Category: Working group

KAREN Architecture Working Group and a new KAREN RFC

Another significant step forward in community-led evolution of KAREN took place today with the publication of the Charter of the Architecture Working Group and the opening for comment of the KAREN Architecture Development Framework.

KAREN Architecture Working Group

The Charter of the Architecture Working Group has been published on the KAREN Wiki. This Charter describes the community membership of the Working Group as well as, its role, scope and goals.

Visit the Architecture Working Group page on the KAREN wiki for more.

Open for comment: KARENRFC – KAREN Architecture Development Framework

Associated with this Charter, the Working Group has drafted the initial KARENRFC describing the proposed Architecture Development Framework and posted that on the KARENRFC page for the community to comment.

Visit the KARENRFC page on the KAREN wiki.

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Join us: KAREN Services Working Group

The KAREN Services Working Group meets again today, 2:00 – 3:30pm. Further participation from the KAREN community in the KAREN Services Working Group is welcome.

About the KAREN Services Working Group

The KAREN Services Working Group brings together representatives from academia, science and information technology from across our Membership to provide an agreed, community-owned way forward on the development of KAREN and associated services. You can find see the group’s progress on the KAREN Services Working Group page on the KAREN wiki. For more information contact Bill Choquette on 04 913 1099.

Agenda for the 31 August meeting

  1. Nick Jones introduces the NZ eResearch Symposium, 26-27 October 2010
  2. Jonathan Flutey describes how Victoria University is rolling out the new KAREN Video Conferencing Service
  3. Aaron Hicks from Landcare Research presents service ideas
  4. Purpose of future KSWG meetings/brainstorming KAREN promotion

Outline of Aaron’s presentation

A document repository or web application portal similar to Google Docs (i.e. KAREN Docs). Many members of BeSTGRID/KAREN have their own internal repositories, but each institution has its own solution and are often closed to external access (esp. for those of use forced to use SharePoint due to Microsoft licensing restrictions which require extra license fees for external users, and prohibit implementing a ‘competing’ solution).

A code repository similar to GitHub, Gitorious or Google Code. We have some projects where scientific models have external contributors (and consumers) who are wary of using public repositories.

The assumption would be that these services would use the BeSTGRID authentication systems, or the services put up by the MoRST IAM project.

How to participate

This meeting is being held via the KAREN Video Conferencing Service. Connection details are below:

Meeting Subject: VC Service Session
Meeting ID: 6890
Date: 08/31/2010
Time: 14:00 (New Zealand Standard Time)
Duration: 01:30

There are several ways to connect to the KAREN Video Bridge. Please see below which one best suits your needs. For background information see AVCC’s information on connecting to the KAREN Video Bridge.

Connect from your desktop

To connect from your desktop, go to http://sds.karen.net.nz/scopia?ID=6890&autojoin. We recommend you install the desktop client beforehand. To install the client, go to http://sds.karen.net.nz/scopia?client.

Connect from an endpoint

To connect from an H.323 IP Endpoint, please dial 130.195.23.14. Enter the corresponding number to the left of your meeting name in the navigation menu using Touch Tones (DTMF), or press 0 and enter: 6890

If you are connecting from an H.323 IP Endpoint that is using NAT, please dial the Pathfinder Server on 130.195.23.21. Enter the corresponding number to the left of your meeting name in the navigation menu using Touch Tones (DTMF), or press 0 and enter: 6890

To connect from an H.323 IP Endpoint that supports URI dialing, please dial: 6890@130.195.23.14

To connect from an H.323 IP Endpoint registered to the KAREN Gatekeeper, simply dial: 6890

Connect via telephone or ISDN

To connect by Telephone or ISDN, please dial the following access number: +64 4 499 8283. When prompted for a meeting number, enter: 6890

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KAREN Services Working Group Meeting reminder

The KAREN Services Working Group meeting is on the 4th of August from 2 – 3:30pm. You can connect via the KAREN Video Conference Service.

Topics

  • International network comparison
  • KSWG group scope and responsibilities
  • KAREN marketing

How you can join the KAREN Video Conference Service

If you are new to video conferencing or have not used the KAREN Video Conference Service before, we encourage you to test your connection. For more information on connecting to the service, please visit . Otherwise, please contact the AVCC helpdesk.

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Have your say on collaboration and infrastructure

The KAREN Services Working Group is opening their May meeting up to all KAREN members to get your input on collaboration and shared infrastructure services over KAREN.

About collaboration and infrastructure services – Services Working Group May meeting

The KAREN Services Working Group would like to invite any and all KAREN members with a particular interest in the investigation and development of new Collaboration Services and Shared Infrastructure Services to participate in their May meeting.

Nick Jones from the University of Auckland will lead the discussions around Collaboration Services and is well qualified to do so with his previous experience of developing, implementing, and working with collaboration technologies.

This meeting will be held by video conference on Tuesday 11 May at 2pm.

The KAREN Services Working Group brings together interested parties from KAREN member organisations to discuss requirements for value-added services over KAREN. For more information about the objectives of the Services Working Group visit the KAREN Wiki.

How to participate

Please contact Emma Bottomore for connection details to participate in this meeting:

Emma Bottomore, Services Specialist
emma.bottomore@reannz.co.nz
+64 4 913 6363

More information

KAREN Services Working Group materials on the KAREN wiki (http://wiki.karen.net.nz/)

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Services Working group gets underway

REANNZ recently established two Working Groups bringing together representatives from academia, science and information technology from across our Membership to provide an agreed, community-owned way forward on the development of KAREN and associated services.

The first Working Group to get underway was the Services Working Group who held their inaugural meeting on 2 December. Representatives from 12 Member organisations met via video conference to understand how they can take KAREN usage to the next level through the sharing and development of services over KAREN.

KAREN, by its very nature, enables collaboration and lends itself to shared tools, applications and services. The KAREN Services Working Group aims to understand how the community can increase the value of KAREN further by sharing the existing resources available over KAREN and clubbing together to develop shared services where gaps exist in the portfolio.

The Services Working Group was quick off its feet and at this meeting decided as its first action to develop a national catalogue of existing services in New Zealand and a roadmap for new services by the middle of 2010.

The Architecture Working Group will hold its first meeting early first year.

For more information on the Services Working Group visit the KAREN Wiki or contact Emma Bottomore.

http://wiki.karen.net.nz/index.php/KAREN_Services_Working_Group_:_Main

Contact Emma Bottomore

emma.bottomore@reannz.co.nz

+64 4 913 6363

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