Transcript BeeBox - Capemalta

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Web site?
• Traditional static web site:
• 1 editor enters and updates content
• Navigation often problematic
• ‘What is new’ not easy to know
• Pull only: visitors must remember to
visit your site
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IODE = COMMUNITY
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All community members should be able to submit
content
We should be able to have several editors
We should have an easy to use tree structure
We should be able to combine text, links to
documents, links to web sites and start discussions
We should be able to “harvest” content from multiple
sites and display in other site
We should be able to inform users about new content
System must be Open Source,Low-cost and flexible
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What is available?
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Did Survey of existing portals and software
they use
– Eg: OneFish: Oracle DB and custom-made
software
– Eg: Simplify (same concept as OneFish but
commercial. mySQL/ PHP)
– Eg: other commercial portal software
Ouch!! Costly: US$ 30,000- US$ 200,000
Open Source?
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Open Source
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DCP (Dotcom-projects,Turkey)
Community Portal solution based on Open
Source database mySQL and open Source code
using PHP
June 2001: version 1.0
Continuous development based upon feedback
and own experience
January 2004: version 2.0 (made at IOC)
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BeeBox
IODE site:
http://www.iode.org
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1. Membership Registration
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Users can register to the site:
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Able to submit content
Will receive content informer (see later)
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2. All members able to submit
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Registered: send content
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3. Multiple editors: levels
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Level 1: Writer
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Can create and validate content for specific categories
decided by administrator
WYSIWYG interface
Level 2: Administrator
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Can create and validate content for all categories
Has other administrator rights related such as creating
top level categories, creating banners, adding
documents, adding links, giving rights etc.
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wysiwyg
Subject
Category
Crosslinks
Images
Word like
editor
(html option)
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wysiwyg
summary
image
hotlink
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4.Easy to use Tree Structure
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Dynamically created based on
content management
Expanding menu with categories
and sub-categories:
Top level category
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(eg, Expertise, projects)
Sub-categories (unlimited)
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(eg GEMIM)
Content page
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Knowledge types
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Crosslinks
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5. Combining content
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Bring together different types of content
(knowledge types)related to topic
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Topic itself (text and images)
Links to e-documents
Links to other web sites/pages
Links to events
Links to discussion forum
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Content Types: Example
Topic
Sub-category
Links to e-docs
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Result
• All content related to a topic are
put together in one page so users
can have a clear overview of all
information available
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6. inform users about new content
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Small, specialized sites with
‘homogenous’ membership: all members
will receive content informer message
for all new content: very effective
Inbuilt mailing list
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6. Low-cost and flexible
• Low cost
– As BeeBox is based on open
source technology the application
can be offered free by IOC
• Flexible
– IOC maintains the software and
further develops features
according to user requirements.
In-house expertise available
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Current ‘clients’
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IODE sites (IODE home, marineXML,
ODINAFRICA partner site, OIT)
IOC sites (Ocean Science, HAB,
IOCARIBE, IOCINCWIO, ITSU)
Others: JCOMM. Interest shown by
several external organizations
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Thank you
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