The present paper describes a prototypical multimedia catalogue for Statistics. The catalogue represents a user-friendly organized database containing a collection of self-contained Java applets and multimedia components. It is a powerful tool which offers the option to jointly use and re-use catalogue elements across national borders and to interconnect formerly unrelated multimedia developments through sharing. In view of the costs of producing high-quality multimedia components, the systematic exchange of such modules is economically a necessity. The scope and flexibility of the approach and its suitability as a starting point for intensified international cooperation is illustrated by means of Java applets and multimedia elements originating from different environments and different content providers.
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