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Call for VIVO Apps

Just a reminder! Less than one month until the deadline for the VIVO Conference Apps competition! Now's the time to try out that idea that uses the data coming from VIVO systems to support research communities.

Eligibility

Applications can be written in any language. To qualify applications must:

  • Consume VIVO data (linked open data in VIVO ontology!) from more than one VIVO site.
  • Be hosted outside the NIH-funded consortium (University of Florida, Cornell University, Indiana University,
    Washington University School of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, The Scripps Research
    Institute, and Ponce School of Medicine).
  • Be accessible from a single persistent URL, accessible on the public Internet without authentication.

Criteria for Success

Applications will be judged on the following criteria:

  1. Value to the research community.
  2. Functionality. The application performs as described.
  3. Presentation. The application is well organized and attractive.

Prizes

The first prize winner will have registration refunded, receive a cash prize and will be awarded a
plaque at a recognition ceremony during the conference. Second and third prize winners will receive
certificates.

Submissions

To submit your application, please send an email to vivo-application-contest@vivoweb.org.
Applications are due July 31, 2012. Winners will be announced at the conference.

Submissions must include:

  • Names, academic degree(s), affiliations, and locations of all authors. Brief (500 words or less)
  • Description of the application and its value to scientists.
  • A URL for the application.
  • Instructions regarding operation. The judges will execute the application from the URL provided without assistance from the authors.

Additional Resources

VIVO uses Linked Data (http://linkeddata.org) standards for data access via Resource Description
Framework (RDF). See the Linked Data site for more information regarding Linked Data, RDF and data
processing.

VIVO enjoys a robust open source!, open community space on SourceForge. The VIVO software and
ontology are publicly available at http://vivo.sourceforge.net along with content that supports
implementation, adoption, and development efforts around the world.