Materials Data Centre

We are delighted to announce that EP2DC is now available for download from Codeplex @ http://ep2dc.codeplex.com/

In order to allow users from different organisations to access our EP2DC system, we have implemented Shibboleth for EPrints. This is a new feature, so thousands of EPrints users worldwide will benefit from this development :):):)

After the great meeting with David Flanders, we're now implementing our disproportionate feedback to the user. When the user makes a deposit in the repository, instead of a simple 'OK' message, we return a cascade of extra information that they might be interested in. Simliar to the Amazon's "Customer who bought this item also bought" feature. We return other datasets that are related to the one deposited. Hopefully this will delight the user  and make them come back for more ;)

A major milestone reached today by EPrints developer Seb. We now have EPrints talking to our materials data centre services for the first time via the REST interface, including data file upload using a PUT method.

We've completed the REST endpoints for the MDC services. The EPrints team are now getting their end to talk to these services. REST for now, with SOAP/XML to follow shortly.