Christopher Gutteridge

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]

References
  1. "Biography at School of Electronics and Computer Science". University of Southampton. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  2. "Development team for EPrints software". EPrints – Digital Repository Software. Archived from the original on 17 January 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
  3. "Southampton Data Blog". University of Southampton. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  4. "Ventnor Fringe: The World's First Semantic-Web Powered Arts Festival!". On The Wight. 17 August 2011. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  5. Charles Arthur (29 June 2010). "Please don't read this post about the Edinburgh Fringe site - or click the links". Guardian Technology blog. London. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  6. Nelson, Ted (2010). POSSIPLEX: Movies, Intellect, Creative Control, My Computer Life and the Fight for Civilization : AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF Ted Nelson (Bookstore ed.). Sausalito, CA: Mindful Press. p. 373. ISBN 978-0-89347-004-3.
  7. Lucy Sherriff. "Boffin wins prize for EPrints project". The Register. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  8. "2005 UKUUG Award Winner". UKUUG - the UK's Open Systems User Group. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
  9. "University of Southampton Open Data Service". University of Southampton. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  10. Kelly Fiveash. "Southampton Uni shows way to a truly open web". The Register. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  11. "2012 Times Higher Education Awards winners". 2012 Times Higher Education Awards. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  12. "UKeiG announces 2017 Jason Farradane Winner". CILIP - the Library and Information Association. Archived from the original on 13 October 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
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