Large Infrastructure in Mathematics Enhanced Services Cellule MathDoc : management report

Partner: UJF/MDC
Reporting Period: April - September 2003
From: Laurent Guillopé
E-mail: Laurent.Guillope@math.univ-nantes.fr
Telephone: +33 2 40379893

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Work Carried Out:

WP-0: Project Management
Partners: All
Work done:
+ Preparation to den Haag meeting [CG, LG]
+ LIMES local administration [LG].

Estimated achievement:
+5%

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



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                 T1.3: Intermediate services evaluation,
                        revision of specifications
                          D1.3: Evaluation report, alpha versions,
                           and revised specifications

Work done:
+ ZMlinker 
   + Tuning of the ZMATH matching application (tagged entries à la crossref)
      (see http://adrar.ujf-grenoble.fr/ZMATH/zlink.html) [CG]
   + First prototype of ZMATH matching on unstructured references [CG]
+ edbm
   + preparation for upgrade to Ver. 2 of the software, with inclusion of
     new data output structures, discussions with the FIZ partner

+ internal discussions [CG, LG, YL]

Estimated achievement:

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                 T1.4: Implementation of beta versions and integration into production process
                          D1.4: Production system incl. documentation

Work done: None

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WP-2: National Access Nodes
Partners: FIZ, UJF, HMS, USDC, TUB, responsible: FIZ

                 T2.3: Incremental development of update procedures
                          D2.3: Update procedures including. Documentation
Work done: None

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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: None


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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: None


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                 T2.6: Development of license models, further contracts and other continuous co-operations
                          D2.6: Report on license and contractual matters, and other co-operations
Work done: None


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

                 T3.3: Installation and set up of basic technical functions for input procedures, start of
input
delivery
                          D3.3: Input environment including documentation
                                (due March 2001)
Work done: None


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T3.4: Improvement of existing functions and development of electronic reviewing tools
                          D3.4: Advanced input and reviewing facilities incl. documentation
                                (due March 2003)
Work done:
Work done:
 + Maintaining work flow for bibliographical data transmission to Berlin [LG]
 + preliminary steps for switching to xml format
Estimated achievement: + 5%

Estimated achievement: 

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T3.5: Development of license models, further contracts and other continuous co-operations
                          D2.6: Report on license and contractual matters, and other co-operation

Work done: None

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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: None

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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: Participation to den Haag meeting


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Project meetings attended:


7th LIMES project co-ordination meeting, Den Haag, 2-4 May 2003  [LG, CG]


Travels (other than project meetings):None

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Problems: None

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Other Comment: None
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Costed Labour Resources:

WP-0: Project Management
Partners: All
Staff Category: Effort in hours
      Engineer  : 0
      Scientist : 5

WP-1: Quality of Data and Retrieval
Partners: FIZ, UJF, Eidetica, TUB
Staff Category: Effort in hours
      Engineer  : 410 
      Scientist : 90

WP-2: National Access Nodes
Partners: FIZ, UJF, HMS, USDC, TUB
Staff Category: Effort in hours
      Engineer  : 0
      Scientist : 15

WP-3: Distributed Editorial Units
Partners: FIZ, UJF, DTV, SIBA-UNILE, TUB
Staff Category: Effort in hours
      Engineer  : 0
      Scientist : 0

WP-4: Information Dissemination and Concertation
Partners: FIZ, Eidetica, DTV, SIBA-UNILE, HMS, USDC, TUB
Staff Category: Effort in hours
      Engineer  : 20
      Scientist : 20