MALVINE - Information Resources

Information Resources

The following documents were conceived and written during the course of the MALVINE project
(Note that all documents are written in English):

Definition of Content and User Services

Data (Primary Objects) (PDF - 233KB)
Description of the data structures and formats used by the MALVINE partners.
Meta data (Secondary Objects) (PDF - 362KB) The MALVINE meta data profile for document description, personal names and corporate bodies.
Terminological Control (PDF - 131KB)
MALVINE thesaurus including assignments to the MALVINE meta data profile for document description.
Definition of Content and User Services (PDF - 140KB)
Description of the user services to be provided by MALVINE.

MALVINE Brokerage Study

Feasibility Study: MALVINE Information Brokerage Platform (PDF - 641KB)
Demonstration of the feasibility of electronic brokerage in the manuscript sector.

SGML / XML study

Analysis of Status Quo (PDF - 114KB)
Analysis of status quo regarding the data formats used by the MALVINE partners.
Analysis of Existing Document Type Definitions (PDF - 99KB)
Analysis of existing Document Type Definitions (DTD) and tag sets.
Proof of Concept: Skeleton (PDF - 340KB)
Documentation of a functional demonstration system.

Charta of the MALVINE Maintenance Agency (PDF - 44 KB)
This documents describes responsibilities and rights of the MALVINE Maintenance Agency and the MALVINE consortium.