2October 2007
Contents
Current Situation Objectives and Roadmap Architecture and Technology Cooperation Support
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“Grown” IT Infrastructures:
• Heterogeneity and Complexity
• Many isolated Solutions, Redundancies
• Unification of Business Processes is difficult
Universities are „Loosely Coupled Systems“
New Requirements:
• Re-Centralization of IT Infrastructures
• Integrated Information Management
from Administration Systems to Elearning Platforms
IT Infrastructures at Universities
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Distribution of the HIS Software
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Student Life cycle Support Systems
8October 2007
Objectives for HISinOne Development (1)
• Integrated Solution
• New Functionalities (Marketing, Alumni-Management, various Planning Functions ...)
• Revised Data Models
• Open Service and Data Structures
• Open Source Technology
9October 2007
Objectives for HISinOne Development (2)
• High Level of Robustness and Security
• Flexibility regarding modern Development Environments
• Web based Architecture
• Open Service Interfaces
• Highly Configurable User Interfaces
• User Friendly Tools for Customization
13October 2007
Building Blocks and Principles
Service Oriented Architecture (SOA): - "Services" make Resources or Business Functions
available for other IT Components
Single-Sign-On: Identity and Role Information is delivered form the Portal to all Web Applications (HIS and external)
- planned Federation Support (Shibboleth)
Consolidated Information Storage for Persons, Structures and Rooms/Buildings
- supporting Personalized Services and Directories
17October 2007
Open Source Components Base
Tomcat
PostgrSQL
Linux
Apache
Mozilla, FirefoxOpenOffice
Mediawiki
other Components (XML, Logging, WS ...)
18October 2007
Infrastructure supporting the Project
Knowledge Management, Documentation, Forums
adapted MediaWiki (+Role/Rights Management)
Requirements and Bug Tracing
Hiszilla (adapted BugZilla)
Version Management
CVS
Build Management
Daily Builds with automated Testing
Secure Remote Access
19October 2007
Partnership Arrangements
Development Partners
contribute Designs ... Implementation, Test
Early Access and Test Partners
contribute experience from “real world” use
Community Process
open Working Groups for many areas
more Information: http://hisinone.de