Objective MALVINE opens new and enhanced access to disparate modern manuscript holdings, kept and catalogued in European libraries, archives, documentation centres and museums. MALVINE will provide a common multilingual user interface in a clear terminology with the help of metadata. The project will involve databases in the field of biographical documentation, publishing projects and related sectors. Document delivery items will improve the options for remote access and will contribute to the protection and conservation of the precious original documents.Technical approachThe technical basis for the MALVINE concept and demonstrator to be developed is mainly based on already existing standards and S&R-components available from other projects. Network components, standards and protocols as Z39.50 will be used to provide state-of-the-art search and query mechanisms and interoperability of heterogeneous systems. Based on previous EU-funded projects the concept of a "retrieval manager" will enable parallel searches in existing databases. Data exchange and text encoding will be based on the SGML standard. "Neutral entry point" clients (using WEB-technology) will provide full access facilities to the information resources. The technical platform will be based on low cost PCs enabling even small sites to run a Z39.50 target system and a local OPAC.Key issuesKey issue to be addressed include:user requirement analysis, user scenarios and survey of potential partnerships;metadata definition;terminology control through thesauri;Intellectual Property Rights;guidelines and training for use of the service.Impact and expected resultsThe main technical outcome of the project will be:the operational implementation of a MALVINE-'retrieval manager' allowing parallel multisite searching and navigation on the collection level via metadata coming from the explain module and the thesaurus; this component provides 'slots' for existing Z39.50 based OPACs;the implementation of an OPAC system (MALVINE-OPAC: data base and Z39.50-target) which is considered to be generic for library, museum and archival applications (MALVINE-profile);data loading facility for the MALVINE-OPAC using a SGML-based input format;simple data entry procedure for bibliographic and object type data as used in archives, libraries and museums; this procedure produces SGML structured records (MALVINE-production system);production modules for simple catalogue type information using SGML and based on the MALVINE-production system.Special care will be given to produce high-quality, cost-effective and well-documented software solution with a wide applicability. Fields of science natural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftwarenatural sciencescomputer and information sciencesdatabasesnatural sciencescomputer and information sciencesdata sciencedata exchange Programme(s) FP4-TELEMATICS 2C - Specific programme of research and technological development and demonstration in the area of telematic applications of common interest, 1994-1998 Topic(s) B.5.2 - Telematics applications for interconnected library services Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin EU contribution No data Address Potsdamer Str. 33 10785 Berlin Germany See on map Total cost No data Participants (7) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all Biblioteca de Universidad Complutense de Madrid Spain EU contribution No data Address See on map Total cost No data Fraunhofer Institut Software- und Systemtechnik Germany EU contribution No data Address See on map Total cost No data Institut de Textes et Manuscrits Modernes France EU contribution No data Address See on map Total cost No data Instituto da Biblioteca Nacional e do Livro Portugal EU contribution No data Address See on map Total cost No data JOANNEUM RESEARCH Austria EU contribution No data Address STEYRERGASSE 17 See on map Total cost No data University of Bergen Norway EU contribution No data Address See on map Total cost No data Österreichische Nationalbibliothek Austria EU contribution No data Address See on map Total cost No data
