Large Infrastructure in Mathematics Enhanced Services Cellule MathDoc : management report January - March 2001

LIMES Management Report
Partner: UJF/MDC
Reporting Period: January - March 2001
From: Pierre Bérard
E-mail: Pierre.Berard@ujf-grenoble.fr
Telephone: +33 4 76635636
Fax        +33 4 76635611
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Work Carried Out:


WP-0: Project Management
Partners: All
Work done:


LIMES consortium agreement continued and
local management (monthly and 3-month management reports)[PB].


Estimated achievement:
+ 5%


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WP-1: Quality of Data and Retrieval
Partners: FIZ, UJF, Eidetica, TUB; responsible: FIZ



            T1.1: System requirements analysis and specifications
                     D1.1: System Specifications
Work done:


T1.1:


- Design of identification tool of serials for the interface
  (similar to MSC browser) : work in progress (details to be
  given at the Copenhagen LIMES meeting, April 2001).


- Tests of new version of edbm software.


Above items : work done by [CG] + internal discussions with [PB, LG]


D1.1:
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            T1.2: Implementation of alpha versions
                     D1.2: Alpha versions incl. documentation
Work done:


- MSC browser finalized to be included in new distribution of
  edbm/w3.


- Development of edbm/indexer module continued, test version
  available by mi-April. Details on current status of development
  to be given at the Copenhagen LIMES meeting (April 2001).


- New distribution of edbm software (search and retrieval engine)
  prepared (time of distribution to be deceided at the Copenhagen
  LIMES meeting, April 2001).


Estimated achievement:
+ 10%
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WP-2: National Access Nodes
Partners: FIZ, UJF, HMS, USDC, TUB, responsible: FIZ



            T2.1: Investigation of location, distribution and needs
                  of potential users
                     D2.1: Report on national user community
                           (due September 2000)
Work done:


Already done


Estimated achievement:
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            T2.2: Basic installation of national access nodes
                     D2.2: National access nodes (due September 2000)
Work done:


- Modifications on mirrors, update procedure and identification of
  users.


Work done by [CG, LG, PB]


Estimated achievement:
+5%
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            T2.3: Incremental development of update procedures
                     D2.3: Update procedures including. Documentation
Work done:


- To be discussed at the Copenhagen LIMES meeting April 2001.


Estimated achievement:
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            T2.4: Extending the visibility and usability of the database
              D2.4: Report on enhanced visibility, accessibility and usability


Work done:


Estimated achievement:
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            T2.5: Integration with other national offers,
                  network structure for information in mathematics
            D2.5: Integration with other national offers (service and report)


Work done:


Estimated achievement:
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WP-3: Distributed Editorial Units
Partners: FIZ, UJF, DTV, SIBA-UNILE, TUB; responsible: FIZ


            T3.1: Internal workshop on reviewing standards, policies,
                  and editorial operations.
                     D3.1: Workshop report (due September 2000)
Work done:


Estimated achievement:
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            T3.2: Decision procedures for selection of sources.
                  Selection of national sources to cover.
                     D3.2: List of sources including description of
                           contents and coverag (due September 2000)
Work done:


Estimated achievement:
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            T3.3: Installation and set up of basic technical functions for
                  input procedures, start of input delivery
                     D3.3: Input environment including documentation


Work done: New procedures for transmission of bibliographic data
from editors (SMF and EDPScience) into ZM Database (conversion
from editor format to ZM format) [LG]


Estimated achievement: 5%
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WP-4: Information Dissemination and Concertation
Partners: FIZ, Eidetica, DTV, SIBA-UNILE, HMS, USDC, TUB; responsible: TUB


            T4.1: Public project WWW-server with project information
                  and public reports and Deliverables
                     D4.1: Public project WWW server (updated during the
                           whole duration of the project)
                           (due March 2004)
Work done:


Estimated achievement:
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            T4.2: Periodical dissemination of information from the
                  project; Concertation events.
                     D4.2: List of publications and presentations at events
                           and workshops (due March 2004)


Work done:


LIMES project (30-minute presentation at the Scientific Council of
the Université Joseph Fourier, 2001 Jan 13), Pierre Bérard.
Transparencies available on UJF LIMES pages.


LIMES project, included in a general presentation of MathDoc Cell
actions (National meeting of chairpersons of french mathematics
departments, 2001 Jan 26), Pierre Bérard.
General report to appear.


LIMES project and the national access network to Zentralblatt-MATH,
included in a general discussion of MathDoc Cell -- RNBM
(National Network of Mathematics Libraries) actions (CNRS, National
committee on scientific research, 2001 March 13), Pierre Bérard.


Estimated achievement:
10%
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Project meetings attended: Amsterdam AC meeting. [CG]
participation cancelled due to flight problems.
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Problems:


Red Flag:


Deviations from Plan:
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Other Comment:
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Costed Labour Resources:


WP-0: Project Management
Partners: All
Staff Category: Effort in hours


E= engineer, S = scientist


E = 00 p/h
S = 10 p/h


WP-1: Quality of Data and Retrieval
Partners: FIZ, UJF, Eidetica, TUB
Staff Category: Effort in hours


E= engineer, S = scientist


E = 330 p/h
S =  40 p/h



WP-2: National Access Nodes
Partners: FIZ, UJF, HMS, USDC, TUB
Staff Category: Effort in hours


E= engineer, S = scientist


E = 15 p/h
S = 10 p/h


WP-3: Distributed Editorial Units
Partners: FIZ, UJF, DTV, SIBA-UNILE, TUB
Staff Category: Effort in hours


E= engineer, S = scientist


E = 00 p/h
S = 20 p/h


WP-4: Information Dissemination and Concertation
Partners: FIZ, Eidetica, DTV, SIBA-UNILE, HMS, USDC, TUB
Staff Category: Effort in hours


E= engineer, S = scientist


E = 00 p/h
S = 25 p/h
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Total WP1--WP4


E =  345 p/h
S =  105 p/h


Total : 450 p/h
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