Entando Meets Open Data

A new post from Entando Universe about "Entando and Open Data":

"Open Data has become the trend of the moment. Social networks, blogs, magazines on the web speak about about Open Data.
But first of all we need to define what is open data:
“Open Data is data that can be freely used, reused and redistributed by anyone - subject only, at most, to the requirement to attribute and sharealike.” as defined by the Open Definition.
The full Open Definition gives precise details as to what this means:

• Availability and Access: the data must be available as a whole and at no more than a reasonable reproduction cost, preferably by downloading over the internet.
• Reuse and Redistribution: the data must be provided under terms that permit reuse and redistribution including the intermixing with other datasets.
• Universal Participation: everyone must be able to use, reuse and redistribute - there should be no discrimination against fields of endeavour or against persons or groups.

Governments have a broad range of different types of data and most of the government data is public by law, and therefore could be made open and made available for others to use. For this reason Open Data is often associated with Open Government."

Read the full blog post from Entando Universe

Entando in minutes video

In this video we are going to show you how to create easily a portal using the Entando platform.

With a few commands on a terminal you can access both administration consoles (the standard one or the other oriented to Web Accessibility ) from your browser of choice. The administration area permits you to manage Users, Users Roles, Users Groups, Multilingual, attachements, CMS, ...

Lots of news on Entando

In latest months we have worked hard on Entando project and there are lot of news and innovations starting from the new brand.

After a year we finally moved from jAPS 2.0 Entando to Entando.

With the new brand also came a new logo and new image of the project and new websites are now online: the www.entando.com and www.entando.org

And what about the new Entando demo? I think it's very cool!

Also from the technical point of view there have been many innovations: we moved to github and to maven and we released of new version 2.4.0.1 with the introduction of the API Services system.

I suggest reading the following links for more details:
technology innovation;
Entando 2.4.0.1 is out

This however is only the beginning of the new era for Entando, we are working hard on all areas to reach the summit thanks to the passion of the people.

Stay tuned...

jAPS 2.0 Case Study: Interview with Maria Silvia Libè

Flavia Marzano interviewed Maria Silvia Libè, Web Strategy and Communication Manager in the Business Unit ICT System Integration of Elsag Datamat, and System Integrator partner of the jAPS 2.0 project.

Read the interview on Wired

jAPS 2.0 entando: the new platform to manage information in web 2.0 Era

The new platform jAPS 2.0 entando has just been released by Tzente.
jAPS 2.0 entando is the next generation information management platform. It's the open source alternative to classic proprietary and open source portal and content management systems.
The new release has several new features and innovations that can be tested through the new online demo.

Discover more on jAPSPortal and download on Sourceforge.

Software Open Source e Software Proprietario

Ecco un corso interessante organizzato dalla School of Management del Politecnico di Milano, sul "SOFTWARE OPEN SOURCE E SOFTWARE PROPRIETARIO" che si terrà il 7 e 8 Marzo 2011.

Il corso intende fornire alcuni strumenti che possano supportare da un lato i manager nella scelta del proprio modello di business nell’utilizzo di applicazioni Open Source (OS) e dall’altro le Pubbliche Amministrazioni nel decidere se e come utilizzare applicazioni OS e quale licenza software adottare. Ci si propone, inoltre, di aiutare i partecipanti a comprendere come partecipare alle comunità che sviluppano software OS, e come l’OS possa contribuire allo sviluppo di nuovi mercati.

Per ulteriori dettagli visita il sito http://www.mip.polimi.it/ict/opensource/

Open Database Camp - Sardinia 2011

The European edition of Open Database Camp will be in Sardinia, hosted by the Sardinia Technology Park, a local scientific and business institution with international links. Mark your calendars: the Open Database Camp will be held in Sardinia on May 6-7-8, 2011.



Discover details on http://opensqlcamp.org/Events/Sardinia2011/

jAPS 2.0 on Osor.eu, the Open Source Observatory and Repository for the public administration

The the Open Source Observatory and Repository for European public administrations (OSOR) is a platform for exchanging information, experiences and FLOSS-based code for use in public administrations.

jAPS 2.0 project is published, among others, on OSOR.eu Repository, visit jAPSPortal for more information.

Who Really Pays for Open Source Software?

An interesting article from CMSWire that talk about how software can that isn’t for sale actually make money.

"There has been significant growth in the open source software market over the last decade and as popularity continues to grow, the market doesn't appear to be slowing down any time soon. The Open Source community frequently attracts very intelligent, motivated and experienced developers driven by pride, personal curiosity and peer recognition to develop valuable solutions. No matter how much personal satisfaction developers receive from seeing the result of their efforts however, software developers still have to pay the bills and have some money left over to eat."

LibreOffice: OpenOffice.org senza Oracle

The Internet, 28 sett 2010 - La comunità dei volontari che sviluppano e promuovono OpenOffice.org, il più importante software libero per la produttività individuale, annuncia una significativa evoluzione del progetto.
Dopo dieci anni di evoluzione con Sun Microsystems come fondatore e principale sponsor, il progetto annuncia una fondazione indipendente chiamata "The Document Foundation" con l'obiettivo di dare vita alla promessa di indipendenza del programma originale.

La Fondazione coordinerà lo sviluppo di LibreOffice, che è disponibile in versione beta all'indirizzo provvisorio: http://www.libreoffice.org. Gli sviluppatori sono invitati ad aderire al progetto e contribuire al codice in un ambiente aperto e collaborativo, per dare vita al futuro delle suite di produttività insieme a chi traduce, verifica, documenta, supporta e promuove il software.

