T RAINING W ORKSHOP ON B IOSAFETY C LEARING -H OUSE FOR T HAILAND December 2008 Bangkok, Thailand

Solutions for National Presence on the Web Mohammad Ilyas, IT-RA for Asia

Agenda Complementarity between Options for National Participation Solutions for National Presence (website) Hermes BCH Ajax Plug-In Questions & Answers

Complementarity between Options for National Participation Allow Parties to submit information required under the Cartagena Protocol to the BCH Solutions for National Presence Help Parties wishing to have a presence on the web to establish their own National BCH Both are distinct but complementary

Options for National Participation Allow Parties to submit information required under the Cartagena Protocol to the BCH Only way/method for Parties to fulfill their obligations under the Protocol Same four options are available No changes have been made to the options for national participations

Options for National Participation FormatFormat FormatFormat 2. Offline ( /Fax) 3. BCH Crawler 1. Management Center FormatFormat SyntaxSyntax Common Formats Vocabularies Vocabularies XML & XSD SOAP & WSDL No IT knowledge requiredNo requiredGood requiredGood requiredAdvanced requiredAdvanced required ComplexityComplexity

Options for National Participation Option 1 – Management Centre The Management Center is available online, as part of the BCH Central Portal. It contains a series of entry forms that corresponds to each common formats. It provides an easy and efficient way to submit information to the BCH in the proper format. Submitted information is immediately made available online upon approval. Example of an entry form

National Web Site XMLXML XMLXML National National Applications Applications Existing Databases BCH DB BCH Crawler BCH Central Portal BCH DB Option 3 DBDB DBDB In this scenario, the BCH pulls the information from the National Web Site. The BCH pulls the information on a regular basis to check for any updates XMLXML XMLXML jfhej e jwje wjwj eje je jejjjjej je jeje. eeje jej jejeejej e jejowoe j39ejj ejjq ejj wjwjej ejjw jjweje. jfhej e jwje wjwj eje e rerew rewrewrewre re je jeje. eeje jej jejeejej e jejeejej e jejowoe j39ejj ejjq ejj wjwjej je jejjjjej je jfhej e jwje wjwj eje je jejjjjej je jeje. eeje jej jejeejej e jejowoe j39ejj ejjq ejj wjwjej ejjw jjweje. jfhej e jwje wjwj eje e rerew rewrewrewre re je jeje. eeje jej jejeejej e jejeejej e jejowoe j39ejj ejjq ejj wjwjej je jejjjjej je jfhej e jwje wjwj eje je jejjjjej je jeje. eeje jej jejeejej e jejowoe j39ejj ejjq ejj wjwjej ejjw jjweje. jfhej e jwje wjwj eje e rerew rewrewrewre re je jeje. eeje jej jejeejej e jejeejej e jejowoe j39ejj ejjq ejj wjwjej je jejjjjej je jfhej e jwje wjwj eje je jejjjjej je jeje. eeje jej jejeejej e jejowoe j39ejj ejjq ejj wjwjej ejjw jjweje. jfhej e jwje wjwj eje e rerew rewrewrewre re je jeje. eeje jej jejeejej e jejeejej e jejowoe j39ejj ejjq ejj wjwjej je jejjjjej je jfhej e jwje wjwj eje je jejjjjej je jeje. eeje jej jejeejej e jejowoe j39ejj ejjq ejj wjwjej ejjw jjweje. jfhej e jwje wjwj eje e rerew rewrewrewre re je jeje. eeje jej jejeejej e jejeejej e jejowoe j39ejj ejjq ejj wjwjej je jejjjjej je jfhej e jwje wjwj eje je jejjjjej je jeje. eeje jej jejeejej e jejowoe j39ejj ejjq ejj wjwjej ejjw jjweje. jfhej e jwje wjwj eje e rerew rewrewrewre re je jeje. eeje jej jejeejej e jejeejej e jejowoe j39ejj ejjq ejj wjwjej je jejjjjej je jfhej e jwje wjwj eje je jejjjjej je jeje. eeje jej jejeejej e jejowoe j39ejj ejjq ejj wjwjej ejjw jjweje. jfhej e jwje wjwj eje e rerew rewrewrewre re je jeje. eeje jej jejeejej e jejeejej e jejowoe j39ejj ejjq ejj wjwjej je jejjjjej je jfhej e jwje wjwj eje je jejjjjej je jeje. eeje jej jejeejej e jejowoe j39ejj ejjq ejj wjwjej ejjw jjweje. jfhej e jwje wjwj eje e rerew rewrewrewre re je jeje. eeje jej jejeejej e jejeejej e jejowoe j39ejj ejjq ejj wjwjej je jejjjjej je XMLXML XMLXML Options for National Participation Option 3 – BCH Crawler

