1. Self-Finance & Sustainable Nat’l Knowledge Infrastructure
A six (6) years experience
Onno W. Purbo

2. Focus on .. Conceptual Framework Workable Strategies
Practical Approaches
Derived From ..
A 6 years field proven experience ..
Self-finance
Community Based Sustainable Infrastructure
People’s Empowerment

3. Outline AI3 Indonesia Education Network Practical Technologies
Self-Reliance Telecomm Infrastructure
Homebrew Knowledge Based Applications
Philosophical Aspects
People’s Empowerment
Share & Collaborative Approaches

4. Indonesia Topology Jan.1993

5. AI3 Indonesia IIX CA*net3 STARTAP TransPAC S-One / SingaREN APAN vBNS
WIDE
TransPAC
AI3
S-One /
SingaREN
APAN
vBNS
AI3
Indonesia
IIX

8. AI3 Indonesia EduNet 25+ educational institutions
25+ libraries networked
200+ internet mailing lists
active mailing lists users
Packet Radio Gateways

9. Further AI3 Indonesia Activities
Seminars
Workshops
“Community Telecenter” – technology roadshow ..

10. Success Factor Community based development. Human Resource Development
Culture!
Shifting mind set!
Self-financing.

11. Practical Technologies

12. Internet Access Technology
bps Packet Radio Technology
64-200Kbps High Speed Packet Radio
WaveLAN 2-11 Mbps

13. Assumption PC Multimedia Available .. VHF / UHF Rig Available ..
You have Rp in your pocket ..

14. Sound Card Packet Radio

15. Sound Card Packet Radio
Spec:
bps
PC + Sound Card + Radio
URL:
Search Internet: (Keyword)
flexnet

16. SoundCard Connection Computer Mic PC Speaker PC Radio / Rig / HT
Speaker HT
Mic HT
PTT

17. PTT FlexNet via Serial

18. PTT FlexNet via Printer

19. PTT FlexNet via MIDI

20. PTT FlexNet via VOX

21. Assumption PC DOS Available .. VHF / UHF Rig Available ..
You have Rp in your pocket ..

22. BayCom Packet Radio

23. BayCom Packet Radio Spec: URL: Search Internet: (Keyword) 1200
PC BayCom Modem + Radio
URL:
ftp://ftp.ucsd.edu/hamradio/packet/tcpip/
Search Internet: (Keyword)
baycom

24. Baycom Packet Radio

26. Homebrew Kbps

27. 64-200Kbps Packet Radio Spec: URL: 64-200Kbps
PC Linux + Homebrew Kbps
URL:

28. Homebrew 64-256Kbps packet radio
We are prototyping Kbps packet radio network in the lab by
AX.25 link layer protocol is used.
GMSK MX 589 one chip modem is used.
We drive the modem via parallel port.
MMIC Minicircuit is being build for transverter.

29. Block Diagram

30. Homebrew Kbps Modem

31. TX & RX Board VHF CB Frequency

32. Assumption
You are a large group of people
You can spare US$3000

33. WaveLAN CDMA

34. WaveLAN CDMA Spec: URL: 2Mbps 5-10 km distance
Builtin Router + Ethernet connector
URL:

35. Homebrew CDMA Lucent CDMA 2Mbps-11Mbps Router FreeBSD.
Homebrew antenna (cost ~US$150).
Max. distance 15km (use PA for more).
AI3 Indonesia MAN using this technology.

36. PC Card Price Comparison
Manufacturer
Mbps
Cost
Lucent WaveLAN
1, 2
US$495
Proxim RangeLAN
US$595
Samsung SWL-1000
US$349
Aironet PC3500
BreezeCOM SA-PCR
1, 2, 3
US$565
Nortel BayStack 650 1
US$499

37. WaveLAN 2.4GHz 11Mbps

38. Antenna 2.4GHz 17dBi

39. In Building Wireless LAN

40. IEEE Access Point

41. Proxim RangeLAN 1.5Mbps

42. Access Point Comparisons
Manufacturer
Mbps
Cost
Aironet SP4500
1, 2
US$1595
BreezeCOM
US$1495
Lucent WavePoint
US$1885
Proxim 8521
US$1895
Nortel BayStack 660
US$1799

