[Sigia-l] Fwd: The Scout Portal Toolkit from the Internet Scout Project

[Melissa Riesland]

--- David Sleasman <sleasman at scout.wisc.edu>
wrote:
> Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2002 17:36:51 -0500
> 
> Internet Scout Project would like to invite
> potential portal
> developers to investigate the Scout Portal
> Toolkit (SPT). This
> open source software package, funded by the
> Mellon Foundation,
> allows groups or organizations to develop a
> portal online without
> making a big investment in technical resources
> or expertise.
> 
> The SPT package features include (as of the
> October 17, 2002
> release of beta version 0.9.7):
> 
>          -Metadata field editor, which allows
> portal
>           administrators the ability to add,
> delete, or disable
>           a variety of metadata fields;
>          -Shipped with Dublin Core compliant
> metadata
>           field set;
>          -Cross-Field Searching;
>          -Resource Annotations by Users;
>          -Intelligent User Agents;
>          -Resource Quality Ratings by Users;
>          -Suggested Resource Referrals
> (Recommender
>           System);
>          -Accessible to users with
> disabilities; and
>          -RSS channel export;
> 
> For more information on SPT and its features,
> to explore a demo
> installation, beta testing, or to download the
> software go to
> 
>          http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/research/SPT/
> 
> The Scout Portal Toolkit is packaged in
> standard tar/gzip
> format and installed with a single command. In
> most cases you
> will literally have the SPT installed and
> running in less
> than five minutes.
> 
> Beta testers for the Scout Portal Toolkit need
> to have the
> following:
> 
>          -Access to a Linux web server running
> Apache
>            with PHP 4.x and MySQL 3.23 support
> (preferably
>            RedHat Linux);
>          -Access to a database server running
> MySQL 3.23
>           or later (the database server and web
> server can
>           be the same machine)
>          -A staff member (or consultant) with
> some
>           experience using Linux or Unix
> 
> Any questions regarding SPT can be sent to
> David J.
> Sleasman at sleasman at scout.wisc.edu. Comments
> and bug
> reports can be sent to
> SPTSupport at scout.wisc.edu .
> 
> The development team looks forward to hearing
> your feedback!
> 
> -- 
> David J. Sleasman
> Metadata and Cataloging Services Coordinator
> Internet Scout Project
> University of Wisconsin-Madison
> Phone: 608-263-2674
> http://scout.cs.wisc.edu
> 
> 

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