IuK 2001 - Trier

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Physics Portals based on Distributed Databases

• Thomas Severiens
• Institute for Science Networking
• University of Oldenburg
• severien_at_uni-oldenburg.de

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Portals

• Portal Expectations
• Single Point of Information Access
• Reduction of the Information Flood
• Function for Collaboration of virtual Teams and
  Projects
• Location of Experts
• Interface from Intra- into Internet
• Self-Service Functions
• Results from the polling of 200 companies by the
  Delphi Group in 2000
• Corporate an B2B Portals Implementation Details

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Portals

• Portal Misgivings
• Misleading or Incomplete Information
• Information could be poorly organised
• Lack of Information Interfaces to existing
  Sources
• Insufficient Search- and Retrieval Functionality
• Missing Personalization
• Results from the polling of 200 companies by the
  Delphi Group in 2000
• Corporate an B2B Portals Implementation Details

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Portals

• Portal Requirements
• Categorization
• Publication and Distribution of Information
• Search via several, distributed Sources
• Integration into Workflow
• Personalization
• Collaboration Functions
• Integration of Applications
• Location of Experts
• WBL Web Based Learning

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Portals
Standard Protocoll (e.g. Oai, XML-query)
User
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Steps towards a Portals for Physics

• Definition of Requirements
• Collection of existing Services Sources
• Identification of lacking Services
• Cost- Time-Estimation
• Buy in of Extern Parts
• Development of Services
• Programming of Portal-Layers
• Distribution User Training

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Steps towards a Portals for Physics
(Bad Honnef 1-2 Dec 2000)
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• Definition of Requirements
• Collection of existing Services Sources
• Identification of lacking Services
• Cost- Time-Estimation
• Buy in of Extern Parts
• Development of Services
• Programming of Portal-Layers
• Distribution User Training

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Steps towards a Portals for Physics
(Bad Honnef 1-2 Dec 2000)
ü

• Definition of Requirements
• Collection of existing Services Sources
• Identification of lacking Services
• Cost- Time-Estimation
• Buy in of Extern Parts
• Development of Services
• Programming of Portal-Layers
• Distribution User Training

(till end of march IuK-Physik meeting in
Hamburg)
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Collection of existing Services Sources
http//www.portaltophysics.de
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Collection of existing Services Sources

• News-Services
• Documents
• Databases
• Departmental Institutions / Administrational
  Information
• People Experts
• Teaching- Learning-Material
• Software Applications
• Conferences
• Jobs
• Funding Programmes
• Chat Discussion (virtual Teams)

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Collection of existing Services Sources
0 0 3 2 5 0 1 1 1 1

• News-Services
• Documents
• Databases
• Departmental Institutions / Administrational
  Information
• People Experts
• Teaching- Learning-Material
• Software Applications
• Conferences
• Jobs
• Funding Programmes
• Chat Discussion (virtual Teams)

Number of collected Sources by 01.Mar 2001
1 1 3 1 2 1 1
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Lacking Services Sources

• News-Services
• typical commercial service
• Databases (Facts)
• do.
• Software Applications
• well...
• Commercial Services
• Book stores
• Tickets etc.

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Examples of Services Sources
http//www.eps.org/PhysNet/
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Examples of Services Sources
http//physnet.uni-oldenburg.de/services/PHP/
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Examples of Services Sources
http//www.slac.stanford.edu/spires/hep/
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Strategy

• Distributed workforce
• Distributed service
• Combine existing, publicly funded services
• Link existing, commercial services
• Develop lacking services
• Strategic Partners
• TIB Hannover
• ISN Oldenburg
• ...

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How to contribute?

• Please help to include as many services as
  possible into the IuK-Physics-Portal
• www.portaltophysics.de
• Upload Interface on the IuK-Physics homepage
• www.iuk-physik.de
• or send Email to
• severien_at_uni-oldenburg.de

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