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Interoperating: What, Why, and Towards How

Interoperating: What, Why, and Towards How. Paul Miller Interoperability Focus UK Office for Library & Information Networking (U KOLN ) P.Miller@ukoln.ac.uk http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/.

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Interoperating: What, Why, and Towards How

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  1. Interoperating:What, Why, and Towards How Paul Miller Interoperability Focus UK Office for Library & Information Networking (UKOLN) P.Miller@ukoln.ac.uk http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/ UKOLN is funded by Resource: the Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries, the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) of the Further and Higher Education Funding Councils, as well as by project funding from JISC and the EU. UKOLN also receives support from the Universities of Bath and Hull where staff are based.

  2. e–Government e–* New Library: the People’s Network Joined up Talking A Netful of Jewels CIMI. MEG “the Semantic Web” Culture Online e–University

  3. National Electronic Library for Health SCRAN AMICO 24 Hour Museum. Joined up Building ukonline.gov / firstgov.gov / *.gov The People’s Network A2A/ Archive Hub Distributed National Electronic Resource

  4. Joined up Doing = Interoperability

  5. What is interoperability? “to be interoperable, one should actively be engaged in the ongoing process of ensuring that the systems, procedures and culture of an organisation are managed in such a way as to maximise opportunities for exchange and re-use of information, whether internally or externally.” See www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue24/interoperability/

  6. Why interoperate? • because, at the end of the day, the user really doesn’t care which high quality data repository gives them the stuff they want… …so long as they can get it! • because the barriers we erect between ourselves serve merely to impede.

  7. Why interoperate? • Resources need not respect organisational views we impose upon them • A virtual museum of all Da Vinci’s work? • Citizen–focussed access to information and services across local, national and international government? • The content of the British Museum available to people in a language other than English? • The paintings of the Louvre, explained to a seven year–old? • Books, archival folios, and physical objects relating to a topic available together?.

  8. Why interoperate? • Internally… • to manage our information better • Externally… • to be more visible • to meet the needs of our (often remote) users • To avoid (endless?!) duplication of effort and resource • to align with ‘portal’, etc., developments • To minimise manual repackaging of information in response to every request, exhiblet, etc.. See www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue24/interoperability/

  9. How to interoperate… • Depends upon the situation, of course, but… de jure standards standards community standards! international national de facto initiative

  10. The nice thing about standards… …is that there are so many to choose from!

  11. Standard solutions

  12. Some examples…

  13. JISC • Joint Information Systems Committee • “…to stimulate and enable the cost–effective exploitation of information systems and to provide a high quality national network infrastructure…” • ‘development’ not‘research’ • Funded by ‘top–slice’ from the Further and Higher Education Funding Councils for England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland • Funds eLib, the JISC Data Centres, UKOLN, the Focus posts, DNER Programme, etc.. See www.jisc.ac.uk/

  14. eLib • Electronic Libraries Programme • Over £15,000,000 of funding for a large number of small/medium–size projects in three Phases • Plus supporting work such as the MODELS workshops • Phases 1 & 2 (now complete) explored • Electronic Publishing • e.g.intarch.ac.uk/ • Access to Network Resources (the Subject Gateways) • e.g.www.sosig.ac.uk/ • Training services (e.g. Netskills), Pre–print services, etc.. See www.ariadne.ac.uk/ See www.ukoln.ac.uk/services/elib/

  15. eLib Phase 3 • Building upon success • Hybrid Libraries • Large scale resource discovery (Clumps) • Preservation • Turning successful Phase 1 & 2 projects into sustainable Services. See www.ukoln.ac.uk/services/elib/

  16. The D… N… what? • Distributed National Electronic Resource • Policy aspiration of the Joint Information Systems Committee • Intended to provide greater access to JISC’s Current Content Collection • RDN • AHDS • MIMAS/ EDINA/ Data Archive • EDUSERVE • COPAC • eLib projectsetc. See www.jisc.ac.uk/dner/

  17. Building the DNER • Construction of various Portals to facilitate user–centric access • ‘JISC Portal’ ? • Data Centre Portals (EDINA, MIMAS…) • Subject Portals (the RDN, etc.) • Data Type Portals (images, movies, sound…) • Institutional Portals (a Hybrid Library?) • Personal Portals (Paul’s web!) • Also providing other access to discrete resources. See www.jisc.ac.uk/dner/

  18. Building the DNER • Z39.50 as the ‘glue’ • Thus, JISC funding of Bath Profile development, working closely with NLC and others around the world • Also looking at Open Archives model • Technical Standards document in preparation by UKOLN and JISC • will apply immediately to the projects started by a £10,000,000 funding allocation this summer; intended to make the DNER useful for learning and teaching • Technical requirements for contributors already written • What does an A&I service need if it wants JISC to subscribe, etc… See www.jisc.ac.uk/dner/

  19. nof–digi • New Opportunities Fund receives money from the UK’s National Lottery • nof–digi programme committing £50,000,000 over 2–3 years to digitisation of learning materials for use in lifelong learning. • UKOLN providing coordinated (and partially mandatory) technical guidelines across the programme, and a support service. See www.ukoln.ac.uk/nof/support/ See www.peoplesnetwork.gov.uk/nof/technicalstandards.html

  20. UK Online • All government services available online by 2005 • UK Online ‘brand’ launched in September. Portal etc. to follow. • Office of the e–Envoy oversees strategy across public sector • (with a big stick when needed) • Government Interoperability Framework available • (XML, XML, XML) • Draft Government Metadata Framework imminent • (Dublin Core) • Culture OnLine • £5,000,000 announced to scope • Obvious overlap with what’s happening in Canada and elsewhere. See www.ukonline.gov.uk/

  21. Common themes… • …whether actual or desirable… • A vision • Access, Access, Access • Effective scoping • Nothing can be all things to all people • User rather than institutional focus • Are historical organisational structures really relevant? • A managed programme • Requires funding, staff, and the power to mandate/ co–ordinate for the common good

  22. Common themes… • Considered deployment of standards • Bath Profile, Dublin Core, terminological controls, procedural controls, etc. • Don’t just adopt; help to shape • Interoperability Focus is active across a range of initiatives. .

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