ARCHITECTURE ;
YEAR 2 :
- ASSEMBLY OF SUBSYSTEMS AND START SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT FOR EXPERIMENTAL WORKSTATION AND RESEARCH WORKSTATION .
* 24TH MONTH : EXPERIMENTAL WORKSTATION OPERATIONAL ;
YEAR 3 :
- COMPLETION OF SOFTWARE EXPERIMENTAL WORKSTATION AND RESEARCH WORKSTATION ;
- TEST OF WORKSTATION ; EVALUATION OF RESULTS .
* 36TH MONTH : EXPERIMENTAL AND RESEARCH WORKSTATION EVALUATION ;
YEAR 4 :
- CONTINUED EVALUATION OF EXPERIMENTAL WORKSTATION IN A NUMBER OF ENVIRONMENTS ( LINKS WITH NETWORK AND SERVERS REQUIRED ) ;
- DEFINITION AND CONSTRUCTION OF ADVANCED WORKSTATION INTERFACE TO MULTIMEDIA INPUT/OUTPUT , FILING SYSTEM , NETWORK ETC . . .
- COMPLETION OF LANGUAGE INTERFACE .
* 48TH MONTH : SPECIFICATION OF ADVANCED WORKSTATION INTERFACE ( MULTIMEDIA NETWORK ) ;
YEAR 5 :
- ASSEMBLY OF ADVANCED WORKSTATION ;
- IDENTIFICATION OF TEST-SITES , REQUIREMENTS .
* 60TH MONTH : ADVANCED WORKSTATION OPERATIONAL .
.1 . " SECURE OPEN MULTIMEDIA INTEGRATED WORKSTATION " ( REF . 367 + 347 : A/84 )
THE PROJECT INVOLVES THE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF AN OFFICE WORKSTATION ( WS ) WHICH IS BASED ON THE " OPEN SYSTEMS " CONCEPT ALLOWING THE GENERATION OF STANDARD PROTOCOLS FOR COMMUNICATION MEDIA . IT IS THUS POSSIBLE TO LINK THE WS WITH DIFFERENT TYPES OF NETWORKS AND WITH ISDN . THE WS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PROCESSING DIFFERENT TYPES OF INFORMATION INCLUDING : TEXT , FIXED AND MOVING IMAGES , GRAPHICS , VOICE AND HAND DRAWINGS . THE WS WILL USE A NETWORK-ORIENTED OPERATING SYSTEM TO CONTROL MULTIWINDOWS AND A DISTRIBUTED DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM . ITS MAIN " HARDWARE " PARTS WILL INVOLVE : A 32-BIT CPU , INTERMEDIATE CAPACITY OF DISK , HIGH RESOLUTION SCREEN , MOUSE , CAMERA , DIGITIZER AND COMPRESSOR OF SPEECH , LOUDSPEAKER , OPTICAL CHARACTER SCANNER AND APPROPRIATE NETWORKING CIRCUITS . THESE WILL BE COMPLEMENTED BY A DEVICE AND PROCEDURES TO CONTROL ACCESS .
A-TYPE PROPOSALS ARE INVITED .
. WORKSTATION SECURITY
THIS AREA CONCERNS THE SPECIFICATIONS AND IMPLEMENTATION OF SEVERE SECURITY REQUIREMENTS , AT THE WORKSTATION LEVEL , INCLUDING USER ACCESS AND AUTHORISATION . THIS WILL ALSO PROVIDE PROTECTION OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION .
B-TYPE PROPOSALS ARE INVITED .
. ADVANCED MULTI-MEDIA USER INTERFACES .
THE PROJECT INVOLVES THE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF AN EXPERIMENTAL INPUT/OUTPUT DEVICE AS PART OF A MULTIMEDIA INTEGRATED WORKSTATION . THE INTERFACE SHOULD PROVIDE THE USER-DIALOGUE IN SIMULATION OF OFFICE PROCEDURES , DEFINITION OF OFFICE ROUTINES AND THE EXECUTION OF ADVANCED OFFICE TASKS .
.1 . " INTELLIGENT WORKSTATION " ( REF . 82 : B/83 ) .
THE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO PROVIDE THE OFFICE WORKER WITH AN INTEGRATED WORKSTATION WHICH IS INEXPENSIVE ENOUGH AND WHICH CAN PROVIDE SOPHISTICATED SERVICES RANGING FROM SPEECH AND GRAPHICS TO EXPERT LEVEL DECISION AIDS AND AUTOMATED REPORT GENERATION . THE PROTOTYPE WORKSTATION TO BE DEVELOPED WILL BE TESTED IN ENVIRONMENTS PROVIDING COMMUNICATION FACILITIES AND CONNECTED FILE SERVERS ( SEE ALSO AREA ) .
B-TYPE PROPOSALS ARE INVITED , BUT WILL BE