IGNITE: The IGNITE: The Interoperability Standard Interoperability Standard Verification Initiative For Verification Initiative For LocalisationLocalisation

International Localisation International Localisation Standards ConventionStandards Convention

Dublin, November 18 2003Dublin, November 18 2003

What’s This All About?What’s This All About?

Using European Commission funding Using European Commission funding (OPM) to help us to do things we want to (OPM) to help us to do things we want to do anywaydo anyway

Stimulating the take-up and use of existing Stimulating the take-up and use of existing and emerging localisation standardsand emerging localisation standards

Facilitating better, cheaper, faster Facilitating better, cheaper, faster localisation of digital contentlocalisation of digital content

eContent Programme eContent Programme FundingFunding

The eContent ProgrammeThe eContent Programme• => Stimulate the development and => Stimulate the development and

use of of European digital contentuse of of European digital content Funding up to 50% of total project Funding up to 50% of total project

costcost Project cost cap of €2.5 millionProject cost cap of €2.5 million 3-8 partners3-8 partners 30 months project duration30 months project duration

IGNITE: Objectives #1IGNITE: Objectives #1

Provide a verification and validation Provide a verification and validation platform to assess the interoperability platform to assess the interoperability of tools and services that support of tools and services that support localisation standardslocalisation standards

Why?Why?• => Interoperability verification is => Interoperability verification is

absolutely essential to ensure quality absolutely essential to ensure quality and general acceptance and and general acceptance and implementation of standardsimplementation of standards

IGNITE: Objectives #2IGNITE: Objectives #2

Set up a framework of working Set up a framework of working models of L10N servicesmodels of L10N services

Why?Why?• => To verify overall web services => To verify overall web services

approach, and as resources for approach, and as resources for dissemination and awareness dissemination and awareness activitiesactivities

IGNITE: Objectives #3IGNITE: Objectives #3

To develop and implement a To develop and implement a programme of dissemination and programme of dissemination and awareness activities including awareness activities including seminars, workshops, and seminars, workshops, and conferencesconferences

Why?Why?• => To expand and encourage best => To expand and encourage best

practice by exploiting project practice by exploiting project knowledge, skills and resourcesknowledge, skills and resources

IGNITE: Benefits IGNITE: Benefits

Better standardsBetter standards Wider use of standardsWider use of standards Better servicesBetter services More business opportunitiesMore business opportunities

IGNITE: Critical Success IGNITE: Critical Success FactorsFactors

Support and participation of Support and participation of standards bodiesstandards bodies

The involvement of a critical mass The involvement of a critical mass of localisation and digital content of localisation and digital content product and service providersproduct and service providers

IGNITE: Project PositioningIGNITE: Project Positioning

Strengthening the linguistic Strengthening the linguistic infrastructureinfrastructure

KeywordsKeywords• => Less widely spoken and candidate => Less widely spoken and candidate

country languagescountry languages• => Language coverage=> Language coverage• => Pooling together language resources=> Pooling together language resources• => Provide convenient access and a market => Provide convenient access and a market

place for access to language resourcesplace for access to language resources

IGNITE Proposal: IGNITE Proposal: MilestonesMilestones

Call for proposals likely December Call for proposals likely December ‘03‘03

Information days Jan-Feb ‘04Information days Jan-Feb ‘04

Deadline for proposal March-April Deadline for proposal March-April ‘04‘04

Arax contributionArax contribution

Develop outline project proposalDevelop outline project proposal Attend EC info day(s) to pitch and Attend EC info day(s) to pitch and

get feedbackget feedback Proposal writing and submission to Proposal writing and submission to

the ECthe EC Administrative management and Administrative management and

dissemination tasks if project gets dissemination tasks if project gets fundedfunded

DiscussionDiscussion

Does it make sense?Does it make sense? Do you support it?Do you support it? Do you want participate in the Do you want participate in the

project?project? How would you like to contribute?How would you like to contribute? Next steps Next steps