RE: [egov] Subjects for F2F agenda items & TC action/activity

[colin.wallis@ssc.govt.nz]

This notion was floated in the unofficial F2F in Oxford last July and got a good reception there.

It's also worth remembering that various people have been chipping around the edges of this issue from various angles for a while now, which could be referenced to provide more context for a Terms of Reference.

I'm thinking particularly of Michael Bang Kjeldgaard's thoughts on NDR for e-Government,   Maewyn's thoughts around harmonizing taxonomies and further down the track, Ann's e-govt record keeping paper.

Cheers

Colin 
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I would be happy to make time in the programme to discuss your ideas. It
depend for the willingness of the TC membership to take this up as work
projects. 

Harm Jan


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Van: Peter F Brown [mailto:peter@justbrown.net] 
Verzonden: maandag 10 oktober 2005 17:30
Aan: 'OASIS eGov list'
Onderwerp: [egov] Suggestions for F2F agenda items and TC action/activity

Dear Harm Jan, dear all:

I will be attending the F2F in London, probably accompanied by another
colleague working in the Austrian Federal Chancellor's Office.

We would like to put our initiative for a "eGovernment Resources Network" on
the table (see attached draft flyer). Although intended (initially at least)
as a European venture, there are a number of issues that are, I think, of
common interest for us all:


- the idea of developing a common, "eGovernment Reference Information Model"
for describing common eGovernment services and components in a standardised
manner, independent of language or location;
- the idea of a "proof of concept" for federating information (encapsulated
in such a common model) across heterogeneous registries and register-type
infrastructures - as a means of exchanging information between existing
national interoperability frameworks and as a first step to identifying
interoperability points for possible later service bindings;
- the development of a "semantic navigation layer" for navigating and
accessing key reference information on eGovernment services provided by
administrations and made available to different groups (open/public;
restricted/public officials, etc).

We would be interested in exploring these - and related - ideas at the F2F
to determine whether any or all of them could be pursued within OASIS as
specific pieces of work: either by the eGov TC itself; spun off in a new TC;
or handed off to another existing TC, as appropriate. I would be happy to
introduce the theme, to place the initiative in the context of the Austrian
government's political priorities for its forthcoming Presidency of the EU
Council and in relation to its work in developing an eGovernment Reference
Model: parts of this model can be navigated online - German terminology only
at present, I'm afraid - at
http://sl.cio.gv.at/kommarch/view.php?scope=Allgemein .

I look forward to seeing you all next week in London!

Best regards,

Peter
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Peter F Brown
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Chair, CEN eGovernment Focus Group
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Senior Expert
eGovernment - Legal, Organisational and International Issues
Austrian Federal Chancellery
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Co-Editor, OASIS SOA Reference Model
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