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title: "About this infrastructure: Sandpoints"
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date: "2023-06-29T18:35:24+03:00"
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author: "anybody"
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contributors: ["constantinos-miltiadis.md"]
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draft: false
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keywords:
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- journal info
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---
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This project implements *Sandpoints*, an open source framework for open and collaborative publishing. It is developed by Marcell Mars since 2019, and built as a theme for the static website builder [Hugo](https://gohugo.io/). Both *Hugo* and *Sandpoints* are free, open source, and cross platform, and are developed in the programming language *Go*.
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Key features:
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1. *Sandpoints* requires no programming.
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2. Creating new content and compiling a website project are done with simple terminal commands.
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3. Content is added with , which are easy to read, write, and edit, and organized in folders by type.
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4. *Sandpoints* implements hypertext, including backlinks (bidirectional hyperlinks), and allows non-linear content traversal, for example via browsing links, backlinks, and keywords.
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5. *Sandpoints* is structured around a triadic hierarchy, here this is *Journal>Issue>Article*, or:
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Journal
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└── Issue
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└── Article
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6. Collaboration, version control, and backup are achieved via Git.
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7. *Sandpoints* projects are fully portable. They can be viewed as online webpages, copied and
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8. *Sandpoints* can generate printable and interactive PDFs for its content (for individual entries, issues, or all the content; see [print](/print/)) .
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9. *Sandpoints* allows for integration with a library catalogue. The library is accessible at [Library](/library/BROWSE_LIBRARY.html), or by pressing the red icon at the top-right corner of any page.
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The implementation of *Sandpoints* in academic research publishing was outlined by van Gerven Oei in the editorial of *Dotawo* Journal issue 7 (2020):
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> Starting with the present issue, _Dotawo_ will design and publish its content via the [Sandpoints](https://git.sandpoints.org/UnionForNubianStudies/Dotawo) platform. _Dotawo_ contributions are formatted in [Markdown](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markdown) syntax, thus moving away from proprietary software such as Microsoft Word and Adobe InDesign. For collaboration and version-control we employ [Git](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Git) rather than Google Drive or Dropbox. The online issue is created via [Gitea](https://gitea.io/en-us/) and [Hugo](https://gohugo.io/), which take the Markdown files from the Git repository and generate a static website from them. The result is a compact and fast website, which moreover can also be used offline. Also the typography of _Dotawo_ is now based on open fonts. The journal is typeset in [Gentium](https://software.sil.org/gentium/), which is released under an [SIL Open Font License](http://scripts.sil.org/ofl). The PDF output is generated by [PagedJS](https://www.pagedjs.org/) [...]. In short, all of the software used in the creation of _Dotawo_ is now open source. Although this process demands a certain amount of flexibility of the editors, it also shows that transitioning an open access journal to open infrastructure is not only possible but also feasible.[^vincent]
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[^vincent]: [Preface by the Editor (Vincent W.J. van Gerven Oei, Dotawo issue 7, 2020)](https://pages.sandpoints.org/dotawo/issue/dotawo7/).
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Flagship *Sandpoints* projects include:
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- The academic journal [Dotawo -- A Journal of Nubian Studies](https://pages.sandpoints.org/dotawo/journal/) (since issue 7, 2020),
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- [Machine listening](https://machinelistening.exposed/curriculum/) , and
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- [Pirate.care](https://syllabus.pirate.care/) (that uses on a different visual theme).
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# Notes
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- For an extended description of *Sandpoints* see [Sandpoints Portfolio (sandpoints.org)](https://pages.sandpoints.org/sandpoints/simplesandpoints-de47f813/draft/portfolio/), which includes descriptions of its implementation in different projects, and related bibliography.
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- [Sandoints (Gitea project repository)](https://git.sandpoints.org/Drawwell/).
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- See also Graziano, Valeria, Marcell Mars, and Medak Tomislav. ‘Learning from \Syllabus’. In _State Machines: Reflections and Actions at the Edge of Digital Citizenship, Finance, and Art_, edited by Yiannis Colakides, Marc Garrrett, and Inte Gloerich. Amsterdam: Institute of Network Cultures (Amsterdam, 2019. [http://www.statemachines.eu/books/state-machines-reflections-and-actions-at-the-edge-of-digital-citizenship-finance-and-art/](http://www.statemachines.eu/books/state-machines-reflections-and-actions-at-the-edge-of-digital-citizenship-finance-and-art/). |