1. Collaborative Orthopaedic Research Environment Thanks: Lester Gilbert, Yee Wai Sim Chu Wang

2. Aim Develop a Grid/Web service-based VRE for supporting a critical subset of the e-science cycle for orthopaedic surgeons: Collate and analyse trial results Organise internal project discussions and reviews Produce technical reports and papers Produce teaching and training materials

3. End Users Clinical based orthopaedic Wessex region Portsmouth Hospital Laboratory based orthopaedics Musculosleletal Laboratory

4. Required CORE Support Orthopaedic Surgeons Create technical reports Submit articles for review Analyze data Collate data Collect data Discuss findings Create teaching materials and or

5. CORE Architecture Browser Client Authentication User manager Trial manager Authorization User profile Server Portlets running within portal server Open Middleware (OMII) Analysis Data set manager EPrints (doc repos) Forum GRID simulation Services on intranet / internet

6. Trial Manager Analysis Data Set Manager 6. Create preprint 6.a. Update / view preprint Preprint DB Choose schema 4. Search for cases in VO 4.a. View cases Trial data DB GetVO data Trial data DB Discussion Forum View related discussion Update discussion participants Access forum Eprints 1. Create new trial 2. Update trial Trial DB 1. Create new trial 2. Update trial Trial DB Choose schema 3. Add data3a. View data Get VO data Save to VO 5. Analyse data (new stats) 5.a.View /remove stats SPSS query Trial stats DB Result file