Chandler for Higher Education: Requirements and Recommendations, May 2, 2003
The Open Source Applications Foundation (OSAF) is developing a next
generation, open source personal information manager, code-named Chandler. From
two all-day meetings in December 2002 and January 2003, the Common Solutions
Group (CSG) concluded that Chandler could be a compelling application for
higher education.
OSAFs original development scenario for Chandler targeted the needs of
individuals and small organizations rather than the needs of higher education
with its accompanying complex mix of existing infrastructure. Encouraged by the
response from CSG, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation awarded a grant to OSAF to
determine the incremental requirements and to develop a set of recommendations
for a higher education version of Chandler.
To create this plan, OSAF worked with a number of CSG members including both
CIOs and technical domain specialists1. These representatives participated in
working groups based on areas of expertise, providing key input into both
requirements and recommendations. The fruits of this collaboration are presented
in this document.
Canoga our 1.0 release will be the first stable and robust release of
Chandler. Canoga will target mainly info-centric individuals and decentralized
groups, and provide core email, small workgroup calendaring, contacts and tasks
functionality within a strong information management foundation. The higher
education version of Chandler, code-named Westwood, will be built on top of
Canoga.
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http://www.osafoundation.org/Chandler_in_higher_ed_TOC_3002_05_13.htm
http://blogs.osafoundation.org/mitch/
http://www.osafoundation.org/mission_statement.htm
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