WattNames

Case study and trial implementation to uniquely identify Heriot-Watt University researchers

Project Summary

Case study and trial implementation to uniquely identify Heriot-Watt University researchers with resolvable Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs) to enable their reusability from the Names authority service project and other web applications

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Video introduction

Please find the 3 minute introduction to the WattNames project, from the VRERI Kick-off meeting at: http://vimeo.com/9753593

Project Details

• Host Institution: Heriot Watt University, Institute for Computer Based Learning (ICBL)
• VRERI/Strands: Theme-Resourcemgt / Theme-MgtnAdmin
• Duration: 6 months
• Start Date: 15/1/2010
• End Date: 15/7/2010
• Amount Awarded to Project: £ 26,925

Project Team

• Product Owner: Roger Rist, R.J.Rist@hw.ac.uk, 0131 451 3287
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Documentation

• Original Bid
• Code Repository: TBC - Link
• Technical Documentation: TBC
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• Project Website: http://www.macs.hw.ac.uk/~mthljr/wattnames.html
• Project Blog: http://wattnames.wordpress.com/
• XMPP Feed (twitter): n/a RSS Feed From Project Blog: TBC
• Final Blog Post: http://wattnames.wordpress.com/2011/06/20/final-progress-post/