0



Installation

The TaggingTool is quick and easy to install and requires minimal changes to your repository. All configuration is self-contained, making it easy for you to experiment and get the settings right for your repository. For full instructions, see the installation document in the TaggingTool download package.

For support, comments and questions, subscribe to the Connotea code development mailing list.



Acknowledgements

The work behing the TaggingTool was funded by the Joint Information Systems Committee, as part of their PALS Metadata and Interoperability Projects 2 programme. Programming work was done by Fred Toth and Sue McAlexander.