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GLOBAL PLAZA Evolution GLOBAL Project: Juan Quemada, UPM http://globalplaza.org www.global-project.eu Wednesday, October 26, 11

Global Plaza • Global Plaza – Created by Global Project ( www.global-project.eu ) • Reusing result from research projects – European projects: Ecospace, C@R, ...; Other Projects: ITECBAN, CEPOS, ...; open software developments • Open software development • Developed mainly by – UPM Internet NG Research Group – Agora Systems, UPM spin-off company Wednesday, October 26, 11

GLOBAL PLAZA Metaphors • Social Network for – Videoconference – Streaming – Recording – Publishing • as social media • Internet Event Centre – Connecting events to the Internet Wednesday, October 26, 11

Global Plaza: VC on the Cloud • Global Plaza offers “Isabel as a Service” – Using “Web as platform” paradigm – Adding streaming and recording of VCs • GP events are Isabel events accessible with – Linux client (dedicated PCs) – Web browsers (participation and streaming) – SIP Clients • Non-Isabel services also integrated Wednesday, October 26, 11

The socio-collaborative network • Global Social Network – All Global-Plaza members GLOBAL Social network • Collaborative Spaces – Group access only Space – Group organizes events Collaborative ’’’ Space Service • Public spaces – To organize open events Space Space ’’ ’ • Private spaces – For closed events Wednesday, October 26, 11

Space components Wednesday, October 26, 11

Event management • Space members – Can organize events • Event organizers – Create/announce event – invite participants – Hold event – Recordings published • as social media Wednesday, October 26, 11

The unified Event Page Preparation During Event Recordings Pub Wednesday, October 26, 11

Exporting to an LMS with SCORM • From Global Plaza – To Moodle Wednesday, October 26, 11

User rights & obligations • User rights – Create and use spaces, invite users to join – Perform online meetings with streaming and recording – Publish recorded meetings & mash-ups of recordings – Image owner keeps property of recording • Transfers right to publish with non commercial license – Transformations allowed: mash-up • User obligations – Use GP according to policy – No crime or offensive use Wednesday, October 26, 11

Evolution I: SIVIC • SIVIC – Collaboration project with • RedCLARA for Latin-American NRENs – from collaborative spaces to social networking – Global Plaza mutant • Developed by UPM (Spain) & ESPOL (Ecuador) • In operation by RedCLARA • http://200.0.206.45/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=635&Itemid=435&lang=es • http://200.0.206.45/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid=496 Wednesday, October 26, 11

Evolution II: SocialStream • SocialStream – Changes the focus • from collaborative spaces to social networking – Support to: • Federation of sites – To allow federated deployment • Relation profiles: – Friends, colleagues, family, .... • SocialStream demo site • http://demo-social-stream.dit.upm.es/ • SocialStream open SW project in GITHUB Wednesday, October 26, 11

Evolution III: MashMe.tv • HTML5 comes in the scene: MashMe.tv • MashMe.tv : – Isabel like Virtual meeting with • Social Media mash-up • Implementation – First version uses Flash audio/video, the rest HTML5 • WebRTC audio/video will be introduced when ready – It is about to be released at • http://mashmetv.appspot.com/ Wednesday, October 26, 11

Evolution IV: VISH • FP7 EU Project: Global Excursion – Started 1 Sept. – Objective: creation of VISH (Virtual Science HUB) • Site for European Schools to perform – Virtual Excursions into Science Infrastructures • Virtual excursion Concept – Game like activity/itinerary to visit a scientific area • Including – Virtual meetings of schools with scientists – Scientific learning resources – Video pills, Games, competitions, .... Wednesday, October 26, 11

VISH Wireframes Wednesday, October 26, 11

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User Identities • Registration in Global Plaza is open & free – UserId: Name+Password and/or OpenId • GP is also an OpenID identity provider • Other identity protocols under study – Use cases for Oauth – Gateways or federation with • PAPOID (PAPI), eduGain, Shiboleth,... • Strategy – To facilitate reuse of third party identities Wednesday, October 26, 11

Isabel Social Protocols • Social protocols are part of our “Social Intelligence” – Enabling us to create successful groups and societies • Social protocols are explicit representations of – Interaction rules used in human groups and in society • Used in a natural and effective way in a given context • Isabel is based on social protocols – Teleconference : models a conference or congress – Teleclass : models a classroom – Telemeeting : models a work meeting Wednesday, October 26, 11

The Isabel Flexible Floor n Service creation framework with n Visual message for each interaction type n Based on TV production rules n To signal context changes to participants n Advanced floor control algorithms n To provide a well ordered participation n Following rules of similar co-located events Wednesday, October 26, 11