EQUELLA and FlexPaper
Controlling content presentation and delivery
Carl Hoffman, Marilyn Edmonds, Nelson Cheng
Why control content?
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Protect source materials from editing
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Ensure that the rights of content authors are
respected
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Encourage sharing and collaboration
Current Tools
Digital Rights Management (DRM) control
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Assertion of moral rights
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Specify terms of use
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Requires agreement
… but it can’t be enforced
What is FlexPaper?
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A Web-based application to publish
a view of PDF documents
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Controls the publication of
resources
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Controls the possession of
original resources
How does it
work?
What’s Required
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EQUELLA & an LMS with a supported integration 
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A server running the OpenOffice daemon, Apache,
PHP and Python
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A version of FlexPaper
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A bit of budget …
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A clever consultant
Demonstration/Questions