WP/3b
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[edit] Cross-institutional Aggregator Demonstration (6 weeks effort, during months 4-14)
| Workpackage effort | lead | Oxford | Cam | OU | Starts | Ends |
| Total = 6 weeks | Cam / OU | 2 | 2 | 2 | Feb 2009 | Dec 2009 |
Comments: Aggregation across three institutions as a demonstrator. For now demonstrator only, but might lead to interesting services for the community.
Standardisation on feeds format.
PR- I think this needs to be based around 3.1 but a lightweight version could be knocked up before so not a dependency . The scope of this needs to be kept as tight as possible and should really only be based around the 3 instituions and a work done on an agreed standard format of the aggregation feeds. edit comments
The aim of this work package is to produce a lightweight, simple showcase web demonstrator that allows multiple institutions to merge two or three subject sets (e.g. philosophy, environmental science etc) of RSS/Atom content into one web portal. There is a need to establish common categorization (e.g. extended iTunes U category codes) for aggregation and common data format (e.g. RSS/OPML). However, this may have issues with scaling, and so one must consider whether all institutions can or should offer live data for this demonstrator. Perhaps providing test static feeds as an alternative.
Comments: This work looks towards post-project demonstrator modules for non-commercial 3rd party services, including a UK-HE syndication portal, and Gel.
This is a natural continuation of package 3.1 but a lightweight version can be demonstrated early in the project and refined towards the latter stages. The scope of this needs to be kept as tight as possible and should be based around the three institutions and work completed on an agreed standard format for feeds to be aggregated. The emphasis should be on standard tags for subject areas and/or courses, course levels.
Deliverable:
- A simple web page demonstration of aggregation opportunities for multiple institutions collaborating on subject area audio and video portals. This will be linked from the main project web site.
