JISC Frameworks Programme Group

WP1: Scoping Study

Frameworks Scoping Study
Steering Group Meeting 21.5.04
Manchester
Tom Franklin - Franklin Consulting
Jim Petch, Hilary Dexter, Pauline Wilcox, John Carroll
Ross MacIntyre, Leigh Morris, - University of Manchester
Paul Ricketts, Diane Saxon - City College Manchester
Mark Stiles - Staffordshire University
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 Overview
• Work Packages – Month 1-2
• Activities
• Data
• Tools
• Use Cases
• Repository
• Glossary

• Links to other JISC projects

• Dissemination activities

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 Project Deliverables
PERIOD TASK DELIVERABLES

Time 0 Project Initiation Project Plan

ProjectPlan-30-04-04-v1.0.doc

Month 1 Domain Analysis Definitions of entities and

Processes
Month 1 User Requirement Specifications of
Analysis requirements
Month 1 Define First cut framework and
Framework/Component component architecture
Architecture model
Month 1-2 Build Metamodel Domain Metamodel
Domain metadata
Month 1-2 Create DSL DSL
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 Activities: Month 1-2
Meetings/Events:
24/03/04 FSS Steering Group Meeting (Birmingham)
30/03/04 FSS Steering Group Meeting (Edinburgh)
08/04/04 Project Initiation Meeting
29/04/04 Meeting: Tish Roberts
04/05/04 Second Project Meeting
06/05/04 Meeting: Andy Jordan - Standards for JISC
Development Activity and Service Interoperability

07/05/04 Meeting: Mark Stiles, Hilary Dexter and Jim Petch

13/05/04 Meeting: Nigel Bridges (ESYS) - Sustainability study:

common services and digital infrastructure

21/05/04 FSS Steering Group Meeting (Manchester)

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 Planned Meetings
Planned Meetings/Events:

09/06/04 JISC Development Team Meeting (JP to attend)

10/06/04  Third Project Meeting

06-07/07/04 JISC Joint Programme Meeting – Brighton

14/07/04 Fourth Project Meeting

11/08/04 JISC Development Team Meeting (JP to attend)

September 2004 Report to CETIS Enterprise Forum meeting

(under discussion)
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 JISC Domain Model

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 The 3 Data Types
PROJ SERV UREQ
Name Name Name
Description Description Description
Parent FSS Consultant FSS Consultant
FSS Consultant Date of Recording Date of Recording
Start date Contact for Element Requirement Source Person
End date Element Type Requirement Source Document
Funding Parent Name Original Record date
Deliverables Status Scope
Date of Recording Rationale for the service User Type
Project contact Discipline User Category
Element Type(s) User type Purpose
Status Deployment Environment Discipline
Rationale for the project Keywords Regional Issues
User Type Problems Solved Functional Req Type
Deployment Environment Metrics Non-functional Req
Keywords Solution Stability
Problems Solved Channel Difficulty
Metrics Related Assets (Dependencies) Affects Frameowrk Architecture
Solution References Priority
Channels Status
Related Assets (Dependencies) Standards
References Testing Documentation
Status
Testing Documentation
Standards
Affects Framework Architecture

Report: Requisite Pro Structure:ServiceAttributes

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 Tools & Workflow

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 Repository Metamodel

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 Pattern for Glossary
automatic
Class FunctionalElement
generation of
ServicesRepository::5_RepositoryOperation::Glossaries::JIS
Glossary entry
C_FSS::FunctionalElement

Attribute Defintion
In the context of the JISC Framework Scoping Study the term
‘functional element’ is reserved to describe a lower level
component that provides some end benefit to the JISC user
community. One or more functional elements are combined
into a service[3].

Attribute ShortDefintion
A functional element is a unit of functionality that provides
some utility to a user as part of a service[3]

Attribute SourceDescription
Framework Scoping Study repository

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 The JISC Planning Use Cases

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UseCaseReport
 Project Tasks & Deliverables

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