AIM@SHAPE project presentation

Summary form only given. Shapes are expected to take a central role in the semantic Web in the next years, with high potential impact in several key areas: it has been predicted that geometry is poised to become the fourth wave of digital multimedia communication, where the first three waves were sound in the 1970s, images in the ´80s, and video in the 90´s. We present and promote discussions on the programme of activities of the Network of Excellence AIM@SHAPE, advanced and innovative models and tools for the development of semantic-based systems for handling, acquiring, and processing knowledge embedded in multidimensional digital objects, funded for four years by the European Commission under the 6th Framework Programme, 1ST project n° 506766. The scientific innovation sought by AIM@SHAPE includes methodological approaches to model digital shapes, as well as proposals of ontologies for modelling digital shapes and their semantics in key applied sectors. Technological innovation is measured against the creation of a coherent and integrated digital shape workbench (DSW) and its use as an e-science framework of tools and services for modelling, processing and interpreting digital shapes.