Basic Concepts
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Define the basic concepts and set the required background for the reader.
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Virtual Research Environments and Community Portals
Communities of scientists and research use the gCube middleware and Grid resources to setup Virtual Research Environments for Content exchange and collaboration. Portals provide the required tools for content search, browsing, annotation, metadata management and other value added capabilities.
Content and Collections
Content takes various forms (documents, multimedia video and pictures etc) and is grouped in various Collections. Communities access VRE capabilities for collection exploitation through the Web Portals.
Content Annotation
Explain the basics of annotation.
Metadata
Define the concept of metadata. Why they are important for content management especially from the user perspective view.