1. JISC and SOA
A view
Robert Sherratt

2. What is JISC
JISC works with further and higher education by providing strategic guidance, advice and opportunities to use ICT to support teaching, learning, research and administration. 

3. Strategic context

4. JISC financials
JISC is funded by the UK Further and Higher education funding councils.
Money spent on
key infrastructure (network and resources)
R&D – competitive bidding process

5. Large scale initiatives
eFramework
Information Environment

6. eFramework Goal
The primary goal of the e-Framework is to facilitate technical interoperability within and across education and research through improved strategic planning and implementation processes.

8. Guiding Principles
A service-oriented approach to system and process integration
Development, promotion and adoption of Open Standards
Community involvement in development of the e-Framework
Open collaborative development activities
Flexible and incremental deployment

9. Scope
The context in which the e-Framework operates is the technical infrastructure that supports the communities active in education and research.
Technical infrastructure is defined (at an abstract level) as including applications, services and the network.
The e-Framework analyses and documents the services aspect.

10. Sharing Services

11. Reference model #1- FREMA
Define the scope of the Assessment domain terms of existing practice
Define common Assessment solution patterns in terms of use case studies and scenarios
Relate them explicitly to the eFramework in the form of a service profile and service descriptions
Provide prototype services that fulfil the profile of the Assessment domain, act as proof of the Assessment Reference Model and allow the reference model to be evaluated

12. Reference model #2- XCRI
XCRI is a JISC-funded project that aims: To define a vocabulary and appropriate technology bindings (e.g. XML, RDF) for describing course-related information that encompasses course marketing, course quality assurance, enrolment and reporting requirements
Data standard: XCRI has released an XML schema for describing course information that has been piloted in institutions across the UK, and also involved UCAS.

13. Information Environment
D2D - discovery to delivery
based an a long standing architecture
presentation
fusion
provision
shared infrastructure

14. content providers, e.g. JORUM external
JISC-funded
content providers, e.g. JORUM
external
content providers e.g. NLN, Becta, MLA
Brokers
Aggregators, e.g. RDN
Catalogues
indexes
Institutional
Portals,e.g. port.Hull
Media specific
Portals
Learning management
Systems, e.g. VLE’s
Subject Portals, e.g. Connect
end-user
desktop/browser
presentation
fusion
provision
shared infrastructure
authentication/authorisation (Athens)
terminology
services
identifier services
metadata schema registries, (e-learning programme)
© Andy Powell (UKOLN, University of Bath) and
Neil Beagrie (British Library and JISC) and Caroline Ingram (consultant) 2005
preservation
remote storage/
escrow
format registries
institutional
content providers, e.g. DLIC projects
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
archival storage
service registries
institutional profiling
OpenURL
link servers

15. On the horizon
Repositories - a £14m programme to establish a network of digital repositories; national structures to develop the Information Environment supporting repositories, including cross-searching facilities across federated repositories
Network - almost £28m
e-Learning - an £11.5m programme to support the implementation of national e-learning strategies, projects to explore the potential of e-learning, particularly e-portfolios, e-assessment; and personal learning environments, with a focus on their use to support lifelong learning
User Environments - a £6.75m investment in the development of User Environments to support researchers in globally distributed research teams in all disciplines

16. Current activity at Hull
Institutional Repository
eResearch interoperability
eAssessment
always looking for partners …