SWORDv3 is the latest version of the SWORD protocol.
These are the documents you need to look at if you are adopting or implementing this protocol standard:
- The SWORDv3 specification
- The Protocol Behaviours – a companion to the spec which expands the requirements out in full, per operation
Supporting materials
The development of this version of the specification was based on research and analysis contained in the following materials:
- Our usage patterns and requirements analysis
- SWORD community discussion document
- An annotated version of the current SWORDv2 spec
- Jisc’s statement of requirements, working document
- Data Deposit Scenarios blog post
- SWORD: Facilitating Deposit Scenarios in DLib
- SWORD community consultation document from Jisc
Supporting the specification
If you have any comments about the specification, or would like to propose future amendments, please feel free to open an issue on our issue tracker in our github repository: https://github.com/swordapp/swordv3