colleagues, and who has already solved similar problems.  One important tool for web application 

developers is a community where they can share ideas, algorithms, code and resources. A critical 

need here is that web application developers need the time to be able to participate in this 

community.  

Other key tools for web application developers are enterprise level information/transaction services.  

These include the strong need for an enterprise directory, an enterprise authentication framework, 

and an API for accessing authoritative sources of standard data (possibly by way of the directory).  

There are several units on campus that have spent much effort implementing their own versions of 

these types of services.  In the long run, UCSC could save a significant amount of money by centrally 

funding and providing these core infrastructure services. 

Recommended Actions, Resources and Timeline:  

1.  The Web Services Committee surveyed Computing Coordinators and web developers regarding 

their tool use (see Appendix 7: Web Tools). A subset of the Web Services Committee (or another 

committee appointed by ITC) will continue to catalog those middleware, database and other 

customized tools and their functions. We recommend that this web based list be expanded and act 

as a hub for the UCSC web application developer community. 3 hours per month, ongoing. 

2.  We recommend that the Web Services Committee (or another committee appointed by ITC) work 

over the summer to draft the framework tools and training needs for developing static pages. Two 

persons, 20 hours each. 

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