The EUTERPE project aims at creating a cultural pole of knowledge for European music that will serve the European community as a digital library open to all stakeholders framed by autonomous and complementary web services that support and promote collaboration, creativity and education for music art.

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2. Contents
1.
INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................... 3
2.
PROJECT OUTLINE ................................................................................................ 3
2.1.
Concept ................................................................................................................. 3
2.2.
Objectives ............................................................................................................. 3
2.3.
Outcomes .............................................................................................................. 4
2.4.
Research Envisaged ............................................................................................. 4
2.3.1.
2.3.2.
Research areas and state of art ......................................................................................................... 4
Beyond the state-of-the-art ................................................................................................................ 5
3.
CONSORTIUM ......................................................................................................... 5
3.1.
Consortium Prerequisites ...................................................................................... 5
3.2.
Individual Participants ........................................................................................... 6
3.3.
Consortium as a whole.......................................................................................... 6
4.
IMPLEMENTATION .................................................................................................. 7
4.1.
Work allocation...................................................................................................... 7
4.2
Work plan .............................................................................................................. 9
4.4.
Effort.................................................................................................................... 13
4.4.1. Work allocation over type of work ......................................................................................................... 13
4.4.2. Work over Time Distribution ................................................................................................................. 13
4.4.3. Budget allocation over type of work ...................................................................................................... 14
4.4.4. Budget allocation per Partner ............................................................................................................... 15
5.
PREREQUISITES AND SUCCESS FACTORS ..................................................... 16
5.1.
Relevance with the work program, challenge 4.3, digital libraries ...................... 16
5.2.
Relevance with FP7’s IP purpose ....................................................................... 17
5.3.
Evaluation Criteria compliance............................................................................ 18
REFERENCES ............................................................................................................... 19
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3. 1.
Introduction
The present document is a Project Proposal for FP7-ICT-2007-3, Challenge 4: Digital libraries
and Content. The proposed project EUTERPE is outlined in its basic components as an
Integrated Project based on facts and figures of the research state of art and the prerequisites of
a successful proposal.
2.
Project Outline
2.1.
Concept
The EUTERPE project aims at creating a cultural pole of knowledge for European music that
will serve the European community as a digital library open to all stakeholders framed by
autonomous and complementary web services that support and promote collaboration,
creativity and education for music art.
It should be stressed out that the focus on digitizing the European Music heritage has been
elementary to non existent [REF 07, 08]. Taking into account the universal impact of European
music (past and contemporary) the proposed project’s contribution is anticipated to be pioneering
both in Europe and worldwide.
2.2.
Objectives
The EUTERPE project aspires to further research regarding the processes of acquiring,
creating and preserving digital content on Music and then display the results of that research
on a digital library management system and collaborating web services reaching out to all
stakeholders by means of education, dissemination and awareness:
In particular the EUTERPE project will further research in:
!
Musical knowledge acquisition by advancing a new method of digitizing music art
(managing the semantic relations between documents of music compositions, texts and
relating sounds) and music artifacts (musical instruments and relating sounds)
!
Musical knowledge creation by developing a novel web space for work collaboration
complemented with a digital laboratory for the music professionals and hobbyists.
!
Musical knowledge preservation by suggesting a musical content typology compatible with
the state-of-art standards and research trends and by creating a digital repository according
to that typology.
In addition the EUTERPE project will focus on:
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4. !
Musical knowledge education by developing a lifelong learning scheme on high-end
techniques for music content acquisition, creation and preservation techniques.
!
Musical knowledge dissemination and awareness by organizing (and participating in)
conferences and workshops of the relative research areas and by issuing guidelines and
best practices for both the culture and scientific community of those areas.
2.3.
Outcomes
The EUTERPE project outcomes will be the following:
!
An advanced Digital Library management system web service for Music Art and Artifacts
(DiLibMusic)
!
A Digital Content Repository for Music Art and Artifacts (DiConMusic)
!
A collaboration network of relevant stakeholders (DiNetMusic)
!
A proposed Typology for Music digital libraries (DiTypMusic)
!
