1. A project for the - IST-program
CompNet
A project for the - IST-program

2. The CompNet Mission
CompNet will enable people to collaborate on problem solution and knowledge management in a globally networked environment.

3. Targets End Users System Developers Project Partners
People and organisations doing collaborative based on information exchange on the network
System Developers
Developers building applications for network based collaborative work
Project Partners

4. CompNet - Where, How Environments for CompNet CompNet Platform
Education
Learning Organisations
Virtual Campus, Networked Organisations
Teleworking
CompNet Platform
Open Standards, Internet Standards
CORBA

5. End user view A networked collaborative environment
Knowledge database within
Tasks within
Information exchange with external
persons/groups
Knowledge sources
Internet

6. Special features - as seen from the end user
Open standards
CORBA - Internet standards
Services/client software components delivered on demand
Distributed objects, Mobile Agents.
Access control, authentication, security etc. delivered by platform
Fine grained access-control possible.
CORBA

7. Applicable user contexts
Open and Distant Learning
Networked virtual Universities
Learning organisations
Virtual organisations
Helpdesks
Software companies
Sales & Demonstration
Software support

8. Special features - as seen from the developers
Open Standards
CORBA - Internet Standards
Component based software construction
Reusable software components, object oriented design
for “framework” building
User interfaces and back-end modules
Based on a distributed platform
Utilisation of platform services
Security, name-services, licensing, distribution etc.
A report on experiences gained during the project

9. Work Modules in CompNet
Evaluation of new work methods
Knowledge management, workspace
interaction
Component modules with knowledge content
Software framework and methods using components
Tools and methods for Globally Distributed Collaboration (GDC)

10. Pre-project schedule Project callout - March. 16. 1999
Deadline for application - June
Contract negotiations/signing
Depends on EU bureaucracy
Supposed November 1999
Proposed running time - 3 years.

11. Individual and Team Work
Fig. 1: System overview
How the participants are interacting in open and flexible learning.
Content
Methods
Organisation
Individual and Team Work

12. Fig. 2: Action Lines in Project
Partners in the CompNet project will work on methodical and technological levels.
Methodical
III.3.1 (Center of Gravity)
Open Platforms and tools for personalised learning
III.2.2
Content management and personalisation
II.2.2
Team Work
Technical
IV.3.1
Component-based software engineering

13. Components are the technical basis for developement
Fig. 3: Mapping Action Lines with system overview
Defining work modules with one responsible and other participating partners
Open Platforms and tools..
Content management
Team Work
Components are the technical basis for developement

14. Partners/Interested HiST Statoil - Rotvoll HiA University of Greenwich
University of Sheffield
Hanzehochshule
Binary Logic (Athens)
Parallax (London)

15. Status - March 1999. Decision made on action lines
Memorandum on “roadmap” distributed
Responses/Specific proposals asked for
“Deadline” - April 1. (?)
Workshop in Trondheim
Local resources
National resources from ODL-network

16. The road ahead Minor milestones
Results from Trondheim WS distributed
Draft/Proposal for project description
International WorkShop in April
Project Draft agreed on
Hard work
Main load in Trondheim
Collaborative actions using telecommunication/Network

17. Next major milestone Application delivered June 16.
But - there are always more peaks to climb whhen you reach the peak that was ”the next peak”