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Peter,
And in truth noone really has a good enough crystal
ball to discern those critical parts that
should and could be enforced in a particular
way. It's an evolving story and at this point
I'd hate to see promising emerging technology
locked out - as often happens - by overly
restrictive dictates.
Of course I have my own wish list too - and the
vision of the ideal architecture and
policy components to really give us next-generation
citizen empowered e-Services.
There are recurring themes now that show that
we're coming to a common
understanding of the characteristics needed of
those key parts across multiple
domains - such as e-Healthcare, e-Voting,
e-Banking.
It is much easier to sell this however when you can
point to existing parts that
already provide much needed functionality and
mechanisms.
That is why I've been focusing in on making
presentation materials available about
the architecture, benefits and components available
across the OASIS family
using ebXML in synergy with webservices as we have
been able to recently
show in compelling ways with the OASIS Interop @
XML2004 - and
the materials we have made available to allow
anyone to replicate these
As you note however - its tough to be aggressively
moving ahead with technology
while at the same time providing input to all these
various review groups in
a concise way that they can absorb. The
Interop provides a great wealth of
information - developer level with code, on up thru
to executive materials on
mission profiles and domain
applications.
All we can do is try to document as much as we can
and disseminate as much
as possible through groups such as this
one.
Thanks, DW
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 4:47
PM
Subject: RE: [egov] News: "IDA Releases
European Interoperability Framework for Pan-European E-Government
Services"
Joe,
All:
I have to be careful
which hat I’m wearing in commenting on this, so I’ll stick to my Individual
OASIS Member profile for now.
Both John Borras’
team (at the UK eGovernment Unit) and my service
in the European Parliament followed the evolution of this document since its
inception. I’ll admit that I haven’t had a chance to do a full diff between
the published version, and the last one presented to the project board back in
February 2004 (the project was near dormant in the
meantime).
You are absolutely
right that it is core to our TC’s mission. Although John or Maewyn Cumming may
respond separately, I think we shared some principle criticisms,
notably:
- the framework is
too voluntary: we had both argued for a mandatory or at least more strongly
worded framework that administrations and solution suppliers would feel some
obligation to conform to;
- there is no
implementation or maintenance authority: the Commission has argued (fairly)
that it does not directly have the right (“legal basis” in the jargon) to just
“magic” some policy authority out of thin air. We had achieved some commitment
to a separate part of the framework concerning governance issues, but this
seems to have disappeared for the moment.
On the plus side,
some initiatives are under consideration that aim to plug the gaps, and I’ll
keep the list updated as they advance.
Regards,
Peter
From: Chiusano Joseph
[mailto:chiusano_joseph@bah.com]
Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 11:36
PM
To: OASIS eGov
list
Subject: [egov] News:
"IDA Releases European Interoperability Framework for Pan-European
E-Government Services"
Just announced, and directly
applicable to our mission: IDA Releases European Interoperability Framework
for Pan-European E-Government Services[1]. Actual document is at
[2].
- The European
Commission's Interchange of Data Between Administrations (IDA) released a
Final Version 1.0 of its European Interoperability Framework for
Pan-European E-Government Services, approved by the
Telematics Between Administrations Committee (TAC) Steering Committee.
Publication of the EIF document follows a ten-month period of review and
feedback by Members States, industry representatives, and
stakeholders within the institutions.
- The European Interoperability
Framework document "provides recommendations and defines generic standards
with regard to organizational, semantic, and technical aspects of
interoperability, offering a comprehensive set of principles for European
cooperation in eGovernment.
- The European
Interoperability Framework "supports the European Union's strategy of
providing user-centred eGovernment services by facilitating, at a pan-European
level, the interoperability of services and systems between public
administrations, as well as between administrations and the public (citizens,
businesses). It is an action of the eEurope 2005 Action Plan, under the
eGovernment heading."
- The EIF document considers
"interoperability" in three dimensions, and -categorizes the seventeen
Recommendations according to this taxonomy: organizational interoperability,
semantic interoperability, and technical
interoperability.
Kind
Regards,
Joseph
Chiusano
Booz Allen
Hamilton
Strategy and Technology
Consultants to the World
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