WP2: Infrastructure

Objectives
1. Define the guidelines for the services to enable their integration in the selected (e-learning) environment(s).
2. Design, develop and/or enable access to generic utilities and resources for the Language Activities.
3. Adaptation of existing language technology based tools and components.
4. Connect and integrate the services resulting from WP3-6 in the selected (e-learning) environment(s).
5. Technically validate the services and their integration.
6. Prepare a roadmap for sustainability of the services developed including new directions proposed.

Description of work
This WP and WP3 Scenarios form the backbone of the project to guide and support the research and development. The main tasks of WP2 are to guide and facilitate the technical aspects, i.e. the development process of WP4-6 and to assure the integration of the resulting services into the personal competence environment so they can be used in the validation. The first task is related to the requirement to develop the various language services in the most efficient way. This means that utilities and resources that are shared (designed and developed, or selected) are made available at one central place. The second task assures that a learning infrastructure is set-up to include the services and that the services developed will comply with a standardised way to be able to add them to ‘any’ services based environment and to assure the further sustainability of the services. The decision which infrastructure to use will be based on a combination of technical criteria and validation site requirements, the latter based on input from WP7. The results of this WP will be iteratively refined in line with the cycles followed. Finally, in the last phase of the project WP2 will be responsible for the development of a roadmap. Participants: OUNL, UU, UTU, WUW, UPMF, PUB-NCIT, AURUS KTS, IPP-BAS, BIT MEDIA