A virtual workspace for collaboration of both music professionals and hobbyists
(DiWorkMusic) complemented with a virtual laboratory for the creation of (real and artificial)
musical instruments (DiLabMusic)
!
A lifelong learning scheme utilizing the knowledge acquired (DiSchoolMusic)
2.4.
Research Envisaged
As mentioned in par. 2.2 Objectives, project EUTERPE will further research regarding Musical
knowledge acquisition, creation and preservation. In particular the main research areas of the
project will be:
2.3.1.
Research areas and state of art
Based on the research undergoing in the four EU flagship projects on Digital Libraries [REF 02],
[REF 04], [REF 07] the research topics and call for papers lists of major conferences and workshops
in EU [REF 08] and around the world [REF 09] – all of those (more or less) summarized in EU i2010:
Digital Libraries Initiative [REF 01] - the main research areas of the proposed project EUTERPE
could be:
!
Digitization techniques and technologies for analog music, covering various types of
documents and objects: music notation documents, sounds, musical instruments
!
Applications of generic Metadata standards specified for music content (extraction,
interoperability, preservation etc.): mapping semantic correlations among music notation
documents, correlating text, other relative text, correlating sounds and correlating
instruments
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5. !
Analysis of approaches to distribution of music content: suggesting a typology that
utilizes the proposed Metadata applications towards a platform free, interoperable content
!
Digital preservation: integrity and authenticity issues
!
Multilingual search
!
Pre-testing new tools: complementary web services applications for a high-end Digital
Library Management System
2.3.2.
Beyond the state-of-the-art
Based on the research topics of the related research areas (see par.2.3.Research areas) and the
relative topics announced at the majority of the related conferences, workshops, seminars etc in
late 2007 and early 2008 [REF 09 – 11] some proposed research topic that could further research
on the field could be:
Governing Research topics
!
“Novel techniques for digitization and digital preservation: the semantics behind
music
notation
documents,
musical
sounds
and
their
generating
musical
instruments”
!
“A unified approach to signal processing, music notation and text interoperability and
some resulting work flow models”
!
“On the impact of medieval and ancient musical instruments to contemporary sounds
and musical synthesis patterns: from real to artificial”
Other important Research topics
!
“Multidisciplinary data mining and knowledge discovery techniques for music
notation and related instruments - source and platform independed”
!
“On the convergence of technologies and tools for the music industry: a proposed
ontology for music related artifacts”
3.
Consortium
3.1.
Consortium Prerequisites
Based on par.2.2. “Objectives”, par. 2.3 “Outcomes” and par. 2.4 “Research Envisaged” the
consortium for the proposed project – apart from the obvious academic and professional affiliation
with music creation, research and studies - should be characterized by the following strengths:
!
Research: considerable experience on R&D on the Research Envisaged (see. par. 2.4.) by
the present project. Also, at least one of the proposed partners should demonstrate strength
in Project Management and Coordination of such projects.
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6. !
Software development and Integration: considerable experience on software applications
development and market presence in Integrated IS installations and also experience in the
area of digital music.
!
Networking: considerable experience in networking schemes (collaboration groups and
networks, forums, workshops, conferences etc) of stakeholders relevant to the proposed
project objectives.
3.2.
Individual Participants
The list of the individual participants of the project is the following:
Participant No
Participant Type
1 (Coordinator)
Academic & Research
PARTNER 1
2
PARTNER 2
PARTNER 3
PARTNER 4
PARTNER 5
PARTNER 6
PARTNER 7
Software development and
Integration
PARTNER 8
PARTNER 9
PARTNER 10
PARTNER 12
PARTNER 13
PARTNER 14
Networks
PARTNER 15
PARTNER 16
PARTNER 17
3
4
5
6
7
6
7
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
3.3.
Part. short name
Country
P1
P2
P3
P4
P5
P6
P7
P8
P9
P10
P12
P13
P14
P15
P16
P17
Consortium as a whole
To be written ….
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7. 4.
