Outline of remaining ICE-RS requirements for 2007 Q3-Q4
This document outlines the remaining requirements for the ICE-RS project as outlined in the DEST funding application along with an overview of the tasks in order to meet the requirements.
Software functionality
To add features to the ICE software to aid in research workflows, chiefly indexing of full-text and document metadata.
Add full-text indexing with title and subject indexed for resource discovery.
Add an annotation / voting / approval system for collaborative editorial review processes (not peer review in the formal sense)
Allow documents to be labeled with states such as 'first draft' or 'submitted for examination' so that dashboard reporting systems can be used to summarize the state of a set of working documents.
Tasks
Implement full text indexing – add context searching
Add functionality to capture DC meta-data.
This should allow users to add whatever is required and functionality to have predefined required meta data such as 'status' or author etc. This should also include tagging.
Server side version of ICE (requires multi-threading), within Apache and has tagging (as del.icio.us)
Threaded annotations (server and client side)
info button: summary page
Single document export
Investigative development and research
Demonstrate a proof of concept 'dashboard' for universities and research centres (done in harmony with the RAMP project's broader scope).
Develop proof-of-concept repository ingest for Fez / DSpace / Vital (the recommended Institutional Repository software coming out of the FRODO projects) for ICE documents.
Ensure that documents are inter-operable between ICE and DSWB. Digital Scholars Workbench -find info about status (retired)
Build a 'Deposit this' button for ICE to DSpace ingest
Build an ICE to VITAL single-click 'Deposit this' button
Demonstrate granular indexing of content within documents, for example being able to search research goals and compile summary documents.
Develop demonstration 'Dashboard' reporting for university service departments, based on a needs analysis.
A demonstration of institutional 'dashboard' functionality, allowing reporting on research activities from the corpus of research documentation, as well as via RAMP software.
Integrate with MAMS security projects, and RAMP to allow fine-grained control over access to resources and parts of resources. - Contact
Tasks
Add tagging functionality to ICE
Investigate SWORD as RAMP is not active enough after August release
Run workshop in September for SWROD implementation
Liaise with MAMS project staff about integration
Implement more polished version of ICE Vital module with the main code + documentation
Decide on what metadata to start storing, DC etc and using URI's for such things as authors names etc
Publish a dissertation to UNE's repository
Communication and Dissemination
Produce 'how to' guides for writing-up research using the ICE template.
Develop proof-of-concept ICE template to article / book formatters for one or more publishers or conferences.
Develop a set of guidelines for using bibliographic software with the ICE template.
Guides and training materials to enable universities to add ICE to their research workflows.
Hold introductory workshops with pilot users
A major ICE-RS event will be held to demonstrate project outcomes to the wider higher education community.
Marketing to the research community will be done via a series of campaigns primarily aimed at Research Centre and Faculty researchers and administrators.
Tasks
Write an ICE-RS toolkit to include:
How to guides for writing-up research using the ICE template
Guidelines for using bibliographic software with the ICE template
Guides and training materials to enable universities to add ICE to their research workflows
How to guide for creating a article and book formatting for e-JIST
IDEA 2007 roadshow August 2007
IDEA 2007 workshop in October
Clever Collection ICE workshop in November 2007
Enter the global 2007 Learning Impact Awards