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This is the homepage of the DuraSpace Google Summer of Code projects.

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Google Summer of Code site: http://socghop.appspot.com/^{Image Added}

DuraSpace Technology Concentration Areas

The DuraSpace organization provides leadership and innovation around four open technology platforms:

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• DSpace
  • DSpace GSOC 2010 Information: http://wiki.dspace.org/index.php/Google_Summer_of_Code_2010^{Image Removed}
  • DSpace Project Ideas Page: http://wiki.dspace.org/index.php/Summer_of_Code_Ideas^{Image Removed}

Student Application Process

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Review the existing project ideas or create (see above, under the "GSOC Projects Available" section) or suggest your own and place your student proposal at the GSoC 2010 Site: http://socghop.appspot.com

A word of warning, in past years, bulk applications have been immediately rejected as "insincere".

Likewise, proposals that do not All proposals should effectively outline:

1. who you are (i.e. your academic background)
2. why you want to participate
3. what you propose to do (and with which DuraSpace technology or technologies)
4. how you will propose to do it
5. and finally a clearly defined timeline/project plan

have generally been rejected in the pastThe student application process can be competitive.  DSpace technology received about 30 applications last year, of which only 4 projects were awarded by Google. Yes, that is correct, we do not select how many students can ultimately win.  We only rank them according to the communities interest in mentoring the project. Many years it is as much a competition between the mentors as it is the students.

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