Open Innovation, Open Enterprise, Open Society

The Open World Forum is the world's leading summit meeting bringing together decision-makers and communities to cross-fertilize open technological, economic and social initiatives to build the digital future.
The third Open World Forum – being staged in Paris on 30 September and 1 October 2010 – will bring together open technology decision-makers from around the world, under the banner of Open Innovation and Free / Open Source.
Open Innovation, Open Enterprise and Open Society are the main topics of this edition.
For more info about the event visit the official website http://www.openworldforum.org/

Communities of practice

"Communities of practice are formed by people who engage in a process of collective learning in a shared domain of human endeavor: a tribe learning to survive, a band of artists seeking new forms of expression, a group of engineers working on similar problems, a clique of pupils defining their identity in the school, a network of surgeons exploring novel techniques, a gathering of first-time managers helping each other cope. In a nutshell: Communities of practice are groups of people who share a concern or a passion for something they do and learn how to do it better as they interact regularly." by Etienne Wenger

About the European Union Public Licence (EUPL)

The EUPL is the first European Free/Open Source Software (F/OSS) licence. It has been created on the initiative of the European Commission and it is now approved by the European Commission in 22 linguistic versions and can be used by anyone for software distribution.

The purpose of the EUPL is to encourage a new wave of public administrations to embrace the Free/Open Source model to valorise their software and knowledge, starting with the European Institutions themselves.

Why the EUPL:
- The Licence should have equal legal value in many languages;
- The terminology regarding intellectual property rights had to be conformant with European law requirements ;
- To be valid in all Member States, limitations of liability or warranty had to be precise, and not formulated “to the extend allowed by the law” as in most licences designed with the legal environment of the United States in mind.

The actual version of EUPL is 1.1

You can find more information here:
http://ec.europa.eu/idabc/eupl
https://www.osor.eu/eupl

Cosa si intende per Riuso

Oggi si parla sempre più spesso di riuso.
Inizialmente la parola riuso, soprattutto in ambito Pubblica Amministrazione, è stata affiancata al concetto di Software Libero. Per riuso di un software si intende l'utilizzo di codice sviluppato per un'applicazione in un'altra applicazione, favorito da un'opportuna progettazione del software.
Il CNIPA ha addirittura creato un Centro di Competenza per il riuso come punto di riferimento per le amministrazioni.

Ma per riuso ormai non si intende solo il riuso del software...

Il riuso adesso è sempre più collegato ai concetti di Open Data e Open Content.
E' stata creata addirittura un decreto che favorisca il processo di riutilizzo e valorizzazione dell’informazione pubblica.
L’obiettivo è quello di creare un nuovo rapporto tra pubblico e privato, basato sulla messa a disposizione del patrimonio informativo pubblico, affinché si sviluppino, in competizione, iniziative capaci di individuare nuove esigenze e nuovi servizi, creare valore aggiunto, veicolare innovazione.

Speriamo comunque che il riuso venga concepito e quindi messo in pratica nella sua corretta concezione...

Elevator Pitch a ForumPA 2010

Al ForumPA 2010 un nuovo modo per mettere in moto l'innovazione.

"L'elevator pitch è una forma di comunicazione con cui ci si presenta, per motivi professionali, ad un'altra persona o organizzazione. Elevator significa ascensore. L'Elevator pitch è infatti il discorso che un imprenditore farebbe ad un investitore se si trovasse per caso con lui in ascensore. L'imprenditore, quindi, si troverebbe costretto a descrivere sé e la propria attività sinteticamente, chiaramente ed efficacemente per convincere l'investitore ad investire su di lui, ma nei limiti di tempo imposti dalla corsa dell'ascensore (la letteratura specialistica al riguardo fissa tale limite a 5 minuti).

Spesso la piccolissima impresa innovativa non riesce a trovare lo spazio, il tempo, o il canale giusto per presentarsi alla Pubblica amministarzione, nonostante il suo contributo potrebbe offrire una risposta pronta e flessibile ai problemi quotidiani della PA.

Ecco l'idea. Un nuovo formato di incontro a FORUM PA 2010: Un nuovo formato di incontro a FORUM PA 2010: 20 aziende presentano i propri prodotti, servizi, competenze, soluzioni e i propri punti di forza ai decisori di pubbliche amministrazioni centrali e locali."

How to manage a project - PHASES OF THE PROJECT

After making the first critical choices for the success of your Open Source project you have to define a plan of activities, goal and results that you want to achieve.
The main steps to manage an open source project are the definition of:
- Project Roadmap
- Source code packages to release
- Project documentation with related license
- Community management and support tools

How to manage an Open Source project - First choices

When decide to create an Open Source project at the benning it is necessary to make critical choices for the success of the project:

- Analysis of competitors: analyze the existing open source projects in the same domain to assess whether it is opportune to develop another similar system. If you decide that there are no systems that satisfy your need and you want to develop one you can procede with the following steps.
- Definition of Mission and Vision: it's important to define a clear vision and a set of goals to want to reach with the project. You have to communicate and share them with the community to establish a project identity and to give a direction to follow.
- Identification of the target users in order to prepare the appropriate tools for sharing information with the community
- Analysis and choice of the project name: this activity is one of the most important to the success of the project. You need to find an impact project name and easy to remember and
- Analysis and choice of Open Source license based on the characteristics of the project

After these first steps you can continue with other activities...

Make Open Source and do not just download: how to manage a project (Introduction)

Managing an Open Source project is not just release the source code, as many people think, but involves several activities that are necessary to make the project more active and get the continued community involvement.

I'll try to describe through some post, the main steps to manage an open source project and its community according a business plan, goals and results that you want to reach.

Tomorrow I'll describe the fist step!