The PORTAL project has released a report exploring issues around the integration of
external resources from the JISC and other organisations within an institutional portal framework. PORTAL is funded by the JISC, and is
being undertaken by Academic Services Interactive Media at the University of Hull, and by UKOLN.
Archive for July 30th, 2003
Surfacing externally sourced content within institutional portals
Wednesday, July 30th, 2003Ariadne issue 36
Wednesday, July 30th, 2003Issue 36 of Ariadne carries articles related to the JISC Information Environment. Andy Powell gives a graphical representation of how services and projects fit within its technical architecture and Verity Brack and Amanda Closier provide us with an overview of work in the development of the JISC IE Service Registry. Liz Lyon in an article on eBank UK considers the implications of linking research and learning outputs in an environment of asssured data provenance. Other articles include the issues of Intellectual Property Rights and metadata disclosed under the OAI-PMH Protocol, together with an account of the rescue of the BBC Domesday Project videodiscs.