Objective EUROPUBLISHING enables European publishers to apply new product and process technology exploiting advanced communications services (e.g. ISDN, VBN and ATM), by combining distributed systems for computer-integrated publishing and publication delivery systems with publishers' management and decision support systems. Using communications networks available in the near-future, project results will contribute to the transition from separate publishing islands to the sharing of flexible, distributed but integrated publishing systems in Europe.The main objective of the research was to enable European publishers to apply new product and process technologyexploiting diverse advanced communications services. The approach was to combine distributed systems for computer integrated publishing and publication delivery systems with publisher's management and decision support systems. The availability of adequate communications networks, makes possible the transition from separate publishing islands to the sharing of flexible, distributed but integrated publishing systems in Europe.As a result of the research the first prototypes have been developed for an electronic dictionary of art. These have been used to identify requirements as part of the user centred design and market research process. A graphical frame based editing tool has been developed and applied to restructure and enhance contents of the dictionary of art.The research has also shown up the specific requirements of publishing as a business in a European wide market. Concepts for solutions were developed and a specification for a demonstrator has been completed. The connection of editorial and prepress offices makes possible the distributed generation and processing of magazine pages.International services digital network (ISDN) connections have been installed and are in use for the distribution of text and images. The first broadband links, based on the vermittelts brietband netz (VBN) have been tested.Technical Approach The Project specifies, demonstrates and evaluates application solutions supporting open publishing. Three pilot applications - publication of multimedia reference works, management for mail-order catalogue publishing, and distributed pre-press for magazines - have been realised. Requirements for technical and organisational solutions were analysed. A common functional and communications architecture and a cost-benefit methodology was developed and used. Applications work groups address pilot-specific issues, e.g. processing needs of remote content acquisition, MMI requirements of co-operative publication design and high bandwidth communications for distributed pre-press. Common tools e.g. image compression, will be developed together. Key Issues - Publishers' needs for distributed document management, image archive access, advanced retrieval, image compression, fast high quality pre-press, on-line delivery of multimedia publications, editorial and production tracking.- An open publishing architecture, based on standards.- Feasibility demonstration in three Application Pilots (APs): Dictionary of Art, and Financial Information Service, as new media products; distributed Archiving and Analysis of Catalogues; and distributed pre-press facilities for magazine production. Expected Impact The realisation of the three Application Pilots enables publishers to evaluate advanced authoring, production and distribution methods in an European environment. One of EUROPUBLISHING's main results will be the demonstration and evaluation of advanced application scenarios and profiles which will lead to flexible distributed but integrated publishing systems available all over Europe. Programme(s) FP3-RACE 2 - Specific research and technological development programme (EEC) in the field of communication technologies, 1990-1994 Topic(s) T.710 - Concepts, interfaces and protocols for IBCN interworking with existing networks T.737 - Image communication open architecture T.870 - Resource package for multimedia information assembly, access and distribution T.940 - Advanced communications application experiments PL7 - Project line 7 - Advanced communication experiments Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme Data not available Coordinator DeTeBerkom GmbH Address Voltastraße 5 13355 Berlin Germany See on map EU contribution € 0,00 Participants (17) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all ALCATEL SEL AG Germany EU contribution € 0,00 Address Colditzstraße 34-36 12099 Berlin See on map BURDA GMBH Germany EU contribution € 0,00 Address Hauptstraße 130 77652 Offenburg See on map CROSFIELD ELECTRONICS LTD. United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address Three cherry trees lane HP2 7RH Hemel hempstead See on map Disclosure Ltd United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address Woodside hinksey hill OX1 5AU Oxford See on map FAW LINZ-AUSTRIA Austria EU contribution € 0,00 Address Schloss hagenberg 4232 Hagenberg See on map FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. Germany EU contribution € 0,00 Address Nobelstrasse 12 70569 Stuttgart See on map GMD-IPSI Germany EU contribution € 0,00 Address Dolivostraße 15 64293 Darmstadt See on map Grattan plc United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address Anchor house ingleby road BD99 2XG Bradford See on map HASSELBLAD ELECTRONIC IMAGING AB Sweden EU contribution € 0,00 Address Klaedpressaregatan 4 40123 Goeteborg See on map LINOTYPE-HELL AG Germany EU contribution € 0,00 Address Siemenswall 24107 Kiel See on map Macmillan Publishers Ltd United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address 4 little essex street WC2R 3LF London See on map OTTO VERSAND Germany EU contribution € 0,00 Address Wandsbeker straße 3-7 22172 Hamburg See on map PIRA International United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address Randalls road KT22 7RU Leatherhead See on map ROYAL PTT NEDERLAND N.V., PTT RESEARCH Netherlands EU contribution € 0,00 Address Winschoterdiep oz 46 9723 Ac groningen See on map SOGITEC SA France EU contribution € 0,00 Address Immeuble nobel 4 rue marcel monge 92158 Suresnes See on map UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI GENOVA Italy EU contribution € 0,00 Address Via opera pia 11 a 16145 Genova See on map WMD GMBH Germany EU contribution € 0,00 Address Vogt-cordes-damm 10 22453 Hamburg See on map