Institutional knowledge and
information ecology in a
Free Software ecosystem
The early days of KIM
Prof Derek W. KeatsDeputy Vice Chancellor
(Knowledge & Information Management)
The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
http://[email protected]
Institutional knowledge and
information ecology in a
Free Software ecosystem
The early days of KIM
Prof Derek W. KeatsDeputy Vice Chancellor
(Knowledge & Information Management)
The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
http://[email protected]
Institutional knowledge and
information ecology in a
Free Software ecosystem
The early days of KIM
Prof Derek W. KeatsDeputy Vice Chancellor
(Knowledge & Information Management)
The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
http://[email protected]
The four
freedoms
of Free
SoftwareThis requires
the source
code
Innovation
Institutional knowledge and
information ecology in a
Free Software ecosystem
The early days of KIM
Prof Derek W. KeatsDeputy Vice Chancellor
(Knowledge & Information Management)
The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
http://[email protected]
Knowledge &
Information
Management
Vice Chancellor
Strategic planning
Management
informationHuman
resourcesCentre for Learning
& Teaching DeveLearningLibrariesComputer &
networking srvs
DVC: AcademicDVC: Finance
& OpsDVC: ResearchDVC: Advan-
cementRegistrar2008
Vice Chancellor
Management informationeLearningLibrariesComputer &
networking srvs
DVC: AcademicDVC: Finance
& OpsDVC: ResearchDVC: Advan-
cementRegistrar2009
DVC: KIM
Creating the
ecosystem
ValueValueModified after the work of Georges Por
ValueValue
Technology
PeopleModified after the work of Georges Por
Process
ValueValue
Technology
People Information
KnowledgeModified after the work of Georges Por
ProcessWisdom
ValueValue
People Information
KnowledgeModified after the work of Georges Por
Wisdom
SkillsCompe-
tenciesMythsAttitude
ValueValue
People Information
KnowledgeModified after the work of Georges Por
Wisdom
SkillsCompe-
tenciesMythsAttitude
Innovation
Knowledge and
Information ecosystem
ContainerTechnology
Knowledge and
Information ecosystem
ContainerTechnology
Content
Knowledge and
Information ecosystem
ContainerTechnology
Content
PeopleTechnologists
Producers
Consumers
Knowledge and
Information ecosystem
ContainerTechnology
Content
PeopleTechnologists
Producers
Consumers
Connections Flow
Knowledge and
Information ecosystem
ContainerTechnology
Content
ConnectionsFlow
PeopleTechnologists
Producers
Consumers
Knowledge and
Information ecosystem
ContainerTechnology
Content
ConnectionsFlow
PeopleTechnologists
Producers
Consumers
The Enterprise
Enterprise 2.0
The semantic
enterprise
In ancient times people used computers
to browse the web in browsers that only
opened HTML 'websites'
people
people
people
container
content
connection
flow
connection
flow
connection
flow
The read-only web
people
people
people
container
content
connection
flow
connection
flow
connection
flow
The read-only web
... 'WEBSITE' think about it!Feb 1998
That's so 20th Century
people
container
content
connection
flow
The read-write web
people
container
content
connection
flow
The read-write web
I'm readingGarfield's
blog about social mouse
catching methods.
Ruff McRuff,podcasting
from Jozi.
Social
networks
A plethora of possibilities
Connectedness
Semantic web
Machines can understand and interpret web informationTim Berners-Lee
A variety of emerging technologies for connecting content, people and containers, and fostering flow through container-container connectionsMy corruption of the concept
The semantic web
The semantic web
Connectedness
Synergy
Collaboration
ValueValue
Synergy
Collaboration
Option 1Option 2Option 3Option 4Option 5The cutting edgeRisk
without
ecosystem
Safe, proven, mature
old technologies
Mature but relatively
new technologies
We help to lead technology trends
We create and use new
technologies before
anyone else
Option 1Option 2Option 3Option 4Option 5The cutting edgeRisk
with
ecosystem
Safe, proven, mature
old technologies
Mature but relatively
new technologies
We help to lead technology trends
We create and use new
technologies before
anyone else
ProcessTechnologyInnovation
Innovation
Support
(people)
Innovation driven
Where are there opportunities to create synergy, leading to innovation?
Pedagogy
(Process)TechnologyInnovation
Innovation
Support
(people)
Key responsibilities
Researcher
Researcher
Software developer
Materials developer
Instructional designer
Systems
admin
Instructional
designer
Lecturer
Application support
software
engineering
software
engineering
software
engineering
software
engineering
gstreamer
GNU/Linux PHPMySQL PEAROpen
OfficeSWF
toolsCURLChisimbaFFmpegThe stack
JavaPythonFlashOpen
fireRED5JavascriptjQueryextJSJabberCross platform
RESTful APIAjaxMashableXMPPMobile phoneOnline package
management
Version 4 will be
fully distributed
prototype
Mobile technologies
Capable of virtualization to run multiplesystems and take
advantage of better use
of CPU cycles and storage
Massive clusters of low cost
commodity computers
- Compute cloud (e.g. Amazon
Elastic Cloud)- Data cloud (e.g. Amazon S3)
- Public cloud- Private cloud
ComputecloudCloud
storageRobotic
tape
library
Hosted
servicesWitsportalseLearningDigital
archivePrivate cloud infrastructure
Simplified view
emailHierarchical storage
Compute cloudHosted
servicesDigital
archiveVirtualizationApplicationObject storeData grid
Application
ApplicationPrivate cloud infrastructure
WitsportalseLearningOperating SystemHierarchical storage
MiddlewareemailApplicationHardware layer
Robotic
tape library
Spinning disks
Flash
memory
Compute cloudHosted
servicesDigital
archiveVirtualizationApplicationObject storeData grid
Application
ApplicationPrivate cloud infrastructure
WitsportalseLearningOperating SystemHierarchical storage
MiddlewareemailApplicationHardware layer
Robotic
tape library
Spinning disks
Flash
memory
Free and Open
Source Software
Hosted
servicesDigital
archiveVirtualizationChisimbaFedoraiRODS
Chisimba
DSPACEPrivate cloud infrastructure
WitsportalseLearningOS: Open Solaris
GlassfishemailZimbra
Compute cloudHierarchical storageHardware layer
Robotic
tape library
Spinning disks
Flash
memory
Enterprise document
management
An approach using private cloud
SiteIngest
Born
digitaliFolder
clientNetwork
iFolder
server
iRodsChisimbaNetwork
SiteSiteSite
iFolder
clientWWW
Private cloud infrastructureiRodsiRodsWorkflow managed by iRods layer
Telephony
Connectedness
Synergy
Collaboration
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