<s>
EPrints	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
software	I-License
package	O
for	O
building	O
open	O
access	O
repositories	O
that	O
are	O
compliant	O
with	O
the	O
Open	O
Archives	O
Initiative	O
Protocol	O
for	O
Metadata	O
Harvesting	O
(	O
OAI-PMH	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
EPrints	B-Protocol
has	O
been	O
developed	O
at	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Southampton	O
School	O
of	O
Electronics	O
and	O
Computer	O
Science	O
and	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
GPL-3.0-or-later	B-License
license	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
EPrints	B-Protocol
software	O
is	O
not	O
to	O
be	O
confused	O
with	O
"	O
Eprints	B-Protocol
"	O
(	O
or	O
"	O
e-prints	O
"	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
are	O
preprints	O
(	O
before	O
peer	O
review	O
)	O
and	O
postprints	O
(	O
after	O
peer	O
review	O
)	O
,	O
of	O
research	O
journal	O
articles	O
(	O
eprints	B-Protocol
=	O
preprints	O
+	O
postprints	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
EPrints	B-Protocol
was	O
created	O
in	O
2000	O
as	O
a	O
direct	O
outcome	O
of	O
the	O
1999	O
Santa	O
Fe	O
meeting	O
that	O
launched	O
what	O
eventually	O
became	O
the	O
OAI-PMH	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
EPrints	B-Protocol
software	O
was	O
enthusiastically	O
received	O
and	O
became	O
the	O
first	O
and	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
widely	O
used	O
free	O
open	O
access	O
,	O
institutional	O
repository	O
software	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
has	O
since	O
inspired	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
other	O
software	O
that	O
fulfil	O
a	O
similar	O
purpose	O
,	O
notably	O
DSpace	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
EPrints	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
Web	O
and	O
command-line	O
application	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
LAMP	B-Application
architecture	I-Application
(	O
but	O
is	O
written	O
in	O
Perl	B-Language
rather	O
than	O
PHP	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
been	O
successfully	O
run	O
under	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Solaris	B-Application
and	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
version	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
was	O
released	O
17	O
May	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
3	O
of	O
the	O
software	O
introduced	O
a	O
(	O
Perl-based	O
)	O
plugin	B-Application
architecture	O
for	O
importing	O
and	O
exporting	O
data	O
,	O
converting	O
objects	O
(	O
for	O
search	O
engine	O
indexing	O
)	O
and	O
user	O
interface	O
widgets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Configuring	O
an	O
EPrints	B-Protocol
repository	O
involves	O
modifying	O
configuration	O
files	O
written	O
in	O
Perl	B-Language
or	O
XML	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
appearance	O
of	O
a	O
repository	O
is	O
controlled	O
by	O
HTML	O
templates	O
,	O
CSS	B-Language
stylesheets	I-Language
and	O
inline	O
images	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
EPrints	B-Protocol
is	O
shipped	O
with	O
an	O
English	O
translation	O
it	O
has	O
been	O
translated	O
to	O
other	O
languages	O
through	O
(	O
redistributable	O
)	O
language-specific	O
XML	B-Protocol
phrase	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
