1. Tufts University Sciences Knowledgebase (TUSK)
Internet 2, Medical Middleware
October 15, 2003
David A. Damassa
Chair, TUSK Steering Committee
Dean for information Technology

2. What is TUSK?
Database-driven information and knowledge management system
Open-source tools & open standards
Supports integrated curricula of the Medical, Dental and Veterinary Schools
In full production for more than 5 years
170,000 log-ins and 3 million content hits during the ’02-’03 academic year
Projected doubling in use for ’03-’04

3. Selected Features of TUSK
Course Information
Search and Indexing
UMLS, Full text, etc.
Curricular Support
Schedules
Quizzes
Evaluations
Discussion Groups
Personal Folders with annotation of objects
Content Storage and Delivery
XML, HTML
Steaming Video and Audio
ManagementTools
Content Upload
XML authoring
UMLS keyword link
Admin. System Interfaces

4. Usage of TUSK by Class Year

5. Development Goals for TUSK
Adopt standards to facilitate content sharing and the management of content access
Shibboleth (Internet2/MACE)
Intellectual property rights management systems
Development of interfaces to digital resources
Digital libraries (FEDORA, etc.)
Medical content repositories (HEAL, etc.)
Electronic publishers  
Incorporation of concept mapping & instructional design features

6. TUSK installations at Tufts and NY Medical College

8. Shibboleth Planning Team
TUSK
Susan Albright
Mike Kruckenberg
Tarik Alkasab
John Hammond (NYMC)
Martin Glassman (NYMC)
University & Fedora
Saul Tannenbaum
David Kahle
Greg Colati
Bob Chavez
Anoop Kumar
Nikolai Schwertner

9. Immediate Next Steps TUSK as Shib origin
NYMC as Shib target (after AD 2003 upgrade?)
Fedora as Shib Target with release of version 2.0