Research Information Centre Framework Alex D Wade Director – Scholarly Communication Microsoft External Research Microsoft Corporation
Dec 28, 2015
Research Information Centre Framework
Alex D WadeDirector – Scholarly Communication
Microsoft External ResearchMicrosoft Corporation
• Collection of tools and services for research project management and scientific collaboration.
RIC Framework: What is it?
Research Information Centre Framework
Federated search, tags, annotations, ratings, etc.
Personal site for each researcher and project site for each project
Project site navigation and tool based on project lifecycle
Collaborative environment for researchers
Social networking, real-time communication, blogs, wikis
Version 1.0 (Open Source under Ms-PL):http://ric.codeplex.com/
Version 1.0 (Open Source under Ms-PL):http://ric.codeplex.com/
Research Information Centre Framework
• Managing a project’s life cycle.• Managing research-related information.• Facilitating Collaboration between team
members and other colleagues.• Managing ongoing experiments.• Disseminating results.
RIC Framework - Features
• Plan Studies– Investigate new ideas– Search literature– Background research– Research plan
• Obtain Funding– Funding sources– Application information
• Conduct Research– Centralized storage– Information sharing– Project tracking
• Disseminate Results– Project publications management
RIC Framework – A Sample Research Model
Repository
Project Library
Bookmarks
References
Project Proposals
RSS Feeds
Saved Queries
Slide Library
• Just getting started!• Goals:– More lightweight & modular– Concurrent community development– Support for Cloud deployment scenarios
• First features– SharePoint/RIC Respository deposit via SWORD– Trident Scientific Workflow Engine integration
RIC 2.0
Share workflows via
Project Trident – a Scientific Workflow Workbench
Author, Execute and Monitor Workflows
Version 1.2 (Open Source under Apache 2.0 License):http://tridentworkflow.codeplex.com/
Compose and modify workflows via drag & drop canvas
View data products, performance metrics, and provenance data
Research Information Centre(RIC Framework)
RIC 1.0 RIC 2.0
SharePoint MOSS 2007 MOSS 2010
Release Date Dec 2009 TBD (Dec 2010)
License Ms-PL
On Premise Cloud
• ASP.NET Web Parts Controls– http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/e0s9t4ck.a
spx• Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007– http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb931736.
aspx• Do Less, Get More, Develop on SharePoint– http://www.microsoft.com/click/SharePointDevelope
r/• Forms Authentication in SharePoint Products– http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb975136.
aspx
Additional Resources