2001/02 Brussels1 REGNET – Cultural Heritage in REGional NETworks Combined RTD & Demonstration project Project acronym: REGNET Project full title: Cultural Heritage in Regional Networks Proposal/Contract no.: IST-2000 – Coordinator: AIT – Angewandte Informationstechnik Forschungsgesellschaft mbH Hans-Sachs-Gasse 14/3; A-8010 Graz/Austria

2001/02 Brussels2 IST III.1.4Access to digital collections of cultural and scientific content Objectives: To improve substantially access for citizens and professionals to Europes expanding repositories of cultural and scientific knowledge. Focus : For cultural knowledge focus is on: Innovative systems integration and reference implementations for advanced digital library applications and test-beds federating content with navigation, search and retrieval functions and tools for very large, diverse and highly distributed cultural information and concept spaces. · Integrating community building tools for a seamless and tailored approach to sharing and interactive use of internationally distributed and culturally significant resources and collections. The work should contribute to the creation of a sustainable European cultural landscape and will address global consensus on common specifications and practices for new data models, architectures, benchmarks and metrics, test suites, meta-data directories and trust infrastructures. REGNET Action Line

2001/02 Brussels3 Development of a service infrastructure which enables business to business (B2B) transactions as well as business to consumer (B2C) transactions, Development and use of existing - locally held - electronic catalogues (OPACS: Online Public Access Catalogues) referring to cultural & scientific objects contained in libraries, museums, archives, and galleries, as well as to goods and services. Integration of a distributed search and retrieval system to achieve a 'virtual union' catalogue of all OPACS and product/service catalogues held locally Definition of Information Products and Services including necessary 'supply chains' and the connected business processes and functions to deliver digital and physical goods, REGNET Objectives - 1

2001/02 Brussels4 Development of a legal framework necessary for all business transaction on the B2B and B2C level (containing payment features, copyright systems, authentication control, etc), Integration and test of existing components, standards, and methods in the field of distributed search and retrieval and e-commerce, Access to the REGNET-WEB services via wireless communication (UMTS) using mobile phones, Run a trial service (demonstration phase) which should be followed by a regular service. REGNET Objectives - 2

2001/02 Brussels5 REGNET Overall Scenario

2001/02 Brussels6 REGNET User Scenarii Shopping Cultural Objects (digital surrogates, articles from museum shops) (B2C) Cooperative Production of a Virtual Exhibition (CD-ROM, WEB- Project) (B2B) Private Auctions (with the help of a service centre) (C2C)

2001/02 Brussels7 REGNET Building – Blocks - 1 REGNET – Portal access to remote data entry, distributed search, e-business REGNET – Cultural Heritage Data Management search over distributed meta data repositories connected to data stores containing digital content REGNET – eBusiness Data Management e-commerce system allowing access to distributed product/service catalogues REGNET – Ontology (Metadata) Subsystem containing the specifications of all metadata, terminologies, etc needed in the Cultural Heritage domain as well as in the e-business domain REGNET – Electronic Publishing Subsystem allowing the production of personalised digital products based on standardised meta data and workflows

2001/02 Brussels8 REGNET Building – Blocks - 2

2001/02 Brussels9 Austria: Angewandte Informationstechnik GmbH, Graz (Coordinator); Salzburg Research Forschungsgesell- schaft m.b.H.,Salzburg; Österreichische National- bibliothek, Wien Belgium: TARX nv, Hofstade; Stedelijke Musea Mechelen, Mechelen Bulgaria: Institute of Computer and Communication Systems, Sofia France: ValTech, Toulouse Germany: Information & Management Consulting, Berlin Greece: ZEUS Consulting S.A., Patras; Systema Informatics SA, Athens; Informatics and Telematics Institute,Thessaloniki REGNET Partners - 1

