Phosphorix

Phosphorix is a small UK-based open source software company founded in 2001. [cite web|title=About Phosphorix |url=http://www.phosphorix.co.uk/phos-shed/staticPage.do?id=static.content.Background&menuID=0_8 |accessdate=2008-04-07] . They are a software development company based in Exeter, located in a rural setting just outside the city.

Phosphorix have extensive experience in web-based software and ideas development. The Phosphorix founders are keen advocates of Open Standards and the company soon adopted the principles of Open Source Software, Rapid Application Development and eXtreme Programming to meet its development needs.

Phosphorix have made and continue to make significant contributions to educational and 'not for profit' organisations with the launch and release of a range of interoperability middleware solutions known as ioNode servers. This grew out of repeated calls from the UK education sector for methods of making disparate systems and applications communicate.

The company has been recognized by government funded bodies, JISC and CETIS, for its contributions to the SHELL Project. [cite web|title=CETIS CODEBASH 4 |url=http://zope.cetis.ac.uk/members/codebash3/Members/phosphorix |accessdate=2008-04-07] Phosphorix have also established a paid graduate partnership with the University of Plymouth. [cite web|title=Success Story |url=http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/files/extranet/docs/DFB/Phosphorix_graphicdesign.pdf |format=PDF |accessdate=2008-04-07]

Phosphorix contributed to the XCRI project which developed a schema for course related information. [ [http://misc.jisc.ac.uk/refmodels/XCRI/www.elframework.org/projects/xcri/20060130Manchester.html Phosphorix' XCRI deployments] ] and have been involved in several discussions regarding open standards in the education sector.

Phosphorix have been involved in a number of JISC funded projects.
*The Group Calendar Web Service project is described in an interview on the e-Learning Focus web site [cite web|title=Group Services Web service toolkit project |url=http://www.elearning.ac.uk/features/gcws |accessdate=2008-08-10] .
*The Learning Matrix [cite web|title=The Learning Matrix |url=http://www.thelearningmatrix.ac.uk/project_team/05.htm |accessdate=2008-08-10] Regional eLearning Pilot Project for Distributed eLearning.
*The East of England Lifelong Learning Support Project [cite web|title=The East of England Lifelong Learning Support Project |url=http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/programme_edistributed/eells.aspx |accessdate=2008-08-10] .
* PDP4Life
* SOLVS
* MOVE
* ioNW2
* Yorkshire & Humber East Lifelong Learning Network CPD Finder
* EP4LL
* Group Calendar Web Service
* PDP4XL2
* MOVE XCRI
* XCRI
* Greater Manchester Strategic Alliance XCRI mini project
* WCC XCRI mini project

External links

* [http://www.phosphorix.com/phos-shed/ Phosphorix Official Website]

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