ja-sig and uportal java in administration special interest group
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JA-SIG and uPortal
Java in AdministrationSpecial Interest Group
http://www.ja-sig.org
Own the Web Resolution of disparate systems Change business practices; easy, fast,
inexpensive Ensure unique institutional presentation--Brand Control own destiny Avoid vendor obligations; ad banners, resellers Avoid high risk purchase or partnership Acknowledge culture of continuous change
JA-SIG Mission
communication of best practices, new technologies, innovative methodologies and projects
peer review, collaboration, and group discussion
technology cross-fertilization between vendors and institutions
JA-SIG Focus Java in “Administration” Share Experience and Code Develop Common Direction Promote Java in Higher Education Leverage Higher-ed w/ Vendors
JA-SIG Members Princeton UBC Delaware Florida State Cornell UCSD Boston Georgetown
Brown Yale Hawaii Columbia U Washington Minnesota UT Austin …more
JA-SIG Activities Conferences – Twice Annually Clearinghouse – Code Sharing uPortal – Collaborative Development
Conferences December 1999; Orlando, FL July 2000, Monterey; CA February 4-6, 2001; Destin, FL June, 2001; La Jolla, CA East/West SUN Sponsorship
Clearinghouse Members Only Announcement of Code to Share Conditions for Sharing Matchmaker, not Repository Standard Architecture
uPortal Free Higher-Ed Portal Collaborative Effort Channel Framework Channel Content Tools for Web Community
uPortal Yale, Princeton, Delaware, UBC,
Georgetown, Holy Cross, IBS Boston, Brown, Cornell, Washington Version 1.0 – Monterey - July Version 1.5 – Destin – February Version 2.0 – CUMREC - May
uPortal v1.0 Basic Authentication Channel Publish and Subscribe Personalization of Layout and Colors RSS, HTML, Applets Custom Channels Installed in Frame
uPortal v2.0 Role-based Authentication & Access More Robust Security Higher Levels of Pub/Sub Control XML/XSL Channel Rendering Channel Content Development PDA and Cell Phone Portal Access Competitive, Ready-for-Primetime
v2.0 Effort Framework Personalization Layout Managemnt Publish Subscribe Unsubscribe
Keyword Security Database Utilities Caching Partnerships
Required Channels Personalization Layout Managemnt Publish/Keyword Channel Search Page Rendering HTML Rendering
RSS Authoring PDF Display Calendar IMAP Mail Administration
Strengths Cost No Advertising By Higher Ed for Higher Ed Institutional Control of Web Layer Collaborative Effort
Framework Community Tools Content You do not have to contribute to participate
Challenges Funding Resources Community Source Process Not Turnkey
Support and Partnerships SUN IBS Mellon Foundation CampusFirst, Sallie Mae, Eduprise UBC, Holy Cross, Hawaii… Dept of Education… gov agencies WebCT, Blackboard, BSR… vendors Merlot, JSTOR, etc
Opportunities to Share Design Ideas Framework Code Channel Content Community Tools Java Applications
Why not? Jetspeed Blackboard Epicentric PeopleSoft Microsoft
Institutional Culture Build vs Buy
Own the Web Avoid Proprietary Stuff Culture of Continuous Change
Foster Collaboration Higher-ed Clout
“get content providers to generate XML”
More Information http://www.ja-sig.org
JA-SIG Organization Conferences Clearinghouse uPortal
J2EE Application Model