Task 2.2 Implementation of REGNET System Version 1

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Task 2.2 Implementation of REGNET System Version
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TASK 2.2

• Implementation of REGNET System Version 1
• Partners ZEUS, AIT, SR, IMAC, TARX, MOT, SPACE,
  SI, CERT, VALT
• Start Date 10/2001
• End Date 03/2002
• Person months 70
• 6 Subtasks

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TASK 2.2 - SubTasks

• T2.2.1 Portal Mot
• T2.2.2 CH Data Management AIT
• T2.2.3 E-Business Data Management ZEUS
• T2.2.4 Ontology SI
• T2.2.5 Electronic Publisher SR
• T2.2.6 Core System VALT

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Overall Planning

• Production of the first version of the REGNET
  System, as a standalone English only version.
• 3 iterations of 2 months
• Iteration 1 (elaboration phase) Architecture
  validation
• Iteration 2 (construction phase) Regnet portal
• Iteration 3 (construction phase) Regnet system
  version 1

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IT1 Architecture validation

• Prototypes
• EbXML messages communication for B2B interaction.
• TopicMap generation and visualisation.
• Search and retrieval.
• CatXML standard for eBusiness catalogue
  management.
• Technology validation for Portal based on
  Apache/Jetspeed and Wireless communication.
• Publisher technology validation.

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IT2 Portal

• GUI Mockup
• User authentication and profile management
• Ontology
• User profile storage into dbXML database
• Portlet design integration of
• Search retrieval
• Eshop
• Data Entry
• required tools and applications
• Analysis of others sub-systems

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IT3 Regnet system version 1

• Ebusiness
• Product catalogue management
• eProcurement
• Cultural heritage data management
• Publisher
• Topic Map
• Storage into XML database
• Topic Map visualisation tool based on VRML
• Overall integration

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Functional Architecture (CSC level)
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Technical architecture (CSC level)
Portal JetSpeed
SOAP
Ontology
Product Catalogue mgt
Cultural Heritage Data mgt
Connector
TextML Server
dbXML
MySQL
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Engineering point of view

• Portal Apache/JetSpeed
• Nodes PHP, Microsoft/ASP, Java/J2EE
• Databases TextML Server (XML DBMS), MySQL
  (RDBMS)
• Ontology TopicMap (XTM)
• Middleware
• SOAP TheMindElectric / GLUE
• B2B collaboration ebXML messaging (JAXM)
• Catalogue exchanges catXML

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Portal

• This version of the Portal prototype meets the
  following requirements
• Availability of tools and applications developed
  by the various partners
• Integration of the Search And Retrieval module
  through SOAP
• Integration of the Data Entry module through
  SOAP
• Integration of external applications through HTTP
  Forward
• Users registration and authentication
• User profiles synchronization with the Ontology
  repository
• Support for registered users and system
  administration.
• Web and Wap Access (Just few functionalities)

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Portal Screenshot
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Data Generation

• Manage one Document Base (Database)
• Main functionalities
• Create Documents ( Lookup-functionality for
  common terms)
• Search for Documents
• Edit Documents
• Delete Documents
• Bulk load of XML Documents
• Export functionalities (Print, process documents
  with XSL stylesheets)

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Data Generation Screenshot
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Search Retrieval

• Search
• Two levels (Simple, Advanced)
• Search transformation to query format
• Query sent to reference system
• Retrieval
• The results from the Reference System are
  transformed by the means of XSL stylesheet
  transformation and presented to the user.
• The presentation includes navigation through the
  current result set.

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Search Retrieval Screenshots
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Ontology SOAP implementation

• Essential for the integration of the Ontology
  with all other REGNET modules
• Deployed on Apache SOAP v2.2
• Based on Apache Xindice v1.0 (XMLDB API)
• Developed in Java

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Ontology SOAP implementation
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Ontology SOAP implementation

• Ontology-SOAP methods developed for
• Adding an XML file / Collection to Ontology
• Listing the XML files / Collections of the
  Ontology
• Deleting an XML file / Collection from Ontology
• Retrieving an XML file / Collection from Ontology
• Checking for the existence of a user profile
• Creating unique keys to be used by all REGNET
  modules

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Topic Map Generator

• The Topic Map Generator Tool is based on the
  TM4J, which is a Topic Map engine for Java.
• Topic Map Generator Tool is a topic map "engine,
  which processes files conforming to the XML Topic
  Maps (XTM) specification and stores them either
  in memory or in a persistent store, providing
  access via a Java API. In REGNET the persistent
  store is Xindice (a native XML database).

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Topic Map Generator Screenshot
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Topic Map 3D Navigation

• The current version of this tool operates as
  follows
• Load a Topic Map or XML file
• Then the file is parsed and if errors appear the
  tool will ignore the errors and generate a 2D
  tree
• The tool also displays statistics of the Topic
  Map file (number of topics, associations etc.)
• Then the topic map file can be generated in VRML
  and saved in the desired directory.
• Once the VRML file is generated then the result
  can be browsed using a VRML plug-in.

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Topic Map to VRML
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Topic Map 2D Navigation

• Tool for displayingXTM files
• Used for XTM Navigation

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E-Business

• Presentation side
• present all the necessary text and graphical
  information to the user (customer). The PHP
  methods and the standard features of the browsers
  implement these functions. This subsystem also
  provide the customer all the necessary
  interactive input forms and interactive
  interfaces.
• Distributed Search Retrieval
• Based on Z39.50 protocol
• This component includes YAZ client, which
  prepares and send the RPN query to the remote
  databases.
• It also receives the responses from them and
  sends them to presentation side.

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E-Business (2)

• Core System
• It allows user to create the orders, to change
  them, choose the method and accomplish the
  payment for the products.
• It is strongly related with a mechanism of the
  credit card validation.
• It is also necessary to appoint that all the
  input information about the credit card details
  should be done in a protected way, using the SSL
  protocol.
• Product Catalogues Eshop
• It contains the database, which stores the
  information of the product, such as information
  of its name, price, description etc.

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E-Shop - screenshot
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Product Catalogue Management

• Creation of distributed catalogues
• Search the remote catalogues
• Present results of the search
• Management of the PCM

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PCM Screenshot
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Understanding e-procurement

• E-procurement uses Internet Intranet
  technologies to automate the process of procuring
  indirect products and services.

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External links are important too
Bankers
Requests for payment
Instructions to pay
Procurement card transactions
Money
Requests for information, Orders
Supplier
Catalogue updates, availability information
Buyer
Shipping status
Instructions to ship
Logistics
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Procurement parts

• Supplier Part
• Products are organised through departments, which
  contain categories.
• Product Management
• Search, Delete, Create, Update a product
• Buyer Part
• Searching and ordering products
• Consulting and validating orders
• Basket Management

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Procurement Screenshot
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Publisher

• Web-based definition of publication prototypes
• XML based publishing structure for exchange of
  information
• Relies on widely accepted standards
• Online presentation of publications using
  Web-Browsers, PDF viewers and a SMIL player
• Download of presentation for CD-ROM production

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Publisher screenshot
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• EDIT Component
• Tool editing resultsets (XML files)
• Used for the Electronic Publisher