Characteristics of a portal:
- what is a portal?
- aggregate
- single sign on
- personalized, targeted
- one-stop-shop
- dashboard
- "junk yard"
- public/private graduated access
- intranet
- one portal to rule them all and in the xml bind them
- thicker lipstick (shield users from institutional dysfunction by presenting unified enterprise)
A decade ago there was some understanding what a portal was. "All" content should be in. Some tried to put actual content in while others put links. There was a sense that customization was important, but anecdotal evidence the actual use of customization has been less than anticipated.
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