[EP-underground] eprints archive for archaeology (fwd)

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Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 00:47:59 +0100
From: Kepa Lyman <[email protected]>
To: Stevan Harnad <[email protected]>
Subject: eprints archive for archaeology


Hi Stevan,

I'm having some issues trying to install eprints to the department's server.

Basically, since we want to archive MA dissertations, and these will most 
likely have a GIS or 3D studio max component, I'm trying to setup eprints in 
conjunction with MapServer (http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/).  MapServer can 
serve ESRI shapefiles and also has a nifty associated package called MapLab 
(http://www.maptools.org/maplab/index.phtml) that makes it easy to build 
online GIS maps.

Since I need the scripting language PHP, I'm running into problems trying to 
install apache (ver 1.3xx) with perl as a DSO module, and although eprints 
installs fine, it won't let apache run.  Turthfully, I know basically nothing 
about perl and mod_perl, yes, I am a php scripter, and it's shockingly 
discouraging enough just installing mod_perl.

Do you know of any other servers trying to serve data other than the pdf 
documents themselves?  I was planning on using the external link feature in 
the archive to link to MapServer and the associated GIS files, anybody else 
in your knowledge try something like this?

If you have any ideas, or could forward this msg to your eprints server, that 
would be a great help!

Thanks

Kepa