ShaRef (Shared References)

ShaRef Project Description

While traditional Libraries often concentrate on the repository and retrieval facets of their work, for many scientists it is also very important to be able to manage and maintain references to the information they work with, such as bibliographic information and Web bookmarks. ShaRef aims at providing a solution (usable Web-based as well as offline) for creating, managing, and sharing reference information. This information can be exported to other applications (such as word processing software or Web browsers). ShaRef is based on XML technologies for providing an open platform with powerful importing and exporting features. Web-based publishing features allow Web access and the creation of selected reference lists such as reading lists for lectures and seminars or publication lists for specific research areas.

Project funding for the ShaRef project was initially provided by the ETH World initiative of ETH Zürich, which was a program to develop and introduce technologies for communication and cooperation independent of time and place. With the end of the ETH World program in 2005, the ShaRef project was handed over to the ICT Commission, which is now sponsoring the project.

ShaRef Project Members and Collaborators

Project Staff

• Erik Wilde (ShaRef project email sharef@dret.net): Project Manager and Technical Lead (7/2004–6/2006)
• Sai Anand: Software Engineer and Postdoctoral Researcher (7/2004–12/2005)
• Thierry Bücheler: Software Engineer Web-based Interface (11/2005–1/2006)
• Max Jörg: Software Engineer (1/2006–7/2006)
• Petra Zimmermann: Software Engineer and Interface Architect (7/2004–12/2005)

Students

• Thierry Bücheler: Master's Thesis (Web-based Interface, 4/2005–10/2005)
• Nick Nabholz: Diploma Thesis (Group and Sharing Concept, 1/2005–6/2005)

ShaRef Releases

6/15/2006: ShaRef Pilot Server

ShaRef is now available as a beta test version on the ShaRef Pilot Server hosted by the IT Services group of ETH. The server provides importing, exporting, and publishing capabilities and thus can be used to test the most basic functions of ShaRef. The editing interface currently has some limitations, we are working on an XForms-based implementation of the editing part. There is a guest login that you can use (instructions on the Web site itself), if you would like to have your own account, please contact us.

8/31/2005: Relaunched bibconvert service

The ShaRef project produces client and server software, both written in Java for platform independence. A Web-based interface for ShaRef's import/export functionality has been released as the bibconvert service, which is a Web-based online service for importing bibliographies in a variety of formats, and export them in another format or as HTML or ETHZ Silva document. bibconvert demonstrates many of ShaRef's features, by allowing people to interchange and publish their bibliographic information. Additionally, bibconvert enables users to generate search links and links to libraries, which make it easier to find information related to bibliographic entries.

ShaRef Publications

• Erik Wilde, "Personalization of Shared Data: The ShaRef Approach", Journal of Digital Information, 8(3), 2007.
• Erik Wilde, "Modulare und Offene Komponenten zur Wissensverwaltung", 11. Europäische Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Medien in der Wissenschaft (GMW06), Zürich, Switzerland, September 2006.
• Erik Wilde, "Knowledge Organization Mashups", Technical Report TIK Report No. 245, Computer Engineering and Networks Laboratory (TIK), ETH Zürich, March 2006.
• Erik Wilde, "XML-Centric Application Development", Technical Report TIK Report No. 242, Computer Engineering and Networks Laboratory (TIK), ETH Zürich, February 2006.
• Erik Wilde, Sai Anand, Thierry Bücheler, Nick Nabholz, and Petra Zimmermann, "Bibliographies as Shared Resources", Web Based Communities 2006 Conference (WBC 2006), San Sebastian, Spain, February 2006.
• Erik Wilde, "Augmenting XHTML for Help and Documentation", International Conference on Intelligent Agents, Web Technology and Internet Commerce (IAWTIC 2005), Vienna, Austria, November 2005.
• Erik Wilde and Nick Nabholz, "Access Control for Shared Resources", International Conference on Intelligent Agents, Web Technology and Internet Commerce (IAWTIC 2005), Vienna, Austria, November 2005.
• Erik Wilde, Sai Anand, and Petra Zimmermann, "Management and Sharing of Bibliographies", 9th European Conference on Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries (ECDL 2005), Vienna, Austria, September 2005.
• Erik Wilde, "Towards Conceptual Modeling for XML", Berliner XML Tage 2005 (BXML 2005), Berlin, Germany, September 2005.
• Erik Wilde, "Shared Bibliographies as Hypertext", Technical Report TIK Report No. 224, Computer Engineering and Networks Laboratory (TIK), ETH Zürich, May 2005.
• Sai Anand and Erik Wilde, "Mapping XML Instances", Fourteenth International World Wide Web Conference (WWW2005), Shiba, Japan, May 2005.
• Erik Wilde, Sai Anand, and Petra Zimmermann, "ShaRef: XML-Centric Software Design", Technical Report TIK Report No. 213, Computer Engineering and Networks Laboratory (TIK), ETH Zürich, February 2005.
• Erik Wilde, "References as Knowledge Management", Issues in Science & Technology Librarianship, No. 41, Fall 2004.
• Erik Wilde, "A Tool for Bibliography Management and Sharing: The ShaRef Project", D-Lib Magazine, 10(9), September 2004.
• Erik Wilde, "Usage and Management of Collections of References", Technical Report TIK Report No. 194, Computer Engineering and Networks Laboratory (TIK), ETH Zürich, June 2004.
• Initial Survey about "Bibliographic and Reference Information Management", February 2004.
• Erik Wilde, "Towards Federated Referatories", SINN03 Conference on Worldwide Coherent Workforce and Satisfied Users, Oldenburg, Germany, September 2003.

ShaRef Presentations

• Erik Wilde, "ShaRef — Managing Publication Data", TIK-Seminar, Computer Engineering and Networks Laboratory (TIK), ETH Zürich, 7/11/2006.
• Erik Wilde, "ShaRef 2006", Information and Communication (ICT) Services, ETH Zürich, 6/20/2006.
• Erik Wilde, "Managing Bibliographic Metadata", Digital Enterprise Research Institute (DERI), Innsbruck, 12/1/2005.
• Erik Wilde, "Das Semantic Web — Maschinen surfen im Netz", ETH World Showcase, ETH Zürich, 1/12/2005.
• Erik Wilde, "ShaRef: Shared References", ETH World Info Lunch, ETH Zürich, 12/13/2004.

ShaRef Resources

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