1. CIRCABC evaluation, features and planning
Hans Kohl, Jean-Marie Weissenberger
European Commission, Directorate General INFORMATICS

2. Topics: CIRCABC evaluation (functional & technical) CIRCABC features
CIRCABC Proofs of Concept
CIRCABC planning & roadmap
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3. CIRCABC evaluation
2005: audit of CIRCA 3.3 & market survey on Open Source tools covering CIRCA functionalities
Steering Committee decision: Open Source architecture based on J2EE framework and Open Standards, in particular using JSR-170 compatible repository
End 2005-beginning 2006: feasibility study on 3 candidate tools (Daisy, Open CMS and Alfresco software)
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4. CIRCABC evaluation conclusions
Conclusion of study: build CIRCABC based on Open Standards, on top of JSR-170 compatible repository, re-using existing OSS modules
Best fit of above mentioned technical and functional requirements: Alfresco OSS
Practical evaluation based on re-iterative proofs of concept
Global Implementation Plan (GIP) approved by the IDABC PEGSCO committee (Apr 2006)
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5. CIRCABC evaluation and features
Most used and important user requirements
Library services,
Interest Group configuration,
directory management,
newsgroup (forums),
search facilities
Technical evaluation
Content repository JSR-170 API
Facilities for extension (SDK, API)
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
High-Availability features
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6. CIRCABC evaluation by proof of concepts (POC)
Configuration of Interest Groups with templates
Standard setup via predefined templates, Layout/interface, customizations, Securing access to an Interest Group,
Secured Publishing Workflow
Document Rendering using OpenOffice engine
Search on documents respecting granular access rights
Forum
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7. CIRCABC evaluation POC (ctd)
Proof of concept 2
User management
Groups
User Domain Management and Authentication
Proof of concept 3
IPM integration
Initial Web services
Advanced search
WCAG design
Steering Committee endorsed development approach for CIRCABC and IPM integration
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8. CIRCABC planning 2007
CIRCABC Target : Initial core version 1.0 Dec 2006
Spaces, library, multilingual documents, directory, access control, search, security aspects, WCAG, IPM Integration, …
Version 1.0 by April 2007
High availability
Content Store Management
Hot Backup
Restore Procedure
Fail Over
Migration module
Preparatory “clean up”
Documents, users, access lists, information pages, …
Strategy: gradual procedure
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10. CIRCABC roadmap end 2007: version 2.0 2008-2009
“Information” web pages,
light workflow,
improvements on News service/forum discussions,
events management,
web services improvements
New User/your requirements,
Additional web services,
Desktop and office integration,
Multi-channel publishing, …
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11. CIRCABC Questions – at discussion point Thank you for your attention
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Informatics DG, Corporate IT Infrastructure Solutions, E-Governement Information Solutions
Thank you for your attention
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