It is usually customizable and can be designed
to provide employees, customers, or trading partners with the information that they need,
when they need it. Aiken and Finkelstein (2002) indicated that enterprise portals will be
Figure 6. The asset portal and corresponding components
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the primary method used by organizations to publish and access business intelligence and
knowledge management resources. These definitions provide the foundation for an asset
portal (Figure 6, label #1). The asset portal is a vertical portal that focuses on the information
technology assets and the metadata representations of these assets. The asset portal is
the desired starting point for the user base. The main portal page should contain some of
the following functionality:
??? Basic overview, user guide, and online help
??? Semantic and advanced boolean search
??? Multiple hierarchal structures for asset classification
??? Usage-based listings: latest additions, coming soon, top ten
??? Key business functions
??? Service provider support
??? Personalization
??? Related programs
These components provide links to the entire metadata environment from a single point of
access.
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