Date: May 5, 2000
To: Bill Koseluk , George Gregg, Nancy Maron, Patrick McNulty , Bruce Miller, Lisa Peppin, Deborah Scott, Karen Swartz
From: Gail Johnson
Subject: ITPG Systems Integration Sub-Committee 5/1/2000 Meeting Minutes
Present problems:
- Disparate on-line systems for student services exist, many requiring their own logon or authentication techniques.
- Data element definitions - We want to identify and document common data elements, their definitions, and their attributes.
- Batch file transfers is the commonly used technique to handle data integration. What architectures and techniques can be adopted to ease and improve application system integration?
- Time, staff, and resources will be required to provide a foundation for effective systems integration. Are those resources available?
- Is there an "image" problem
for the UCSB home page? While we recognize that the UCSB home page is
out of our scope, we recommend:
- That a contemporary, relevant, and esthetically pleasing home page be designed and adopted and that the home page is given a face lift from time to time.
- That broken links be fixed.
- That "newsworthy" research and events be featured and updated regularly on the UCSB home page.
Preliminary goals for the group:
- Establish an inventory of web systems available to our students.
- Propose architectures (shared and required components) for campus portals for students, faculty, and staff.
- Strive for uniformity and a standard approach.
- Advocate for necessary uniformity.
- Identify and define common data elements and their definitions and attributes.
- Produce reports, recommendations, and action plans. For example, create report (or repository?) for common data elements and common authentication architectures/services including the present perm/pin authentication.
- Attend portal conferences.
Do we have the proper players in the room?
Graduate Division should be represented.
Sabrina Enyeart, from the Admissions Office, should be invited.
The College of Letters and Science should be represented.
To be agile and productive we want to limit the number of participants to ten or less, however, and that committee representation vary depending on the active issues. We also recommend that the committee live in perpetuity.
Mission statement - First draft
To propose a common framework for access to UCSB online resources and that facilitate system and data integration. The framework will include:
- Common data elements and their semantics.
- Etiquette around data.
- Trusted authentication (authentication and authorization)
- Address data sharing and handoff
- Mechanics of system interaction
- Address data custody issues
Administrative details:
We will meet every other Monday, starting May 8, 2000, from 3:00 to 4:30. The meeting on May 8, 2000 will be held in North Hall 1131.