Christopher Gutteridge Explained

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

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]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Biography at School of Electronics and Computer Science. University of Southampton. 29 January 2013.
  2. Web site: Development team for EPrints software. EPrints – Digital Repository Software. 30 January 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130117221538/http://www.eprints.org/software/contributors/. 17 January 2013. dead.
  3. Web site: Southampton Data Blog. University of Southampton. 31 January 2013.
  4. Web site: Ventnor Fringe: The World's First Semantic-Web Powered Arts Festival!. On The Wight. 17 August 2011. 10 February 2013.
  5. News: Please don't read this post about the Edinburgh Fringe site - or click the links. Guardian Technology blog. Charles Arthur. 10 February 2013. London. 29 June 2010.
  6. Book: Nelson . Ted . POSSIPLEX: Movies, Intellect, Creative Control, My Computer Life and the Fight for Civilization : AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF Ted Nelson . 2010 . Mindful Press . Sausalito, CA . 978-0-89347-004-3 . 373 . Bookstore .
  7. Web site: Boffin wins prize for EPrints project. The Register. Lucy Sherriff. 29 January 2013.
  8. Web site: 2005 UKUUG Award Winner. UKUUG - the UK's Open Systems User Group. 30 January 2013.
  9. Web site: University of Southampton Open Data Service. University of Southampton. 29 January 2013.
  10. Web site: Southampton Uni shows way to a truly open web. The Register. Kelly Fiveash. 29 January 2013.
  11. Web site: 2012 Times Higher Education Awards winners. 2012 Times Higher Education Awards. 29 January 2013.
  12. Web site: UKeiG announces 2017 Jason Farradane Winner. https://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20171013212148/https://www.cilip.org.uk/uk%2Deinformation%2Dgroup/news/ukeig%2Dannounces%2D2017%2Djason%2Dfarradane%2Dwinner. dead. 13 October 2017. CILIP - the Library and Information Association. 11 October 2017.

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