uPortal Requirements Call-to-Action

Princeton, NJ -- April 28, 2006 -- The JA-SIG Board of Directors
extends an open invitation to participate in the evolution of the next
generation uPortal.

Enterprise portals have quickly become the de facto gateway to online
campus services. uPortal is one of the most widely deployed open source
enterprise portal frameworks, having been developed by and for higher
education and adopted by hundreds of institutions and the eResearch
community in over twenty countries. It is also the core of several
commercial enterprise portal products, reaching colleges and
universities in a variety of deployment options and support models.

The uPortal project has reached new levels of maturity as adoption
continues to grow and a new wave of institutions search for campus
portal technology. Thanks to on-going contributions from institutional
developers and commercial partners, the project has successfully
transitioned from primarily grant funded to a self-sustaining open
source project. In addition to maintaining the current production
versions and working on future releases, the community has recently
formalized development plans and a release strategy.

JA-SIG seeks to expand community guidance for both near-term
enhancements and longer-term vision for uPortal. Specifically, input is
sought in three areas: 1) Tell us your vision of the ideal higher
education enterprise portal; or 2) List requirements, features,
standards, or specifications that are important to you; and, optionally,
3) Describe detailed scenarios or use cases illustrating the requirements.

More information about how to participate can be found at
http://www.uportal.org/participate.html. The culmination of this effort
will be available on the JA-SIG wiki and presented at the June 4-6
JA-SIG Conference during Community Source Week in Vancouver, British
Columbia.

We welcome your participation in evolving uPortal to continue to meet
the needs of higher education and we look forward to working with you.

On behalf of the JA-SIG Board,

William G. Thompson, Jr.
JA-SIG Board uPortal Liaison
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
wgthom@rutgers.edu

Jonathan Markow
JA-SIG Board Chair
jjmarkow@gmail.com

Ian Dolphin
JA-SIG Board Vice Chair
University of Hull
i.dolphin@hull.ac.uk



JA-SIG Home uPortal Home Documentation Download FAQ Wiki Getting Involved Code Repository Reporting Bugs License		uPortal Requirements Call-to-Action Princeton, NJ -- April 28, 2006 -- The JA-SIG Board of Directors extends an open invitation to participate in the evolution of the next generation uPortal. Enterprise portals have quickly become the de facto gateway to online campus services. uPortal is one of the most widely deployed open source enterprise portal frameworks, having been developed by and for higher education and adopted by hundreds of institutions and the eResearch community in over twenty countries. It is also the core of several commercial enterprise portal products, reaching colleges and universities in a variety of deployment options and support models. The uPortal project has reached new levels of maturity as adoption continues to grow and a new wave of institutions search for campus portal technology. Thanks to on-going contributions from institutional developers and commercial partners, the project has successfully transitioned from primarily grant funded to a self-sustaining open source project. In addition to maintaining the current production versions and working on future releases, the community has recently formalized development plans and a release strategy. JA-SIG seeks to expand community guidance for both near-term enhancements and longer-term vision for uPortal. Specifically, input is sought in three areas: 1) Tell us your vision of the ideal higher education enterprise portal; or 2) List requirements, features, standards, or specifications that are important to you; and, optionally, 3) Describe detailed scenarios or use cases illustrating the requirements. More information about how to participate can be found at http://www.uportal.org/participate.html. The culmination of this effort will be available on the JA-SIG wiki and presented at the June 4-6 JA-SIG Conference during Community Source Week in Vancouver, British Columbia. We welcome your participation in evolving uPortal to continue to meet the needs of higher education and we look forward to working with you. On behalf of the JA-SIG Board, William G. Thompson, Jr. JA-SIG Board uPortal Liaison Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey wgthom@rutgers.edu Jonathan Markow JA-SIG Board Chair jjmarkow@gmail.com Ian Dolphin JA-SIG Board Vice Chair University of Hull i.dolphin@hull.ac.uk