National National Applications Applications Existing Databases National Web Site BCH DB BCH Web Service BCH Central Portal BCH DB Option 4 DBDB DBDB In this scenario, the National Web Site pushes the information to the BCH. The National Web Site has the control of when the information is updated. XMLXML XMLXML jfhej e jwje wjwj eje je jejjjjej je jeje. eeje jej jejeejej e jejowoe j39ejj ejjq ejj wjwjej ejjw jjweje. jfhej e jwje wjwj eje e rerew rewrewrewre re je jeje. eeje jej jejeejej e jejeejej e jejowoe j39ejj ejjq ejj wjwjej je jejjjjej je jfhej e jwje wjwj eje je jejjjjej je jeje. eeje jej jejeejej e jejowoe j39ejj ejjq ejj wjwjej ejjw jjweje. jfhej e jwje wjwj eje e rerew rewrewrewre re je jeje. eeje jej jejeejej e jejeejej e jejowoe j39ejj ejjq ejj wjwjej je jejjjjej je jfhej e jwje wjwj eje je jejjjjej je jeje. eeje jej jejeejej e jejowoe j39ejj ejjq ejj wjwjej ejjw jjweje. jfhej e jwje wjwj eje e rerew rewrewrewre re je jeje. eeje jej jejeejej e jejeejej e jejowoe j39ejj ejjq ejj wjwjej je jejjjjej je jfhej e jwje wjwj eje je jejjjjej je jeje. eeje jej jejeejej e jejowoe j39ejj ejjq ejj wjwjej ejjw jjweje. jfhej e jwje wjwj eje e rerew rewrewrewre re je jeje. eeje jej jejeejej e jejeejej e jejowoe j39ejj ejjq ejj wjwjej je jejjjjej je jfhej e jwje wjwj eje je jejjjjej je jeje. eeje jej jejeejej e jejowoe j39ejj ejjq ejj wjwjej ejjw jjweje. jfhej e jwje wjwj eje e rerew rewrewrewre re je jeje. eeje jej jejeejej e jejeejej e jejowoe j39ejj ejjq ejj wjwjej je jejjjjej je jfhej e jwje wjwj eje je jejjjjej je jeje. eeje jej jejeejej e jejowoe j39ejj ejjq ejj wjwjej ejjw jjweje. jfhej e jwje wjwj eje e rerew rewrewrewre re je jeje. eeje jej jejeejej e jejeejej e jejowoe j39ejj ejjq ejj wjwjej je jejjjjej je jfhej e jwje wjwj eje je jejjjjej je jeje. eeje jej jejeejej e jejowoe j39ejj ejjq ejj wjwjej ejjw jjweje. jfhej e jwje wjwj eje e rerew rewrewrewre re je jeje. eeje jej jejeejej e jejeejej e jejowoe j39ejj ejjq ejj wjwjej je jejjjjej je jfhej e jwje wjwj eje je jejjjjej je jeje. eeje jej jejeejej e jejowoe j39ejj ejjq ejj wjwjej ejjw jjweje. jfhej e jwje wjwj eje e rerew rewrewrewre re je jeje. eeje jej jejeejej e jejeejej e jejowoe j39ejj ejjq ejj wjwjej je jejjjjej je Options for National Participation Option 4 – BCH Crawler

Gap to be filled 3. BCH Crawler 1. Management Center National BCH interoperable with the Central Portal National BCH based on SCBD solutions Gap to be filled 2. Offline ( /Fax)

Having a national website is not required under the Protocol Making information available through a national website does not fulfill Party obligations under the Protocol National Presence (Website) )

Have a presence on the web Make available additional information Make information available in one or more different languages National pride National requirement Etc. Why a National Website?

Solutions for a National BCH In order to help Parties wishing to establish their National BCH, the Secretariat has developed two different solutions Hermes The BCH Ajax Plug-In Both solutions provide out-of-the-box interoperability with the BCH Central Portal

Hermes Hermes is a complete out-of-the-box Content Management System (CMS) solution, which provides both the space and the building blocks for the development of a National BCH Hermes instances are hosted on the Secretariat’s servers Hermes is maintained and fully supported by the Secretariat

Hermes provides Online Content Management System (CMS) Interoperability with the BCH Multilanguage translation Content versioning (with change tracking) Advanced search functionalities Security (SSL authentication) % uptime through redundancy Real-time monitoring On-site and off-site backups

Hermes online CMS Allows users to create and maintain their national website online Provides an easy wiki-like syntax Much simpler than HTML Does not require any technical skills Provides content versioning and changes tracking to ease translation

Hermes also provides File management (PDF, Word Files, etc.) Photo galleries Discussion forums RSS (new) Template customization (new) Flash animations support (new)

How to proceed? Request from the Secretariat the creation of an Hermes instance MOU is not required Provide text content, banner, etc. Interoperability is provided out-of-the-box Go live! Next: Quick demonstration (2 minutes)

The BCH Ajax Plug-In The BCH Ajax Plug-In is the little cousin of Hermes. It aims to add out-of-the-box interoperability to any existing website Hermes is used to build an entire web site The BCH Ajax Plug-In is used to provide out-of-the- box interoperability to an existing website The BCH Ajax Plug-In is compatible with all platforms and Browsers (Interne Explorer, Firefox and Safari)

The BCH Ajax Plug-In Technically, the BCH Ajax Plug-In is just two lines of HTML It can be added to any existing website in few minutes. Next: Quick demonstration (2 minutes)

Questions? Thank you