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uPortal and JA-SIG

uPortal and JA-SIG. Java in Administration Special Interest Group http://www.ja-sig.org. JA-SIG Focus. Java in “Administration” Share Experience and Code Develop Common Direction Promote Java in Higher Education Leverage Higher-ed w/ Vendors Bill Joy’s Law. Princeton UBC Delaware

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uPortal and JA-SIG

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  1. uPortal and JA-SIG Java in Administration Special Interest Group http://www.ja-sig.org

  2. JA-SIG Focus • Java in “Administration” • Share Experience and Code • Develop Common Direction • Promote Java in Higher Education • Leverage Higher-ed w/ Vendors • Bill Joy’s Law

  3. Princeton UBC Delaware Florida State Cornell UCSD Boston Georgetown Brown Yale Hawaii Columbia U Washington Minnesota UT Austin …all but two CSG …more JA-SIG Participants

  4. JA-SIG Activities • Conferences – Twice Annually • Clearinghouse – Code Sharing • uPortal – Collaborative Development Project

  5. Conferences • 1--December 1999; Orlando, FL • 2--July 2000, Monterey; CA • 3--February 4-6, 2001; Destin, FL • 4--June, 2001; La Jolla, CA • 5--December, 2001; Destin, FL • Note: uPortal/Java Split June, 2002 • SUN Sponsorship

  6. Clearinghouse • Members Only • Announcement of Code to Share • Conditions for Sharing • Matchmaker, not Repository • Institutions and Vendors • Java is the Common Ground

  7. uPortal • Free Higher-Ed Portal, no Ads • Open Source, Open Standards • J2EE, XML, SQL, component-based • Transformation Technology • Collaborative Effort • uPortal • Channel Framework • Channel Content • Tools for Web Community

  8. uPortal • UBC, Yale, Princeton, Delaware, Cal Poly, IBS, im&m, Columbia • Boston, Brown, Georgetown, Cornell, Washington • Version 1.0 – Monterey - July • Version 1.5 – Destin – February • Version 2.0 – Destin – Last Month

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  10. uPortal Interfaces • Database • Authentication • Authorization • Directory services • User preferences • Profiles, structure, themes, skins • Channel information • Availability, behavior, configuration

  11. What is a Channel? • Displays content • XML feeds • Rich Site Summary (RSS) • Web services • Legacy systems • Interactive applications • Bookmarks • Email, chat, backpack • Everything’s a Channel

  12. What’s a Channel? • My Grades • My Assignment Grades • My Transfer Credit • My Student Loans • My Favorite NFL Scores • My IMAP mail • Publish and Subscribe

  13. The Meteor channel

  14. Flexible Layouts • Structures • Tab / column • Tree / column • Themes • Multi-column • Multi-row • Skins • ‘The Matrix’, ‘Smell the Java’

  15. Tab / Column Layout

  16. Tree / Column Layout

  17. Content Transformation XML XSLT Processor XHTML: Web Browser HTML: PDA Stylesheet WML: Cell Phone

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  21. Architectural Features • Flexible Layouts • Publish and Subscribe • Extensive user customization • Robust Channel Capabilities • Channel services • Inter-channel communications • Normalized database schema • Profiles (multiple device management)

  22. In progress • Performance Optimization • Scalability Testing • User Interface Usability • User Identification • More Channel Content!

  23. Channel Development • Bulletin boards – UBC • Calendar – IBS • IMAP Email – UBC • Announcements – Columbia, Cal Poly • ExLibris – Delaware, Nottingham • Jive – Virginia • Jabber - Delaware

  24. British Columbia Princeton Cal Poly Denison Hawaii Cornell Rutgers Loyola Chicago UC Irvine Live

  25. Athabasca Laurentian Delaware Yale Memorial U of Newfoundland Cal Poly Columbia Villanova Nottingham UK Ringling Iowa State U New Mexico Illinois State Kansas Medical UC Irvine U Tennessee Boston College Stanford Medical REUNA Chile Manchester CC Mass VES Engaged

  26. Lehigh NH EAS Mass BHE RPI Maryland Wayne State UCLA NC State U Arizona ETA Zurich Lutheran Seminary Stockton NJ Temple Plymouth State UCSD Georgetown Miami Ohio Northeastern Syracuse Spring Arbor U Central Florida Loyola MD CSU Hayward Eastern Michigan Evaluation

  27. Investment and Support • Mellon Foundation • Sun Microsystems • Interactive Business Solutions (IBS) • instructional media and magic (im&m) • Participating Institutions • Participating Vendors

  28. Mellon Foundation Award • First of Three Years • Ready-for-Primetime Release • Project Manager • Developers (UI and Architecture) • Package as Turn-key Product • Technical Writer • Sustainable Support Model • Vendor Relations

  29. Vendor Participation • Sun • CampusPipeline • WebCT • InfiNet • Prometheus • Blackboard • Datatel

  30. Other Activity • Mass VES K12 • i2 WebISO • OKI • Meteor • RSmart • Mass BHE • SFA, INS, other govt agencies

  31. NewCommon Ground • Interoperability… XML • Loosely Coupled • Business Messages • Web Services • XML, SOAP, UDDI, WSDL • We need to talk… The portal as an example of institutional UI to distributed data.

  32. uPortal • Free • Open Source • Active Higher Ed Community • Architecture for Future • Attracting Support • Gaining Influence

  33. More Information • http://www.jasig.org • Organization • Conferences • Clearinghouse • uPortal Project • uPortal CVS • carlj@udel.edu

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