SocSciVre |
Cambridge |
To provide and support the Sakai platform for large, distributed social sciences research projects. The focus is on activities to investigate the needs of the TLRP researchers and to evaluate the extent to which Sakai meets those needs. |
Social Science, TLRP project |
SakaiPortal, DSpace |
Possibly WSRP |
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=project_sakai_edu_research |
PoliticsVre |
East Anglia |
To develop a virtual research and research skills development environment, capable of expansion and of facilitating multiple participation in the rapidly evolving field of the history of political discourse. |
History of political discourse 1500-1800 |
SakaiPortal, AccessGrid |
JSR168, possibly WSRP |
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=vre_political_discourse |
SakaiPortalVre |
Lancaster |
To address the requirement for a single point of access to a comprehensive set of Grid and collaboration services in a VRE. |
Generic collaboration and research tools |
SakaiPortal and WebServices |
WSRP, JSR168, Shibboleth |
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=vre_sakai_portal |
GrowlVre |
Cambridge |
To build upon the existing prototype GROWL library to produce a truly lightweight extensible toolkit which complements other solutions. |
Bio-informatics, Chemistry and Stats |
WebServices, AccessGrid and SakaiPortal |
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http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=vre_growl |
IbVre |
Oxford |
To develop a VRE demonstrator to investigate the utility of existing collaborative frameworks to support the entire research process of a large-scale, international research consortium. |
Integrative Biology |
uPortal |
WSRP, JSR168, Shibboleth |
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=ibvre |
HumVre |
Oxford |
To build a VRE for the Humanities by investigating how Humanities research can benefit from ICT and by constructing demonstrators in specific fields. |
Humanities |
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http://bvreh.humanities.ox.ac.uk/ |
EvieVre |
Leeds |
To test the integration and deployment of key existing software components within a portal framework. |
Institutional VRE |
BodingtonVKP |
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http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=vre_evie |
ElviVre |
Nottingham |
To produce and demonstrate a practical framework for the effective deployment of a generic VRE. |
Generic Research business process |
SunGardSCT |
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http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=vre_elvi |
AccessGridVre |
Manchester |
Extend the Access Grid's VRE infrastructure with new collaboration functionalities from the CoAKTinG project. |
Generic collaboration |
AccessGrid |
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http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=vre_access_grid |
CheshireVre |
Liverpool |
To identify and integrate a number of tools and technologies for the data grid and digital library communities which will support collaborative e-Research across institutions and domains using Sakai. |
Digital Libraries |
SakaiPortal and CheshireSoftware |
JSR 168, JSR 170, possibly OKI |
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CsageVre |
Manchester |
To construct and use of semi-immersive stereoscopic facilities to create an increased level of ‘presence’ within the Access Grid environment and the recording of the performance, in the same format, within a framework playable by a larger community base as and when required. |
Arts and Humanities |
AccessGrid |
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http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=vre_sage |
CoreVre |
Southampton |
To provide integrated computer support across the research and educational cycles, because these activities are intrinsically coupled as a part of the requirements of the surgeon’s Continuing Professional Development. |
Orthopaedic Surgeons |
Chandler |
SOAP, WSDL/OWL, and JSR-168 |
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=vre_core |
SilchesterVre |
Reading |
To develop a system to facilitate rapidly developing and iterative archaeological research by synchronising the three processes of gathering information, co-ordinating expertise, and managing the resulting body of data. |
Silchester Roman Town |
SakaiPortal |
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http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=vre_silchester |
IsmeVre |
Manchester |
To develop and refine the experimental steering process, shared workspace and distributed visualisation into a VRE making them deployable by dispersed teams of instrument scientists, material scientists and engineers in a transparent and robust manner. |
Materials Science |
GridSphere and AccessGrid |
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http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=vre_isme |
IugoVre |
Bristol |
To develop a proof of concept system to enable the integration of web-based content (and references to non web-based content), related to individual conferences and individual sessions within conferences, thus providing a means to provide far great benefit to the wider research community than is currently available from conference attendance. |
Generic conference organisation |
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W3C, Metadata standards and ontologies/ vocabularies, WSDL, WSRP, JSR168 and OGSI, RSS |
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=vre_iugo |