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D: NPAC's WebWisdomNT Oracle Database Support for Educational Objedcts
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D: 1. Project Description
D: WebWisdomNT is Oracle database designed to store components of distributed
D: educational objects. It has a Java manager and links to Web and TangoInteractive
D: through XML templates. Strong support for PowerPoint (decomposed into single
D: foils using COM), HTML pages and their integration into general dynamic "play-lists".
D: Allows multimedia ("audio/video" over foils) to be stored in database.
D: Relevant for organizations needing to support large amount of courseware.
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D: 2. PACI relevance of the project (how it relates to PACI goals/strategies)
D: Clearly relevant for some PACI activities and partners
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D: 3. Potential audience or user base 
D: Most relevant to "institutions" such as NCSA or Universities responsible
D: for large training/education sets. It will of course deliver to broad user base.
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D: 4. Partnership links both internal (AT/ET/EOT) and external; can include 
D: potential "targets of opportunity" for partnership 
D: This is product of DoD Modernization Program but could be broadly used
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D: 5.  Diversity and universal access issues
D: Helpful technology for UA as decomposes objects into components which
D: can be renedered optimally for each user
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D: 6.  Barriers (with technology or other areas) 
D: Complex sophisticated technology. Needs more use and evaluation
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D: 7.  Status of project (i.e. planning, development, production) 
D: Operational in NPAC. Delayed by changes in TangoInteractive and
D: need for performance enhancements. Should be in beta release May 1
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D: 8. Dissemination avenues - contributions to the literature (i.e. reviewed 
D: journals, conference presentations, etc.) 
D: Builds on experience reported in papers
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