A Contextual Framework For Standards

A Contextual Framework For Standards Brian Kelly UKOLN University of Bath Bath, UK Email [email_address] UKOLN is supported by: http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/e-government-2006-05/ Co-Authors Alastair Dunning, AHDS Lawrie Phipps, JISC Sebastian Rahtz, OSS Watch Paul Hollins, CETIS This work is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 licence (but note caveat) The authors are all active in JISC-funded work and in providing advice on best practices at a national level

Contents ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

About The Speaker ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Background

Open Standards Are Great  … ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Open Standards

… But Don't Always Work  ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Open Standards ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

What is An Open Standard? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Open Standards ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Note these characteristics do not apply equally to all standards bodies e.g. costs of BSI standards; W3C membership requirements; …

Compliance Issues ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],There is a need to clarify the meaning of must and for an understandable, realistic and reasonable compliance regime Compliance JISC 5/99 programme ~80% of project home pages were not HTML compliant

Is RSS An Open Standard? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],RSS Example

RSS – Governance Issues ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],RSS Example

RSS 1.0 – Roadmap Issues ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],RSS Example

RSS 2.0 – Roadmap Issues ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Note Wikipedia has useful links to the history and politics of RSS "Winer has now decided that the board doesn't exist and never had authority over the RSS specification, even though it has published six revisions from July 2003 to the present. I don't agree, but now that the board's fully public, we're in a position to make his wish a reality." RSS Example

RSS – Summary ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],RSS Example

The Context ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Contextual Issues An open standards culture is being developed, which is supportive of use of open standards, but which recognises the complexities and can avoid mistakes made in the past

The Layered Standards Model JISC JISC / project 3 rd Parties Owner External Self assessment Penalties Learning Context: Compliance JISC's layered standards model, developed by UKOLN. Note that one size doesn't always fit all Quality Assurance External factors: institutional, cultural, legal, … Annotated Standards Catalogue Purpose Governance Maturity Risks … Prog. n Funding Research Sector … Context: Policies

Implementation ,[object Object],Contextual Model Programme XX Call / Contract Committees Advisers Programme Team Proposals must comply with XYZ standard Proposals should seek to comply with XYZ Proposals should describe approach to XYZ Projects audited to ensure compliance with … Projects should develop self-assessment QA procedures and submit findings to JISC Projects should submit proposed approach for approval/information Development Programme JISC Manager Report Contract Report must be in MS Word / … and use JISC template …

The Standards Catalogue ,[object Object],Note recent feedback has identified the need for heading on usage in other programmes (i.e. political acceptance) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Example Note that as the standards catalogue is intended for wide use the contents will need to be fairly general

Standards Catalogue Process ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Review Standards Feedback Policies Context Compliance Support Infrastructure QA Framework User Experiences Funder's Experiences … Standards E-Framework

Sustainability ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Sustainability

Extending The Model ,[object Object],… Context: Policies Sector Funding Culture Resources … External Self assessment Learning … Context: Compliance Standards Software Accessibility Annotated Catalogues ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],* Application to accessibility described at W4A 2006

Support Infrastructure (1) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Support

Support Infrastructure (2) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Support

Support Infrastructure (3) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Support ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Syndicating Content ,[object Object]

Risk Assessment Model ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Future Work

Using Risk Assessment Model ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Future Work

Conclusions ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Conclusions

Questions ,[object Object],Note resources cited in the talk & accompanying paper are bookmarked in del.icio.us using tag '' e-government-2006-kelly "

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