Digital content is at the core of the Internet and comprises all kind of available information or knowledge, such as text, photos, AV items etc. It is today being produced in quantities that are deeply transforming the enterprise and the creative industries. Conditions for production and consumption are also rapidly changing, see e.g. UGC - user-generated content. [Source: ICT WP 2009/2010]
Digital content is the foundation of a knowledge based society [Source: ICT WP 2011/12]
Digital Content is addressed in the ICT work programme 2011/12 (p.55) under the following challenges/objectives:
> Challenge 4: Technologies for Digital Content and Languages
Objective ICT-2011.4.1 SME initiative on Digital Content and Languages
Objective ICT-2011.4.2 Language Technologies
a) Multilingual content processing
Objective ICT-2011.4.3 Digital Preservation
And within Target outcome b) Internet of services (Internet of contents) also in Objective ICT-2011.1.2 Cloud Computing, Internet of Services and Advanced Software Engineering
