1. Par 1599 I.Achievements, 2001-2004 II.What remains to be done

2. Lectures, Conferences, etc. Demo, shown at SAB, Google, EWIMT Intelligent Manufacturing of e-Music, IMS meeting, Australia Standard for Symbolic Music, CERN IEEE Conference MAX 2002: Musical Applications Using XML, Milan Posters at the IMS Forum, Cernobbio, Italy, and at the European Commission, launch of Call 2.5.10, Luxembourg

3. Working Group Activities Formal WG meeting at the IEEE Conference MAX 2002 3 teleconferences since 2003 and one in person, yearly intense exchange of e-mail (average once a week) with involved developers personal visits by the WG chair: Milan, Italy (University); Tucson, Arizona (U.Virginia); Califonia (Google, Recordare, Peakdesign); Sydney, Australia (PESI); Tokyo, Japan (TDK, Kanazawa, Aizu)

4. International Financial Support By global research fund Intelligent Manufacturing Systems, www.ims.org Abstract accepted in August 2002 Feasibility study, accepted with financing, 2004 Full proposal submitted in May 2005, evaluation pending + 2 proposals submitted to the European Commission, Brussels

5. Companies and public institutions interested Google ST Microelectronics Sony CRL Ricordi Ministry of Cultural Goods and Activities, Italy IRCAM, Paris + ISO–MPEG, Uni. Virginia, Uni. Milan, Laurentian, Kanazawa, AIZU

6. SA Documents First informal draft, 2003, presented also at the SAB meeting First formal draft, May 2005, submitted to the SA + bi-yearly reports at SAB meetings, since 2002 (in the minutes)

7. II. What remains to be done Complete the technical part (almost done) Realize applications (research grants) Consolidate contacts with companies (e.g., Google, ST Microelectronics) Requested 3 year extension