conceptual design of tapipedia: pre-final version

Conceptual Design of TAPipediaPre-final version after feedback & comments

Nikos Manouselis, CEO Agro-Knownikosm@agroknow.gr

Background

An extraordinary company that captures, organizes and adds value to the rich information available in agricultural and biodiversity sciences, in order to

make it universally accessible, useful and meaningful.

http://www.agroknow.gr

TAPipedia

TAPipedia

“reference work or compendium”

another Wiki-pedia?

a repository?

a search engine?

a collaboration portal?

my work

• understand context of work & operation• propose, explain, defend, adapt design

principles (the real thing)• write a Conceptual Design report (138 pages,

OK – not carved in stone)

The report

(what I would like you to endorse and pay me for)

ToC

I. Study Requirements– content / user/system

II. Conceptual Design of TAPipedia– high-level architecture– key components + interface

wireframes

III. Knowledge OrganisationIV. Software Technology Choice

input on requirements

• 2012 TAP stakeholder consultation recommendations

• Regional assessments carried out by TAP partners • ToR on Conceptual Design by TAP Global Task Force• Feedback on first ideas from TAP CD Expert Group

(CDEG) at Montpellier• Feedback on initial report during Webinar of 18/6• Open commenting period until last week

categories

a) user requirements (“Which stakeholders & roles should be the primary audiences of TAPipedia?”)

b) content requirements (“What information should TAPipedia include?”)

c) system requirements (“Which key services & functionalities should the TAPipedia software provide?”)

priorities from Montpellier

1. To help TAP members and local stakeholders to discover methods & tools that will help them identify and assess emerging capacity development needs for AIS (inc. knowledge from other regions)

2. To help TAP members to present, explain and communicate the framework on CD for AIS so that it may be easily adopted & implemented

3. To help local stakeholders share their own applied and context-specific AIS knowledge that addresses the needs of their stakeholders

design principles

1. “Standing on the shoulders of giants”– take advantage of what TAP partners are doing

(and/or paying for)– map, enhance discoverability, link resources to

each other

2. Open, modular architecture– built to collaborate & inter-operate– easy to plug content+services in (and out),

extend and expand

high level technical architecture

Regional/local knowledge sources

TAPipedia index

Regional, local & other knowledge sources & collections on CD for AIS

Regional/local knowledge sources

TAPipedia indexRegional/local

knowledge sources

TAPipedia index

Knowledge sharing services

Knowledge discovery services Knowledge authoring services

Knowledge repository Analytics dashboard

Positioning & links to other platforms

e.g. GIZ, USAID, EMBRAPA, …

Variouscommunity & collaboration platforms

TAPipedia index

e.g. CG centers, CATAS, Agrinatura, …

e.g. AGRIS, AGRICOLA, SIDALC, …

Various marketplace platforms

…

recommending (agri)Drupal

• avoid going for developing TAPipedia using different software systems– rather focus on one core software platform for

core knowledge management– take advantage of existing, working platforms

• select a popular and well-supported system that can provide most of the required functionalities, using existing open source modules

Proposed implementation steps

A first prioritisation, for discussion

Phase I: autumn’15

• set up TAPipedia index & carry out mapping of TAP partner resources [Sept’15]

• develop Knowledge Sharing services to help manage & curate TAP partner contributions [Oct’15]

• develop Knowledge Repository & initial version of Knowledge Discovery service [Nov’15]

• revamp TAP web site, include deployed components, launch TAPipedia alpha [Dec’15]

Phase II: spring’16

• deploy Knowledge Authoring services to support online presentation of CD for AIS framework [Feb’15]

• transfer operationalised forms of framework into their online formats, develop Analytics Dashboard [March’15]

• integrate into deployed components, develop additional language versions, launch TAPipedia beta [April’15]

• testing & documentation period; operational launch [June’16]

To discuss further

(my) Points to consider

1. Positioning TAPipedia2. Making TAP partner activities visible

through TAPipedia3. Running TAPipedia

1. Positioning

• Not as a competitive IT platform to existing ones, but as an open platform that may catalogue & syndicate content

• Using existing systems for parts of the job that are marginally in scope or that have high cold-start & maintenance cost– e.g. community platform, online marketplace?

2. Visible TAP partners

• Cataloguing & pointing to CD for AIS interventions, resources, case studies that partners want to showcase

• Carrying out an online mapping of relevant resources & interventions– Call to Action to TAP Partners

Running TAPipedia

• Expected to need a number of teams to operate activities around TAPipedia– Editorial Team, Online Framework Authoring Team

(incl. local teams), Online Community Facilitators• Tasks & workflow of TAP secretariat; support &

engagement of TAP members

…more?

Thank you!

nikosm@agroknow.grhttp://www.agroknow.gr