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* Participatory information portals such as [http://slashdot.org/ Slahsdot] | * Participatory information portals such as [http://slashdot.org/ Slahsdot] | ||
=== | === Expertise and knowledge portals === | ||
* Experience sharing portals such as [http://www.epinions.com/ epinions] | * Experience sharing portals such as [http://www.epinions.com/ epinions] | ||
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* Commerce Portals, such as [http://www.amazon.com Amazon] | * Commerce Portals, such as [http://www.amazon.com Amazon] | ||
* Service portals, such as [http://www.cff.ch Swiss railways] | * Service portals, such as [http://www.cff.ch Swiss railways] | ||
* Commerce and service portals also can be categorized as a combination of "B2x" portals: | |||
** business-to-employee electronic commerce (B2E) portal | |||
** business-to-consumer (B2C) | |||
** business-to-business (B2B) | |||
** business-to-dealer/distributor (B2D) | |||
** business-to-government (B2G) | |||
=== Intranets === | === Intranets === | ||
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== Technology-based typology == | == Technology-based typology == | ||
* | * "Heavy" portalware (to build enterprise or global university portals, etc.) | ||
* [[Content management system]]s | * [[Content management system]]s | ||
* [[Learning management system]]s (LMS) | |||
* [[C3MS]] (Community potals) | * [[C3MS]] (Community potals) | ||
* [[Wiki]]s | * [[Wiki]]s | ||
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* [[Knowledge management]] systems | * [[Knowledge management]] systems | ||
Most open source portalware is based on some sort of [[LAMP]] architecture, but java-based architectures are also popular (in particular within computer science communities). | == Technology == | ||
=== Portalware === | |||
* Most open source portalware is based on some sort of [[LAMP]] architecture, but java-based architectures are also popular (in particular within computer science communities). See various categories above. | |||
* Enterprise portals probably rely mostly on some java-based technolgy, although the Microsoft .Net architecture is gaining in popularity. | |||
=== Standards === | |||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_service Web services] | |||
** Transport, e.g. HTTP | |||
** XML-based messaging, e.g. XML-RPC, SOAP or REST | |||
** Service descirpiton, e.g. WSDL | |||
** Service discovery | |||
* In the Java World: | |||
** Java Platform, Enterprise Edition ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J2EE J2EE]), | |||
** Portlets ([http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=168 JSR 168] | |||
* Data standards | |||
** In [[User:DSchneider|DSchneider]]'s opinion, there is a blatant lack of data standards, e.g. it is very difficult to move data from platform to an other. | |||
** In education, various [[IMS]] standards try to address this issue. | |||
[[Category: Educational technologies]] | [[Category: Educational technologies]] | ||
[[Category: Technologies]] | [[Category: Technologies]] | ||
Revision as of 19:44, 12 June 2006
Definition
- A portal is a door or entrance ...
- A web portal is a website that offers various services through a centralized interface.
Typology
- Information portals: news, blogs, etc.
- Transaction portals: sales
- Collaboration portals
Most popular kinds
This is not a strict classification. Some of the entries may also have traits from other categories. In particular, business or educational organizations may centralize all services in some kind of "vertical portal" (with various access rights).
Information
- Large Internet access portals, such as Yahoo or MSN
- Information portals such as CNN
- Participatory information portals such as Slahsdot
Expertise and knowledge portals
- Experience sharing portals such as epinions
- Collaborative encyclopedias such as the Wikipedia
- (Specific) knowledge management portals
Commerce and service
- Commerce Portals, such as Amazon
- Service portals, such as Swiss railways
- Commerce and service portals also can be categorized as a combination of "B2x" portals:
- business-to-employee electronic commerce (B2E) portal
- business-to-consumer (B2C)
- business-to-business (B2B)
- business-to-dealer/distributor (B2D)
- business-to-government (B2G)
Intranets
- Enterprise portals (frameworks for integrating information, applications, and processes across organizational boundaries)
- Campus-wide information and adminstration systems
- Learning management systems
Community
- Community of practice portals such as the TECFA portal
- Community of interest portals such linux.
- Educational portals that engage learners in various writing activities (e.g. C3MS and that are at least half open to the public.
Technology-based typology
- "Heavy" portalware (to build enterprise or global university portals, etc.)
- Content management systems
- Learning management systems (LMS)
- C3MS (Community potals)
- Wikis
- Blogs (at least some that contain more than just diary entries)
- Groupwares
- Knowledge management systems
Technology
Portalware
- Most open source portalware is based on some sort of LAMP architecture, but java-based architectures are also popular (in particular within computer science communities). See various categories above.
- Enterprise portals probably rely mostly on some java-based technolgy, although the Microsoft .Net architecture is gaining in popularity.
Standards
- Web services
- Transport, e.g. HTTP
- XML-based messaging, e.g. XML-RPC, SOAP or REST
- Service descirpiton, e.g. WSDL
- Service discovery
- In the Java World:
- Data standards
- In DSchneider's opinion, there is a blatant lack of data standards, e.g. it is very difficult to move data from platform to an other.
- In education, various IMS standards try to address this issue.