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TELEBALT on the Web and tools for teleworking with the Baltic States. Alexander Beriozko (EDNES) TELEBALT project manager ber@ e dnes.org E. Zvirblis, Z. Bigelis (INFOBALT), D. Mudure, E. Grikis (“Open Latvia”), K. Baranov (Inforing AS). LITHUANIA http://www.infobalt.lt/telebalt.
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TELEBALT on the Web and tools for teleworking with the Baltic States Alexander Beriozko (EDNES) TELEBALT project manager ber@ednes.org E. Zvirblis, Z. Bigelis (INFOBALT), D. Mudure, E. Grikis (“Open Latvia”), K. Baranov (Inforing AS) TELEBALT review - 11/11/2002
LITHUANIAhttp://www.infobalt.lt/telebalt LATVIAhttp://www.telebalt.lv EDNEShttp://www.ednes.org/telebalt ESTONIAhttp://www.telebalt.ee TELEBALT on the Web TELEBALT review - 11/11/2002
TELEBALT on the Web TELEBALT main Web-site INFOBALT, Vilnius Special topic: business Languages: English, Lithuanian TELEBALT Estonian Web-site Inforing AS, Tallinn Special topic: employment Languages: English, Estonian, Russian TELEBALT Latvian Web-site “Open Latvia”, Riga Special topic: tourism Languages: English, Latvian TELEBALT EDNES Web-site EDNES Language: English TELEBALT review - 11/11/2002
TELEBALT on the Web (Infobalt) TELEBALT review - 11/11/2002
TELEBALT on the Web (Open Latvia) TELEBALT review - 11/11/2002
TELEBALT on the Web (EDNES) TELEBALT review - 11/11/2002
TELEBALT on the Web (Inforing AS) TELEBALT review - 11/11/2002
LT Web-site content structure • Information on TELEBALT project • Business information on Lithuania (links) • General information on Lithuania (links) • Feedback information • Subscribe information • Contact information TELEBALT review - 11/11/2002
LT Web-site information on TELEBALT project • General information on TELEBALT project • Information on TELEBALT events • TELEBALT progress reports • TELEBALT deliverables: • Newsletters • Proceedings • Training courses TELEBALT review - 11/11/2002
LT Web-site general and business information (links) • Lithuanian European Committee News • Lithuanian Development Agency • Ministry of Economy • Custom Department • Tax Department • Currency exchange information TELEBALT review - 11/11/2002
LT Web-site feedback information • The best approach to designing a Web-site is to involve customers (users) • Feedback • Discussion Group • FAQ (constantly updated) • Proposals information TELEBALT review - 11/11/2002
LT Web-site subscribe information • Subscribe service is convenient for users • Subscribe • Electronic newsletter • CD-ROM – project report TELEBALT review - 11/11/2002
LT Web-site enhancement strategy • Information Demonstration Centre (IDC) is one of the main project results • Project Web-site as a tool for IST information dissemination • Project Web-site as a tool for project management • Project Web-site as tool for collaboration and partnership building TELEBALT review - 11/11/2002
Enhancement of LT Web-site • Development of Domain Knowledge Centers (DKC) • DKC is an ontology-based Web application • DKC as a tool for information transforming to knowledge and knowledge building • DKC main principles: – knowledge building as a part of everyday work – knowledge sharing and updating by project team and registered users TELEBALT review - 11/11/2002
LT Web-site DKC list • Lithuanian TELEBALT Web-site is planed to contain DKCs: • Telework Knowledge Centre • Teamwork Knowledge Centre • IST Programme Knowledge Centre (under discussion) • EU Telematic Products Knowledge Centre (demo catalogue) TELEBALT review - 11/11/2002
DKC prototype structure • Domain Knowledge Centre prototype consists of two core modules • Information sources DB enriched by structured information (triple object – attribute- value) is the first part of knowledge • Domain ontology is the second part of knowledge • Telework Knowledge Centre prototype on MS Access is operational since the end of 2001 TELEBALT review - 11/11/2002
Information sources DB Enter & Edit Form TELEBALT review - 11/11/2002
Collaborative Browsing in Information Resources – Tools and Services • Collaborative Browsing (CoBrow) toolkit goals: • bring together users of the WWW • provide Virtual Presence in the Web (i.e., Web-users are able to see each other on Web-pages) • let people communicate on such locations TELEBALT review - 11/11/2002
Displaying other neighbor's locations • Chatting between neighbors • Hiding • Enabling/disabling CoBrow • Defining user’s icon and name • Setting communication URL • Setting base URL of user’s details • Setting preferred languages CoBrow user interface basic capability TELEBALT review - 11/11/2002
Presence Awareness Information Broker (former Virtual Presence System(VPS)) • Presence Awareness Information Broker (PAIB) features: • Lets people realize who else is around (people ‘see’ each other while they are browsing the same Web-page or Web-site) • Provides chat functionality • Provides user status information • Realizes pure Java implementation • Stores user properties in external LDAP database • Implements a client/server architecture TELEBALT review - 11/11/2002
Client Side Server Side Retrieves users located at/neighbouring to user’s current URL Reports user’s current URL HTTP Request/ Response tunneled through Proxy Servlet Actual HTTP Request/ Response CBUA Window Browser Window Proxy Servlet Servlet Engine PAIB Web Site Web Site Web Site System functioning scheme CBUA: Collaborative Browsing User Agent (developed VPS user’s interface) PAIB: Presence Awareness Information Broker (former VPS) TELEBALT review - 11/11/2002
European Knowledge Platform (EKP) Basics Hoffmann+Reif Consultancy „...integration functions are becoming increasingly important.“ • The vicious circle: • systems introduced to reduce complexity and to improve coherence actually tend to increase complexity • The solution: • browser based open source applications for distributed collaboration and publishing • Enabling applications which are easy to use for everybody TELEBALT review - 11/11/2002
Shared workspace as EKP basic principle:access, rights, collaboration TELEBALT review - 11/11/2002
Teamware Pl@aza • Teamware Pl@za is a modular software solution for creating interactive Web sites. Pl@za offers functionality for creating Web communities and increasing interaction between people. It provides personalized, interactive Web sites, tailored according to the preferences and access rights of individual users and groups. • Each Pl@za site can be tailored to meet the demands of the look and feel of your site. Other information sources can be integrated into Pl@za so that, if required, other Web functions or data from other data sources can be utilized. http://www.teamware.net TELEBALT review - 11/11/2002
Interactive Business Card for accessing contact information • Personalized views based on user preferences and access rights • Who’s online for person-to-person networking • Content provision by easy inserting and updating of the information • Searching of site content • Feedback Form • Group management • System administration Teamware Pl@aza capabilities TELEBALT review - 11/11/2002
? Thank you for your attention ! Alexander Beriozko (EDNES) TELEBALT project manager ber@ednes.org E. Zvirblis, Z. Bigelis (INFOBALT), D. Mudure, E. Grikis (“Open Latvia”), K. Baranov (Inforing AS) TELEBALT review - 11/11/2002