Existing evaluation and validation of LRs. FLaReNet Deliverable D5.1

This report aims at describing the situation with regard to Validation and Evaluation of the past five years (so globally, 2004-2009). The aim of this document is to provide an analysis and charting of existing and wide ly accepted methodologies, facilities, campaigns, resources and services for validation and evalua tion of LRs. Such an analysis will serve to identify those methods that best guarantee a useful assessment of their quality and characteristics, their maintenance requirements, a nd their efficacy for specific contexts of use