Trade%20Unions%20Online%20/%20Gewerkschaften%20Online

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Trade Unions Online / Gewerkschaften Online
A project of the Austrian Trade Union Federation
for web-based online-communication
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Online-Communication, yesterday, today, tomorrow
The Goal
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Web sites considered - concept
trade unions
target groups
events or actions
political groups of trade unions
networks
GDE
Fight for...
ÖGB p. group b
youth
works committees
Federal Congress
ÖGB
women
Local group of trade unions
t. u. 1 p. group b
pensioners
GdG
seminar groups
GMT
Topic-n
t. u. 13 p. group b
Network-n
ÖGB Intranet
Europe
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Content Base Content sharing back end
Exchanging content and centrally keeping up
exchange
GdE Site
Editors Website 1
Content Base
Editors Website 2
Editors Website 3
Administrators
Island Site
Editors Insel-Site
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Basic systems and functionalities
The editorial system

• The setting up of standardized "editors
  workbenches" meets the special requirements of
  the Austrian Trade Union Federation and its
  member unions
• authors can search in the common information data
  base (Content Base). Internal Information as well
  as external information (e.g. Austria Presse
  Agentur news items are at their disposal)
• each author can produce articles with the
  possibility of adding pictures, links,
  multimedia-files,..
• as in a daily newspaper the author has no
  influence on formatting the layout of the
  article depends on the layout defaults of the
  website, where the article will be published.

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Basic systems and functionalities
The editorial system

• The author can choose from among different
  patterns so called "Content Categories"
• articlee.g. News, articles, . . .
• downloads (with different file-formats) e.g.
  .doc, .rtf, .pdf, .ppt
• multimediae.g. pictures, video, audio, diagrams
• events
• contact
• services

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Function - "Divine" the editorial system
List of articles
Assets
Queries and Collections
Webpage
Picture
Article
f.e.flash
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Workflow
creation
rejection
revision
publication
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Content Management creating new assets...(e.g.
article title"Protests")
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Content Management to assign assets to.(e.g.
article title"Protests")
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Front end view website 1 (e.g. article
title"Protests" - ÖGB - website)
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Front end - view website 2 (e.g. article
title"Protests" - GdE-website)
www.eisenbahner.at
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Websites event or action websites

• fast setup websites by copying a "master website"
  System "Divine"
• connected to the GO Community
• connected to the GO Content Pool
• changes of design through exchange of
• colours and background
• fonts
• logos and icons
• buttons

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Personalization - various access authorizations

• use of the technical system "Divine" makes
  personalization possible. Access to information
  can be steered according to different criteria.
• criteria for personalization can be obtained from
  the data base of the "member administration of
  the Austrian Trade Unions Federation"
• status of membership (employee, official, member,
  prospective customer, public user)
• specialized group or section
• regional affiliation
• political group of a trade union

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Personalization target groups
employee
official
level of authorization
union member
prospective customer
general public
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Community applications
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Electronic visiting card
Picture upload

• for members and
• prospective customers
• appears in the Community - through click on the
  users name
• indicate the status "online / offline"

Additional published personal Data
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Discussion forum

• the Community-Admin creates as many forums as
  desired and for many topics as desired
• forums can be found via the Community as well as
  via any page in a published article (can also be
  linked to article)
• it is possible to post anonymous statements
• the Community-Admin can make forums visible via
  checkboxes

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Chatroom

• the Community-Admin creates as many chatrooms as
  desired and for many topics as desired
• chatrooms can be reached via the Community and
  via any page in a published article (can also be
  linked to article)
• the Community-Admin can make chatrooms visible
  via checkboxes
• it is possible to moderate chats
• chatlog is possible (with the help of Logfiles)

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Webmail

• each member has a webmail account which can be
  reached from each web-site
• standardized mail addresses (gomail.at)
• address-directory
• search functions
• possibility for mail-bypass

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Newsletter

• the Community-Admin creates as many newsletters
  as desired and for many topics as desired
• newsletters can be found via the Community and
  via any page in a published article (can also be
  linked to article)
• the Community-Admin can make newsletters visible
  via checkboxes
• users can choose between HTML-, sms- or
  Text-newsletter

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Instant Messenger

• each member has an Instant Messenger-Account
  which can activated from each page
• this tool does not have to be installed in the
  computer (important in cases, where users have no
  "install authorization" for their work-station)
• Instant Messaging will function between all ÖGB
  members and it is not limited to one Site

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Surveys - Votings

• the Community-Admin creates as many surveys as
  desired and for many topics as desired
• surveys can be activated via the Community and
  via any page in a published article (can also be
  linked to article)
• the Community-Admin can make surveys visible
  through checkboxes
• surveys can be archived

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GO-Groups

• GO Groups are groups defined by an administrator.
• they use Community Tools in common (members and
  also non-members)
• the group-admin invites the participants by mail
• participants can use
• forum
• diary
• surveys
• newsletter
• chat
• file-upload
• mail to partcipants of the group and to
  group-admin

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GO-Groups - Upload

• members of a GO Group can use Web space in
  common. Any kind of document can be up loaded.
• only documents, owned by the respective user can
  be deleted
• upload for users is exclusively available to
  GO- Groups only

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Pre-defined groups vers. groups as required
groups as required (GO-Groups)
Pre-defined groups
Menbers
Project Group X
Prospective customer
Working group Y
Functionaries
Studygroup Z
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GO-groups - groups as required the Organisation
community administrator
delegation of the administration rights
group admins
Invitations to members of the group are sentby
mail
members of the group
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Hardware - architecture
DMZ 1 HTTP
DMZ 2 Application
DMZ 3 ÖGB
DominoDatabase
CMS Live SUN 280R PC, CS, CC, AS Caput, Apache,
LDAP
Load Balancer
SS SUN Netra
members- and oficials- administration Database
Firewall
Firewall
Firewall
CMS Stage SUN Netra PC, CS, CC, AS Caput,
Apache, LDAP
SS SUN Netra
ÖGB Content Sources
Database SUN 280R Oracle 8i
SS..Openmarket Satellite Server
CS..Openmarket Content ServerCC..Openmarket
Content CenterPC..Openmarket Content
CenterAS..Bea Weblogic Application
ServerCaput..Caput Community SoftwareApache..Apa
che HTTP ServerLDAP..Open LDAP Server
DMZ. demilitarized Zone
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Architecture software
Apache / iPlanet Webserver
Commonw web front end
GO back end
KVS back end
layout und print front end
KVSprint
Divine content server
Caput community core
KVS application
otherappl.
search
print publish engine
J2EE Application Server (BEA Weblogic)
Oracle Database
GO Content
KVS Content
Other Content
SUN Hardware / Operating System Solaris
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Networks

• final websites, with their own editorial system
  ("1_Step")
• community elements are on "Caput"
• basic-design with exchangeable elements
• colours
• fonts
• logos and diagrams
• buttons
• navigation, structure and content are easy to set
  up by the network admin
• set up within a short time

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Networks

• Networks meet the requirements of
• works committee
• regional groups
• project groups
• students groups
• . . .
• the network system is completely separate from
  the other parts of GO-online
• easy to use, also for users without web knowledge
  
• personalization is possible for specified groups

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Netzwerke Community Tools

• Specified members can use the following tools in
  common
• forum
• diary
• surveys
• newsletter
• chat
• upload
• mail to members of the group and to the
  group-admin

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Networks back end an example
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Networks view an example of possible design