OpenConext presentation for Japanese delegation visiting SURFnet. 28 October 2013, SURFnet, Utrecht

1. OpenConext
“Open for Collaboration”
Build your own Open Source Collaboration Platform
Frans Ward
SURFnet Advanced Services
Utrecht, 28 October 2013
OpenConext - Open for Collaboration - 28 October 2013, Utrecht, Netherlands

2. About me...
Hello,
my name is
Frans
OpenConext - Open for Collaboration - 28 October 2013, Utrecht, Netherlands

3. ...and my employer
I work at
SURFnet
,
nl.linkedin.com/in/fransward/
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4. About SURFnet
Development and exploitation of the
Dutch National Network for
Higher Education and Research
- innovative ICT platforms & services
- Over 14,000 km dark fiber
!
By and for the Dutch Higher Education
and Research community
- 180+ connected organisations,
serving 1 million users
- Not for profit, 86 employees
- In business since 1988
25th Anniversary!
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5. Dutch Academic and Research Landscape
180+ connected
organisations,
serving 1 million
users
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14 Research Universities (250k students)
42 Universities of applied sciences (425k students)
8 University hospitals and tertiary medical teaching
hospitals (STZs)
Research institutes and comparable institutions
(NWO, KNAW, TNO, Novay)
Company R&D departments
National Library of the Netherlands
Other institutions financed by the Dutch Ministry of
Education, Culture and Science
http://flickriver.com/photos/25228175@N08/
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6. Under the SURF umbrella
ICT & Education policy making
National Research & Education Network
Commercial ICT Products & Services
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Scientific Computing & Storage
Shared Professional and Educational Services

7. State of the art Network infrastructure
The Global Lambda Integrated Facility
(GLIF)
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8. State of the art Collaboration infrastructure
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9. OpenConext in 3 minutes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUpn568NSl0
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10. From mix and match of loose tools…
(from an NREN’s standpoint)
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11. …to a collaboration environment
(from an NREN’s standpoint)
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12. Features and Components
(from an NREN’s standpoint)
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13. OpenConext history & Service Offering
(from an NREN’s standpoint)
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14. Open as in Open Source
Open Source is....
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15. Open & public from the start...
https://github.com/openconextapps
(regarding an open source
innovation project...)
https://github.com/openconext
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16. Open & public from the start...
https://github.com/openconextapps
(regarding an open source
innovation project...)
https://wiki.surfnet.nl/display/OpenConext/Installation+Instructions
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17. Open as in Open Source
Open Source is....
“The realisation of an open
source project
does not guarantee
the
creation of a community”
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18. Community website
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19. New Community website
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20. OpenConext Open Source Demo’s
(from an NREN’s standpoint)
https://www.demo.openconext.org/
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21. Open Source Challenges
(from an NREN’s standpoint)
https://www.demo.openconext.org/
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22. Lifecycle of Innovation - SURFnet style
Technology
Assessments
Proof of
Concept
Customer
requirements
Impact
Analysis
Innovation phase
Service
Shutdown
Service
Production
Operational phase
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Service
Development

23. Lifecycle of Innovation - SURFnet style
and now with open source development added...
and with some open source development added...
Technology
Assessments
Proof of
Concept
Customer
requirements
Impact
Analysis
Innovation phase
R.I.P
Service
Production
Service
Shutdown
Software
Maintenance
Software
Shutdown?
Operational phase
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Service
Development
Software
Development

24. Open Source Challenges
...in relation to an innovation project based lifecycle
Service shutdown when services becomes
generally available in the public or commercial
domain is typical behaviour for an NREN
But…
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What to do with the open source software
that was developed for this service?
‣
What do you do with the intellectual property
rights when you decide not to invest in this
software anymore?
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25. OpenConext Collaboration
Goals:!
• Boosting the full potential of the
OpenConext open source ecosystem!
• Learn from different use cases!
• Exchange ideas!
• Promotion!
• Documentation and Use Cases!
• Create an active community!
• What about governance?
(from an NREN’s standpoint)
Collaboration Partners
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26. OpenConext Showcases
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AARNet’s Services Plan: Shop-front
• AARNet’s “above-the-net” service delivery strategy
– Collaborating via Global NREN CEO Forum on delivery of global services
– Network Centric Services: potentially including Video Conferencing, SIP-based Real-Time Comm’s, Mobility,
Customer Info services, “Cloud” services. Data already – Cloudstor+
• AARNet interested in all services behind a single shop-front. (OCþ )
– Shop-front provides for sharing information between services, also branding, cross-marketing, etc.
• By their nature these services should be “group-aware” or more generally “authorisation rights
aware”. (OCþ)
• E.g. ‘one-click’ Video Conference scheduling for an entire team, SIP-based comms registration
for team-based comms, limiting access to commercially sensitive info via customer info service.
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27. OpenConext Showcases
JISC Conext:
A Group Collaboration Platform!
!
! Built upon our existing national academic mailing!
list service (JISCMail)!
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! Extended functionality with up-to-date tools:!
– Shared Document Creation!
– Cloud Storage!
– Wikis and Blogs!
– Voice and Video Communication!
– Calendaring and meeting organisation!
– Surveys!
– Data storage and Virtual Research Environment!
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! Modular and extensible!
!
! Using best-of-breed 3rd party services
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(from an NREN’s standpoint)

28. OpenConext Showcases
Progress so far: Applications
! Wordpress!
– Developed group-overseer Wordpress plugin!
to deal with group contexts and allow multiple!
blogs per group!
! Etherpad!
! Github Gists!
! Twitter search!
! JISCMail via RSS!
! Mailing lists with Sympa!
– Working with Surf's VOOT-enabled version!
! Rave Portal
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(from an NREN’s standpoint)

29. Introducing MediaMosa...
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30. MediaMosa is based on a Service Oriented Architecture
User
Media Frontend
REST calls in
XML
MediaMosa SiteBuilder
➡
Common base for
MediaMosa is Drupal 7
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Media Backend
REST calls in
XML
MediaMosa

31. Can haz API? YES!
REST based webservices
over 185, for services like...
• Play video
• Authentication
• Authorization (Play
restriction)
• Upload (PUT, POST, FTP)
• Transcoding
• Media Management: media
files, assets and collections
• Search
• Jobs
• Metadata and OAI/PMH
• Notification
• Logging and Statistics
• Stills
• ....
http://mediamosa.org/api
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32. Community Website & Online Demo
http://mediamosa.org
http://demo.mediamosa.org
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33. A growing community
(from an NREN’s standpoint)
Community of developers
Community of users
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34. Founded: the MediaMosa Foundation
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35. Our solution!
Make it
sustainable!
“An open source project
that can support itself is
sustainable open source”
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36. OpenConext Directions and Q&A
WWW
http://openconext.org
!
Online Open Source Tools Demo
http://www.demo.openconext.org
!
Source Code
https://github.com/openconext
https://github.com/openconextapps
!
Slideshare
http://www.slideshare.net/openconext
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37. For a
sustainable future...
Frans.Ward@surfnet.nl