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be an important addition. Better coverage and more precise evaluation of the literature
through improved update procedures (for the data-gathering, but also
for data distribution to access points) via a network of distributed Editorial Units
will increase the quality of the database. Zentralblatt MATH will be extended to
a European research infrastructure with distributed sites (Editorial Offices and
Access Nodes) in the member states. The EMS, which represents the scientific
communities, has promoted these ideas among the national societies and individual
members.
4 The role of the LIMES participants
The work for LIMES is organised in several work-packages. The participants
have been chosen such that each package is taken care of by one or several participants
according to their special expertise.
FIZ operates the central editorial office for Zentralblatt MATH and is engaged
in all work-packages of the project. The French partner, Cellule MathDoc
(as a part of UJF), released edbm/w3, the first module of the European Database
Manager for Mathematics software. In LIMES, UJF is in charge of the extensive
development of this software, for example the integration of new tools for search,
identification, display, and update, the development and integration of improved
access control management, and it helps national access nodes with the
development and installation of improved update procedures. Eidetica will
mainly develop new models and tools for identification of author and serial names
(two of the most requested features from the user community) based on
data-mining techniques, and they will also develop other improvements to the
retrieval process. An important task for TUB is the development of editorial
tools.
The role of DTV is two-fold: 1. Setting up and running an editorial unit. The
unit is responsible for covering a number of journals and other sources, which
have been defined and agreed upon by DTU/MATH/DTV and the co-ordinator.
The unit engages in experimenting with modern, electronic reviewing methods.
2. Establishing a raw data system for the editorial units. Once agreements have
been reached with the the publishers, this data will be made available for LIMES
in two ways: a) for end-user current awareness purposes through a special
LIMES gateway added to the Current Awareness System of the EMS and to the
Zentralblatt MATH database, b) for the storage of preliminary metadata by the
editorial units through the export of raw cataloguing data to the Zentralblatt editorial
system. SIBA is the second partner to develop a streamlined system for the
electronic handling of the reviewing workflow. They are supposed to design this
in tight cooperation with DTV and the editorial office of Zentralblatt in Berlin.
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