What is ICE?

• Standards based Content Management System

• Outputs HTML and Print (PDF)

• Cross platform (Mac, Windows, Linux)

• Free, GPL licensed

• Integrated with popular word processors

• Manages distributed, version controlled content

Architecture

ICE for courseware

• Makes IMS packages

  (not tested for interoperability at this stage)

• Reduces re-work and re-formatting costs

• Print

• ICE is mainly non interactive, so far

  (but interactive elements such as Flash objects can be incorporated)

Other uses

• Intranets

• Public websites

  http://ice.usq.edu.au

  http://rubric.edu.au

• Emailing newsletters

• e-Journal

  http://www.ascilite.org.au/ajet/e-jist/index.html

Flexibility

• Built on generic yet extensible styles

• Template based

• Multiple outputs from single source

• Modular authoring

ICE for research and scholarship

• DEST funded project

• Will tackle theses, articles and books

• Recommend best practice reference management

• Demonstrate integration with institutional repositories

• Add annotation and 'rating' systems

• Provide 'dashboard' views of workgroup content

ICE-TheOREM

• Used SWORD deposit

• ORE described aggregated objects

• Thesis workflow designed around web architecture

• Use of embedded embargo metadata

• Conversion of cml data into 2D and 3D images

• Annotation functionality added

To try it out and get involved

• Go to http://ice.usq.edu.au

• Talk to us about becoming an ICE-RS partner

• Or just download ICE and try it ...

• ... join our mailing lists and give us feedback