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SWORD v2 standard development process

Have you wondered how the SWORD v2 development process has taken place, from humble beginnings in 2010 to the standard today?  Richard Jones (SWORD v2 Technical Lead) from CottageLabs explains during a Pecha Kucha session at the 2011 Repository Fringe event #rfringe11

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Video introduction to SWORD v2

The team over at CottageLabs.com have created a nice 2 1/2 minute technical introductory video to the SWORD v2 standard.  You can view it via their blog:

The narrator is Richard Jones, the Technical Lead for the SWORD v2 initiative.  The video provides a great high-level introduction to the main technical concepts of the standard, and how these fit into the deposit lifecycle.