Thursday, April 08, 2004

Conference day 2 presentation notes: API/INTEROPERABILITY group

Created action list for all the other groups
CMS/ILS and Ereserves
-Authentication: Shibboleth is an example.
-Metadata: establishing a common ground
-Policies: greater sharing of IT policies with our peers
-Open source: rules of engagement. Sakai is not the only open source, there are open source projects at other schools and we could be sharing. Important to first define the rules for sharing. CIC should articulate these rules.
-Development efforts and commitment to sharing our efforts
-Create a collaborative space; space for discussion of issues related to interoperability; could be a CMS or a blog.
-Inventory of systems that we use; what is available, etc.?