ECAI Technology
IT Infrastructure Components
IT Architecture Goals
- Use distributed institutional resources
- Follow best practices for distributed internet computing
- Encourage interoperability
- Create custom solutions to link and enhance technologies when needed
- Create services and tools to support users
- Use a team structure to organize contributions of ECAI affiliates
Technical Methodology
- Technical architecture and technology design is developed collaboratively
by participants who are scholars and technical specialists.
- The goal of allowing access to primary data and information through
a spatio-temporal interface allows access to information that is multilingual,
cross disciplinary, and from multiple institutions. The technology
needed to accomplish this goal crosses many technical fields and paradigms.
- To allow access to distributed primary resources, ECAI is using
a library model where resources are cataloged, but not centralized.
Scholars, data and resources are distributed.
Technical Teams
ECAItech is the main group of individuals interested in the technical
design and development of ECAI. In addition, there are several technical
subcommittees focusing on aspects of the technology. The leaders of
these groups comprise the ECAItech steering committee. ECAItech meets regularly at ECAI conferences.
