COLIS (Collaborative Online and Information Services)
Note: This information is taken from the TALL Desk Study
Vendor
The COLIS Consortium consists of Macquarie University, University of Newcastle, University of New England, University of Southern Queensland and the University of Tasmania. COLIS is now supported by Macquarie University, Australia.The partners in the project are Computing Associates, Fretwell-Downing Informatics, IPR systems, WebCT, and WebMCQ. The testbed site will be hosted by the CSIRO/Macquarie Internet Innovation Centre at Macquarie University.
Context
The main emphasis of the COLIS project is on interoperability between content management systems, repositories, and rights management. As a result, many of the ELF services are not represented, i.e. messaging, e-mail, etc.Relevance
The partners in the project are Computing Associates, Fretwell-Downing Informatics, IPR systems, WebCT, and WebMCQ. The testbed site will be hosted by the CSIRO/Macquarie Internet Innovation Centre at Macquarie University.The main emphasis of the COLIS project is on interoperability between content management systems, repositories, and rights management. As a result, many of the ELF services are not represented, i.e. messaging, e-mail, etc.
COLIS is relevant to HEIs and FEIs as it has similar goals to the ELF, especially in relation to content sharing. In its initial stages COLIS highlighted many of the same problems that led JISC to start the development of the ELF. It is significant that COLIS are explicitly attempting to work with the big commercial providers and as such the project should be of relevance to institutions that are committed to Blackboard or WebCT and wish to gain more flexibility. It is not clear what the details of the technical implementation of the COLIS framework are; this may affect its relevance to the ELF at a later stage. The COLIS project has recently been superseded by the MAMS project http://www.melcoe.mq.edu.au/Projects.htm which has many elements in common with the ELF.
