TELEBALT on the Web and tools for teleworking

TELEBALT on the Web and tools for teleworking with the Baltic States Alexander Beriozko (EDNES) TELEBALT project manager ber@ednes. org E. Zvirblis, Z. Bigelis (INFOBALT), D. Mudure, E. Grikis (“Open Latvia”), K. Baranov (Inforing AS) TELEBALT review - 11/11/2002 1

TELEBALT on the Web LITHUANIA http: //www. infobalt. lt/telebalt LATVIA http: //www. telebalt. lv EDNES http: //www. ednes. org/telebalt ESTONIA http: //www. telebalt. ee TELEBALT review - 11/11/2002 2

TELEBALT on the Web TELEBALT main Web-site INFOBALT, Vilnius Special topic: business Languages: English, Lithuanian TELEBALT Latvian TELEBALT Estonian Web-site “Open Latvia”, Riga Inforing AS, Tallinn Special topic: tourism Special topic: employment Languages: English, Latvian Languages: English, Estonian, Russian TELEBALT EDNES Web-site EDNES Language: English TELEBALT review - 11/11/2002 3

TELEBALT on the Web (Infobalt) TELEBALT review - 11/11/2002 4

TELEBALT on the Web (Open Latvia) TELEBALT review - 11/11/2002 5

TELEBALT on the Web (EDNES) TELEBALT review - 11/11/2002 6

TELEBALT on the Web (Inforing AS) TELEBALT review - 11/11/2002 7

LT Web-site content structure § § § Information on TELEBALT project Business information on Lithuania (links) General information on Lithuania (links) Feedback information Subscribe information Contact information TELEBALT review - 11/11/2002 8

LT Web-site information on TELEBALT project § § General information on TELEBALT project Information on TELEBALT events TELEBALT progress reports TELEBALT deliverables: – Newsletters – Proceedings – Training courses TELEBALT review - 11/11/2002 9

LT Web-site general and business information (links) § § § Lithuanian European Committee News Lithuanian Development Agency Ministry of Economy Custom Department Tax Department Currency exchange information TELEBALT review - 11/11/2002 10

LT Web-site feedback information § The best approach to designing a Web-site is to involve customers (users) § Feedback – Discussion Group – FAQ (constantly updated) – Proposals information TELEBALT review - 11/11/2002 11

LT Web-site subscribe information § Subscribe service is convenient for users § Subscribe – Electronic newsletter – CD-ROM – project report TELEBALT review - 11/11/2002 12

LT Web-site enhancement strategy § Information Demonstration Centre (IDC) is one of the main project results § Project Web-site as a tool for IST information dissemination § Project Web-site as a tool for project management § Project Web-site as tool for collaboration and partnership building TELEBALT review - 11/11/2002 13

Enhancement of LT Web-site § Development of Domain Knowledge Centers (DKC) § DKC is an ontology-based Web application § DKC as a tool for information transforming to knowledge and knowledge building § DKC main principles: – knowledge building as a part of everyday work – knowledge sharing and updating by project team and registered users TELEBALT review - 11/11/2002 14

LT Web-site DKC list § Lithuanian TELEBALT Web-site is planed to contain DKCs: – Telework Knowledge Centre – Teamwork Knowledge Centre – IST Programme Knowledge Centre (under discussion) – EU Telematic Products Knowledge Centre (demo catalogue) TELEBALT review - 11/11/2002 15

DKC prototype structure § Domain Knowledge Centre prototype consists of two core modules § Information sources DB enriched by structured information (triple object – attribute- value) is the first part of knowledge § Domain ontology is the second part of knowledge § Telework Knowledge Centre prototype on MS Access is operational since the end of 2001 TELEBALT review - 11/11/2002 16

Information sources DB Enter & Edit Form TELEBALT review - 11/11/2002 17

Collaborative Browsing in Information Resources – Tools and Services §Collaborative Browsing (Co. Brow) toolkit goals: –bring together users of the WWW –provide Virtual Presence in the Web (i. e. , Webusers are able to see each other on Web-pages) –let people communicate on such locations TELEBALT review - 11/11/2002 18

Co. Brow user interface basic capability • Displaying other neighbor's locations • Chatting between neighbors • Hiding • Enabling/disabling Co. Brow • Defining user’s icon and name • Setting communication URL • Setting base URL of user’s details • Setting preferred languages TELEBALT review - 11/11/2002 19

Presence Awareness Information Broker (former Virtual Presence System(VPS)) §Presence Awareness Information Broker (PAIB) features: –Lets people realize who else is around (people ‘see’ each other while they are browsing the same Web-page or Web-site) –Provides chat functionality –Provides user status information –Realizes pure Java implementation –Stores user properties in external LDAP database –Implements a client/server architecture TELEBALT review - 11/11/2002 20

System functioning scheme CBUA Window Browser Window CBUA: Collaborative Browsing User Agent (developed VPS user’s interface) Client Side Server Side Retrieves users located at/ neighbouring to user’s current URL Reports user’s current URL HTTP Request/ Response tunneled through Proxy Servlet PAIB: PAIB Servlet Engine Presence Awareness Information Broker Actual HTTP Request/ Respons e (former VPS) Web Site TELEBALT review - 11/11/2002 Web Site 21

European Knowledge Platform (EKP) Basics Hoffmann+Reif Consultancy „. . . integration functions are becoming increasingly important. “ §The vicious circle: –systems introduced to reduce complexity and to improve coherence actually tend to increase complexity §The solution: –browser based open source applications for distributed collaboration and publishing §Enabling applications which are easy to use for everybody TELEBALT review - 11/11/2002 22

Shared workspace as EKP basic principle: access, rights, collaboration TELEBALT review - 11/11/2002 23

Teamware Pl@aza §Teamware Pl@za is a modular software solution for creating interactive Web sites. Pl@za offers functionality for creating Web communities and increasing interaction between people. It provides personalized, interactive Web sites, tailored according to the preferences and access rights of individual users and groups. §Each Pl@za site can be tailored to meet the demands of the look and feel of your site. Other information sources can be integrated into Pl@za so that, if required, other Web functions or data from other data sources can be utilized. http: //www. teamware. net TELEBALT review - 11/11/2002 24

Teamware Pl@aza capabilities • Interactive Business Card for accessing contact information • Personalized views based on user preferences and access rights • Who’s online for person-to-person networking • Content provision by easy inserting and updating of the information • Searching of site content • Feedback Form • Group management • System administration TELEBALT review - 11/11/2002 25

Thank you for your attention ! ? Alexander Beriozko (EDNES) TELEBALT project manager ber@ednes. org E. Zvirblis, Z. Bigelis (INFOBALT), D. Mudure, E. Grikis (“Open Latvia”), K. Baranov (Inforing AS) TELEBALT review - 11/11/2002 26