This project, entitled “Research and Development of Digital Archives and e-Learning Technologies”, recruits its members from among investigators at the Institute of Information Science and the Computing Center in Academia Sinica. It endeavors to promote pioneering research, and provide consulting and technical services. The services include the establishment of standards and a canonical procedure for building metadata, the construction of digital archives, and the development of software tools.

In recent years, research and development efforts have focused on information digitization, the development of metadata standards, database construction, archiving and preservation of precious artifacts, interoperability of systems, multi-lingual information processing, language technology, multimedia technology, digital rights management, and integrated services. The project provides technical services for several content providers, including metadata analysis, standards development, database development, systems analysis, systems development, and follow-up maintenance. It has also successfully transferred technologies to local companies and government organizations, and published over 250 technical papers. Moreover, to publicize these achievements and share our experience, several international and domestic conferences have been organized under the project.