PDF is a poor choice for...

• Document re-use

• Long term preservation

• Re-rendering & remixing of content

• Online usability

Architecture

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

• Stores content in OpenDocument format

ICE for research and scholarship

• Australian Government 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

Mockup of a dashboard for a thesis