Delft 3D - open source - Liferay NL Community Event 17 mei 2011

Delft3D – Open SourceP. WitloxMay 16, 2011

Content• About Deltares• About me• What is Delft3D• Demo• Business cases• Integrated environment for users• Liferay• Overall experiences with the portal• Key metrics• Challenges• Questions May 16, 2011

About Deltares• Leading, independent, Dutch-based research institute.• Specialist consultancy for matters relating to water, soil and the subsurface.• Advanced expertise to help people live safely and sustainably in delta areas, coastal zones and river basins.• Research and provide specialist advisory services for government authorities and the corporate sector in The Netherlands and globally.• Deltares has more than 800 employees.• We are based in Delft and Utrecht. May 16, 2011

About me• Pim Witlox• 29 years old• Live and work in Delft• IT-related work for c.a. 10 years (software development, project management, team leader)• Delft3D – open source; technical project leader May 16, 2011

What is Delft3DDelft3D is software meant for creating and executing hydrologic models. Hydrologic models are simplified, conceptual representations of a real world hydrologic system, such as the Rhine.Delft3D was created roughly 20 years ago, and since that time it has evolved into software with the following characteristics:• 3D modeling environment: • Hydrodynamics • Sediment transport • Morphology • Water quality• For • Fluvial environments • Estuarine environments • Coastal environments May 16, 2011

Demo May 16, 2011

Business Cases1. Sharing knowledge Deltares can share the knowledge contained in the Delft3D source code with others, and people outside of Deltares can now contribute their knowledge in the source code.1. Lowering thresholds and increasing usage By releasing the software, people can use it immediately without first having to buy it. Also an increasing amount of R&D projects require open source licensing. This will result in a larger community and increased usage of the software.1. Concurrency By removing the licensing, it’s less difficult to run simulations on clusters and it can be used in larger projects. May 16, 2011

Integrated environment for usersSharing knowledge• Easy access• Ease of use• Easy to find• Easy to contributeLowering thresholds and increasing usage• Easy access• Ease of use• Community oriented• ScalableConcurrency• Information provisioning• Scalable May 16, 2011

LiferaySystem requirements for community provision;• Support user work flow• Unified user interface• Easily integrated with third-party systems• Search optimized• Community oriented• ScalableBusiness requirements for community provision;• Cost• Open• Scalable May 16, 2011

Overall experiences with the portalUser perspective:• Good look and feel• Easy to useModerator perspective:• Easy to modify content• Good overviewTechnical perspective:• Highly adaptive• Scalable• Easy to integrate with other systems May 16, 2011

Key metricsSince 5 april 2011 :• 893 visits from 44 countries/territories• 1,706 pageviews• 1.91 pages/visit• 00:02:31 avg. time on site• 3 mobile visits• 130 unique source code downloadsGoals for the source code this year:• 250 unique downloads• 5 unique external contributions May 16, 2011

Challenges• Getting the developer work flow up and running • Complex work flow • 4 external systems needed to have full work flow• Migrating existing communities to the new environment • Planning/resources • “Complete” system• Topic specific content • When to create new groups May 16, 2011

Questions http://oss.delft3d.nl May 16, 2011

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