Open Knowledge Initiative

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Open Knowledge Initiative

• Jeff Merriman
• Senior Strategist, Academic ComputingProject
  Director, OKIMassachusetts Institute of
  Technology

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Data Specifications IMS/SCORM
Data
EnterpriseApplication A
EnterpriseApplication B
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OKI in a Nutshell
An Application After O.K.I.
An ApplicationBefore OKI
An ApplicationBefore O.K.I.
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Tool and Implementation Portability
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Core OKI Deliverables

• Service Specifications/APIs
• 13 Common Services
• 3 Educational Services
• Reference Implementations
• Exemplar Applications (Including LMS)
• Sustainability Strategy

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Common Service API Status

• Authentication
• Authorization
• DBC
• Logging
• LocalID
• Shared
• Filing
• Hierarchy
• Localization
• Group
• User Messaging
• Scheduling
• Workflow

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Educational Service API Activity

• Class Admin
• Student Information Systems Integration
• Approaching 0.9
• Digital Repository
• Digital Library Community Engagement
• Approaching 0.9
• Assessment
• Work begins in January

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Example Filing API

• Provides Abstraction Boundary Between Application
  and one or more byte stores known as Cabinets.

Application
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Local File Implementation of API
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Local and Remote Implementations
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The API Sweet Spot
Too Concrete
Too Abstract
Protocol and Data Model Choices Defined
Java Perl
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Web Application on O.K.I. Services
HTML
HTML
Stellar
Web Server
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Web and Client App Interoperability
HTML
Stellar
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OKI Application Activity

• LMSs
• Stellar MIT
• CourseWork Stanford University
• CHEF University of Michigan
• OnCourse II Indiana University (with CHEF)
• Client Demo Apps
• Filing Demo MIT
• Hierarchy Demo MIT
• User Messaging Demo MIT
• Digital Repository and Class Admin Management
  Apps MIT
• Digital Library Systems
• DSpace MIT
• Fedora University of Virginia/Tufts University
• Educational Tool Development
• VUE Concept Mapping Tool Tufts University
• Assessment Components Stanford University
• SCORM Player University of Cambridge
• Flashlight Project Formative Assessment Server
  Wash State

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Core Institutional Partners

• Cambridge University
• Dartmouth College
• MIT
• North Carolina State University
• Stanford University
• University of Michigan
• University of Pennsylvania
• University of Wisconsin

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Specification/Standards Groups

• IMS
• Global Learning Consortium
• Advanced Distributed Learning Network
• DOD funded
• SCORM
• See IMS/ADL/O.K.I. Press Release

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General TimeLine
Phase 2
Phase 1
Initial Core Service Development
Further Spec. Dev. Institute
Core Service Maintenance/Evolution
Ref. Implementations
Applications
Grant Funded OKI App Activity
Developer Community Coordination/Support
Vendor Engagement
Adopter Engagement
Jan 01
Jan 02
Jan 03
Jan 04
Jan 05
Jan 06
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Demos
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Dimensions of Interoperability
Service Definitions
Data Definitions
Technology Choices
UI/Application Frameworks
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Dimensions of Interoperability
Service
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Data
Tech
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Open Knowledge Initiative
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O.K.I. Abstraction and Bindings
Abstract Service Definition
Emitters
Java Interfaces
Other
Documentation
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