> My issue with Apache OODT is the fact currently a load of science bods use it > (no offence ;) ) and the stuff you see written about and presented whilst a) > is cool as hell b) lacks day to day "real world" applications for non > scientists because if people do use it for non science applications, its not > publicised very well which is where I want to try and advocate OODT....
True, true. > But with my current clients don't have an obvious use case, but there must be > a bunch if I sit down and think about them, so I was thinking about pitching > a talk along the lines of > > "Utilising the power of Apache OODT with mainstream Business > Intelligence tools" > > Where I can discuss a few real world scenarios and I was thinking I > could demonstrate OODT integration with Pentaho Data > Integration(Apache Licensed) using ETL to control ingestion and use > Pentaho Data Integration to query and extract data from the Catalog. > > I could also use the Pentaho BI server to create a Dashboard > framework to display relevant OODT information and as an alternative > ingestion platform to the default File manager. Love it. Everyone uses metadata, not just scientists, and business applications must have a load of it just begging for OODT's capabilities. We do a lot of "virtual labs" with OODT by bringing together disparate institutions & databases to create a super-lab that federates them all. Why not "virtual banks" or "virtual brokers" or "virtual insurers" or "virtual art galleries" or "virtual marketplaces" or "virtual water districts" or "virtual power grids" etc. Please make it so, Tom! --k
