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

carlj@udel.edu dwk@princeton.edu

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