Research Information Centre Framework

Alex D WadeDirector – Scholarly Communication

Microsoft External ResearchMicrosoft Corporation

• Collection of tools and services for research project management and scientific collaboration.

RIC Framework: What is it?

Research Information Centre Framework

Federated search, tags, annotations, ratings, etc.

Personal site for each researcher and project site for each project

Project site navigation and tool based on project lifecycle

Collaborative environment for researchers

Social networking, real-time communication, blogs, wikis

Version 1.0 (Open Source under Ms-PL):http://ric.codeplex.com/

Version 1.0 (Open Source under Ms-PL):http://ric.codeplex.com/

Research Information Centre Framework

• Managing a project’s life cycle.• Managing research-related information.• Facilitating Collaboration between team

members and other colleagues.• Managing ongoing experiments.• Disseminating results.

RIC Framework - Features

• Plan Studies– Investigate new ideas– Search literature– Background research– Research plan

• Obtain Funding– Funding sources– Application information

• Conduct Research– Centralized storage– Information sharing– Project tracking

• Disseminate Results– Project publications management

RIC Framework – A Sample Research Model

• Personal Information– User Portal

• Project Information– Project Portal

RIC Framework - Overview

RIC Framework – Personal Portal

RIC Framework – Project Portal

Project Phases – Study Planning

Project Phases – Funding

Repository

Project Library

Bookmarks

References

Project Proposals

RSS Feeds

Saved Queries

Slide Library

• Just getting started!• Goals:– More lightweight & modular– Concurrent community development– Support for Cloud deployment scenarios

• First features– SharePoint/RIC Respository deposit via SWORD– Trident Scientific Workflow Engine integration

RIC 2.0

Share workflows via

Project Trident – a Scientific Workflow Workbench

Author, Execute and Monitor Workflows

Version 1.2 (Open Source under Apache 2.0 License):http://tridentworkflow.codeplex.com/

Compose and modify workflows via drag & drop canvas

View data products, performance metrics, and provenance data

Research Information Centre(RIC Framework)

RIC 1.0 RIC 2.0

SharePoint MOSS 2007 MOSS 2010

Release Date Dec 2009 TBD (Dec 2010)

License Ms-PL

On Premise Cloud

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Additional Resources

Alex WadeMicrosoft External Researchawade@microsoft.com

URL – http://research.microsoft.com/ric

Questions?