Grzegorz Ambroziewicz

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CIRCA The IDA Collaborative Software Tool

• Grzegorz Ambroziewicz
• European Commission - DG Enterprise
• Ankara, 25 September 2003

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CIRCA is ...
Communication Information Resource Center
Administrator

• A groupworking tool for collaborative work over
  the Internet
• Instant communication (from several days down to
  the minute) - Time independent
• An Electronic document repository
• Comprehensive and always accurate document
  repository
• Virtual fora for faster decision reaching
• Customisable, flexible and user friendly
• Fully configurable access control
• Decentralised Management
• A private space on the Internet for
  committees, working groups, etc.

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What CIRCA means .

• A network of servers managed by the European
  Environment Agency
• Several licenses provided to Member States
  Administrations
• A service under deployment by the Commission (DG
  RTD) for managing the 6th Framework Programme
• up to 15.000 interest groups
• up to 150.000 users
• An IDA generic service run by the Commission to
  serve its community of 1200 EU committees and
  groups
• current population is around 40.000 users
• a mission critical tool

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To Access CIRCA

• An Internet Browser (IE or NS version 4.0 or
  higher)
• An Internet Connection
• An E-mail address to get the full benefit
• Your CIRCA personal User Id and password (you can
  self register)

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CIRCA Home

• Http//forum.europa.eu.int/

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CIRCA User Interface
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CIRCA Services Overview

• Library Service Document - storage, retrieval
  and management Automatic Notification
  Metadata Comments gathering
  Multilingual Version Control
• Directory Service Who is Who !
• Meetings Service Meeting Announcement space
  and Virtual meetings
• Newsgroup Service Interactive Discussion Fora

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CIRCA Services Overview (cont.)

• Information Service Private/Public Web space
• Email SMTP Mailer for convenience messaging
  thru CIRCA
• Search Full text search
• Administration Management of restricted
  work spaces Sophisticated user
  Access Control Mechanisms Security Logs.

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Intended Benefits

• Immediate availability of documents Anywhere,
  Anytime
• Time savings, Cost savings, Efficiency
• Web-based exchange of information in a secure
  environment
• Fully customizable access control system and
  notification mechanism
• Comprehensive and always accurate document
  repository
• Customizable look and feel of the interface
• Decentralized management of the content

CIRCA is free of charge
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Whats next (subject to approval)

• Full text search
• Handling of dossier
• Improved configurability (GUI / message template
  / )
• Workflow service
• Modular 4-tier architecture in Java
• Standardised interfaces (XML, SOAP)
• .

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Further information

• IDA web site
• http//europa.eu.int/ISPO/ida/
• TESTA CIRCA interest group
• http//forum.europa.eu.int/Public/irc/ida/Home/ma
  in (restricted access)
• IDA project management
• European CommissionDG Enterprise D.2
• Entr-IDA_at_cec.eu.int