HTML version of Abstract of Basic Foils prepared October 24 99

Abstract of Full Description of WebFlow and Friends for Education and Science Portals

From Full Description of WebFlow and Friends for Education and Science Portals NCSA Portal/Metadata Meeting -- October 22-23 99. by Geoffrey C. Fox, Tom Haupt *
1 3-Tier Architecture with two well defined API's in XML
  • Grid and Computing Portal (WebFlow) API
2 Portals Built and in Progress
  • Alliance, Education, DoD, CRPC, Earthquake, DMSO, "Generic"
3 Features of WebFlow/Gateway
  • Component/Containers(EJB's JWORB and CORBA)
  • Security (Kerberos and Secure CORBA)
  • Events (CORBA style and link to Tango Interactive)
  • Application Composition/Integration
4 General Issues and Special Services
  • Commercial Enterprise (iPlanet etc.) and Education (Blackboard, WebCT) portal building tools
  • Collaboration Architecture and Demonstration from Tango Interactive with Biology Workbench(Shared Portal on the Web)
  • Universal Access and linking with PalmTops (MicroPortal)
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