The Open Source Reference Implementations unit of Telefónica R&D, leader of MyMobileWeb and EzWeb projects, has prepared a survey on portal technologies as part of its research within the framework of Service Front Ends for the Future Internet of Services. With this survey, we aim to present our vision about the evolution of Web technologies towards the creation of online channels.

The following slides collect the main stages of the Evolution of the Web and its impact on portal development. However, remaining problems keep this evolution alive, raising new technological challenges and setting new trends that will determine the future of the web portal development.

Find the slides on this site: survey of portal technologies (ppt)

This paper aims to describe our vision on Service Front End in next-generation SOA and the future Internet of Services. Our ambition is that the essence of this vision, the basic underlying principles and the overall skeleton of the proposal, will be supported by all the members of the group and that we will work together in order to make this vision a reality.

The first working draft of the SFE position paper was published on the 21st of July and was referred in the 1st Invitation to Contribute issued by the EU FP7 project NEXOF-RA. The NEXOF-RA project aims to produce open specifications of components in the target Architecture of the Future Internet of Services.

You can also find a copy of the document on this site: SFE Position Paper Working draft (pdf)

The presentations of the first meeting of the SFE CWG are available in the documents section of this blog.