‘Engage with SWORD to allow deposit transactions’ RSP webinar was delivered last Friday by Stuart Lewis, Head of the University of Edinburgh Digital Library, and Richard Jones, Cottage Labs Senior Partner. The presentations included an introduction to the SWORD AtomPub-based protocol and its applications to content deposit into repository-like platforms. The protocol evolution till current version 2.0 was also explained.

A specific mention was made during the session to the Repository Junction Broker as one of the most prominent examples for SWORD-based content transfer into repositories. The RJ Broker is currently under test at EDINA before its release to the RepNet at the end of the month. Present RJB tests involve delivery of NPG and Europe PMC research articles into a set of selected target institutional repositories.