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Multimodal Web Interaction

Objective

MWeb will support the development and adoption of industry standards (W3C Recommendations) enabling multimodal Web access using mobile devices. MWeb includes European outreach activities on first-generation W3C multimodal Recommendations as well as support required for developing a second generation of specifications with significant European participation.

The project is lead by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) which was founded by the Web inventor, Tim Berners-Lee. W3C has been active in the area of multimodal Web access for several years. Very likely, multimodal Web access will be the first widespread practical use of multimodal technology, and will have a similar impact on the adoption multimodal technology as the original Web had on the adoption of Internet technology. Key objectives of the IST programme reinforcing European strengths, and to overcome weaknesses in areas which are critical for European competitiveness.

Multimodal Web access from mobile devices is a key opportunity for Europe to use one of its strengths (mobile technology) to overcome one of its weaknesses (Web technology) in order to increase overall competitiveness. Moreover, cooperation with standards bodies will be a contractual requirement in FP6 projects. The MWeb outreach activities increase awareness and visibility of W3C multimodal specifications within Europe. This is required since the first generation specifications have been developed with a limited level of European participation. Moreover, W3C work on multimodal technology does not have the visibility of some other areas of more recent W3C work (e.g. semantic Web, Web services).

The MWeb technical activities provide European research and industry with competent partners within the W3C that will help to raise the level of European participation in W3C multimodal work to a level that is required to realize the potential increase in European strengths that lies in the convergence of Web and mobile technologies.

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GEIE ERCIM
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2004, ROUTE DES LUCIOLES SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS
06410 BIOT
France

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