1. DILIGENT A testbed digital library infrastructure for supporting the activity of the researchers

2. RI & IST New Calls - Info Event 26-27 May 2005 The DLs evolution Dynamic Universal Knowledge Environment many virtual organizations repository of digital texts + centralized catalogue + search service few large institutions 1996 2005 - … user = consumer user = producer&consumer

3. RI & IST New Calls - Info Event 26-27 May 2005 Requirements for “new DLs” Appropriate technology for supporting the creation, processing, retrieval, dissemination and preservation of multimedia and multi-type information objects Simple and affordable DLs creation and maintenance models

4. RI & IST New Calls - Info Event 26-27 May 2005 Long term vision GÉANT. INFRASTRUCTURE eInfrastructure GRID. INFRASTRUCTURE KNOWLEDGE. INFRASTRUCTURE 3D processing Speech recognition Feature extraction First step: Diligent

5. RI & IST New Calls - Info Event 26-27 May 2005 DLCreation service Service C Service B Service A Service D Service E DILIGENT DL infrastructure simulation Speech recognition Feature extraction 3D processing Consumers Producers

6. RI & IST New Calls - Info Event 26-27 May 2005 DILIGENT DL middleware The DILIGENT project will develop a set of services for supporting: i) the creation and maintenance of DLs; ii) the co-ordinated sharing of specific DL resources; and iii) the specific DL functionality. EGEE gLite Search Annotation Content&Metadata Mngt VirtualDL Creation ProcessDesign &Verification Personalisation ContentSource Description

7. RI & IST New Calls - Info Event 26-27 May 2005 DILIGENT infrastructure DILIGENT Nodes EGEE Nodes Information Service Information pull

8. RI & IST New Calls - Info Event 26-27 May 2005 Status of the project Duration: 3 years Commencement date: September 2004 Requirement analysis (completed) Functional specification (completed) Architectural specification (on-going) Detailed design (on-going) Experimental prototype (on-going): Creation of a DILIGENT gLite Infrastructure Realization of simplified services for a DL on “Chemistry and Biology of the Mediterranean sea”

9. RI & IST New Calls - Info Event 26-27 May 2005 Additional information www.diligentproject.org Donatella Castelli (CNR-ISTI, scientific co-ordinator) donatella.castelli@isti.cnr.it Jessica Michael (ERCIM, administrative co-ordinator) jessica.michel@ercim.org