At 10:31 am +0100 19/9/00, Chris Tilbury wrote:
>| I fail to see the difference here between 'portal' and 'website'
>
>It's like saying there's no difference between the word "vehicle" and "car".
>A portal is a specific type of website, if you like, just as a gateway is a
>specific type of website.
In the context of the original request, I felt that a car park was
described, not a car!
>I always think of a portal as being not merely links to information held
>elsewhere, but as an entity which aggregates that information and which
>attempts, as far as possible, to present it in a consistent and easy to use
>fashion. So a good portal will incorporate as much information as possible
>relevant to the audience you're targeting it at - including things like news
>headlines, as you mention.
The key here is 'links to information held elsewhere'. To me that is
the fundamental definition of 'portal': the extended links page. What
was described may well have lots of external links, but that was not
the major function of the site. The inward-looking portal approach is
an extension of the original site-map/search engine idea with
personalisation. I guess 'enterprise portal' will have to do do.
--
cheers,
Mike
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