eTernity: European Textbooks Reusability Networking and Operability

The eTernity project is an initiative by the pre-standardization body CEN WS-LT which will explore the needs towards interoperability within the e-Textbook digital marketplace.
The workshop is open for everybody to participate. Your participation is welcomed and free. We are working with key stakeholders such as:
• Publishers
• OER contributors
• Educational institutions
• Students’ associations
• Public Policy Makers
• CLOs, CIOs and CTOs working within educational technology providers
• Anyone interested in shaping a better future for Europe’s Educational landscape
CEN WS-LT will formally kick off the project with a one day workshop in January (provisional date 16th of January 2013) in Brussels. Virtual and physical meetings will be organised to work towards achieving a common reference framework for European textbook marketplaces by means of three main development phases:
• Public call for User Requirements Scenarios from a wide range of interested stakeholders
• Identification and evaluation of existing interoperability standards and specifications, and scoping the potential of developing of an abstract eTernity ecosystem
• Based on the state-of-art analysis, consider developing a shortlist of specifications supporting an eTextbook guidance on the design and development of truly interoperable textbook marketplaces
• The open eTernity technical meetings will be announced on this website.