What's Happening with VIVO Scholar? Get the Scoop

Julia Trimmer, Jim Wood, Damaris Murry

TL;DR: Learn what's next for VIVO Scholar.

Abstract:

The VIVO Scholar task force is close to announcing a beta version of VIVO Scholar, a new, optional addition to VIVO that provides a lightweight, customizable display with enhanced search features, and an easy mechanism for sharing VIVO data. VIVO Scholar works with an existing VIVO implementation -- it does not replace the current VIVO stack.

The VIVO Scholar Beta user interface (UI) is a minimally-viable version that’s available for the community to explore. As institutions implement VIVO Scholar, more functionality will be added to the beta version of the UI. VIVO Scholar uses two modern, developer-friendly web technologies: GraphQL and Web Components, lowering learning barriers for front-end developers.

The VIVO Scholar Beta includes Scholars Discovery, a middleware component that consumes data from VIVO, displays VIVO data in the VIVO Scholar UI, and publishes VIVO data in GraphQL. Developed by Texas A&M University, Scholars Discovery also powers Scholars@TAMU and provides a separate UI developed in Angular and a REST API. Scholars Discovery offers a lot more functionality than what’s used in VIVO Scholar.

We'll demo VIVO Scholar, show resources for installing it, and talk about the plans for moving VIVO Scholar forward.

Keywords: User interface, repurposing data, VIVO development