A first project of a seismic database using the web technology, was designed and partially realized in the years 1997-2000 by a Working Group, in the frame of the old Institute of the CNR (the 'IRRS' Institute). A short summary of that project (DOL) is reported.

From the beginning of 2001 the WG has been modified, because of the Law decree N. 381 which transfered the former IRRS Institute from the National Research Council (CNR) to the new National Institute on Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV).

In 2002 the old 'DOL' project was completely reviewed by an ad-hoc Board, in order to check and fix the available data and their 'status', to analize the technical procedures adopted both for processing and for web dissemination, to design new 'light' approaches and to look for new Collaborators. Also the possibility to become part of a future 'Euro-mediterranian' project was later esploited (but this is a still open question).
In agreement with the final proposal of such Board⁽¹⁾, some criteria were fixed which outlined the 'light' version of the new Project called 'ReWARD' Project (an acronym from Refraction / Wide Angle Reflection Database').

• DATA:
• verify all the digital (or digitized) available data and control their 'status' (for the right of property);
• complete the retrieval of all the available digital data sets (with special regards to the old data stored in the digital IBM-style tapes) and, when necessary, digitize the available 'historical' analog magnetic tapes, with original recordings;
• collect all the data into a unique hard-disk volume on a powerful PC;
• processing: 
• check all the records, to control their 'header' completeness;
• realize new modules to convert the waveform data in a common format (Seg-Y);
  
• PEOPLE:
• look for possible Collaborators in the new project, in and out the INGV;

• WEBSITE (old and new):
• keep active the old DOL-2000 website up to the end of 2003, and activate its migration into the new Project ReWARD;
  
• new Project website (style and contents criteria):
  
• create a new and light database scheme, possibly using commercial common software, to be integrated in the new website;
• avoid heavy graphical (GIS or other) implementations;
  
• use the web mainly for description of the experiments and the auxiliary data access; the waveforms could be downloaded upon request;
  
• produce a significative prototype (with a subset of seismic data concerning a selected area of interest) within the end of 2003;
• implement some interactive tool to monitor the user access and activity.

• Dr. Mariano Maistrello - INGV (Section of Milan - maistrello@mi.ingv.it ) 
  
• Dr. Gemma Musacchio - INGV (   "            "        musacchio@mi.ingv.it )
• Dr. Carlo Marcocci - INGV (Section of Rome - N.E.C.      marcocci@ingv.it )
• Prof. Ignazio Guerra - University of Calabria (Physics dept. -  i.guerra@fis.unical.it )
• Dr. Germana Gaudiosi - INGV (Section of Naples - Osservatorio Vesuviano - gaudiosi@ov.ingv.it )