30 June 2009

SHAMAN Requirements Analysis Report and Specification of the SHAMAN Assessment Framework and Protocol is the very first Public Deliverable that will be available in brief at EU/Cordis webpage. Document comprises an identification of SHAMAN Usage Scenarios and related use cases to determine the Conceptual Requirements of the Infrastructure and conducts a needs analysis study in three representative domains.

This analysis on preservation policy in real-life and the usage scenarios for the representative domains will result in the design of the functional and non-functional parameters to be implemented by the SHAMAN environment as well as in the design of an Assessment Framework detailing the SHAMAN Assessment Protocol (SAP) for validating the project’s progress towards objectives and impact of its results.

The needs and expectations of end users and service providers are surveyed to inform the development of the proposed system. The analysis focuses on organisational contexts as well as on the different document and object types and their meta-data, with an emphasis on how the results can be executed on sample content and its evaluation in terms of real library, archival and preservation services in the public as well as in the industrial and scientific context.