2001/02 Brussels10 Netherlands: Museon, Den Haag Italy: Consorzio Civita, Rome; MOTOROLA, Turin; SPACE S.r.l., Prato; Fratelli Alinari SpA, Florence Russia: Southern Ural State University / Regional Centre of FREEnet, Chelyabinsk Spain: Instituto Andaluz de Tecnologia, Sevilla; Ajuntament de Granollers, Granollers; Sistemas Expertos SA, Madrid Sweden: Stockholm University Library; Lansmuseet pa Gotland, Visby; Naturhistorika Riksmuseet, Stockholm; Royal Swedish Academy of Science, Stockholm UK: Terra Incognita Ltd., London REGNET Partners - 2

2001/02 Brussels11 The partners of the REGNET project are grouped in: Group-1: Content Providers: ONB, LMG, NRM, KVA, ALI, MECH, GRAN, MUS Group-2:Developers: SR, SIE, SI, ITI, VALT,TINC, MOT Group-3:Regional Poles: SUL, CC, IAT Group-4:Developers/Poles: AIT, IMAC, TARX, SPAC, ZEUS, ICCS(SUSU) REGNET Partners - Groups

2001/02 Brussels12 REGNET Partners - Countries

2001/02 Brussels13 REGNET Work Areas Work Area A refers to the content creation and content management, Work Area B refers to the platform engineering (integration of middleware components) and the development of the REGNET building blocks, and Work Area C covers the enterprise engineering (business process engineering, definition of work flow) and the development of a legal framework. Work Area D covers the domain specific aspects of the REGNET- System. Work Area E contains the management of the demonstration phase and region specific aspects of the REGNET-System.

2001/02 Brussels14 REGNET Work Packages - 1 WP1 Analysis of the State of the Art and Development of Concepts Definition of content to be provided, development of a documentation and digitalisation plan for content creation and management (Work Area A). Identification of standards to be used, development of the user requirements and system requirements & specifications (Work Area B). Development of the legal framework and partnership model, definition of supported business functions, identification of market (Segments) and user groups (Work Area C)

2001/02 Brussels15 WP2 Implementation of the System and Preparation of Services and Product Generation Preparation of content and products (Work Area A). System implementation; development of the building blocks; integration into the REGNET-System (Work Area B). Settlement of the legal framework, business process (re-) engineering, market preparation (Work Area C). WP3 Validation of the REGNET-Demonstrator and Preparation of the Demonstration Phase Validation of the REGNET-demonstrator; preparation of the demonstration phase. REGNET Work Packages - 2

2001/02 Brussels16 WP4 Demonstration The REGNET-System will be used in a trial service which includes an initial testing phase (selected users). The REGNET-demonstration part of the project includes: execution of the demonstration phase (trial service); refinement of system and services where appropriate and necessary; analysis of the trial service. WP5 Development of an exploitation plan Development of an exploitation plan on different levels (content providers, service providers, business access points). The plan has to include new models of co-operations and partnerships. REGNET Work Packages - 3

2001/02 Brussels17 WP6 Information Dissemination Information dissemination will be done using different types of dissemination channels: Project WEB-Site, conferences, seminars, printed and electronic publications. Special attention will be drawn to the participation of project members in relevant standardisation committees and workshops. WP7 Project Management This work package includes management, reporting, quality assurance, etc. The management activities are split up into contractual and technical matters and are covered by two different partners. REGNET Work Packages - 4

2001/02 Brussels18 REGNET Deliverables - 1 D1Content Creation and Content Management D2Specifications and State of the Art D3REGNET - Enterprise Engineering and Market Analysis D4Available Content and Products D5Code, User Documentation and Installation Manual D6System Services and Business Processes D7Validation of the REGNET System operation D8Preparation of the REGNET - Demonstration Phase

2001/02 Brussels19 D9REGNET System operation D10Demonstration (Trial Service) D11REGNET trial service and recommendations D12Technology Implementation Plan D13Information Dissemination Activities D14Quality Assurance System D15Final Report D16Project Presentation (WEB Presence) D17Project Presentation (Fact Sheet) REGNET Deliverables - 2

2001/02 Brussels20 DURATION: 01/03/2001 ? to 28/02/2003 ? TOTAL BUDGET IN EUR: Personnel (526 Person Months) Durable equipment Consumables Travel and subsistance Computing Subcontracting Overheads TOTAL (48,64% funded) REGNET Duration and Budget