Emerging Standards for Enhanced Publications and Repository Technology : Survey on Technology

This book consists of two main parts: New Technologies and Communities, and Interoperability. The New Technologies and Communities part contains the following three chapters: one on the Grid, i.e. network, computing community, one on long-term preservation (LTP) strategies and projects, and one on the European CRIS community (Computer Research Information Systems). CRIS-systems are based in research institutions and national administrations, and should evolve into a European-wide e-infrastructure. Of course, there are differences between the repository (publications) and CRIS (research information) communities, but just like Grid computing and LTP, the CRIS community is a related, pan-European community, which deserves a place alongside the other chapters in this publication. The other part of the book, Interoperability, deals with the new standards, formats and evolutions in the repository world and beyond, all related to the dissemination and interoperability of Enhanced Publications. Forthcoming D-NET developments will need to be interoperable with many of these emerging standards because they are being used to disseminate Enhanced Publications. Every chapter of this part describes an emerging standard, a relevant community or platform, and follows a three-tiered approach: theory, case studies and opportunities for DRIVER. The introduction and theoretical framework explains and defines the technology or community in a DRIVER II context, which is followed by case studies and projects that have implemented these standards or technologies, in order to evaluate the relevance and quality for DRIVER. The last part of every chapter always contains the outcomes for DRIVER II, and serves as input for the technical team for the development of D-NET