Presentatie tijdens Expertmeeting OpenSocial Portals op 26 september

1. Sharing Gadgets and Widgets
Niels van Dijk, Technical Product Manager SURFconext
Utrecht, Sept. 26 2012

2. Share Gadgets -1
Share source
How can SURF add value?
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Discoverable? → Source Code repository for NL?
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What if the gadget needs an application?
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Standardize on Interfaces?
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3. Share Gadgets -2
Functional gadgets
How to add value?
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Discoverable? → Metadata repository for NL?
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Backend applications
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Standardize Metadata?
Cases:
→ A place where portals can find their 'apps'
→ Share p-2-p
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4. Portal Admin
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5. Gadget 'Subscriptions'
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6. Gadget 'Repository' Requirements
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Centralized Service
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Open | Community
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Moderated
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Trusted
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Access control
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Tagging / Rating
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APIs? → REST/JSON, ATOM, OAI-PMH, ...
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7. Introducing EDUKapp
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8. EDUKApp demo
UK Demo Platform
http://widgets.open.ac.uk:8080/
Gadget Repository ATOM Feed
http://edukapp.conext.surfnetlabs.nl:8081/widgets/edukapp
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9. Repository based on EDUKApp
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Centralized Service
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Open | Community
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Moderated
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Trusted
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Access control
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Tagging / Rating
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APIs? → REST/JSON, ATOM, OAI-PMH, ...
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10. Status Gadget 'Repository'
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Centralized Service
Experimental service based on EDUKApp → Q4 2012
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Open | Community
All Gadget metadata will be openly available
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Moderated
SURFnet will (for now) moderate gadget submissions
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Trusted
Runs from https location
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Access control
Add Federated login (Done)
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Tagging / Rating
Define some categories (based on SURFmarket)
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APIs? → REST/JSON, ATOM, OAI-PMH, …
Add ATOM (DONE), Investigate OAI-PMH
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11. ToDo
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GUI
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Setup and Run service @SURFnet
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Create integration with Apache Rave
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Investigate syndication with UK and Role Project
Syndication code based on ATOM introduced
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12. Wanneer?
29 november van 10:00 – 22:00
Waar?
SURFnet kantoor, Hoog
Catharijne
Wat?
In één dag een OpenSocial
gadget ontwikkelen met
ondersteuning van SURFnet
experts.
Voor wie?
Applicatieontwerpers en
-ontwikkelaars, functioneel
beheerders, communicatie- en
informatiespecialisten,
studenten.
De beste gadget wint een
‘developer-for-a-day’ om de
gadget door te ontwikkelen