Christopher Gutteridge
Christopher Gutteridge is a Systems, Information and Web programmer, part of the IT Innovation team in the School of Electronics and Computer Science at the University of Southampton.[1] He is known for being the lead developer for GNU EPrints[2] and for being an advocate for Open Data,[3] Linked Data[4] and the Open Web.[5]
Notable achievements
[edit]Ted Nelson acknowledged Gutteridge's work, in 2001–2, creating an implementation of transquotation for Nelson's Xanadu project.[6]
In May 2005 Gutteridge won the UK's Unix and Open Systems User Group award for his work on the Open Archive Software: GNU EPrints.[7] The UKUUG awards an annual prize to give particular recognition to the development of free and open-source software in the UK.[8]
In March 2011 Gutteridge launched data.southampton.ac.uk,[9] which provides open access to a number of non-confidential administrative datasets at the University of Southampton[10] and which won the 2012, Times Higher Education Award for Outstanding ICT Initiative of the Year.[11]
In October 2017, Gutteridge was awarded the Jason Farradane Award for his outstanding contribution to the information profession[12]
References
[edit]- ^ "Biography at School of Electronics and Computer Science". University of Southampton. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
- ^ "Development team for EPrints software". EPrints – Digital Repository Software. Archived from the original on 17 January 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
- ^ "Southampton Data Blog". University of Southampton. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- ^ "Ventnor Fringe: The World's First Semantic-Web Powered Arts Festival!". On The Wight. 17 August 2011. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
- ^ Charles Arthur (29 June 2010). "Please don't read this post about the Edinburgh Fringe site - or click the links". Guardian Technology blog. London. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
- ^ Nelson, Ted (2010). POSSIPLEX: Movies, Intellect, Creative Control, My Computer Life and the Fight for Civilization : AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF Ted Nelson (Bookstore ed.). Sausalito, CA: Mindful Press. p. 373. ISBN 978-0-89347-004-3.
- ^ Lucy Sherriff. "Boffin wins prize for EPrints project". The Register. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
- ^ "2005 UKUUG Award Winner". UKUUG - the UK's Open Systems User Group. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
- ^ "University of Southampton Open Data Service". University of Southampton. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
- ^ Kelly Fiveash. "Southampton Uni shows way to a truly open web". The Register. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
- ^ "2012 Times Higher Education Awards winners". 2012 Times Higher Education Awards. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
- ^ "UKeiG announces 2017 Jason Farradane Winner". CILIP - the Library and Information Association. Archived from the original on 13 October 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
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