final project review newcastle upon tyne, april 19, 2004
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Final Project Review Newcastle upon Tyne, April 19, 2004. AESOP Platform. Table of content. Technical development Functionality and usability improvements since the last review Reviewer‘s recommendations Final technical overview AESOP Web Portal. Technical development. Functionality - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
MMS Dresden Germany – Dresden - Slide N°1Adolf Liepelt [email protected]
Final Project Review
Newcastle upon Tyne, April 19, 2004
AESOP Platform
MMS Dresden Germany – Dresden - Slide N°2Adolf Liepelt [email protected]
Table of content
Technical development • Functionality and usability improvements since the last
review
• Reviewer‘s recommendations
Final technical overview• AESOP Web Portal
MMS Dresden Germany – Dresden - Slide N°3Adolf Liepelt [email protected]
Technical development
Functionality• Merge of secure spaces
• Document Management: "file size" and "owner" added
• Reactivated SSL for login with username/password
• Changed role permission in Document Management
MMS Dresden Germany – Dresden - Slide N°6Adolf Liepelt [email protected]
Technical development (2)
Usability• User information browser• New Jetspeed version (1.4)
– Portlets for editing XML config files– Internationalisation: detect browser language– Switch language also manually
• Completed Internationalisation• Changed HTML input elements to select rights, display real
names instead of login names• Welcome portlet which shows user role and used certificate
MMS Dresden Germany – Dresden - Slide N°13Adolf Liepelt [email protected]
Technical development (3)
Bug fixes• Removed OS dependancy in Document Management
• Changed HTTP session attributes in Forum and Calendar
• Delete related objects when delete a secure space
• ...
MMS Dresden Germany – Dresden - Slide N°14Adolf Liepelt [email protected]
Technical development (4)
Documentation• User Guide
• Installation Manual
• Operating Manual
• Developer Manual
• JavaDoc in Java sources
MMS Dresden Germany – Dresden - Slide N°15Adolf Liepelt [email protected]
Reviewer‘s recommendations.
• It should be visible when a secure connection (space) is established and/or running.
• A more flexible combination of server and browser language.
• It is not clear how client creation is handled
• Would the consortium give Jetspeed portlets to the Open Source community?
• USP‘s of AESOP
• Legacy integration
MMS Dresden Germany – Dresden - Slide N°16Adolf Liepelt [email protected]
Final technical overview
AESOP Web Portal• Highly configurable framework to develop corporate portals • Portal components (“portlets”)
MMS demo portal -> Pilot portal instances
ÆSOP portal framework
Various ÆSOP portal instances
Configuration and adaptation process
MMS Dresden Germany – Dresden - Slide N°17Adolf Liepelt [email protected]
Final technical overview
AESOP Web Portal - Architecture
Browser (HTML)
Web-Container (Tomcat)
DB (HSQLDB/Oracle)
Jetspeed
AESOP Controller/View
EJB-Container (JBoss)
AESOP Model
HTTP local
JRMP IIOP
JDBC JDBC
MMS Dresden Germany – Dresden - Slide N°18Adolf Liepelt [email protected]
Final technical overview (2)
AESOP Web Portal - Strengths• Corporate portal (rather than information portal)
– Built in certificate support, Secure spaces
• All Java J2EE features available (e.g. for legacy integration)– Transactions, Java Connectors etc., Message queues
• Developed with Open Source only
• Flexible and configurable by end users
MMS Dresden Germany – Dresden - Slide N°19Adolf Liepelt [email protected]
Final technical overview (3)
AESOP Web Portal - Weaknesses• No graphical development tools
• No implicit personalisation
• Jetspeed Portlets rarely available
MMS Dresden Germany – Dresden - Slide N°20Adolf Liepelt [email protected]
Contact
Adolf LiepeltMultimedia Solutions GmbH DresdenRiesaer Straße 5 01129 Dresden
Tel. +49-3 51-85 05-6 14 E-Mail [email protected] Internet www.mms-dresden.de