Comments to: Les Cottrell

Last Update: 06/04/97 11:52 AM

Technical Web Tasks Wish List

Responsible Priority Start up effort (FTE months) Ongoing support (% FTE) Task
WWW Central Support Group 0   3 Bring new Netscape Enterprise Solaris into production
0     Decide on what to do about CGI scripts
1   2 Understand requirements and use of SSL for BIS / PeopleSoft & others at SLAC
0   2 Bring Windows NT web server into production
1   2 Increase availability, evaluate causes of unavailability, dependencies, incrementally improve
2     Understand access requirements, ways of providing or avoiding etc., includes access to logs, configuration files, script source read access, script source write access etc.
0   ? Implement port 80 blocking
-1   ? Evaluate requirements and capabilities for proxy server (for helping with port 80 blocking and providing more transparent access to multiple SLAC web servers)
2     Get requirements for new SLAC search engine, if warranted evaluate possible engines and implement
3     Evaluate needs and possibilities for replicating/caching web pages for improved performance
3     Evaluate needs and possibilities for multi server selection, e.g. for improved availability
      Evaluate capabilities, needs and possibilities for push server for SLAC (e.g. for announcements)
      Support SLAC Smart Home pages
Tony, Kathryn, Web support person       Develop SLAC Smart Home pages
        Evaluate practicality of recommending a favored new web development mechanism (e.g. FrontPage Editor)
WWW-Tech / WWW-CC       Evaluate and recommend the future SLAC Web server policy (NT vs Unix roles)
Teresa       Evaluate new Web enabled email clients (e.g. IMAP)
        Evaluate Web conferencing tools, e.g. Alta Vista
DataBase ?       Evaluate Web enabled reservation systems
        Evaluate developer helper apps, e.g. HTML checkers, link checkers, Script checkers
DeskTop?       Make PostScript, PDF, netnews work on ALL supported WWW browser platforms, document, make easy for user
WWW-Tech/ WSC?       Consulting on using Netscape and Microsoft browsers
WWW-Tech/ WSC / Publications?       Consulting on using Netscape Gold and FrontPage editors etc.
        Consulting on JavaScript
        Consulting on Java & Development Environments
Database?       Evaluate and provide consulting on InterDev and other advanced Web page development tools
Publications?       Consulting on style sheets and other emerging tools
        Evaluate, learn teach on VRML, DHTML, Meta tools
         

Priority key:

Priority Meaning
-1 Task is needed to be completed in order to decide on how to proceed on other tasks which are in progress
0 Task is in already in progress
1 Task needs to be completed in 6 months
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4 Function would be useful but is non-critical