Web Portal Interface Design Workshop Agenda
Date: January 23rd and 24th, 2003
Location: National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
Directions: http://www.ucar.edu/ucar/maps.html
Room:
SCD Visualization Lab (Room 4G)
(Inquire at the security desk the directions to Room 4G.)
Purpose: This meeting is intended to focus on the design of a web portal interface providing access to both observed and simulated earth-centric data sets with application to continuing scientific discovery, diagnostics and inter-comparison within the climate research community. Moreover this workshop will address the requirements needed for a climate community web portal interface, and initiate a design based upon the discussed requirements. Specified requirements for the back-end tools (security, registration, search, etc.) as needed to support the web interface will be discussed at a later time. This is intended to focus this workshop and keep the level of brainstorming activity focused on ÒWeb Portal Interface DesignÓ. It is realized that other technical aspects must be agreed upon prior to an actual prototype is developed in the future (i.e., a common API for the components of the web portal), as well, we hope to address some of these concerns at this meeting.
Day 1: Each presenter will give a brief presentation on what they think are the requirements and important issues in the design of a web portal interface. Then lead a discussion on the main topics covered in their presentation. Each presenter is given 45 minutes. Due to the tight schedule, we must enforce the time constraints. Start the requirement brainstorming phase of the workshop. Adjourn for dinner and bond at a local pub. J
Day 2: Summarize what was learned from the previous dayÕs session and come to a consensus on the requirements for the design of the web portal interface. List the projects that will be needed to design the web portal interface and come to an agreement on who will be responsible for each project. Poses a timeline on the tasks assigned to the groups. Establish a means for communication (i.e., e-mail, Access Grid, phone conference, another workshop, etc.).
Workshop Summary: A detailed summary will follow the workshop describing in detail the web portal interface requirements and agreed upon design. A task list with timelines and all presentations presented at the workshop will also be included in the workshop summary.
Workshop Agenda - Day 1
Thursday, January 23, 2003
SESSION 1. Welcome to the Web Portal Interface Design Workshop
SCD Visualization Lab (Room 4G)
9:00 - 9:10 Review of Workshop
Purpose and Goals / Outline Agenda
Chris Kerr
9:10 - 9:15 Roundtable Participant Introductions
SESSION 2. Collaborators Status Reports SCD Visualization Lab (Room 4G)
9:15 - 10:00 British Atmospheric
Data Centre (BADC):
Bryan Lawrence BADC's Perspectives on the Design of a Data
Portal Interface
10:00 - 10:45 National Center for
Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
Don Middleton A Brief Tour of ESG's
and NCAR's Data Portal Design Activities
10:45 Ð 11:00 Break
11:00- 11:45 Central Laboratory
of the Research Councils (CLRC):
Kerstin Kleese van Dam What do Data
Portals Need to Offer - from a User and Developer Perspective?
11:45 - 12:30 Geophysical Fluid
Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL):
Eric Marshall Thoughts
on the Design of a Data Portal Interface
12:30 - 1:30 Lunch
1:30 - 2:15 Climate
Diagnostics Center (CDC):
Roland Schweitzer Five Paths to Data Enlightenment
at the CDC Web Site
2:15 - 3:00 Pacific
Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL):
Steve Hankin The Live Access Server
with OPeNDAP - a framework for fusion of distributed model outputs and
independently developed analysis capabilities
3:00 Ð 3:15 Break
3:15 - 4:00 Goddard
Space Flight Center (GSFC):
Chris Gokey GCMD Experiences
in Building Earth Science Portals
SESSION 3. Brainstorming Collaborators Discussion SCD Visualization Lab (Room 4G)
4:00 - 5:30 Roundtable Web Portal Design Discussion:
What do we think a web portal should contain (Requirements?)
5:30 End of Session - Day 1
Workshop Agenda - Day 2
Friday, January 24, 2003
SESSION 4. Brainstorming Collaborators Discussion
SCD Visualization Lab (Room 4G)
9:00 - 9:05 Reiterate Workshop Goals / Review Action Items: Chris Kerr
9:05 -9:30 Summary of Previous DayÕs Discussion: Chris Kerr
9:30 - 10:45 Roundtable Web Portal Design Discussion:
Organize the order of importance of the requirements
What should the web portal look like (Design?)
10:45 Ð 11:00 Break
11:00 - 12:15 Roundtable Web Portal Design Discussion:
What should the web portal look like (Design?)
12:15 - 1:15 Lunch
1:15 - 2:15 Roundtable Web Portal Design Discussion:
Finish up the Design discussion
SESSION 5. What's Next? Partnerships, System Requirements, Prototype SCD Visualization Lab (Room 4G)
2:15 - 3:00 Roundtable Discussion:
Roles and Responsibilities for web portal design
Timelines and updates
Communication:
E-mail, Access Grid, phone conference, next
meeting - if appropriate
Prototype interfaces
Software repository
Software testing and upgrades
Goal: Assign action items as appropriate
Summary report of workshop to follow
3:00 End of Workshop Ð Day 2
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