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SCIMITAR2 Project

SCIMITAR2 Project. Kevin Meynell, Project Manager meynell@terena.nl. Project Overview. Funded by Telematics Applications Programme. Provides supporting actions to projects in Telematics for Research sector. Coordinates activities with other relevant networking organisations.

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SCIMITAR2 Project

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  1. SCIMITAR2 Project Kevin Meynell, Project Manager meynell@terena.nl

  2. Project Overview • Funded by Telematics Applications Programme. • Provides supporting actions to projects in Telematics for Research sector. • Coordinates activities with other relevant networking organisations. • Project Partners: • TERENA • Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium

  3. Information Service • SCIMITAR2 Web Server provides central on-line information service: • http://www.scimitar.terena.nl/ • Overview of Telematics for Research Sector. • Links to all project home pages. • Links to all public project deliverables. • Links to associated activities (e.g. NECTAR, TEISS, ETHOS, istADVISER). • Fifth Framework Programme Information. • Standardisation activities (including travel reports). • Electronic Journal. • News Section.

  4. Electronic Journal & News • Electronic Journal published quarterly that reports on developments of interest to the sector: • http://www.iihe.ac.be/scimitar/ • Frequently updated news section: • http://www.scimitar.terena.nl/scimitar/news.html • Announcements of project meetings. • Summaries of project meetings. • Activities of interest to sector. • Announcement of project results.

  5. Concertation Activities • Electronic mailing lists available: • tfr-info@terena.nl - General informational list for sector. • project-managers@terena.nl - All project managers. • technical-managers@terena.nl - Main technical contacts for each project. • tfr-users@terena.nl - User group on the future of European research networks. • Concertation Meetings: • Later in 1999.

  6. Standardisation • Fund established to provide partial reimbursement (up to 50%) of travel expenses to international standardisation meetings. • Approved organisations (so far): IETF, W3C, ISSS, ITU-T, MPEG. • All applications circulated on Project Managers list for comment, then to DG XIII for final approval. • All travel reports published on Web Server: • http://www.scimitar.terena.nl/standardisation/ • Travel funding procedures also available: • http://www.scimitar.terena.nl/standardisation/travel-procs.html

  7. TfR Open Seminar / Demonstrations • Opportunities at annual TERENA conference for projects to present their results. • Sessions allocated within the conference programme. • Free demonstration facilities available at conference exhibition.

  8. Web Server Statistics • Generated each month. • Approximately 351 hits per day. • Most requests: • .com (29.2%), .nl (19.9%), .net (7.3%), .uk (3.7%), .ru (3.1%), .de (2.9%), .edu (2.6%), .be (1.4%), .it (1.4%), .fr (1.1%) • Most requested information: • Standardisation (35.8%), General info (15.4%) TfR sector (13.9%) • Full statistics available at: • http://www,scimitar.terena.nl/log.html

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