Implementation
The work demanded for the implementation of the proposed EUTERPE project requires a robust
project management organization which will have to allocate and manage work to multiple
resources of various professional origins. These resources are expected to: a) be widely
distributed (all over Europe), b) collaborate on a synchronous / asynchronous fashion towards a
good number of deliverables and deadlines and c) be of fairly incompatible professional
backgrounds, those of culture and technology. Having all those in mind, the implementation of the
project is divided vertically into three main pillars. These three pillars will be coordinated under a
single work package, WP1 Project Management, horizontally set and common to all pillars. The
overall work allocation of the project is following:
4.1.
Work allocation
On the Pillar level, the work allocation follows the project objectives (see. par. 2.2. Objectives)
taking into account the project consortium members (see. chap. 3 Consortium) and their
complementarity to the allocated work (see Table 1: Project Complementarity).
On the Work Package level, Pillar 1 allocates work packages to partners according to the
research areas of the project (see par. 2.3.1. research areas), Pillar 2 allocates work according to
the applications described in the projects outcomes (see. par. 2.3.Outcomes) and Pillar 3
according to the networking, education and dissemination needs of an FP7 Cooperation IP
scheme (see. par. 2.3.Outcomes, DilNetMusic and DiSchoolMusic).
WP1:
Project Management
Pillar 1: Research and Knowledge creation
WP2:
Digitization Techniques for Music Art and Artifacts
WP3:
Applications of generic Metadata standards specified for Music Content
WP4:
Music Knowledge Discovery
WP5:
Distribution and Digital Preservation Analysis for Music Content
Pillar 2: Development and Integration
WP6:
Digital Music Library Integrated Management System
WP7:
Digital Music Content Repository
WP8:
Music Content Typology for sustainable Preservation
WP9:
Virtual Collaboration web space for Music Studies
Pillar 3: Dissemination and Education
WP10: Lifelong LMS for Music Digitization, Creation and Preservation
WP11: Dissemination Activities
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9. 4.2
Work plan
Work package list
Work
package
No
Work package title
01
02
Digitization Techniques for Music
Art and Artifacts
03
Applications of generic Metadata
standards specified for Music
Content
04
Music Knowledge Discovery
05
Distribution and Digital
Preservation Analysis for Music
Content
06
Digital Music Library Integrated
Management System
07
Digital Music Content Repository
08
Music Content Typology for
sustainable Preservation
09
Virtual Collaboration web space
for Music Studies
10
Lifelong LMS for Music
Digitization, Creation and
Preservation
11
Lead
partic
no.
Lead
partic.
short
name
Project Management
Dissemination Activities
Type of
activity
Personmonths
Start
month
End
month
TOTAL
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10. List of Deliverables
( 32 deliverables out of 11 work packages )
Del. no.
Deliverable name
01.01
Project Reports
1
02.01
Chain Management Principles for Bulk
Digitization of Various Types and Origin
02.02
A Semantics Framework of Music Documents,
Sounds and Instruments
Digitisation Work Flow Models for Music art
and Artefacts
2
03.01
Interpretation of generic Metadata systems for
music documents and objects
3
03.02
A specified Metadata scheme for Music content
repositories
3
03.03
The Music Content Metadata scheme
Implementation Manual
3
04.01
Ontologies of distributed music repositories
Delivery
date(proj.
month)
2
02.03
Dissemination
level
1
4
04.02
04.03
04.04
04.05
05.01
05.02
05.03
05.04
06.01
WP no.
Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining
Techniques for Music Content
An KMS Framework for Music Knowledge
Management
A Software Agent Architecture for Music
Knowledge Discovery
A Software Agent Web Service for Music
Knowledge Discovery
Distribution Models for Music Digital Content
A pilot implementation of multi-platform
Music Content Distribution
Preservation analysis report for Music Content
based on future trends of Semantic Web and
Knowledge Management
Preservation analysis report for Music Content
based on future trends of Platform
Technologies Convergence
DiLibMusic: A Music Digital Library
Management System Architecture
Nature
PU
4
4
4
4
5
5
5
5
6
06.02
DiLibMusic Web Service
6
07.01
DiConMusic: A Music Digital Content
Repository Specification
7
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11. 07.02
08.01
08.02
09.01
DiConMusic digital content database
DiTypMusic: A Typology Description for
scalable and expandable Music Digital
Libraries
DiTypMusic: A Typology Specification for
scalable and expandable Music Digital
Libraries
DiWorkMusic: A Collaboration Web Space
Specification for Music Studies
7
8
8
9
09.02
DiWorkMusic: A Collaboration Web Space
Web Service for Music Studies
9
09.03
DiLabMusic: A Virtual Laboratory
Specification for Music Studies
9
09.04
DiLabMusic: A Virtual Laboratory Web
Service for Music Studies
9
10.01
DiSchoolMusic: A Life Long Learning Scheme
for Music Digitization, Creation and
Preservation
10
10.02
DiSchoolMusic: A LMS Web Service for Music
Digitization, Creation and Preservation
10
11.01
DiNetMusic, A Cooperation Network for Music
into the Digital Age: 1st workshop
11
11.02
DiNetMusic, A Cooperation Network for Music
into the Digital Age: 2nd workshop
11
11.03
DiNetMusic, A Cooperation Network for Music
into the Digital Age: 2rd workshop
11
11.04
DiNetMusic, A Cooperation Network for Music
into the Digital Age: 1st European Conference
11
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12. GANTT
WPs / MOs
3
6
9
12
15
WP01
Project
Management
WP02
Digitization
Techniques for
Music Art and
Artifacts
WP03
Applications of
generic Metadata
standards specified
for Music Content
WP04
Music Knowledge
Discovery
WP05
Distribution and
Digital Preservation
Analysis of Music
Content
Digital Music
Library Integrated
Management
System
Digital Music
Content Repository
WP08
Music Content
Typology for
sustainable
Preservation
WP09
Virtual
Collaboration web
space for Music
Studies
WP10
Lifelong LMS for
Music Digitization,
Creation and
Preservation
WP11
Dissemination
Activities
24
27
31
34
36
06: 10 - 22
WP07
21
05: 10 - 34
WP06
18
01: 0 – 36*
02: 1 - 24
03: 1- 24
04: 3 - 29
07: 12 - 34
08: 12 - 34
09: 18 - 24
10: 22 - 34
11: 0 – 36*
*0-36: from the beginning of the project up to the end of the 36th month.
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13. 4.4.
Effort
4.4.1. Work allocation over type of work
Taking into account the work allocation as described in Ch. 4 Implementation, the work allocation
per type of work should be distributed according the following chart:
4.4.2. Work over Time Distribution
Work within the project should be progressively distributed according to a logical pattern. Taking
into account the work allocation as described in par. 4.4.1 Work allocation over type of work and
the distribution of work packages as illustrated in the GANTT chart of par. 4.2. Work Plan, the
work distribution over time is depicted in the following chart:
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14. 4.4.3. Budget allocation over type of work
For an indicative budget of € 8 M, and following the pattern of par.4.4.1.Work allocation over type
of work, budget distribution is illustrated in the following chart:
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15. 4.4.4. Budget allocation per Partner
For an indicative budget of € 8 M, and according to Ch.3 Consortium and Ch.4 Implementation,
the budget allocation per partner is presented in the following table:
Participant No
Participant Type
1 (Coordinator)
Academic & Research
PARTNER 1
13
14
15
~ 50%
~ 2500000
~ 31%
Subtotal
TOTAL
6
7
9
10
11
12
~ 4000000
Subtotal
3
4
5
6
7
%
Subtotal
2
Budget
~ 1500000
~19 %
100 %
PARTNER 2
PARTNER 3
PARTNER 4
PARTNER 5
PARTNER 6
PARTNER 7
Software development and
Integration
PARTNER 8
PARTNER 9
PARTNER 10
PARTNER 11
PARTNER 12
PARTNER 13
Networks
PARTNER 14
PARTNER 15
PARTNER 16
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16. 5.
Prerequisites and success factors
5.1.
