BlogForever Project Presentation Vangelis Banos, Project Manager, ALTEC Software Stratos Arampatzis, Dissemination Manager, Tero Dr. Alexandra Cristea, University of Warwick Ilias Trochidis, Tero

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BlogForever Project Duration: 30 months Beginning: 1 st January 2011 Total eligible costs: 4,174, Requested EU Contribution: 3,165,000.00

Objectives Key Objective: BlogForever will develop robust digital preservation, management and dissemination facilities for weblogs. These facilities will be able to capture the dynamic and continuously evolving nature of weblogs, their network and social structure, and the exchange of concepts and ideas that they foster; pieces of information omitted by current Web Archiving methods and solutions. Scientific and Technological Objectives: Study weblog structure and semantics Define a robust digital preservation policy for weblogs Implement a weblog digital repository Implement specific case studies

Advances to the state of the art  Definition of a generic data model for weblog metadata and semantics Weblog digital preservation strategies Weblog spider Weblog digital repository web application

Work Packages WP1 Project Management (ALTEC) WP2 Project Structure and Semantics (Warwick) WP3 The BlogForever Policies (GU-HATII) WP4 The BlogForever Software Infrastructure (CERN) WP5 Case studies and validation (ULCC) WP6 Dissemination & exploitation (Tero)

WP2 Project Structure and Semantics Leader: Warwick Major Involvement: GU-HATII, ULCC, TUB Tasks Weblog survey Weblog semantics Weblog data extraction Key Deliverables: D2.3 Weblog Ontologies D2.7 Definition of weblog data extraction methodology

WP3 The BlogForever Policies Leader: GU-HAATII Major Involvement: Warwick, ULCC, TUB Tasks Development of a Preservation Strategy Assessment of interoperability prospects Development of the DRM Policy Key Deliverables D3.1 Preservation Strategy Report D3.3 Development of the Digital Rights Management Policy

WP4 The BlogForever Software Infrastructure Leader: CERN Major Involvement: CW, SRDC, ALTEC, TUB Tasks User requirements Design of the weblog spider tool component Implementation of the weblog spider tool component Design of the digital repository component Implementation of digital repository component Integration and Standardization Key Deliverables D4.1 User requirements and platform specifications D4.8 Final BlogForever platform

WP5 Case studies & validation Leader: ULCC Major Involvement: ALTEC, Warwick, Mokono Phaistos Tasks Specification of the case studies Implementation of the case studies User feedback and evaluation Key Deliverables: D5.10 Case studies comparative analysis and conclusions

WP6 Dissemination and Exploitation Leader: Tero Major Involvement: ALTEC, Mokono Tasks Assessment & peer review Market analysis The BlogForever Business Model Business and Exploitation plan Key Deliverables D6.4 BlogForever Business Model D6.5 Business and exploitation plan with a detailed action plan for follow-up activities

Impact The final output of BLOGFOREVER will be a simple weblog digital archiving solution that any user, user group or institution could use to preserve their weblog(s) and ensure their authenticity, integrity, completeness, usability, and long term accessibility as a valuable cultural, social, and intellectual resource. A multitude of parties will benefit from the project Bloggers Universities, Libraries & Information Centers Museums Education Research Business

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