1. Web Services and SCD Greg McArthur DIG/SCD

2. 10/5/992 Talking Points Site Philosophy Site Hardware SCD web services –a user-centric site Management Issues Future plans

3. 10/5/993 Site Philosophy Our web site is “window into SCD” Provides access to: –resource information MSS, computers, data holdings, visualization –documentation, training & technical consulting –internal divisional/admin. information Overarching Goal: A User-centric site

4. 10/5/994 Server Hits Oct ‘98 - Sept ‘99 Average SCD=63.6K/mo NCAR=12.5K/mo

5. 10/5/995 Server Hits Servers are busy! These 2 web site(s) are being visited at the rate of nearly 1x10+E6 hits for the past 12 months. Expect growth in hits due to expanded use of web in general Time to augment and expand server hardware

6. 10/5/996 New Site Architecture WebX SUN250 WebY SUN250 External Servers (webx.ucar.edu) Internal Servers (web.ucar.edu) Web SUN250 Web SUN450 90+Gbytes shared cache “high availability” solution HASHAS [Search Engine, Stats Engine] [HTTPD, interactive Logons]

7. 10/5/997 Enhanced Web Services User-centric focus for site: –Improved user access to information, help, and contact with division personnel. –Emphasis on being able to quickly locate what they need to get their work done. –New, multi-level navigational tools & better search engine capabilities.

8. 10/5/998 New SCD Home Page

9. 10/5/999 Enhanced Web Services Interactive job submission/retrieval Data set access (MSS, DSS) User-driven FAQs Chat rooms MySCD Interactive Visualizations Web-based education & training

10. 10/5/9910 Enhanced Web Services Intranet (SCD) features –administrative support (travel, purchasing, etc.) –staff-only items/sites Access to DBS databases –resource accounting, allocations, etc Search engine Statistics engine

11. 10/5/9911 Management Issues Site management/content -- DIG Hardware Admin -- DSG Server Software -- Vislab New ITC WEG FTE -- Vislab DIG FTE replacement -- DIG

12. 10/5/9912 Current Plans Using Dreamweaver -- visual editing/management Greater emphasis on usability –search paths simplified ( at sub-directories ) –keyword guidelines for search engine –common sense URL naming schemes –placement of cookies in browser Total in-house control over site content, images, formatting, etc.

13. 10/5/9913 Near Future Plans (con’t) An integrated approach to building Teraweb-like interfaces Collaboration UCAR/WEG -- SCD/DIG/Vislab = enhance user support and satisfaction

14. 10/5/9914 Futures Continue to track web-based technologies as they mature Use feedback to improve site for our users

15. Questions? Answers!