Basic HTML version of Foils prepared October 24 99

Foil 5 SPW will build on General Portal Standards

From Off Beat XML Uses in Computing Portals NCSA Portal/Metadata Meeting -- October 22-23 99. by Geoffrey C. Fox


"(better)portalML" -- define the user's customized portal layout and what they can choose from
  • define available objects and layout (number of columns etc. generalizes ideas in Flow,..,GridBag Object layouts in Java AWT)
  • e.g. <portal name="" ><columns=3/><portalobject mode="forced" source=""><placeat layout="flow1" position="1" > ......
  • placement of component objects on pages and specification of their parameters and location e.g. access weather object for suchandsuchcity with suchandsuch sensor overlay
  • choice of nifty JavaScript or Java index
  • rendering preferences such as resolutions and "universal access"
  • borders, backgrounds etc.
Portal building tools will exist for developers (architect template for portal i.e. differentiate my.NPAC from my.Netscape) and users ( specialize portal template )
Such general tools will be competition for specialized systems like WebCT for education



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