Linking You

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1. Linking You @alexbilbie #iwmw12 Monday, 25 June 12

2. @alexbilbie Developer working at @unilincoln #PHP #CodeIgniter #APIs #REST #MongoDB

   #OAuth #LinkedData #whisky Monday, 25 June 12

3. Linking You JISC funded project Infrastructure for Education and Research

   Programme February 2011 - April 2011 Looking at the management and planning of .ac.uk identifiers Monday, 25 June 12

4. Why? Growth of lincoln.ac.uk Influences on the website from many

   different departments Over 600 subdomains on the domain Monday, 25 June 12

5. File > Save > Publish Many different publishing tools WordPress

   SharePoint Terminal Four Site Publisher and many more Monday, 25 June 12

6. 600 domains + Many publishing tools = No common URI

   structure portal.lincoln.ac.uk/C18/C2/ICT/default.aspx posters.lincoln.ac.uk/campaign/library2012 Monday, 25 June 12

7. Departments change name over time = redirects needed New UCAS

   codes = redirects needed Staff get married and change their names = redirects needed Tonight Matthew I’m... Monday, 25 June 12

8. Subdirectory hell lincoln.ac.uk /lr -> Library /bl -> Business and

   Law /cjmh -> Criminal Justice and Mental Health /lishpa -> Lincoln School of Performing Arts Monday, 25 June 12

9. *@#%@$ !!! Monday, 25 June 12

10. How do we clean up this “mess” Monday, 25 June

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11. The new approach Start from scratch Ruthlessly get rid of

    “unnecessary” things Flatten the structure of the institution Cool URIs Monday, 25 June 12

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14. The “academic” bits /faculty /school /course /module /unit /research No

    acronyms! e.g /socs becomes /school/computing Monday, 25 June 12

15. Level 2 /school/computing -> School of Computer Science /course/C604 ->

    BSc Golf Science /module/CGP2001 -> Games Computing (year 2) Monday, 25 June 12

16. Level up! /course /C604 /fees /staff /entry-requirements Monday, 25 June

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17. Computer speak /course/C604 text/html /course/C604.xcri application/xml /college/science/contact text/html /college/science/contacts.vcard text/vcard

    Monday, 25 June 12

18. The “news” /news Not: /newsandevents Monday, 25 June 12

19. The “news” /news /linking-you <- The article slug /tag /research

    /rss Monday, 25 June 12

20. Undergrad, postgrad and international /undergraduate /courses /postgraduate /courses /international /courses

    Monday, 25 June 12

21. Undergrad, postgrad and international /undergraduate /courses /postgraduate /courses /international /courses

    Simples! Monday, 25 June 12

22. Other bumf /about /vc /message <- buried away /governors /lincoln

    Monday, 25 June 12

23. Good practises Domains should work without the “w w w

    dot” 404s and other errors shouldn’t redirect Sane subdomains: e.g. topup.lincoln.ac.uk, not topupmyprintcredit.lincoln.ac.uk Monday, 25 June 12

24. Demo Monday, 25 June 12

25. lincoln.ac.uk/faculty/mht/ socs/default.aspx Monday, 25 June 12

26. lincoln.ac.uk/school/computing Monday, 25 June 12

27. Which one can you remember? Monday, 25 June 12

28. Which one will your prospective students remember? Monday, 25 June

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29. The model Monday, 25 June 12

30. institution.ac.uk • /{ucas_code} → Redirect to appropriate /course/{id}. • /courses

    • /course/{id} • /undergraduate • /courses • /{id} → Redirect to appropriate /course/{id}. • /search/{query} • /entry_requirements • /prospectus • /postgraduate • /courses • /{id} → Redirect to appropriate /course/{id}. • /search/{query} • /entry_requirements • /prospectus • /foundation • /courses • /{id} → Redirect to appropriate /course/{id}. • /entry_requirements • /prospectus • /events • /opendays • /conferences • /public_lectures • /graduation • /business • /incubation • /ktp • /research Monday, 25 June 12

31. • /research • /academic_depts • /{id} • /courses • /undergraduate

    → Redirect to /undergraduate/courses/search/{query}. • /postgraduate → Redirect to /postgraduate/courses/search/{query}. • /staff → Redirect to /contact/search/{query}. • /news → Redirect to /news/search/{query}. • /support_depts • /{id} • /staff → Redirect to /contact/search/{query}. • /news → Redirect to /news/search/{query}. • /about • /vc • /parents • /{city} • /campuses • /{id} • /search • /press • /facts • /news • /{date} • /{id} • /search/{query} • /jobs • /legal • /policies • /data_protection • /environment Monday, 25 June 12

32. • /news → Redirect to /news/search/{query}. • /about • /vc

    • /parents • /{city} • /campuses • /{id} • /search • /press • /facts • /news • /{date} • /{id} • /search/{query} • /jobs • /legal • /policies • /data_protection • /environment • /equality • /foi • /ict • /website • /regulations • /contact • /staff • /{id} • /search/{query} Monday, 25 June 12

33. The poster http:/ /lncn.eu/bdp8 Monday, 25 June 12

34. State of the union Monday, 25 June 12

35. Spreadsheet http:/ /lncn.eu/bcx5 Monday, 25 June 12

36. What now? Monday, 25 June 12

37. Implementation Work with CMS vendors Develop mod_rewrite, nginx, ISS rules

    generator Understand the challenges faced by web managers and other stakeholders with a survey Improve understanding of DNS and HTTP status codes Monday, 25 June 12

38. Fin. @alexbilbie Monday, 25 June 12