43. Community Telecenter Web Access Domain E-mail for All Users
Wingate – accounting usage
Domain for All Users
Many – 1 domain – 1 dial-up

44. A Brief Business Plan Investment Operating Cost (Monthly)
Estimated Income

45. Business Overview (x Rp. M)
Invest
Cost
Income
RoI
300 usr 21
1.2 3 13
Web 10 PC 50
5.5 18
Web 3 PC 20
2.2
2.6 ?

46. Share Web Access

47. Share Web Access
Windows95 + Wingate

48. Share Web Access Gateway PC Windows95 Wingate http://www.shareware.com

49. Accounting Time

50. Accounting Byte

51. Mapping User

52. Consequences of Web Access
Web Access is an expensive commodity.
Around Rp / hour.

53. E-mail Access FreeWeb Mail Share one (1) e-mail
Specific Domain – Many .

54. Access
Use FreeWeb Mail
mail.yahoo.com
mailcity.com
usa.net
An expensive way to access !! (Around Rp / )

55. E-mail Access All having E-mail One domain One ISP account
Subscribe as personal account!
No corporate account subscription.

56. How about? One ISP account ... Having your own domain
handycraft.oke.com
cantik-craft.oke.com
Argi-usaha.com
Having many address

57. How about? No ISP account ... Having your own domain
handycraft.oke.com
cantik-craft.oke.com
Argi-usaha.com
Having many address

58. How about? Rp. 150 / minute Enough 5-10 minute / day?
Cost Rp / month?
+ cost of ETRN / DomainPOP service

59. Access
Windows95 + MDaemon

60. Two Alternatives
ETRN Service
DomainPOP Service

61. E-mail Access Mdaemon Use DomainPOP Command
Use DomainPOP Command
Look for Domain Forwarding Service
etrn-host.itb.ac.id

62. DomainPOP Scenario

63. User Workstation on the LAN
Player in Mail Service
Domain Forwarding
POP Mail Server on ISP
User Workstation on the LAN
Mail Server
To do POPMail

64. Setup / Persiapan E-mail
Operator Setup
Domain Forwarding
Domain Forward
1 addres
Domain Registration
MX to host Forwarding

65. Mail Server Dial Internet
DomainPOP
Request
mail
Dial ke ISP
Sendmail to
Server Internet

66. POPMail Server kirim mail
Send mail

67. User Mengambil Mail
User LAN
Get Mail POP3 to
Local Mail Server

68. Web / Internet Explorer
User Mengambil Mail
Software
MS Outlook Express
Eudora
Web / Internet Explorer

69. Knowledge Infrastructure
Collaborative Environment
Distance Learning
Digital Library

70. KM vs. MIS? Management Information System Knowledge Management
Efficiency
Knowledge Management
Competitiveness

71. The Information World

72. Information Overload Business Professional’s Perspective
Too little staff to filter material…...
Too much material to absorb…….
Too little time absorb it all……
Too many options to have it delivered…….
Too many consultants to keep track of…….

73. What is Knowledge? Information Data + Context Knowledge
Information + Experience

74. What is Knowledge?

75. What is Knowledge? Building block of a modern organization.
Knowledge is Perishable. Becomes Obsolete Quickly.
Always changing. Renewing is key to competitive advantages.
Knowledge = Power. Share it and it will multiply.

76. Type of Knowledge EXPLICIT
Captured in documents, models, rules, processes …media
External communication
Examples
Best practices
White papers
Movie
TACIT / IMPLICIT
Thought process
Experience, skills, insight
Behaviors, patterns
Difficult to communicate
Examples
What & when judgements
Business vision
Innovation

77. Where is the Information?
Insights
Wisdom
FAX
Voice
Documents,
presentations,
graphics
News
Web Sites
Databases

78. What are we attempting to achieve?
Add value to what we have by turning data into information and information into knowledge
Creation of Ideas through Informational Exchange
Valuating and Rating the Idea’s Worth
Transforming / Implementing the Intellectual Asset
Monitoring Success

79. Major Components of Knowledge Management
Identify Experts
Manage Multimedia Content
Connect People and Extract Knowledge
Facilities for Discussions
Grapevine for Targeted Distribution
Share and Distribute Knowledge
Monitor Success and Reward People

