# Christopher Gutteridge

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'''Christopher Gutteridge''' (born 2 February 1976) is a Systems, Information and Web [programmer](/source/programmer), part of the IT Innovation team in the [School of Electronics and Computer Science](/source/School_of_Electronics_and_Computer_Science%2C_University_of_Southampton) at the [University of Southampton](/source/University_of_Southampton).<ref>{{cite web
|title=Biography at School of Electronics and Computer Science
|url=http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/people/cjg
|work=University of Southampton
|accessdate=29 January 2013
}}</ref> He is known for being the lead developer for [GNU](/source/GNU) [EPrints](/source/EPrints)<ref>{{cite web
|title=Development team for EPrints software
|url=http://www.eprints.org/software/contributors/
|work=EPrints – Digital Repository Software
|accessdate=30 January 2013
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117221538/http://www.eprints.org/software/contributors/
|archive-date=17 January 2013
|url-status=dead
}}</ref>
and for being an advocate for [Open Data](/source/Open_Data),<ref>{{cite web
|title=Southampton Data Blog
|url=http://blog.soton.ac.uk/data/
|work=University of Southampton
|accessdate=31 January 2013
}}</ref> [Linked Data](/source/Linked_Data)<ref>{{cite web
|title=Ventnor Fringe: The World's First Semantic-Web Powered Arts Festival!
|url=http://onthewight.com/2011/08/17/ventnor-fringe-the-worlds-first-semantic-web-powered-arts-festival/
|work=On The Wight
|date=17 August 2011
|accessdate=10 February 2013
}}</ref> and the [Open Web](/source/Open_Web).<ref>{{cite news
|title=Please don't read this post about the Edinburgh Fringe site - or click the links
|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/blog/2010/jun/29/edinburgh-fringe-website-woes
|work=Guardian Technology blog
|author=Charles Arthur
|accessdate=10 February 2013
|location=London
|date=29 June 2010
}}</ref>

== Notable achievements ==
[Ted Nelson](/source/Ted_Nelson) acknowledged Gutteridge's work, in 2001–2, creating an implementation of transquotation for Nelson's Xanadu project.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Nelson |first1=Ted |title=POSSIPLEX: Movies, Intellect, Creative Control, My Computer Life and the Fight for Civilization : AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF Ted Nelson |date=2010 |publisher=Mindful Press |location=Sausalito, CA |isbn=978-0-89347-004-3 |page=373 |edition=Bookstore |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lCG2pwAACAAJ&q=Possiplex}}</ref>

In May 2005 Gutteridge won the [UK's Unix and Open Systems User Group](/source/UKUUG) award for his work on the Open Archive Software: GNU EPrints.<ref>{{cite web
|title=Boffin wins prize for EPrints project
|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/05/23/eprints_prize_ukuug/
|work=The Register
|author=Lucy Sherriff
|accessdate=29 January 2013
}}</ref> The UKUUG awards an annual prize to give particular recognition to the development of [free and open-source software](/source/free_and_open-source_software) in the UK.<ref>{{cite web
|title=2005 UKUUG Award Winner
|url=http://www.ukuug.org/pr/Award-2005_winner.shtml
|work=UKUUG - the UK's Open Systems User Group
|accessdate=30 January 2013
}}</ref>

In March 2011 Gutteridge launched data.southampton.ac.uk,<ref>{{cite web
|title=University of Southampton Open Data Service
|url=http://data.southampton.ac.uk/
|work=University of Southampton
|accessdate=29 January 2013
}}</ref> which provides open access to a number of non-confidential administrative [datasets](/source/data_set) at the University of Southampton<ref>{{cite web
|title=Southampton Uni shows way to a truly open web
|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/22/southampton_linked_data_semantic_web/
|work=The Register
|author=Kelly Fiveash
|accessdate=29 January 2013
}}</ref>
and which won the 2012, [Times Higher Education](/source/Times_Higher_Education) Award for Outstanding [ICT](/source/Information_and_communications_technology) Initiative of the Year.<ref>{{cite web
|title=2012 Times Higher Education Awards winners
|url=http://www.the-awards.co.uk/the2012/winners
|work=2012 Times Higher Education Awards
|accessdate=29 January 2013
}}</ref>

In October 2017, Gutteridge was awarded the [Jason Farradane Award](/source/Jason_Farradane_Award) for his outstanding contribution to the information profession<ref>{{cite web
|title=UKeiG announces 2017 Jason Farradane Winner
|url=https://www.cilip.org.uk/uk-einformation-group/news/ukeig-announces-2017-jason-farradane-winner
|archive-url=https://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20171013212148/https://www.cilip.org.uk/uk%2Deinformation%2Dgroup/news/ukeig%2Dannounces%2D2017%2Djason%2Dfarradane%2Dwinner
|url-status=dead
|archive-date=13 October 2017
|work=CILIP - the Library and Information Association
|accessdate=11 October 2017
}}</ref>

== References ==

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== External links ==
* [http://data.southampton.ac.uk/ University of Southampton Open Data Service]

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