Tech

Image: A cluttered Microsoft Word via @ftrain

All software used in the making of Generation R is Free and Open Source Software (FOSS), and all content is open licensed — primarily as Creative Commons (unless otherwise stated): Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0).

You can find us on GitHub and for chat on Gitter.

As of June 2018 a tech log, roadmap, as well as documention of strategies for editorial, and digital will be kept on our GitHub wiki.

Software

• Blogging – WordPress
• Blog web editor – Atomic Blocks / Gutenberg
• Open Notebook Research – still searching
• Taxonomy building – Skosmos 

Services

• Sources library – Zotero
• DOIs – DataCite
• Versioning – TIB GitLab and GitHub
• ISSN – Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (DNB)
• Content repository – Leibniz Open

Open content and fonts

• WordPress theme – Atomic Blocks from Array Themes GNU General Public License v2 or later
• Logo font – CODEC from Zeta Fonts Creative Commons Non Commercial Use
• Body font – Nunito Sans as OFL (SIL Open Font License)
• Logo design – Scribus, Inkscape, and GIMP

Credits and thanks you

• Thank you to team Generation R at TIB and ZBW, as well as team Open Science Lab at TIB and for support from TIB staff.
• Appreciation for the supportive feedback from our Kickoff Meeting participants back in Jan ’18: Andrea Hacker, André Vatter, Janneke Adema, Jon Tennant, Lambert Heller, Luca Mollenhauer, Philip Schrenk, Sascha Friesike, Stefan Schmeja, and Ulrike Wuttke
• Web hosting TIB IT
• Thank you and credit to Tyto Studios for web development and design assistance

Guides and inspiration

‘Open Notebook Platforms’. Open Notebook Science Network, 18 June 2013. http://onsnetwork.org/what-is-open-notebook-science/open-notebook-platforms/.

‘When There’s Nothing Left to Take Away | UX Magazine’. Accessed 20 October 2017. https://uxmag.com/articles/when-theres-nothing-left-to-take-away.

‘How Not to Design a Blog | Webflow Blog’. Accessed 28 February 2018. https://webflow.com/blog/how-not-to-design-a-blog.

‘How to Present Scientific Findings Online’. Nielsen Norman Group. Accessed 29 October 2017. https://www.nngroup.com/articles/scientific-findings-online/.

‘Blog | Library Innovation Lab’. Accessed 8 March 2018. https://lil.law.harvard.edu/blog/.

“UX Boot Camp.” Prototypr. Accessed December 17, 2017. https://blog.prototypr.io/https-blog-prototypr-io-ux-bootcamp-3/home.

“User Research – Service Manual – GOV.UK.” Accessed January 10, 2018. https://www.gov.uk/service-manual/user-research.