Document models are studied which account at the same time for the documents' logical or abstract organisation, their graphical display and their contents. Editing techniques based on these models are also designed by the project. A structured document editor called Thot was developed. Applets are an example of mobile code, following the principle that programs also are documents and can thus be accessed, downloaded and displayed, just like any other type of document. In addition, MMM uses a cryptographic signature system which proves to the user that the applet supplier has actually run the security tests.
Implementation is in progress.
The ergonomic aspects of the various services offered on the Internet are crucial in terms of diffusion, in particular for the mass audience. Multimedia elements extracted from the database are automatically integrated. It is now a European leader in SGML structured editors, the future very powerful tools of editors on the Net. EUnet is the first European private commercial Internet provider, offering more than 300 points of access in 41 countries. Major European user organisations, such as Aerospatiale, Dassault, Havas, Iberdrola, Michelin and Reed Elsevier, participate in the Consortium, together with computer industry and telecommunication operators.