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Copyright OASIS, 2001
OASIS
e-Government Technical Committee
John BorrasOffice of e-EnvoyCabinet OfficeUK Government May 2003
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OASIS
OVERVIEW OF ORGANISATION
http://www.oasis-open.org
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Mission
OASIS drives the development,
convergence & adoption
of e-business standards.
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Overview• OASIS is a member consortium dedicated to
building systems interoperability specifications• Members of OASIS are providers, users and
specialists of standards-based technologies– Include organisations, individuals, industry groups
and governments– More than 500 members
• International, Not-for-profit, Open, Independent• Successful through industry and government
wide collaboration
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OASIS Value
• Ten years demonstrated success
• Neutral and independent
• Technical and procedural competence
• Worldwide visibility and outreach
• Close coordination with peer standards organisations on a global level
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OASIS technical agenda
The OASIS technical agenda is set by the members; bottom-up approach
Technical committees formed by the proposal of members
Attempt to cooperate and liaise with other standards organisations as much as possible
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OASIS standards process
Standards are created under an open, democratic, vendor-neutral process– Any interested parties may participate, comment
– No one organisation can dictate the standard
– Ensures that standards meet everyone’s needs, not just largest players’
Open to all interested parties All discussion open to public comment Resulting work is guaranteed to be representative
of OASIS as a whole, not just any one vendor’s view
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Progression of OASIS technical work
1. Any three OASIS members propose creation of a technical committee (TC)
2. TC conducts and completes technical work; open and publicly viewable
3. TC votes to approve work as an OASIS Committee Specification
4. Committee Specification tested in at least 3 pilots
5. OASIS membership reviews, approves the Committee Specification as an OASIS Standard
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e-GovernmentTechnical Committee
Overview & Progress
http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/egov
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History• Formed Sept 2002
– Founding members: OeE, Republica Finland, US GSA, SAP, Web Methods
• Inaugural Meeting Dec 2002• Chair: UK Office of E-Envoy• Two meetings to date, third one
tomorrow– Teleconference and face-to-face
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Committee Membership
• Approx 115 to date
• Governments
– UK, USA, Finland, Denmark, Canada, Germany
• ICT providers – small and large
• Members of other TCs and other Standards Bodies
• Many others
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Committee Charter• provide a forum for governments internationally to voice their needs and requirements with respect to XML-based standards
• provide a mechanism for the creation of best practice documents relative to the adoption of OASIS specifications/standards and other related standards within Governments internationally
• promote the adoption of OASIS specifications/standards within Governments which could include the creation of implementation-oriented pilot projects to involve software vendors and participating government agencies to demonstrate the use of OASIS specifications/standards
• work with other OASIS channels and other international standards bodies’ channels (e.g. XML.org for schema registry and/or information portal), to act as a clearinghouse of information related to applicable specifications/standards as well as activities and projects being conducted by Governments in the adoption of XML-based systems and standards
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e-Government – Business Drivers
• When people interact with government they want to do so on their own terms.
• They want high quality services which are accessible, convenient and secure.
• They do not want to understand how government is organised, or to know which department or agency does what, or whether a function is exercised by central or local government.
• Governments worldwide, are now developing and implementing strategies to – deliver services on-line to citizens and
businesses – support the modernisation of government
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e-Government – Technical Drivers
• Real opportunity is to use information technology to help create fundamental improvement in the efficiency, convenience and quality of service.
• Offer more convenient access to services and transform how governments organise mainstream delivery.
• Requires technical policies and specifications for achieving interoperability and information systems coherence across the public sector.
• The main thrust nowadays by governments is to adopt the Internet and World Wide Web specifications for all their systems, and to adopt XML and XSL as the core standards for data integration and the presentation of data.
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e-Government : benefits of using Open Standards• More choice of products and suppliers
• Less dependency on a single supplier
• Avoid proprietary lock-in
• Stability or reduction in costs
• Accommodate future changes more easily
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e-Government : Why use XML?
• Widely accepted open standard
• Ability to support disparate systems
• Text based
• Easy to understand and implement
• Extensible
• International
• Common core but allows local customisation / extension
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Local AuthoritiesDepartmental
SystemsOther Public
sector Systems
Channels
Infrastructure
Citizen & Businesses
Government Systems
GSI
Government Gateway
Private Sector PortalsGovernment portal
www.ukonline.gov.uk
Local Authority Portals
Multiple Access Channels
DTV Mobile Call Centre PC
Users
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UK Service Delivery Infrastructure
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Committee Organisation (1)
Sub-committees:• Services, eg Health, Crime, Education,
Travel• Interoperable Services, eg ebXML, Web
Services• Best Practice• Infrastructure, eg Security, Registries,
Workflow, Document Management
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Committee Organisation (2)
Liaisons:• OMG – modelling methods
• UN/CEFACT – requirements
• UBL TC - vocabularies
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Deliverables
Recommended standards for delivery of e-Government Services Either existing standards, or enhancements
of existing ones, or new ones,
Best Practice, Case Studies
Pilots
Specifications for support tools
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Future work• Progress work of sub-committees• Establish more liaisons• Wider participation by other Governments
and suppliers• Build some pilots• Consider compliance accreditation
processes • Ongoing enhancements and review to
accommodate any changes in policies/legislation
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Thank you for your attention
Any Questions?
[email protected] no. +44 (0)20 7276 3101
http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/egov