WINTER 2005

DAISY Projects at a Glance

The DAISY Consortium accomplishes its work through projects approved by the Daisy Consortium Board of Directors.  Below is a list of these projects. Some projects are primarily activities of the staff, but others involve our Members and Friends. A portion of the DAISY Web site will be created in early 2006, specifically devoted to projects that are of high interest to Members and Friends. This will make tracking advancements easier.

DAISY/NISO Advisory Committee
Project lead: George Kerscher

Issues Tracking
Project lead: Laurie Sherve 

Specification/document management system
Project lead: Laurie Sherve

Digital Rights Management (DRM)
Project lead: Neil Bernstein 

Mathematics Modular Extension
Project lead: Neil Soiffer 

Video Modular Extension
Project lead: TBD

SMIL Development Collaborative Participation with W3C
Project lead: Marisa DeMeglio

Standards Documentation
Project lead: Lynn Leith 

Urakawa Project
Includes DAISY Application Program Interface specification and Software Development (DAISY API)
Project manager : Dipendra Manocha

DAISY Multi Format Converter (DMFC)
Project lead: Markus Gylling 

DAISY/NISO Validation tool (ZedVal)
Project lead: Markus Gylling

Sample Reference Content
Project lead: TBD

Advocacy, Awareness, and Worldwide Implementation
DAISY in the Mainstream
Project lead: TBD 

DAISY Knowledge Network
Project leads: Lynn Leith and Laurie Sherve 

DAISY Training Courses
Project lead: Lynn Leith  

Related Standards Participation
Collaborative Participation with a variety of organizations
Project lead: George Kerscher

DAISY Fund Raising
Project lead: Joyce Weaver

DAISY OK
Project lead:  Olaf Mittelstaedt 

International Library, Lending, and Exchange
International Legal Framework Collaborative Participation with IFLA-LBS and WBU
Project lead: David Mann 

Publisher Cooperation and Collaboration
Collaborative Participation with IFLA-LBS
Project lead: Peter Osborne 

Shared Collection Development
Collaborative Participation with IFLA-LBS
Project lead: Mary Schnackenberg 

Federated Search
Collaborative Participation with IFLA-LBS
Project lead: Helen Brazier 

CNIB Web Portal
Collaborative Participation with CNIB and Microsoft Canada
Project lead: Margaret McGrory 

Developing Countries
DAISY For All (DFA)
Project lead: Hiroshi Kawamura 

Communication
Communication Reengineering
Project lead: Joyce Weaver 

Web Site Development and Maintenance
Project managers: Laurie Sherve and Joyce Weaver

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