Presented by Justin Tilton at Open Source in Government Conference Tuesday, March 16, 2004 George Washington University Open Source and Higher Education uPortal & Sakai JA-SIG and uPortal JA-SIG Java In Administration Special Interest Group National and regional conferences Clearing house https://www.mis4.udel.edu/JasigCH/ Collaborative projects JA-SIG and uPortal The vision Facilitate the transition to new Web technologies, especially Java and Web Services, through training and collaboration. Develop software, important to higher education, that can be shared. Improve productivity in higher education. JA-SIG and uPortal Activities The JA-SIG membership is engaged in three activities. 1.Sponsorship of a twice-annual conference in the U.S. and one in the U.K. 2.JA-SIG Clearinghouse - a place on the Web to facilitate the sharing of Java and XML components. 3.Development of a free, open source, open standard portal for higher education: uPortal. JA-SIG and uPortal Some JA-SIG members Boston College Princeton U British Columbia Delaware Nagoya Cornell Denison El Camino Community Lehigh Illinois State Cal Poly SLO Rutgers Roanoke College Yale Texas Tech Columbia New Mexico Virginia Tech Kansas Hawaii Hull Nottingham + ~300 more JA-SIG and uPortal What is uPortal? Enterprise portal Framework for presenting aggregated content (channels) Personalization Role-based access control and layouts Open source, collaborative effort Java web application JA-SIG and uPortal Red Universitaria Nacional JA-SIG and uPortal Denison University JA-SIG and uPortal Cornell University JA-SIG and uPortal Why uPortal? Features important to higher education Internationalization Decentralized control of publishing and related parts of the user layout Layout based on role, accessibility, and user preferences Anonymous authorization for access Open standards JA-SIG and uPortal Higher Education Most of these features apply to Higher Education uPortal is bridging the gap between corporate portals and the needs of Higher Education Institutions JA-SIG and uPortal Why open standards? Sharing: Interoperability (component architecture) Risk Management: Ability to change software if needed Architecture: Choice of components JA-SIG and uPortal Mentoring AreaAffiliation Internationalization (XLIFF) Oracle Corporation Layout (XSLT)Software A.G., Remote portlet (WSRP)IBM Corporation IntegrationSAP A.G., HR-XML and IFX Forums Learning systemsAirbus, Boeing SecurityNIST, NSA PerformanceWells Fargo JA-SIG and uPortal Business relationships FirmArea iAssessmentK-12 teacher assessment Unicon, Inc.Academus learning system and uPortal technical support SCT CorporationHigher education administrative suite the r*smart groupElectronic portfolio JA-SIG and uPortal Types of portals Personalized displayuPortal 2.0 framework IntegrationuPortal Web Services + Adapters EnterpriseuPortal Web Services Enterprise ProcessuPortal Sakai workflow JA-SIG and uPortal Multiple target devices JA-SIG and uPortal Current Work: Accessibility JA-SIG and uPortal Current Work: Accessibility JA-SIG and uPortal Industry Recognition JA-SIG and uPortal The future Continue deployment Industry-based technical support Cooperative development of commercial products by business partners Further development of the portal itself Sakai Project Coordinated development of products using uPortal (e.g. Sakai partners) JA-SIG and uPortal The End Justin E. Tilton