Aesop deliverables
And
finally the
results, we know, they are old now, but some are still valid and
visionary as they were at the time. And, of course, they are
free and open source; just quote the source in case you want to cut and
paste!
Aesop project: a new architectural approach to change management
Paper presented at EBEW 2002 in Praha.
Abstract.
"This paper introduces the work of the Aesop project which is exploring
the concept of a third generation portal which supports service
provision and intermediation relationships in economic development and
business support networks. It aims to take familiar concepts, such as
catalogue and case management, decision support and transaction
coordination, and to deliver them in highly distributed and
reconfigurable ways to match the variety of social, political and
commercial contexts in which the Chambers of Commerce of Europe as
called on to operate."
Identity and Relationship Management The Key to Safe, Secure ICT Infrastructure
Paper presented at Echallenges 2004 in Wien.
Abstract: "After providing an overview of the issues of identity and identification,
this paper provides a foundational framework for a transaction-based definition of
relationship and a relational definition of identity. This approach points to a
convergence between two technological streams of evolution and development: (1)
the provision of a secure and dependable message and transaction infrastructure
through the appropriate use of security technologies to construct identities,
certificates and signatures and (2) the creation of domains of relationship
management within and between enterprises, which has been referred to as the "hub
and spoke" architecture or the "integration engine" and is the basis for the current
ICT architecture of client facing, globalised enterprise."
Final synthesis of the architectural definition
This deliverable presents the final synthesis of
an integration and federation architecture for the infrastructure to
support the activities of Chambers of Commerce in Europe. It includes
an analysis of the issues of identity and identification and the
creation of dynamic networks of hierarchies and hierarchies of networks
of resources and relationships.
The deliverable also presents an analysis of the ethnographically informed evaluation of project processes and outcomes. AESOP Ethnographic Annex
Pilot Observations and Architecture Validation.
The
report of the ethnographic components of WP3 is structured around the
three Phases of fieldwork and action research. Firstly, the overall
rationale is presented, followed by details of the methodological
approaches adopted for each Phase. The findings from each Phase are
then presented thematically, the themes having been derived in a
‘grounded’ way for Phase 1, and in a more prescriptive, yet still open,
way, for Phases 2 and 3. The role of the Newcastle University Business
School team in underpinning WP3 ethnographic activity is also outlined,
and particularly highlights their efforts towards an internally
coherent and cohesive approach across the Pilots. However, it should
also be noted that this coherence did not preclude the identification
and development of the differences between the Pilots, as well as their
similarities.