Multilingual access to data infrastructures in the European research area

Objective

The MADIERA project is addressing the part II of the IHP-KA1 by implementing an extensible and distributed multi-lingual web-based infrastructure for the European social science research community. It will benefit
1) data archives and other information providers by delivering content publishing and management tools and creating exemplars;
2) researchers, who will then be able use the tools to locate and browse distributed resources and then link their output dynamically to underlying data and other resources in focused information environments; and
3) users of academic research who will be able to access, explore, challenge and interact with high quality research output.

The project will deliver these benefits by exploiting advanced software to publish heterogeneous data sources interactively and integrate them with other resources and knowledge products through a Web-based infrastructure populated with a variety of data and knowledge products from a wide selection of European providers.

Programme(s)

• FP5-HUMAN POTENTIAL - Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Improving the human research potential and the socio-economic knowledge base" (1998-2002)

Topic(s)

• 1.4.1.-4. - Key action Socio-Economic Knowledge Base

Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinator

NORWEGIAN SOCIAL SCIENCE DATA SERVICES

Address

22,Holmboesgate 22
5007 Bergen
Norway

Participants (6)

DANSK DATA ARKIV

Denmark

Address

Islandsgade, 10
5000 Odense C

NATIONAL CENTRE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH

Greece

Address

14-18 Messogheion Avenue
115 27 Athens

NESSTAR LIMITED

United Kingdom

Address

John Tabor House, Wivenhoe Park
C04 3SQ Colchester

SWISS INFORMATION AND DATA ARCHIVE SERVICE FOR THE SOCIAL SCIENCES

Switzerland

Address

Ruelle Vaucher 13
2000 Neuchatel

UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX

United Kingdom

Address

Wivenhoe Park
CO4 3SQ Colchester

ZENTRALARCHIV FUER EMPIRISCHE SOZIALFORSCHUNG

Germany

Address

Bachemer Strasse 40
50931 Koeln