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| Original author(s) | Steve Perry |
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| Developer(s) | Jumper Networks |
| Initial release | 2008 September 29 |
| Stable release | 2.0.1.4
/ June 1, 2009 |
| Platform | PHP, Javascript, Apache, mySQL |
| Available in | English (many other language versions are available) |
| Type | Enterprise Bookmarking |
| License | GNU General Public License |
| Website | jumpernetworks.com |
Jumper 2.0, is an open source web application script for Enterprise bookmarking and social search developed by Jumper Networks, Inc. It was publicly announced on 29 September 2008,[1]. A stable version of Jumper (version 2.0.1.1) was publicly released under the GNU General Public License and was made available on Sourceforge on 26 March 2009 as a free software download.[2]
Jumper is Enterprise 2.0 software that allows its users to search, tag, link, and rate structured data and unstructured data sources, including relational databases, flat file databases, medical imaging, and any network file system.[3] It is an interactive, user-submitted recommendation engine which uses peer and social-networking principles to reference data in distributed storage devices in a single representation and capture the knowledge about that data.
Features
- Search enterprise data
- Reference data in any source
- Create true Global Namespaces
- User published data profiling
- Categorize profiles by area, type, etc.
- Hyperdata linking of distributed data
- Group-based permissions
- Object level access controls
- User and user role management
- Descriptive tag (metadata)
Jumper 2.0 is enterprise web-infrastructure for tagging and linking data resources.[4] Jumper 2.0 lets you search and share high-value data across remote locations using tag (metadata) to capture knowledge about data in remote data stores. It collects these tags in a tag profile. The tag profiles are stored in an interactive knowledge base and search engine.
The software represents a fundamentally new approach to managing structured and semi-structured data using a Web 2.0 front-end where user-created tag profiles identify quality data resources, user contributed information adds real-world knowledge about the data resources, and user-created reviews sort out the worthy resources from the inadequate[5]
Jumper 2.0 is free software under the GPLv2 license. Users can purchase installation and support contracts under commercial, educational, or nonprofit licenses.[6].
Jumper 2.0 is written in PHP and Javascript, and supports storage of the tag profile content and associated metatags within MySQL. Jumper runs on any industry standard web server such as Apache, Microsoft Internet Information Services, or Zeus Web Servers.
The Jumper 2.0 Enterprise version provides advanced features such as LDAP for user and group management, and enterprise database integration with JDBC drivers for access to back-end Oracle database, IBM DB2, and Microsoft SQL Server.
Advantages
What are the Jumper advantages:
Jumper is a specialized Enterprise Social Search tool.
- leverages bookmarking to create a user-submitted index engine
- allows users to tag any data, not just web pages
- provides keyword and description tags
- also provides expanded knowledge tags
- knowledge tags can be customized to meet specific requirements
- tag terms can be aligned with corporate taxonomies or data dictionary
- a tag term is highlighted if it exists in the dictionary – user can click through to read the term
- group based permissions and easy integration with LDAP
Disadvantages
What are the differences in Jumper:
Jumper is not a typical social networking tool.
- it does not deploy a tool bar in your browser
- users do not share web page bookmarks from their browser
- bookmark tags are not standard but can be customized
- bookmarks more than web pages
- it does not provide user profiles or ask an expert features
- there are no discussion groups, no blogs or wikis
History
Jumper was originally created as a project for the Sun Microsystems Jini Community. [7] The software was first presented at the 6th annual JCM Sessions.[8] Project Jump created a name server storing persistent names for data objects using a system of "natural language addressing" based on descriptive metrics, which have since been adopted by JXTA [9]. It was originally developed by Steve Perry from his work as a data integration consultant.[10]
Jumper 2.0 is open source software that was originally developed on Sourceforge. The Jumper Open Source Project is a community effort, led by Jumper Networks, devoted to building and maintaining the open source version of Jumper[11].
References
- ^ NEWS-Jumper_Networks_Releases_Jumper_2.0_Platform.pdf "Jumper Networks Press Release for Jumper 2.0" (PDF). Jumper Networks, Inc. 29 September 2008.
{{cite news}}: Check|url=value (help); Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Jumper Networks Press Release Jumper 2.0 Released under the GPL" (PDF). Jumper Networks, Inc. 26 March 2009.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Jumper Product Page". Jumper Networks, Inc. 6 March 2009.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Jumper 2.0 Tags the Enterprise". John Udell, Web 2.0 News. 17 April 2009.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Jumper 2.0 product information
- ^ Jumper 2.0 licensing information
- ^ "Enterprise 2.0 Engines: Jumper Networks". Darren Waters. 3 April 2009.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help); Text "Amazines" ignored (help) - ^ . Sun Microsystems, Inc. 24 October 2006 http://www.jini.org/wiki/6th_JCM_Sessions.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help); Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "Jini". IBM Corporation. 1 July 2002.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Silo Busters". Karen Voler, Data Storage Magazine. 8 January 2009.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Sourceforge – Jumper 2.0 a new kind of knowledgebase