80. What Makes Knowledge Management a Reality?
Ideal Working Culture
More than Technology
With
“Techknowledgy”
Good Technology Infrastructure

81. For a Good Working Culture
Innovation occurs
“at the boundaries between mind-sets”
Build a Team Culture
Emphasize Importance of Knowledge Sharing
Setup Virtual Teams
Setup Discussion/Chat Rooms
Maintain Skills Matrix
Motivate People
Recognize People Involved

82. What Exactly is Knowledge Management?
The process of
Creating Ideas and
Identifying / Capturing
Evaluating / Rating / Organizing
Storing
Sharing
Distributing / Retrieving
Maintaining
a company’s collective expertise

83. Enabling Knowledge Management
Browser, Mailbox UI
Distribution
Processing/Intelligence
Transport
Data
Publish, Push, Broadcast
Search/Retrieve, Agent, Information Mining, Filters, Collaboration
Messaging, Middleware, Workflow, WWW/Internet, GroupWare,
Document Repository, DBMS, Data Warehouse, Legacy, Internet, Extranet

84. How Internet Enables Knowledge Management?
Broad Knowledge Network
Eliminates Localness and Asymmetry of Knowledge
Created too Many Ideas
Biggest informational Asset
Success Trends
Cost of Ownership
Simplicity of Use
Global Collaboration
Open , Standard Based

85. File Load In File servers Drivers UNIX
Spreadsheets
Word processing documents
Presentations
Video
Audio
Voice mail
File servers
UNIX
Drivers
Applications (Java, CORBA, PL/SQL)
Windows clients
Web browsers
clients
FTP clients
FTP

86. Characteristics of KM Solutions
Convergence of capabilities
Value-added content
Personalization & Specialization
Applied intelligence
Communications & Collaboration

87. Components in Leveraging Knowledge

88. Knowledge and Content Expertise

89. Knowledge Worker Collaboration

90. Knowledge Management Factors
Knowledge Capture
Knowledge Analysis
Knowledge Leverage
Expertise Location
Expertise Sharing
Strategic Organization Focus
Team Focus
Working Culture

91. Homebrew Tools

92. Collaborative Environment
Mailing list
Distance course
Collaborative learning

93. Mailing list Majordomo@itb.ac.id 200+ mailing list served at ITB
subscriber
We are trying to build the community in Indonesia.

94. Distance Course http://distance-courses.itb.ac.id

97. EL-426 Teknologi Informasi

101. Collaborative Learning

102. Virtual Rooms

103. Shared White Board

104. Virtual Projector

105. Library Network http://www.lib.itb.ac.id/isis

106. Digital Library http://digital.lib.itb.ac.id digilib@itb.ac.id

107. Definition Digital Library
Digital Library is a system to process library resources such as text, audio & video in digital format.
Digital library normally delivers its on-line services via:
internet
intranet

108. Digital Library Services
Catalog: catalog database ...
Information: search engine…
Education: self learning...
Communication: , fax...
Transaction: interlibrary loan...

109. Digital Library Features
Web browser as user interface.
Abstract & Catalog online.
Search engine & full text download.
Distance Learning.
Multimedia.
Library Network with other libraries.

110. Digital Library System
CDS/
ISIS
Catalog
Abstract
Text
Audio
Video
Metadata
Full text &
resources
CD-ROM
Librarian Team
Colection
Digital Library
server
INTERNET/
INTRANET
Digital Library
Institution (Intern)
Inter Library
Network
Services:
Catalog; searching...
Information; searching...
Education; self learning, editing...
Communication; , bulletin...
Transaction; request, borrow...
Collection
Transaction
Member
User
Administion
Database
Pemakai

111. Digital Library Element
Data; Physical collection within the library such as books, magazine, journal etc.
Metadata; Information about library collection.
Proses; Processes imposed toward data & its metadata.

