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| Project No. | Acronym - Title | |||
| RE4004 | DESIRE II - Development of a European Service for Information on Research and Education II | |||
| Lead Sector | Other Sectors | Start | End | Project Duration |
| RESEARCH | 1 Jul 1998 | 31 Jun 2000 | 24 months | |
Project Objectives, Summary Description and Anticipated Results:
In the context of a European information network based on the World Wide Web (WWW), DESIRE II aims to address specific areas in which existing services can be enhanced to better meet the needs of research users. In particular, DESIRE II aims to provide: a sustainable approach to making searching, finding, browsing, accessing and retrieving multimedia resources as easy as possible; making a wider range of information available for retrieval via a common interface; performance features to reduce the international bandwidth requirements of access to multimedia information across Europe; dissemination and demonstration activities to encourage the uptake of these improved services.Component technologies (caching, indexing methods) have clear possibilities for exploitation by providers of information services and by network operators. The participating service providers will exploit the technical infrastructure to deliver an information service infrastructure to their customers.
Major Validation Sites:
| Organisation | City/Town + Postal Code | Region | Country | |
| DTV, Technical Knowledge Centre & Library of Denmark | Lyngby 2800 | DK002 | DK | |
| Umea University | Umea 901 87 | SE05 | SE | |
| Høgskoleverket | Stockholm 103 99 | SE01 | SE | |
| UNINETT A/S | Trondheim 7034 | N/A | NO | |
| SURFnet bv | Utrecht 3511 CK | NL31 | NL | |
| University of Bristol Institute for Learning and Research Technology | Bristol BS8 1TK | UK61 | GB |
Other Characteristics of the Project:
| Users involved Users of research networks across Europe; both general users benefiting from infrastructural improvements and identified groups of specialists in specific fields of research. Operators and funders of research networks. |
| Technologies and/or approach used Web-based technologies (HTTP, ICP,), standard information access protocols (Z39.50, LDAP, NNTP, FTP). |
| Expected benefits for the citizens Increased access to and reduced cost of on-line information. |
| Expected benefits for the users of the application Increased access to and reduced cost of on-line information. |
| Expected benefits for the European Industries Increased access to and reduced cost of on-line information. |
| Contribution to EU-policies Better international collaboration through more efficient access to information and research results. Create basis of European information infrastructure. |
Coordinator:
| Name of Organisation | City/Town + Postal Code | Region | Country |
| University of Bristol Institute for Learning and Research Technology | Bristol BS8 1TK | UK61 | GB |
Contact Person from the Coordinating Contractor:
| Title, Forename, Surname | Mr Nicky Ferguson |
| Address | University of Bristol Institute for Learning and Research Technology, Bristol BS8 1TK |
| Telephone | +44 117 928 8471 |
| Fax | +44 117 928 8473 |
| E-mail 1 | nicky.ferguson@bristol.ac.uk |
| E-mail 2 |
Other Contractors:
| Code | Name of Organisation | City/Town + Postal Code | Region | Country |
| C2 | SURFnet bv | Utrecht 3511 CK | NL31 | NL |
| C3 | Lund University Library, Netlab | Lund 22100 | SE04 | SE |
| C4 | UNINETT A/S | Trondheim 7034 | N/A | NO |
| C5 | University of Bath | Bath BA2 7AY | UK61 | GB |
Updated: 30 July 2000 - telematics@terena.nl