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Avoiding Portal Wars ™
• Paul Browning, Bristol
• Kriss Fearon, York
• Tony Shaw, Paisley
• Tracey Stanley, Leeds
• Julie Stuckes, UKOLN
™ Paul Helm, Sheffield Hallam
What is a portal?
• Aggregates information and applications one stop
shop
• Is personalised or ‘groupilised’ one size does not
fit all
• Aspires to be your desktop on the Web Webtop
A portal:
Examples of portals
• Blackboard
• Amazon
• Tesco
• LSE for You
TABS
CHANNELS or PORTLETS
What is a portal architecture?
Why bother?
Webified
PIMS
IRIS
BOFINS
BORIS
Coda
Dolphin
Before (i.e. now) …..
Pseudo-
webified
Desk-
toppedInvisible
Lots of stovepipes of
variable length …
Userconfusion?
What is a portal architecture?
Aggregation
Webified
PIMS
IRIS
BOFINS
BORIS
Coda
Dolphin
After …..
Pseudo-
webified
Desk-
topped
Extending, bending
and merging the
stovepipes …
PORTALISED
Portal
framework Portal
?
?
Happy User
Why might there be problems?
• Cultural issues (ownership, brand)
• Technical (“siloware”)
• Usability
Let’s hear from some different cultures:
MIS
Library
JISC/DNER
VMLE
Why might there be problems?
• Cultural issues (ownership, brand)
• Technical (“siloware”)
• Usability
Let’s hear from some different cultures:
MIS
Library
JISC/DNER
VMLE

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IWMW 2002: Avoiding Portal Wars - Introduction

  • 1. Avoiding Portal Wars ™ • Paul Browning, Bristol • Kriss Fearon, York • Tony Shaw, Paisley • Tracey Stanley, Leeds • Julie Stuckes, UKOLN ™ Paul Helm, Sheffield Hallam
  • 2. What is a portal? • Aggregates information and applications one stop shop • Is personalised or ‘groupilised’ one size does not fit all • Aspires to be your desktop on the Web Webtop A portal:
  • 3. Examples of portals • Blackboard • Amazon • Tesco • LSE for You TABS CHANNELS or PORTLETS
  • 4. What is a portal architecture? Why bother? Webified PIMS IRIS BOFINS BORIS Coda Dolphin Before (i.e. now) ….. Pseudo- webified Desk- toppedInvisible Lots of stovepipes of variable length … Userconfusion?
  • 5. What is a portal architecture? Aggregation Webified PIMS IRIS BOFINS BORIS Coda Dolphin After ….. Pseudo- webified Desk- topped Extending, bending and merging the stovepipes … PORTALISED Portal framework Portal ? ? Happy User
  • 6. Why might there be problems? • Cultural issues (ownership, brand) • Technical (“siloware”) • Usability Let’s hear from some different cultures: MIS Library JISC/DNER VMLE
  • 7. Why might there be problems? • Cultural issues (ownership, brand) • Technical (“siloware”) • Usability Let’s hear from some different cultures: MIS Library JISC/DNER VMLE