!!!Short English Presentation [{Image src='Header.png' caption='' alt='' width='900' height='311' popup='false'}]\\ !Main aim: To provide trustworthy information for the general public like former encyclopedias !Content: Currently 1.2 million media objects, 20% yearly increase, over 5 million page-views/ year and supposed to grow fast when the Austrian Learning platform “Eduthek” will be opened. !Main features of austria-forum.org: *Quality control by various means: *Contributions are not anonymous but known by name and vitae *Authors can be contacted, and even anonymous contacts can lead to discussions *Extensive linkage with freely readable 2.500 digital books *Use of high-quality publications by research institutions *Grouping material together by topics *Academic publications suitable for a wide audience are accepted !Material goes beyond static text and pictures: *Videos, 360° panoramas and interactive videos (!) *Interactive comparisons of areas of interests in any of the UN countries *Attempt to check figures by examining typical 6 different data-bases *Presentation of interactive graphs !Plans *Moderated discussions on topics of European and national interest *Competitions and quizzes to attract users *Contributions lead to interesting books, hence support from publishers *Collaboration with similar efforts in other countries, exchange made possible by automatic but afterwards polished translations *Financial support beyond sponsors and projects by innovative SW developments applicable to many WWW servers rather than an advertisement based model [{Metadata Suchbegriff=' ' Kontrolle='Nein'}]