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The Knowledge Information and Sharing System of the ETH-Domain (KISS)

KISS is a platform that provides easy access to knowledge and information across multiple research institutions within the ETH-Domain. It allows users to search for exploitable knowledge, patents, and researchers' expertise. The system is decentralized, with a centralized database of metadata and links to web pages for detailed information.

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The Knowledge Information and Sharing System of the ETH-Domain (KISS)

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  1. The Knowledge Information and Sharing System of the ETH-Domain (KISS) Beat Birkenmeier Dominik Ulmer

  2. ETHZ - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut EAWAG - Swiss Federal Institute for Environmental Science and Technology EMPA - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research EPFL - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne WSL - Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snowand Landscape Research The ETH-domain Basle St. Gallen Zurich Lucerne Berne Lausanne Geneva Lugano

  3. There is no access to reliable Information so far • Basic questions • Which knowledge is available within the single institutions? • Which knowledge is available within certain research areas? • Which knowledge is available within certain application areas? • Which knowledge „is looking“ for an industrial application? • Which patents are available? • What is the knowledge of single researchers?

  4. Project goals • To establish a platform which allows • a simple presentation of information about exploitable knowledge on a common electronic user interface for all institutions and, at the same time • quick and user-friendly access to this information by the interested public • Basic conditions • a high degree of de-centralisation • the diversity of research and teaching • the variety of the IT environments in the different institutions

  5. Design principles (I) • Decentralised Editing by independent project-/research groups • Responsibility for content lies on one QA account per institution • Centralised resources for operation • Maximal use of existing information

  6. Design principles (II) • Data model and applications are realised once centrally • Clients enter the application locally via Web-Technology • User-databases are managed locally by the institutions • Contents are «activated» per Institution • only core information (meta-data) is held in the central data-base whereas detailed information can be found on web-pages linked with the meta-data base

  7. Projekt- homepages Projekt- homepages Non standardised data Project Websites Import Applications for editing and searching • Editing Tool • Authorisation Tool • DB-Admin-Tool Search application (probabilistic search) • Search application • (boolean search) • Compilation of • research reports ARAMIS Swiss Federal Research Information System Export Access via Internet ORACLE 8i Database Applications overview

  8. The architecture • The System is based on a «Three-Tier-Architecture» • A relational database (ORACLE 8i) with the structured meta-data and links to unstructured data • An application server which provides the application based on Java active server pages and which represents the intermediate layer • The user‘s standard browser

  9. www.knowledgetransfer.ch edits structured meta data • Project title/-number • Date of project start/end • Abstract • Keywords • Research field • Scientific target • Optional: ARAMIS-Data • Benefit of possible applications • Links to URLs • Personal data of researchers involved in the project • Possibilities for participation • Patent data/Product data • Publications • Editing data • by researchers or central organisational units • Management of authorisations by a flexible task concept

  10. Institution 1 Research group Project Homepage Editing Editor User DB Editing Tool Editor DB- Admintool Editing Tool Researcher Boolean Search Applications without user authorisation Editing Tool Project Leader Fuzzy Search KISS-DB Research Reports KISS- Application

  11. Search application • Accessible via Internet • Sophisticated probabilistic search on standardised meta-data and linked web-sites (hit list: standardised project reports and URL) • Boolean search of standard fields • Optional • Compilation of research reports by institutions

  12. Institution n Research group Project Homepage Institution 1 Research group Project Homepage Searching Editing Tool Redactor DB- Admintool Editing Tool Researcher Boolean Search Editing Tool Project Leader Fuzzy Search KISS-DB Internet users Research Reports KISS- Application Applications without user authorisation

  13. The search template

  14. The hit list

  15. ARAMIS SAP Local add-ons Local MIS Add-ons It is possible to extend the functionality of the application according to the needs of the institutions Standardised core-application

  16. Institution ... Institution n Institution 1 Users I I I Utilisation Agreements C Co-ordination New interested parties Service Level Agreements ID ETHZ Operation wega EIT Operational organisation 1st level Support 2nd level Support 3rd level Support

  17. The Homepage www.knowledgetransfer.ch will be accessible to the public as soon as there will be a certain number of research projects. Contact: ulmer@ethrat.ch birkenmeier@bresults.ch Thank you for your attention!

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