Foilset Search Full Index for Basic foilset

Full Description of WebFlow and Friends for Education and Science Portals

Given by Geoffrey C. Fox, Tom Haupt at NCSA Portal/Metadata Meeting on October 22-23 99. Foils prepared October 24 99

3-Tier Architecture with two well defined API's in XML
  • Grid and Computing Portal (WebFlow) API
Portals Built and in Progress
  • Alliance, Education, DoD, CRPC, Earthquake, DMSO, "Generic"
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
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)


Table of Contents for Full Description of WebFlow and Friends for Education and Science Portals

There are two types of foils -- html and image which are each available in basic and JavaScript enabled "focused" style
(basic:)(focus style:) Denote Foils where Image Critical
(basic:)(focus style:) Denote Foils where Image has important information
(basic:)(focus style:) Denote Foils where HTML is sufficient

1 WebFlow and Friends for Education and Science Portals
2 WebFlow/Gateway/Tango/JWORB Topics
3 Basic Architecture and Inter Relationships
4 WebFlow 3-Tier Architecture
5 Hierarchy of Portals and Their Technology
6 WebFlow Computing and Component Model
7 PPT Slide
8 PSE Layered User View (AT Team Dependent)
9 PPT Slide
10 WebFlow Component Model
11 PPT Slide
12 WebFlow and Tango Events
13 WebFlow Events (1)
14 WebFlow Events (2)
15 WebFlow Events (3): How do they work?
16 WebFlow Events (4)
17 Shared Event Collaboration Framework
18 Each Collaborating Client Receives Events
19 XML Shared Web Page Architecture
20 Shared Form Illustrated by Shared Access to NCSA Biology Workbench showing how general server objects can be shared from web interface
21 WebFlow Server Structure including Security
22 WebFlow Server
23 Distributed Middleware
24 Security Model
25 Authentication
26 PPT Slide
27 WebFlow Server configuration tools
28 WebFlow Applications
29 Simple Web Portal (submit a single job)
30 Example Application Descriptor (with selected application, host and i/o files)
31 Wrapping Existing Applications
32 WebFlow on Globus -- LMS at CEWES
33 Example of a custom Web User Interface Land Management System
34 NCSA Quantum Simulations: Build Application from Components
35 Example QS Task Descriptor
36 WebFlow File Service
37 Example IDL definition for File Browser Service
38 PPT Slide
39 PPT Slide
40 PPT Slide
41 PPT Slide
42 Gateway: Problem Solving Environment
43 Gateway (2)
44 CRPC project with Texas (Mary Wheeler): Functionality
45 CRPC project: implementation

Full WebWisdom URL and this Foilset Search
This contains all WebWisdom links preceded by those referenced in this foilset
© Northeast Parallel Architectures Center, Syracuse University, npac@npac.syr.edu

If you have any comments about this server, send e-mail to webmaster@npac.syr.edu.

Page produced by wwwfoil on Sun Oct 24 1999