ETNA Presentation_Renzo Aldrich

ETNA (270746) - European Thematic Network on Assistive Information and Communication TechnologiesEuropean Commission, CIP-ICT-PSP-2009-4

ETNAEuropean Thematic Network on Assistive Information and Communication Technologies

Project Overview

ConsortiumObjectivesActivities

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The 23 ETNA Network partners

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TNTU, UK

ACE, UK

J.GILL UK

DLF, UK

EASPD, EU

HAC, FR

FDGCO, IT

CNR, IT

FTK, ES

CEAPAT, ES

CERTH, GR

THL, FI

FAIDD, FI

SU-DART, SE

HMI, DK

AAATE, EU

IWKOELN, DE

HZ, NL

TUKE, SK

JKU, AT

AIAS, IT

DN, GR

FTB, DE


ETNA objectives - general

• European Web Portal on ICT-related assistive products and e-accessibility solutions

Unified access to databases of products, databases of components, software repositories

Platform to connect users, professionals, developers, researchers for sharing expertise, view, resources (to solve specific problems, to develop new solutions, to support the advancement of the ICT AT field)

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Etna objectives - specific

• O1 > to develop an active EU-wide network of expertise and virtual community

• O2 > to create a common language to describe AT products and accessibility solutions

• O3 > to implement a European Web Portal

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Products Vs Components

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Prospective impact

make information more transparent, easily available to users

Help advancement of assistive solutions at various levels general-purpose accessibility solutions; specialized solutions for given

impairments or activities; ad-hoc solutions for complex individual cases; …

Facilitate users’ participation, allow users’ feedback, capture the users’ viewpoint

Help mainstream IT developers to create more accessible products

Help overcome fragmentation in the AT market.

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The TN Portal – vision

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ETNA ATIS4All

Website of the ETNA network

Website of the ATIS4All network

SEARCH ENGINE(operating on the partners’ databases & repositories)

COMMUNITY(market place, R&D)

WEBINARS


THE EASTIN Portal and the EASTIN search engine(operating in all EU official languages)

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A six-steps approach

1. Identify information needs2. Identify available resources 3. Define a common method to describe products4. Define a common method to describe components5. Implement unified access to all resources6. Validate / refine the Portal

In parallel:1. Gradually develop the portal (m3, m12, m24, m30, m36)2. Activate / keep running the community (webinars, forums etc)

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1Network coordination, implementation, dissemination (FDGCO)

2 Mapping information needs(FDGCO)

3 Mapping existing resources(AIAS)

4 Ontology of products(HMI)

5 Ontology of components(CERTH)

6 Unified access to all resources(FDGCO)

7 Field test, validation and launch(HZ)

8 Experiences exchange(FDGCO)

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MS1 > Map of information needs workshop

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MS2 > Map of existing resources workshop

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MS3 > Ontology of products workshop

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MS4> Ontology of components workshop

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MS5 > Portal 1° release workshop

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webinar


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M6> Portal 2° release workshop

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webinar


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MS7 > Portal, final (EASTIN 2.0) workshop

deliverable

webinar


Workshops

• WS1 – Mapping information needs tentative venue/date: Milano Mar 24-25 2011

• WS2 – Mapping existing resources T. venue/date: Maastricht, 29 30 Aug 2011, in conjunction with AAATE 2011

• WS3 – Consensus conference on products ontology T. venue/date: Linz, July 2012, in conjunction with ICCHP 2012

• WS4 – Consensus conference on components ontology T. venue/date: tbd, nov 2012

• WS5 – Assessing the Portal T. venue/date: tbd, June 2013

• WS6 – Public launch of the TN Portal, jointly with ATIS4All T. venue/date: tbd, Sept 2013, in conjunction with AAATE 2013

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The Consortium management structure

• PL (Project Leader) Renzo Andrich

• MC (Management Committee – WP leaders) 4 times/year FDGCO (Renzo Andrich) AIAS (Evert-Jan Hoogerwerf) HMI (Thomas Lyhne) CERTH (Lila Gaitanidou) HZ (Jeanne Heijkers)

• AP (Assembly of partners) 2 times/year One representative for each partner

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Looking forwards to the ETNA eruption!Thanks for attention

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ETNA Presentation_Renzo Aldrich