Transcript JA-SIG Update - Common Solutions Group

JA-SIG Update
Dan Oberst, Princeton University
w/apologies to Carl Jacobson, U of Delaware
& Dave Koehler, Princeton University
“In the valley of the blind,
the one-eyed man is king.”
… Gerard Erasmus
JA-SIG
 The Java in Administration Special Interest
Group (JA-SIG) is an independent
organization designed to increase the flow
of information between educational
institutions and companies involved in the
development of administrative applications
using Java technology.
JA-SIG Goals:
 Nurture communication of best practices, new
technologies, and innovative methodologies and
projects related to Java
 Increase peer review, collaboration, and group
discussion related to institution-developed Java
administrative applications
 Broaden Java technology cross-fertilization between
firms and schools on both a functional and
geographic basis
David Koehler
Chair, JA-SIG Steering Committee:
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Today, with the benefit of object oriented technology and Java,
we have a great opportunity in higher education to do things
better as colleagues.
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The purpose of JA-SIG is, first, to share our experiences as we
build applications with Java, and second, to develop a common
infrastructure upon which we can build shareable components.
We welcome the participation of both educational institutions
and commercial enterprises in this organization. We all need to
apply leading edge technologies to administrative applications
to address the needs of our institutions in the future.
JA-SIG Member Institutions:
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Andrews University
Arizona State University
BC Institute of Technology
Boston College
Brown University
Buxton Software Solutions
California Polytechnic State University
CampusFirst
Columbia University
Cornell University
Dartmouth University
Harvey Mudd College
Hong Kong Institute of Education
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Informatics Holdings
Interactive Business Solutions
Kwantlen University College
Lawrence Public Schools Contact
LegacyJ
Manukau Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
NCompass Systems, Inc
NCS Education & Software Division
Northwestern University
Penn State University
Pivotal Networks
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Princeton University
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Rider University
SCT Corp
Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology
Student Online
Sun Microsystems
Syracuse University
University of British Columbia
University of California, San Diego
University of California, Santa Barbara
University of Central Florida
University of Chicago
University of Colorado
University of Delaware
University of Hawaii
University of Maryland at College Park
University of Minnesota
University of Pittsburgh
University of Texas at Austin
University of Umea
University of Utah
University of Wales
University of Washington
Vancouver Community College
Villanova University
Wheeling Jesuit University
Wright State University
Yale University
Two-Tier Model
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Three-Tier Model
Java Avantages for Admin Apps:
 Openness and ease of access
 Easy-to-use interface
 Dynamic, reusable software
 Centralized maintenance and thin clients
 Merging of distributed data
 Leveraging legacy hardware and databases
 Redirecting restrictive funds away from fat client
spiral and toward solid information infrastructure
Clearinghouse Project
 Listing of Java applications and
objects available for sharing
among institutions of higher
education
Portal Framework Project
 JA-SIG Portal: free, sharable portal for
higher-education.
 Open-standard effort using Java, XML, JSP
and J2EE
 Collaborative development project
 Effort shared among JA-SIG members
 Reference Implementation by IBS
Java Portal Meetings
 Brown 1/12/00
 Princeton 2/15/00 - 2/16/00
 Delaware 3/20/00 - 3/24/00
Requirements Specifications
 Required To Do List
 Feature Set
 Object Model
 Data Model
 Specification
2nd conference of the JA-SIG
 Monterey Marriott
 Monterey, CA
 Welcome reception evening of July 9
 July 10-11, 2000
For More Information
http://www.ja-sig.org
 "Carl Jacobson" <[email protected]>