Institutional knowledge and information ecology in a Free Software ecosystem

Institutional knowledge and
information ecology in a
Free Software ecosystem

The early days of KIM

Prof Derek W. KeatsDeputy Vice Chancellor
(Knowledge & Information Management)
The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
http://[email protected]







The four
freedoms
of Free
SoftwareThis requires
the source
code

Innovation




Knowledge &
Information
Management

Vice Chancellor

Strategic planning

Management
informationHuman
resourcesCentre for Learning
& Teaching DeveLearningLibrariesComputer &
networking srvs

DVC: AcademicDVC: Finance
& OpsDVC: ResearchDVC: Advan-
cementRegistrar2008

Vice Chancellor

Management informationeLearningLibrariesComputer &
networking srvs

DVC: AcademicDVC: Finance
& OpsDVC: ResearchDVC: Advan-
cementRegistrar2009

DVC: KIM

Creating the
ecosystem

ValueValueModified after the work of Georges Por

ValueValue

Technology

PeopleModified after the work of Georges Por

Process

ValueValue

Technology

People Information

KnowledgeModified after the work of Georges Por

ProcessWisdom

ValueValue

People Information


Wisdom
SkillsCompe-
tenciesMythsAttitude

ValueValue

People Information


Wisdom
SkillsCompe-
tenciesMythsAttitude

Innovation

Knowledge and
Information ecosystem

ContainerTechnology

Knowledge and

ContainerTechnology

Content

Knowledge and

ContainerTechnology

Content

PeopleTechnologists

Producers

Consumers

Knowledge and

ContainerTechnology

Content

PeopleTechnologists

Producers

Consumers

Connections Flow

Knowledge and

ContainerTechnology

Content

ConnectionsFlow

PeopleTechnologists

Producers

Consumers

Knowledge and

ContainerTechnology

Content

ConnectionsFlow

PeopleTechnologists

Producers

Consumers

The Enterprise

Enterprise 2.0

The semantic
enterprise

In ancient times people used computers
to browse the web in browsers that only
opened HTML 'websites'

people

people

people

container

content

connection

flow

connection

flow

connection

flow

The read-only web

people

people

people

container

content

connection

flow

connection

flow

connection

flow

The read-only web

... 'WEBSITE' think about it!Feb 1998

That's so 20th Century

people

container

content

connection

flow

The read-write web

people

container

content

connection

flow

The read-write web

I'm readingGarfield's
blog about social mouse
catching methods.

Ruff McRuff,podcasting
from Jozi.

Social
networks

A plethora of possibilities

Connectedness

Semantic web

Machines can understand and interpret web informationTim Berners-Lee

A variety of emerging technologies for connecting content, people and containers, and fostering flow through container-container connectionsMy corruption of the concept

The semantic web

The semantic web

Connectedness

Synergy

Collaboration

ValueValue

Synergy

Collaboration

Option 1Option 2Option 3Option 4Option 5The cutting edgeRisk without
ecosystem

Safe, proven, mature
old technologies

Mature but relatively
new technologies

We help to lead technology trends

We create and use new
technologies before
anyone else

Option 1Option 2Option 3Option 4Option 5The cutting edgeRisk with
ecosystem

Safe, proven, mature
old technologies

Mature but relatively
new technologies

We help to lead technology trends

We create and use new
technologies before
anyone else

ProcessTechnologyInnovation

Innovation

Support
(people)

Innovation driven

Where are there opportunities to create synergy, leading to innovation?

Pedagogy
(Process)TechnologyInnovation

Innovation

Support
(people)

Key responsibilities

Researcher

Researcher

Software developer

Materials developer
Instructional designer

Systems
admin

Instructional
designer

Lecturer

Application support

software
engineering

software
engineering

software
engineering

software
engineering

gstreamer
GNU/Linux PHPMySQL PEAROpen
OfficeSWF
toolsCURLChisimbaFFmpegThe stack

JavaPythonFlashOpen
fireRED5JavascriptjQueryextJSJabberCross platform

RESTful APIAjaxMashableXMPPMobile phoneOnline package
management

Version 4 will be
fully distributed

prototype

Mobile technologies

Capable of virtualization to run multiplesystems and take advantage of better use
of CPU cycles and storage

Massive clusters of low cost
commodity computers

- Compute cloud (e.g. Amazon
Elastic Cloud)- Data cloud (e.g. Amazon S3)

- Public cloud- Private cloud

ComputecloudCloud
storageRobotic
tape
library

Hosted
servicesWitsportalseLearningDigital
archivePrivate cloud infrastructure

Simplified view

emailHierarchical storage

Compute cloudHosted
servicesDigital
archiveVirtualizationApplicationObject storeData grid

Application

ApplicationPrivate cloud infrastructure

WitsportalseLearningOperating SystemHierarchical storage

MiddlewareemailApplicationHardware layer

Robotic
tape library

Spinning disks

Flash
memory

Compute cloudHosted
servicesDigital
archiveVirtualizationApplicationObject storeData grid

Application

ApplicationPrivate cloud infrastructure

WitsportalseLearningOperating SystemHierarchical storage

MiddlewareemailApplicationHardware layer

Robotic
tape library

Spinning disks

Flash
memory

Free and Open
Source Software

Hosted
servicesDigital
archiveVirtualizationChisimbaFedoraiRODS

Chisimba

DSPACEPrivate cloud infrastructure

WitsportalseLearningOS: Open Solaris

GlassfishemailZimbra

Compute cloudHierarchical storageHardware layer

Robotic
tape library

Spinning disks

Flash
memory

Enterprise document
management

An approach using private cloud

SiteIngest

Born
digitaliFolder
clientNetwork

iFolder
server

iRodsChisimbaNetwork

SiteSiteSite

iFolder
clientWWW

Private cloud infrastructureiRodsiRodsWorkflow managed by iRods layer

Telephony

Connectedness

Synergy

Collaboration

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