Open Research Networking Gadgets (ORNG)
What is ORNG (pronounced "orange")?
You've invested in deploying VIVO or Profiles, but adding new features is difficult. Open Research Networking Gadgets (ORNG) can let you add already-built features to your site in minutes, or develop new ones in hours/days.
Use Profiles or VIVO? Here's how to get started with ORNG
- Verify that your copy of Profiles/VIVO is ORNG-compatible
- Install free ORNG gadgets from the app library
- Build your own ORNG gadgets with simple HTML/JavaScript
How does it work?
ORNG combines two popular standards in a way that makes sense for research networking:
- OpenSocial, a standard for writing social web apps, supported by Google, IBM, SciVerse, LinkedIn, etc.
- VIVO RDF (Linked Open Data), a research networking data standard supported by VIVO, Profiles, Loki
Who's doing this?
- CTSI at UCSF developed the ORNG API, created the Profiles implementation, and developed 9 gadgets
- Wake Forest designed, built, & demoed its first Profiles gadget just two days after downloading UCSF's code
- VIVO launched ORNG support in version 1.5
- Profiles launched ORNG support in version 2.0
- We're also looking to build a community of developers and a library of share-able gadgets
Start today!
ORNG platform powered by CTSI at UCSF
Wrench image by Janne Morin. Used under Creative Commons licensing. May be reused under CC-BY-SA.
Wrench image by Janne Morin. Used under Creative Commons licensing. May be reused under CC-BY-SA.