ETHOS, the Europan Telematics Observatory, is a Horizontal Service for the Projects of the Telematcs Application Programme. In particular it is responsible for researching and presenting information which will be of use in developing telematics applicatins. It is also responsible for the co-ordination of the presentation of the results of the Telematics Application programme.
The Observatory will operate for the duration of the Telematics Application Programme. Its Telematics Watch and results dissemination services are free of charge.
ETHOS liaises closely with other European actions, including the ACTS programme and the Telecities movement. (Many telematics applications deveoped by TAP will find homes initially with Telecities). ETHOS has also been adopted as a news-source for the G7 Information Society programme.
A non-exclusive indicative list of information holding in ETHOS includes:
The ETHOS project commenced on the 1st March 1996.