112. Process Elements Txt,xls,dbf,... Non CDS/ISIS OPERATOR Entry Data
conversion
to CDS/ISIS
Catalog
Abstract
Entry
CDS/ISIS
Upload
(FTP binary)
Metadata
WAIS-ISIS
Repository
INTERNET/
INTRANET
Full resources:
Text
Audio
Video
Repository/
Directory
of digital
data
Entry
WAIS-ISIS
search engine
Archives
Web Farming
Mailing List Archiver
spider
SWISH-E
indexer &
search engine
Turn it into digital
APACHE + PHP
Web server
DIGITAL LIBRARY
SERVER
OPERATOR

113. Minimal Dlib Topology Process Element
PC 200 Mhz
64 MB, 9-40 GB
Unix/Linux
Apache+PHP
WAIS/ISIS
SWISH-E
MySQL
Real Server
INTERNET/
INTRANET
PC 166 Mhz
32MB, 1 GB
Router to Internet
DLib Server
Ethernet - LAN Backbone/Hub
PC 200 Mhz
64 MB, 9-40 GB
Unix/Linux
Apache+PHP
WAIS/ISIS
SWISH-E
MySQL
PC 166 Mhz
32 MB, 2-6 GB
CD-ROM
Win 95
IE/Netscape
Acrobat Reader
Ms Office
Scanner &
converter
apps
PC 200 Mhz MMX
32 MB, 4-6 GB
CD-ROM
SouundBlaster
Video Capture
Win 95
Multimedia Apps
Video player
Scanner
text-image
DLib Server
Mirror (Back-Up)
Operator
Workstation
Multimedia
Workstation
Cassette player

114. Catalog Online Service
Base on CDS/ISIS Database
WAIS-ISIS (free) Search Engine
Other database format can be used - conversion into CDS/ISIS format.
Database format which can be transferred into CDS/ISIS: xls,dbf,txt,…
12 Libraries, 40+ databases

115. WAIS-ISIS System networking networking cgi INTERNET/ INTRANET
Data
CDS/ISIS
WAIS-ISIS
server
Data
CDS/ISIS
WAIS-ISIS
server
networking
networking
Data
CDS/ISIS
WAIS-ISIS
server
cgi
INTERNET/
INTRANET
Apache
Web server
Dlib Server

116. Full Text Service
Enable users to search database content via search engine
View abstract & full text (or other resources) download.
Resources: text, audio, video, compressed file, binary, ASCII,...
Elements: data, metadata, indexer & search engine (SWISH-E, free)

117. SWISH-E System
SWISH-E is an indexer software & simple but fast search engine (& free).
Input: File system & URL (HTTP).
Appropriate for simple digital library.
Combine with Apache + PHP (html scripting language) --> enable web access & more powerful.

118. SWISH-E System URL-URL Data Files/Data Repository Metadata:
Spidered
Metadata:
- Title
- Author
- Subject
- Abstract,...
Full resources:
Text
Audio
Video
SWISH-E
indexer - Spider
search engine
Indexed
INTERNET/
INTRANET
Apache
Web server

119. Tools All Free, can be downloaded from Internet Server Client
Web server (apache)
Indexer (Wais/Isis, Harvest, Swish-E, Dienst,Isite)
CGI (YNIS, wwwwais, perl scripts, PHP, dll)
Database (POSTGRESQL, Mysql, Msql, dll)
OS (Unix FreeBSD, Linux)
Mail achiving (hypermail, MhonArc, Procmail)
Client
Web Browser (IE, Netscape)
Adobe Acrobat reader
All Free, can be downloaded from Internet

120. Implementation Phase I (at ITB) Search Engine for CDS/ISIS databases
Using WAIS/ISIS
URL:
ITB:
PDII LIPI:
UMM, Unila, IPB (new)
Status:
5 servers, 12 libraries, 50 databases
Join: send database files to

121. Catalog Map (Phase I)

126. Example Catalog Search
Databases
collection
Select
database
Search
result
Catalog
view
Librarian
response
Ordering

127. Phase II : Digital Library
Target:
Papers, theses, dissertation, researches reports collection (Indonesian researcher)
Indexed and searchable
Download full text available
Electronic Library Networking
Required:
Storage media (huge ...…)
Tools for gathering, filtering, categorizing, storing, indexing, searching
Web site:

135. Philosophical Aspects
Knowledge = Power. Share it and it will multiply.
Empower People = Initiate Community Based Movement.
Shared Access can be effective & Low Cost.

136. Thank You