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DESIRE aims to address specific areas in which existing services can be enhanced to better meet the needs of research users. In particular, DESIRE aims to provide:
  • a sustainable approach to making searching, finding, browsing, accessing and retrieving multimedia resources as easy as possible
  • making a wider range of information available for retrieval via a common interface
  • performance features to reduce the international bandwidth requirements of access to multimedia information across Europe
  • dissemination and demonstration activities to encourage the uptake of these improved services.

The technologies employed within the project, e.g. caching and indexing methods, have clear possibilities for exploitation by providers of information services and by network operators.