GOOD PRACTICE FORM FOR NOMINATIONS

We propose to start the activity of the workgroup on 'good practice' proposing an initial set of some main areas where to put the nominations. In particular we think to start with the basic issue of digitisation itself.
Each project can be 'nominated' for more than one area, following your evaluation of the most important features contained in the example.

AREAS for nominations of 'good practice' for on-going projects on digitisation:
1.	Preservation of physical objects via digitisation and electronic surrogates.
2.	High quality of the digitisation process.
3.	Metadata and Thesaurus.
4.	Usability of project results.
5.	Management of the process and workflow
6.	Accessibility including copyright issues and web sites

For each project please specify:

•	Area of 'good practice' where you like to nominate your project (you can put more than only one area): 

Accessibility including copyright issues and web sites
Usability of project results.

•	Name:

TRADEX - TRial Action for Digital object Exhange 
IST 1999 21031
(1 October 2000 - 30 April 2002)

•	Responsible body and/or any specific :
Co-ordinating body/mechanism:
Co-ordinator: Multimedia and Telematic Research Centre of Consorzio Pisa Ricerche, (IT)
Partners: NETIMAGE (FR), Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo e la Documentazione (IT), University of Florence (IT), CENTRICA (IT), DAJA (Japan), Engineering (IT)

•	Contact person:
Roberto Gagliardi, Consorzio Pisa Ricerche (IT)

•	Web site:
http://www.tradex-ist.com

•	Description of the project, objectives and priorities:
TRADEX is a trial action implemented within the European Commission IST programme, focused on the on-line multimedia object transfer. 

TRADEX consider available copyright marking technologies for solving the illegal copying and proof of ownership problems in the context of multimedia objects. 

TRADEX focus on the convergence on common criteria for: 
content fidelity preservation 
robustness to attack 
applicability to audio, image, and video data, including synthetic objects. 

•	The main technical features for what you consider the project a 'good practice' example:

TRADEX assumes the e-commerce scheme based on digital signature and public key encryption. This introduces further points on which common background should be agreed, such as the integration of digital signature and watermarking techniques, and Digital Object Identification and ownership certification. 

The TRADEX trial consists on the setting up of a demonstrator to integrate, assess and evaluate recent technological solutions enabling digital object trading. In particular, the technologies that have been used to build up such interoperable framework are: 

•	Smart card based AAA (authentication-authorisation-accounting) management for strong user certification 
•	PKI infrastructure functions for soft user certification 
•	Trust seal and Code-of-Conduct management 
•	Integration of digital signature and robust watermarking techniques 
•	IPR-preserving visualisation of very-high definition images 
•	MPEG-4 streams (including IPMP protection techniques) 
•	Automatic translation of textual information 
•	Online payment system 
•	XML data format and exchange

•	Long term sustainability strategy:

The analysis of the market and the available, but still not-assessed, technologies has lead to the trial technical specification and the definition of the TRADEX business case. The trial has been strictly monitored and measured during its running. Assessment gave indicators of the technical performance and the business service impact. Primary market and technological leaders are involved in TRADEX activities. The agreement between Regional Government of Tuscany (Italy) and the Prefecture of Gifu (Japan), will be the building block to implement the international co-operation of TRADEX. 

•	Accessibility by users via local network or Internet (describe modalities and IPR issue from a technical point of view):

•	Problems encountered :

Comments: 

Figures and documents enclosed:

I agree this information could be published/

                            X  Yes
                               No

Organisation & person completing the questionnaire

•	Formal name of organisation: Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo e la Documentazione - Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali

•	Type of organisation: public

•	Field of action:	Archive / Library / Museum / Foundation / others ….
Scheduling standards and documentation on Cultural Italian heritage

•	Address: Rome, via di San Michele 18 – 00153 - Italy

•	Name of director: Arch. Maria Luisa Polichetti

•	Name and role of person completing the questionnaire: Erminia Sciacchitano

•	Tel: 0039/06/58552227

•	Fax: 0039/06/58332313

•	Web site: www.iccd.beniculturali.it

•	E-mail: sciacchitano@iccd.benuculturali.it

•	Date: 24/04/2002