Training Workshop on Biosafety Clearing-House for Thailand

1. Training Workshop on Biosafety Clearing-House for Thailand 18-19 December 2008 Bangkok, Thailand

2. Solutions for National Presence on the Web Mohammad Ilyas, IT-RA for Asia

3. Agenda • Complementarity between • Options for National Participation • Solutions for National Presence (website) • Solutions for National Presence (website) • Hermes • BCH Ajax Plug-In • Questions & Answers

4. Complementarity between • Options for National Participation • Allow Parties to submit information required under the Cartagena Protocol to the BCH • Solutions for National Presence • Help Parties wishing to have a presence on the web to establish their own National BCH • Both are distinctbutcomplementary

5. Options for National Participation • Allow Parties to submit information required under the Cartagena Protocol to the BCH • Only way/method for Parties to fulfill their obligations under the Protocol • Same four options are available • No changes have been made to the options for national participations

6. Options for National Participation Complexity 1. Management Center Format 2. Offline (Email/Fax) Format Syntax 3. BCH Crawler Format 4. BCH Web Service Format Syntax Protocol SOAP & WSDL Common Formats Vocabularies XML & XSD No IT knowledge required Good IT knowledge required Advanced IT knowledge required

7. Options for National ParticipationOption 1 – Management Centre The Management Center is available online, as part of the BCH Central Portal. It contains a series of entry forms that corresponds to each common formats. It provides an easy and efficient way to submit information to the BCH in the proper format. Submitted information is immediately made available online upon approval. Example of an entry form

8. Options for National ParticipationOption 3 – BCH Crawler National Web Site BCH Central Portal BCH DB BCH DB XML XML XML XML Option 3 XML XML XML XML BCH Crawler National Applications Existing Databases DB XML XML In this scenario, the BCH pulls the information from the National Web Site. The BCH pulls the information on a regular basis to check for any updates DB XML XML jfhej e jwje wjwj eje je jejjjjej je jeje. eeje jej jejeejej e jejowoe j39ejj ejjq ejj wjwjej ejjw jjweje. jfhej e jwje wjwj eje e rerew rewrewrewre re je jeje. eeje jej jejeejej e jejeejej e jejowoe j39ejj ejjq ejj wjwjej je jejjjjej je jfhej e jwje wjwj eje je jejjjjej je jeje. eeje jej jejeejej e jejowoe j39ejj ejjq ejj wjwjej ejjw jjweje. jfhej e jwje wjwj eje e rerew rewrewrewre re je jeje. eeje jej jejeejej e jejeejej e jejowoe j39ejj ejjq ejj wjwjej je jejjjjej je jfhej e jwje wjwj eje je jejjjjej je jeje. eeje jej jejeejej e jejowoe j39ejj ejjq ejj wjwjej ejjw jjweje. jfhej e jwje wjwj eje e rerew rewrewrewre re je jeje. eeje jej jejeejej e jejeejej e jejowoe j39ejj ejjq ejj wjwjej je jejjjjej je jfhej e jwje wjwj eje je jejjjjej je jeje. eeje jej jejeejej e jejowoe j39ejj ejjq ejj wjwjej ejjw jjweje. jfhej e jwje wjwj eje e rerew rewrewrewre re je jeje. eeje jej jejeejej e jejeejej e jejowoe j39ejj ejjq ejj wjwjej je jejjjjej je

9. Options for National ParticipationOption 4 – BCH Crawler BCH Central Portal National Web Site BCH DB BCH DB BCH Web Service Option 4 National Applications Existing Databases DB XML XML In this scenario, the National Web Site pushes the information to the BCH. The National Web Site has the control of when the information is updated. DB XML XML jfhej e jwje wjwj eje je jejjjjej je jeje. eeje jej jejeejej e jejowoe j39ejj ejjq ejj wjwjej ejjw jjweje. jfhej e jwje wjwj eje e rerew rewrewrewre re je jeje. eeje jej jejeejej e jejeejej e jejowoe j39ejj ejjq ejj wjwjej je jejjjjej je jfhej e jwje wjwj eje je jejjjjej je jeje. eeje jej jejeejej e jejowoe j39ejj ejjq ejj wjwjej ejjw jjweje. jfhej e jwje wjwj eje e rerew rewrewrewre re je jeje. eeje jej jejeejej e jejeejej e jejowoe j39ejj ejjq ejj wjwjej je jejjjjej je jfhej e jwje wjwj eje je jejjjjej je jeje. eeje jej jejeejej e jejowoe j39ejj ejjq ejj wjwjej ejjw jjweje. jfhej e jwje wjwj eje e rerew rewrewrewre re je jeje. eeje jej jejeejej e jejeejej e jejowoe j39ejj ejjq ejj wjwjej je jejjjjej je jfhej e jwje wjwj eje je jejjjjej je jeje. eeje jej jejeejej e jejowoe j39ejj ejjq ejj wjwjej ejjw jjweje. jfhej e jwje wjwj eje e rerew rewrewrewre re je jeje. eeje jej jejeejej e jejeejej e jejowoe j39ejj ejjq ejj wjwjej je jejjjjej je

10. Gap to be filled National BCHbased on SCBD solutions Gap to be filled 1. Management Center 2. Offline (Email/Fax) 3. BCH Crawler National BCHinteroperable with theCentral Portal 4. BCH Web Service National BCH BCH Central Portal

11. National Presence (Website) • Having a national website is not required under the Protocol • Making information available through a national website does not fulfill Party obligations under the Protocol )

12. Why a National Website? • Have a presence on the web • Make available additional information • Make information available in one or more different languages • National pride • National requirement • Etc.

13. Solutions for a National BCH • In order to help Parties wishing to establish their National BCH, the Secretariat has developed two different solutions • Hermes • The BCH Ajax Plug-In • Both solutions provide out-of-the-box interoperability with the BCH Central Portal

14. Hermes • Hermes is a complete out-of-the-box Content Management System (CMS) solution, which provides both the space and the building blocks for the development of a National BCH • Hermes instances are hosted on the Secretariat’s servers • Hermes is maintained and fully supported by the Secretariat

15. Hermes provides • Online Content Management System (CMS) • Interoperability with the BCH • Multilanguage translation • Content versioning (with change tracking) • Advanced search functionalities • Security (SSL authentication) • 99.999% uptime through redundancy • Real-time monitoring • On-site and off-site backups

16. Hermes online CMS • Allows users to create and maintain their national website online • Provides an easy wiki-like syntax • Much simpler than HTML • Does not require any technical skills • Provides content versioning and changes tracking to ease translation

17. Hermes also provides • File management (PDF, Word Files, etc.) • Photo galleries • Discussion forums • RSS (new) • Template customization(new) • Flash animations support (new)

18. How to proceed? • Request from the Secretariat the creation of an Hermes instance • MOU is not required • Provide text content, banner, etc. • Interoperability is provided out-of-the-box • Go live! Next: Quick demonstration (2 minutes)

19. The BCH Ajax Plug-In • The BCH Ajax Plug-In is the little cousin of Hermes. It aims to add out-of-the-box interoperability to any existing website • Hermes is used to build an entire web site • The BCH Ajax Plug-In is used to provide out-of-the-box interoperability to an existing website The BCH Ajax Plug-In is compatible with all platforms and Browsers (Interne Explorer, Firefox and Safari)

20. The BCH Ajax Plug-In • Technically, the BCH Ajax Plug-In is just two lines of HTML It can be added to any existing website in few minutes. Next: Quick demonstration (2 minutes)

21. Questions? Thank you