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JA-SIG uPortal Effort

JA-SIG uPortal Effort. JA-SIG . Java in Administration Special Interest Group CAUSE Meetings Princeton, UBC, Delaware SUN. JA-SIG. Higher Education Not-for-profit Java “Administration” Share Experience and Code Develop Common Direction Promote Java in Higher Education. Princeton UBC

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JA-SIG uPortal Effort

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  1. JA-SIG uPortal Effort

  2. JA-SIG • Java in Administration Special Interest Group • CAUSE Meetings • Princeton, UBC, Delaware • SUN

  3. JA-SIG • Higher Education • Not-for-profit • Java • “Administration” • Share Experience and Code • Develop Common Direction • Promote Java in Higher Education

  4. Princeton UBC Delaware Florida State Cornell UCSD Boston Georgetown Brown Yale Hawaii Columbia U Washington Minnesota UT Austin …more JA-SIG

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

  6. Conferences • December 1999, Orlando, FL • July 2000, Monterey, CA • December 2000, Orlando, FL • East/West • SUN Sponsorship

  7. Clearinghouse • Members Only • Announcement of Code to Share • Conditions for Sharing • Matchmaker, not Repository

  8. uPortal • 1. Collaborative Effort • 2. Free Higher-Ed Portal • Channel Framework • Channel Content • Tools for Web Community

  9. uPortal • Yale, Princeton, Delaware, UBC, Georgetown, Holy Cross, IBS • Boston, Brown, Cornell, Washington • Version 1.0 – Monterey July • Version 2.0 – Orlando December

  10. uPortal v1.0 • Basic Authentication • Channel Publish and Subscribe • Personalization of Layout and Colors • RSS, HTML, Applets • Custom Channels Installed in Frame

  11. uPortal v2.0 • Role-based Authentication & Access • More Robust Security • Higher Levels of Pub/Sub Control • Descriptors Move from XML to DB • EJB Channel Development: PS, WebCT, BSR… • PDA and Cell Phone Portal Access

  12. Strengths • Cost • No Advertising • By Higher Ed for Higher Ed • Institutional Control of Web Layer • Design Patterns • Collaborative Effort

  13. Challenges • Funding • Resources • Community Source Process • Content Interfaces • Unproven Cost Effectiveness • Not Turnkey

  14. Support and Partnerships • SUN • IBS • Mellon Foundation • CampusFirst • StudentOnline • UBC, Holy Cross,… • Dept of Ed Meteor, DOD JVLE,…

  15. More Information • JA-SIG • http://www.ja-sig.org • Conference • http://www.ja-sig.org • Clearinghouse • http://www.udel.edu/ja-sig • uPortal: • http://www.udel.edu/ja-sig

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