Challenge 4 is the foundation of a knowledge based society; it is in digital content that knowledge is stored and from digital content that knowledge is extracted and exploited by individuals and organisations across modalities and languages. This makes it crucial for this resource to be readily and reliably accessible over time to European citizens and enterprises and for every step in its lifecycle to be adequately supported and enhanced in response to changes in the technology landscape.
The objectives (=sub-themes) of this challenge are:
> Objective ICT-2011.4.1 SME initiative on Digital Content and Languages
The envisaged target outcomes are:
a) Bootstrapping a data economy
b) Community building and best practices
c) Sharing language resources
d) Building consensus and common services
ATTENTION: SME actions are subject to a specific call. A two-step evaluation process with specific eligibility and evaluation criteria will be applied.
> Objective ICT-2011.4.2 Language Technologies
The envisaged target outcomes are:
a) Multilingual content processing
b) Information access and mining
c) Natural spoken interaction
d) Developing joint plans, methods and services
> Objective ICT-2011.4.3 Digital Preservation
The envisaged target outcomes are:
a) More reliable and secure preservation technologies and methods
b) Technologies and systems for intelligent management of preservation
c) Interdisciplinary research networks
d) Promotion schemes for the uptake of digital preservation research outcomes
> Objective ICT-2011.4.4 Intelligent Information Management
The envisaged target outcomes are:
a) Reactive algorithms, infrastructures and methodologies
b) Intelligent integrated systems
c) Framework and tools for benchmarking and exploring information management diversity
d) Targeted competition framework speeding up progress towards large scale information management systems of global relevance
e) Community building networks



