-SIST project – Scientific and Technical Information System Scientific and Technical Information System [SIST] Support the planning and development of.

-SIST project – Scientific and Technical Information System

Scientific and Technical Information System

[SIST]Support the planning and development of

information and communication systems for education and research institutions

A project from the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs Priority Solidarity Fund

Joël Sor - Ciradwww.sist-sciencedev.net


Starting point :

Research in the south

One statement : African Research is extremely low in the international scientific field

0,4 % of the web content

(0,02% without RSA)

Analyses from Roland Waast (IRD)

“Science condition in Africa”


Starting point :

Poorness of access to STI

An increasing marginalization of southern research on international visibility(0,7 % of worldwide publications).

Productions of its teams remain too thinly spread


Starting point :

A lack of communication

Worldwide renown researcher teams exist ...

… but they really are lacking of appropriate means

This situation is one of the major constraint to sustainable development in Africa.


SIST Objectives

• Improve and share knowledge and experiences• Promote existing and ongoing results• Build regional research networks• Introduce African research in international networks. • Contribute to the reduction of the digital and

technological divide (NEPAD priority)• Part of the French contribution to the WSISConstraints:

• Fast implementation

• Operational, simple and pragmatique device (bandwidth)

• Technical, functional and financial autonomy of countries after the project

• A geometrically variable structure that is transferable to the rest of African countries

3 years, 3 M €, 12 countries


Participating Countries


2004 Actions

• Official launching meeting in March• Project Website : www.sist-sciencesdev.net• 4 regional sensitization-training workshop (AUF)• Project Scientific Committee• CODC in 8 countries• Technical National Partner in 7 countries• Country studies in 8 countries (network)• Partnerships (Cirad, FAO, AUF, IRD, INASP, AAB…)


2005 Actions

• SIST platform V1 available• Access to partners databases (FAO, CIRAD, WHO,

INASP, AUF, CNRS …)• 3 pilots sites : Algeria, Ghana and Madagascar• Sensitization and training• Access to STI from African countries• WSIS participation• Steering Committee• Platform installed in every participating country


3 – Technical composition of

the device

Linux

Federated R

esearchM

odule SPIP-AGORA-SIST

Server Network

SPIP-AGORA

• a modular device in layers

• totally open

• usable for other functions

outside the SIST context

Apache MySql Php

Size of SIST Website

Diverse Websites

Changes in SIST Websites

National SIST Website

www.sist-sciencesdev.net Users

Decision-Making Committee

Computer Scientists

Webmasters

Variable ElementsElements of Free SoftwareElements added by SIST to the free Software

Local Databases

Scientists


• Technical limits– Network available in each country– main server hosted by Cirad (FR)

• Financial– Agreement with commercial editors– Access to bandwidth


The main developments considered are :

• Automated dissemination of SIST site contents to other websites ( creation of RSS lines)

• Device for selective information dissemination (from a recorded research equation, periodic dissemination of results via the message system, via RSS lines, or via the supply of web pages on the SIST.

• Harvesting of OAI (collection OAI metadata and exploitation via federated research module)

• Creation of centralised directory of experts

• Access control mechanism for sensitive database (Hinari, Agora)

• New connectors to the federated research ( LDAP directory)

• Improving the federated research module (post research relevant sorting, removal of “doublons”...)

• Exportation of federated research findings under other formats (XML, Word, Excel, Endnote …)

• Putting in place Blog and wiki tools in the collaborative work space

• ….. BANDWIDTH

5 – Perspectives, evolutions


Contexte international Europe Réseaux

Recherche :

Internet :SFINX

(peering)

Paris

Lyon

Corée : TEIN puis TEIN-2

Amériquedont Internet 2AsiePacifique

AmériqueLatine :

Bassin Méditerranéen:


Thank you

[email protected]

[email protected]@cirad.fr

www.sist-sciencesdev.net

Thank you

-SIST project – Scientific and Technical Information System Scientific and Technical Information System [SIST] Support the planning and development of.

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project website

technical composition

development of information

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