Relevance with the work program, challenge 4.3, digital libraries
Table 2: Medium term objectives
Digital Library Feature
Reference
Reference
a
Large-scale
European-wide
b
Information System features
b1
b2
b3
b4
Robust and scalable
Support communities of practice
Innovative access services
Semantic-based search capabilities
c
Content features
c1
c2
c3
c4
c5
Comments
General features
a1
a2
Comments
Creation
Interpretation
Use
Cultural and scientific
Multi-format and multi-source digital
objects
Essential
digital
preservation
features
c6
d
Other features
d1
Use of digital resources in
multilingual and multidisciplinary
contexts.
Costeffective
digitization
processes
d2
Table 3: Long term objectives
Objective
a
General
a1
Radically new approaches to digital
preservation (inspired by human
capacity to deal with information
and knowledge)
Advanced ICT automation regarding
high volumes and dynamic and
a2
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17. volatile digital content
b
Content
b1
b2
Guarantee its preservation
Keep track of its evolving semantics
and usage context
Safeguard its integrity, authenticity
and long term accessibility over
time
b3
d
Other objectives
d1
Creation of a network of centres of
competence for digitization and
preservation, building upon, pooling
and upgrading existing resources in
the Member or Associated States.
5.2.
Relevance with FP7’s IP purpose
Table 4: IPs Purpose compliance list
Purpose
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
Reference
Comments
Generate new knowledge, including
new
technology, or common
resources for research
Improve European competitiveness,
or to address major societal needs
Clearly
defined scientific and
technological objectives
Obtain specific results applicable in
terms
of
development
or
improvement
of
products,
processes, services or policy
Targeted to special groups, such as
SMEs
Comprehensive
“programme”
approach
Large degree of autonomy to adapt
content and partnership (all types of
stakeholders) and update the work
plan, where/as appropriate.
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18. 5.3.
Evaluation Criteria compliance
Table 4: Evaluation criteria applicable to Collaborative project proposals (IP or STREP)
Criterion
Reference
Comments
S/T QUALITY
“Scientific and/or technological
excellence (relevant to the topics
addressed by the call)”
Soundness of concept, and quality of
objectives
Progress beyond the state-of-the-art
Quality and effectiveness of the S/T
methodology and associated work plan
IMPLEMENTATION
“Quality and efficiency of the
implementation and the management”
Appropriateness of the management
structure and procedures
Quality and relevant experience of the
individual participants
Quality of the consortium as a whole
(including complementarity, balance)
Appropriateness of the allocation and
justification of the resources to be
committed (budget, staff, equipment)
IMPACT
“Potential impact through the
development, dissemination and use of
project results”
Contribution, at the European and/or
international level, to the expected
impacts listed in the work programme
under relevant topic/activity
Appropriateness of measures for the
dissemination and/or exploitation of
project results, and management of
intellectual property.
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19. References
REF 01, i2010: Digital Libraries Initiative, Europe's Cultural and Scientific Heritage at a Click of a
Mouse
http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/digital_libraries/index_en.htm
REF 02, EU Flagship Projects on Digital Libraries
http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ict/telearn-digicult/digicult-libraries_en.html
REF 03, Cultural Heritage Projects, http://prestospace.org/heritage/new.en.html
REF 04, MINERVA EC Thematic Network, Publications,
http://www.minervaeurope.org/publications.htm
REF 05, Digitization, MINERVA: http://digitization.hpclab.ceid.upatras.gr/
REF 06, MINERVA EC Thematic Network, Handbook for quality in cultural Web sites: Improving
quality for citizens, http://www.minervaeurope.org/publications/qualitycriteria1_2draft/appendix4.htm
REF 07, BRICKS developer community, Bibliography,
http://dev.brickscommunity.org/Bibliography#ADL , (Music: one reference (ref. 223) out of 352
references!)
REF 08, DELOS NoE, Projects, initiatives and research centers,
http://www.delos.info/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=462&Itemid=251 , (Music: no
reference)
REF 09, DELOS NoE, Conference series,
http://www.delos.info/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=465&Itemid=254#ecdl
REF 10, European Conference on Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries,
Conference focus, http://www.ecdl2008.org/
REF 11, JCDL 2008, Call for papers, http://www.jcdl2008.org/callpapers.html
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