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This document outlines the JISC's initiative to consolidate guidance on technical standards relevant to digital services and projects across the UK higher education sector. It aims to enhance collaboration with allied bodies, propose maintenance arrangements, and ensure adherence to both open and proprietary standards. Key areas of focus include stakeholder consultation, compliance verification, and the use of a checklist-based appraisal approach. The goal is to minimize risks while promoting interoperability and effective service delivery within the JISC community and beyond.
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JISC Technical Standards Jon Duke Andy Jordan
Purpose • Pull together the JISC’s guidance • Identify a way forward • Tie in with allied bodies • Propose maintenance arrangements
Scope • All services and projects • Existing guidance documents • Appraisal of other work such as Becta, NOF-digitise, the NLN and e-GIF
Our approach • Initially consult with key stakeholders • Then consultation process • email list of ~ 70 volunteers from the JISC, its community and other organisations • area on JISC web site to post documents for list members
Key foci of standards activity • UKOLN, CETIS, TechDis • e-Government Unit • e-GIF and Technical Standards Catalogue • Parliamentary mandate for public sector use
Conclusions - 1 • Favour open standards but • recognise sometimes only proprietary ones available • Link JISC maintenance process to e-GIF • Use checklist based approach for appraising standards • Minimise risk
Conclusions - 2 • Tools should be used to verify compliance of developed applications to standards • Metadata of JISC projects to include statement of compliance/non-compliance • Use SOA approach to organise presentation of standards guidance
SOA approach Presentation functionality (delivery channels etc.) eLearning application functionality eResearch application functionality Common functionality (e.g. authentication/authorisation, resource discovery, metadata, content management, digital library) Infrastructure (e.g. JANET)
Key audiences are Manager Developer JISC development projects Third party vendors Institutions and organisations in community JISC funded service providers
Guidance publication • Initially on the web • Intention of moving to an XML based approach • to harmonise with any similar moves made by e-GIF
Maintenance • Policy should rest with the JISC • Annual Review • UKOLN should manage the process • 6 monthly Review • Subcontracting parts out
UKOLN pulls drafts together Sub-contractors work on draft Publish Consult community Write guidance Publish draft Amend Consult publicly Publish draft Amend Publish Prepare next version
Key Issues • Open Standards • Maintenance • Presentation • Tying to eGIF Comments please