Electronic market place education. Environmental analysis and conception

After a brief presentation of the German specialized information market for the educational system, the necessity of a information market for educatio n will be described. An expert opinion survey was carried out for the purpo se of determining the information needs of the various groups interested in education. The results of this survey are being used to develop a concept for an electronic educational marketplace which takes into account the info rmation needs of the groups polled. For this conception it is essential to distinguish information types, topics and functions which are relevant for all groups, those which are of interest to only a few groups, and informati on types, topics and functions which are relevant only in specialized domai ns.