The Coastal Portal and Coastal Wiki have already proven to be a successful platform for dissemination of knowledge. The supply of articles has exceeded the expectations and led to a demand for an increased level of quality control regarding coherence, completeness, structure, readability, fitness for use, and accessibility.

Additionally, there are recommendations for improving the Coastal Portal resulting from the evaluation conducted earlier this year by CoastNet. RIKZ has provided additional budget for these “streamlining” activities. The Streamlining project is currently being executed by the following partners: Delft Hydraulics (project leader), University of Plymouth, Marine Biological Association UK / Marine Life Information Network, Flanders Marine Institute, Coastnet, The Coastal Union (EUCC), and several independent experts.
A detailed set of guidelines has been made for evaluating and improving all articles, including links between articles and links to external references. Attention will also be given to improving and expanding the glossary. Additionally, all articles will be categorised according to a new subject/keyword list to improve accessibility and identify information gaps. The Streamlining team is now working on all these activities, also in coordination with the Theme leaders. Most of the work will be completed by the Paris Theme Workshop, 5-7 December and a will be presented at that time.