Looking for partners for 3 proposals to the IST Programme

[Mario Amado Alves <maa@di.fct.unl.pt>]

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We are looking for partners from Europe and developing countries for 3
proposals to the 4th call of the Information Society Techonolgies Programme
launched by the European Commission (www.cordis.lu/ist). The proposals have
already been pre-registered with the Programme. The submission deadline is
31 October 2000. Please reply to us before 23 October 2000.

  Mário Amado Alves*, maa@di.fct.unl.pt
  Fernando Brito e Abreu*, fba@di.fct.unl.pt (IQUAL only)
  Mário Caeiro, mariocaeiro@ip.pt (Luna only)
    *Faculty of Sciences and Technology, New University of Lisbon

The 3 proposals:

OpenIST - Open Source Software Components and Tools for the Information
Society Technologies.
A wide group of researchers in programming and software engineering, and
possibly also industry software developers, will select and create software
components and tools necessary for effective software engineering and
programming in virtually all the Information Society Technologies. The main
deliverable is Version 1 of the OpenIST Software Library, with a status of
open source, and most probably free. The project spans 12 months, with
working incremental versions of the library available from the start.
Key line: 4.3.1
Type of Action: research

IQUAL (Internet Quality) - Quality Modelling for Internet Technology
The new realities of software construction in the internet age render
existing software quality models completely inadequate. Software artefacts
are now a blend of architectural issues, multimedia technology and new
human machine interaction paradigms. A framework for assessing the quality
of web-based technology is thus urgently required. The current proposal is
to research and create such a framework. Third party certification of
web-based software solutions requires it. The web marketplace would be the
final winner.
Action Lines I.3.1, IV.2..., IV.3..., V.1.4, V.1.6, VIII.1.3
Type of Action: 90% research; 10% take-up

Luna - University of the Moon
The mission of the University of the Moon is to study and develop
interesting things which lie outside the realm of interest and/or
possibility of Earth universities, e.g. a non-Unix operating system. It
takes the form of an earthly network until Luna, the Earth's satelite, is
inhabitable: then it founds its headquarters there.
Action lines VI.1.1, VIII.1.2
Type of Action: thematic networks

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Notes to addressees:
Doctor Gabriel Pereira Lopes: proposal OpenIST converges with your proposal
to set up a site with tools for information retrieval and NLP
experimentation by students and other associates.

Sent 2000-10-18 to:
lista-glint@pc-gpl.di.fct.unl.pt, 
fba@di.fct.unl.pt, 
pg@di.fct.unl.pt, 
comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org, 
XML-L@LISTSERV.HEANET.IE,
filipefh@mail.telepac.pt,
mariocaeiro@ip.pt
Cc: IST@cec.eu.int

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