G-Portal is a Java-based digital library system to manage the metadata of geographyrelated resources on the Web. In addition to providing a flexible repository subsystem to accommodate metadata of different formats using XML and XML Schemas, G-Portal organizes metadata into projects and layers, and supports an integrated and synchronized classification and map-based interfaces over the stored m...

Nowadays, terrorist organizations have found a cost-effective resource to advance their courses by posting high-impact Web sites on the Internet. This alternate side of the Web is referred to as the “Dark Web.” While counterterrorism researchers seek to obtain and analyze information from the Dark Web, several problems prevent effective and efficient knowledge discovery: the dynamic and hidden ...

A Grid portal is a user’s point of access to a Grid system [3,5,6,9]. It provides an environment where the user can access Grid resources and services, execute and monitor Grid applications, and collaborate with other users. A number of Grid portals exist or are currently under construction including the NEESgrid Portal [14], the Alliance Portal [22], the GENIUS Portal for the European Data Gri...

This paper describes a prototype computational Web Portal for modelling liquid crystals structures. The liquid crystal (LC) Web portal is implemented using a multitiered system architecture. The client Web browser uses a mixture of Web technologies that allows the user to manipulate and change the simulation and the visualization parameters. The middle-tier of the Portal provides core services ...

Firms are investing millions to deploy web based self-services at their call centers primarily to reduce operating costs. The rationale is that the firm’s cost of interacting with customers through web based channel is an order of magnitude cheaper than the assisted channels like telephony. However, the interaction among competing channels of customer service at call center is not empirically v...

background: governance is one of the main functions of health research system (hrs) that consist of four essential elements such as setting up evaluation system. the goal of this study was to introduce a new web based research evaluation model in iran. methods: based on main elements of governance, research indicators have been clarified and with cooperation of technical team, appropriate softw...

This paper reports specifically on the architectural and design issues associated with the development of web portal that will act as a conceptual platform of online utilities that enable users to collaboratively author and manage cultural resources in the globally distributed environment, featuring a web-based portal with multifaceted interfaces that can additionally be utilised as an educatio...

Portlet syndication is the next wave following the successful use of content syndication in current portals. Portlets can be regarded as Web components, and the portal as the component container where portlets are aggregated to provide higherorder applications. This perspective requires a departure from how current Web portals are envisaged. The portal is no longer perceived as a set of pages b...