References
The following institutions have kindly given their permission to be listed as a reference.
Universities
ETH – Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich
ETH Zürich is a science and technology university with an outstanding research record. Excellent research conditions, state-of-the-art infrastructure and an attractive urban environment add up to the ideal setting for creative personalities. 18,000 people from Switzerland and abroad are currently studying, working or conducting research at the university. ETH earned its excellent national and international reputation through major achievements in research as well as through first-rate teaching and services.
ETH uses Silva as its main CMS. There are over 350 public Silva sites running at the university, and a hundred some more in development. ETH contributes extensively to development of the application and has funded related software, such as the first generation of the Kupu WYSIWYG editor, Five, and the initial development of the Railroad Repository.
Contact: Reinhard Hess, Informatikdienste <reinhard.hess at id.ethz.ch>
Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien
Vienna University of Economics and Business
WU’s close cooperation with the business world affords it an especially practical relevance, which is one of the reasons why the WU is consistently ranked among the top institutions out of 120 in Austria, Germany and Switzerland for international business education. The WU has over 175 partner universities throughout the world and acknowledged expertise in a number of fields, including that of East-West business. Its wide range of courses as well as the international orientation of its teaching and research have made the WU a renowned center of knowledge in many key fields of business and economics. Over 20,000 students are enrolled.
The Silva CMS runs behind the WU site. The university regularly contributes to Silva, developed the Silva Layout product, Silva Poll, and has funded Kupu development.
Contact: Andreas Krasa, Zentrum für Informatikdienste <andreas.krasa at wu.ac.at>
University College London
UCL has a rich history spanning 175 years. Its community of 24,500 staff and students is engaged in productive partnerships around the world. More than a third of the student community is engaged in graduate studies, with almost half of these graduate students pursuing research degrees. UCL has the highest number of professors of any university in the UK, with more than 600 established and personal chairs, as well as the highest number of female professors.
UCL uses Silva as its main CMS, and has contributed to its development with core features, code sources, and the SilvaNewsNetwork product.
Contact: David Gillies, Web Services Officer <d.gillies at ucl.ac.uk>
Universidade de Coimbra
University of Coimbra, Portugal
The University of Coimbra is an indisputable reference in higher education and research in Portugal, due to the quality of the courses taught at its eight Faculties and to the advances achieved in pure and applied research in various areas of knowledge, in Portugal and in the world. The UC is the top university in Portugal and its international prestige may be demonstrated by the position it holds in the international rankings of universities and research centers.
Silva powers the main site. The university has contributed to Silva 2.0 development, Radius-based authentication for Silva, and numerous ongoing developments.
TU Delft
Delft University of Technology
The Delft University of Technology is the largest technical university in the Netherlands, with over 13,000 students and 2,100 scientists (including 200 professors). The university comprises eight faculties and multiple research institutes.
The TU Delft Library is developing a Repository Infrastructure system from which to serve the needs of various academic repository and related systems. This includes the basic institutional repository, third-party hosted repositories, expert searching, a digital asset management system, scientific data sets, long term preservation and other additional services to manage the special collections of the library and the wider TU Delft community in general.
The TU Delft Library was one of the initial sponsors of the MOAI server platform and contributes to its ongoing development.
Contact: Frits van Latum, Manager Digital Product Development <F.A.vanLatum at tudelft.nl>
Bethel University
Bethel University provides exceptional Christian higher education by integrating a broad choice of strong academic programs with a vital spiritual life and purpose. Approximately 5,600 students are enrolled in nearly 100 undergraduate, graduate, and seminary programs through the College of Arts & Sciences, Bethel Seminary, the College of Adult & Professional Studies, and the Graduate School.
Bethel University uses Silva as its main CMS, which runs the majority of its intranet and a growing number of public websites. The university actively develops and extends Silva, has contributed to the development of SilvaNewsNetwork, and has released a number of Silva extensions, including: SilvaStylesheets, SilvaCustomAutoTOC, and SilvaDocumentPatches.
