What Does Openness Mean to the Web Manager?

What Does Openness Mean For The Institutional Web Manager? Open Standards, Open Content and a Model For Openness Brian Kelly UKOLN University of Bath Bath Email [email_address] UKOLN is supported by: http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2006/talks/metcalfe/ Acceptable Use Policy Recording/broadcasting of this talk, taking photographs, discussing the content using email, instant messaging, Blogs, SMS, etc. is permitted providing distractions to others is minimised. This work is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 licence (but note caveat)

Contents ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Open Standards Are Great … ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Open Standards Open Standards

… But Don't Always Work ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Open Standards ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Open Standards

The Context ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Contextual Issues An open standards culture is being developed, which is supportive of use of open standards, but which recognises the complexities and can avoid mistakes made in the past Open Standards

The Layered Standards Model JISC JISC / project 3 rd Parties Owner External Self assessment Penalties Learning Context: Compliance JISC's layered standards model, developed by UKOLN. Note that one size doesn't always fit all Open Standards Quality Assurance External factors: institutional, cultural, legal, … Annotated Standards Catalogue Purpose Governance Maturity Risks … Prog. n Funding Research Sector … Context: Policies

Sustainability ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Sustainability Open Standards

Creative Commons ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Open Content Creative Commons Note also Science Commons approach for open access to data

Using Creative Commons ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Open Content ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Creative Commons

Support Infrastructure ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Sustainability ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Open Content

What You Can Provide! ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Sustainability Open Content

Web 2.0 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Web 2.0 ,[object Object],[object Object],Web 2.0 and Openness

Web 2.0 & Maps ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Ownership Challenge ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Ownership Challenges

Risk Management ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Risk Management Valid questions, which need to be addressed Need for a risk assessment/management approach Risk Management

IWMW 2006 & Risk Management ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Risk Management Risk Management

R=AxBxCxD ,[object Object],[object Object],Risk Management ,[object Object],[object Object],Risk Management

R=f(A, B, C, D) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Approach reflected in " Matrix for Selection of Standards " and " Top Tips For Selecting Open Source Software " docs & in " Risk Assessment For Making Use Of Web 2.0 Services " Risk Management Example Risk Management Also need to consider R web2.0

Beware The IT Fundamentalist! ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],User Focus IT Director, March 2006 " I could give names of the individuals in my department! " Risk Management

RANDP ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],An open debate about future plans isn't helped by immutable prejudices Risk Management

Pollard Model ,[object Object],[object Object],User Focus Folksonomies? Library says no Skype? UKERNA says no Wikis? IT Services says no X Risk Management Yer, but, no, but, yer Time to embrace the ambiguities & complexities acknowledged by Vicky Pollard Yer, like Wikis are well cool, but, OK so I copied my homework, but, like I always copy my homework Images from BBC Web site

User-Focussed Approach ,[object Object],We are 100% committed to open source / access /standards Even if it doesn't work; even if it alienates users? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],A user-focussed approach, which allows for flexibility of the open stuff doesn't work User Focussed Approach

Other Examples ,[object Object],[object Object],http://sciencecommons.org/ http://www.freeourdata.org.uk/ ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

What Openness is Not ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Why Openness? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Let's Do It!! ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Map-A-Campus Day? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],http://www.stanford.edu/hpcgi/map/index.pl Ideas Get students (Comp Sci., Geography) with GPS devices mapping buildings, providing metadata. Engage with Google Maps API experts. Discuss best ways of doing this. etc, etc.

Questions ,[object Object],Feedback Note resources cited in the talk & accompanying paper are bookmarked in del.icio.us using tag '' iwmw2006-plenary-kelly-metcalfe "

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