The document discusses end-user development, where users create tools and applications to meet their own needs rather than relying on IT departments. It provides examples of mashups, plugins, and databases created by end users. It also outlines reasons for and against end-user development, as well as tools, techniques, and best practices for supporting this type of grassroots computing.

1. Local information management: The end-user revolution Jean Graef The Montague Institute Jean.graef at montague.com (413) 367-0245

3. What is it? Amateur computing in a business setting Alternative, not replacement, for other strategies

4. It’s not new 1979 1985 1990 1994 2001

5. Mashups

6. Public APIs

7. Database: Three sources 1 2 3

8. Blogs

9. Plugins/Extensions

18. Search engine thesaurus

19. <set> <show>indexes</show> <show>linguistic tools</show> </set> Thesaurus.xml Search engine thesaurus

20. http://www.montague.com:8765/query.html?col=public&qt=indexes&charset=iso-8859-1&image.x=0&image.y=0&image=+search+ Thesaurus search

21. Web site contents

23. Text processing

24. Custom metadata

25. Freeware, shareware

27. Import metadata

28. Sharepoint Web part

29. Federated search

31. iRise Studio

32. iRise Studio

33. iRise business case

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39. Marketplace model

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