Contact: Andrew Altepeter, Manager of Web Development Team, ITS <aaltepet at bethel.edu>
Trinity College
University of Melbourne
Founded in 1872 as the first college of the University of Melbourne, Trinity College is a unique tertiary institution that provides a diverse range of high quality academic and extra-curricular programs. These programs include: the residential College for undergraduate and postgraduate students of the University of Melbourne; Trinity College Foundation Studies, which prepares able overseas students for University entrance; Trinity College Theological School; International Summer Schools; Critical Thinking Workshops for senior decision-makers, and other short courses. An Anglican institution, Trinity welcomes people of all faiths and none. The College celebrates, and is enriched by, the diversity of backgrounds of its staff and students. Trinity College actively contributes to the life of the wider University and its main campus is set within the University grounds.
The Trinity College site is a Silva site.
Hochschule für Technik Zürich
The Zürich Polytechnic Institute has shown competence in extended occupational education for engineers and architects for many years. Their lecturers play important roles in the economy and are engaged in practice avocationally. This tried and tested system guarantees an up to date and praxis oriented education.
The entire HTZ site runs in Silva.
Contact: Philipp Schröder, Project Manager <biz at f2s.com>
Non-Governmental Organizations
Oxfam International
Oxfam International is an international confederation, comprised of 12 independent non-government organizations dedicated to fighting poverty and related injustice around the world. Its mission is a just world without poverty and its goal is to enable people to exercise their rights and manage their own lives.
Oxfam has invested heavily in the development of the Kupu editor both by external assignments and more recently with in-house development. Oxfam’s investment has helped turn the editor into a truly successful open source product, used by multiple systems including Apache Lenya, Magnolia, MMBase, MyFaces, Plone, Popoon, Silva, Twiki, and the Union CMS.
ver.di
Vereinte Dienstleistungsgewerkschaft
Ver.di is a German labor union that shapes the working environment and offers services to employees in more than a thousand professions.
They have created the Union CMS and integrated Kupu into it, contributing numerous features to the editor, such as multi-instance editing.
Research Institutes
Instituut voor Nederlandsche Geschiedenis
Institute for Dutch History
The Institute for Dutch History (ING) is a scientific institute tasked with stimulating research into Dutch history. The ING creates various publications that make the past accessible for researchers. The publications are available in both digital and book form (in the Rijks Geschiedkundige Publicatiën). The digitial versions are available via the website. The ING has created a custom built application for cross referencing historical documents with information in databases.
ING uses a customized Silva based application that enables searching in historical material (stored in XML documents) that is cross-referenced with extensive metadata.
Contact: Rik Hoekstra <Rik.Hoekstra at inghist.nl>
Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research
The Bijvoet Center aims to further insight into the relation, at the molecular level, between the structure and the function/activity of biomolecules that are involved in recognition, interaction, and regulatory processes. To achieve this goal, the Bijvoet Center will maintain an advanced infrastructure and will provide high-quality research training programs for young scientists.
The Bijvoet Center uses Silva as its CMS, and is currently extending it with workgroup collaboration facilities.
Contact: Bas Leeflang <b.r.leeflang at chem.uu.nl>
Other Installations of Infrae software
The following intitutions do not have a business relationship with Infrae, but make use of its open source software.
Noordsee.de
http://www.noordsee.de/
Website with information about the East Frisian coastal resort Neßmersiel.
Zentral- und Landesbibliothek Berlin
Berlin National Public Library
The site of the Berlin National Public Library (ZLB) runs in Silva, and is integrated with mulitiple external databases. The site developers have contributed many features, among them Silva’s workflow messaging facilities.
Waldwissen.net
The information- and communication platform waldwissen.net is a joint service from four research institutes:
- Bavarian Forest Institute
- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
- Federal Research and Training Centre for Forests, Natural Hazards and Landscape, Vienna
- Forest Research Institute of Baden-Württemberg
Waldwissen.net is a knowledge- and communication-platform for forestry and related fields. The internet-platform is based on specialised knowledge and know-how elaborated in different countries. The information offering of waldwissen.net is comprehensive, reviewed by experts and user-oriented, and will contribute to enhance the sustainable management, multifunctionality and conservation of biodiversity of forests in Central Europe.
The application runs in Silva and is being developed by WSL.
Computerbank Australia
The Computerbank Project is an Australian initiative to supply free GNU/Linux systems to low income individuals, community groups and disadvantaged schools. This Project has resulted in the formation of volunteer organisations in several Australian states. Computerbank branches across Australia are now providing help to low income individuals, families and under-resourced community groups and schools, especially with obtaining computer hardware and training in how to use it.
Computerbank does all its documentation in Silva and Kupu. Their people do valuable beta testing of new features.