In response to the SOGITS mandate, EWOS has been established a project team guided by the acting EWOS director, Luc van den Berghe. The project team includes specialist within the areas of General IT standards, Multimedia Standards, Library Systems standards and Cultural Heritage Information. The project was initiated at the beginning of 1997 and is scheduled to finish the work at the end of 1997. The project has been divided into the following stages:
Survey of Standards Activities
Field Survey of Cultural Heritage Institutions Visits and interviews with different types of Cultural Heritage Institutions in order to explore their current state-of-the-art, IT plans and requirements in relation to Cultural Heritage. Liaison with other projects Analysis and consolidation of the results from selected other Cultural Heritage projects with special emphasis on MAGNETS, AQUARELLE and the G7 Theme Project on Multimedia Access to World Cultural Heritage. Information Dissemination Preparation of informal guidelines for selection of standards related to Cultural Heritage Information on-line. The guidelines to be published on the WWW should include references to formal and informal technical standards plus relevant projects or professional fora. Recommendations concerning standardisation activities related to Cultural Heritage Information On-line. The recommendations should identify areas where current standards need to be clarified, expanded or aligned with each other.