Copyright OASIS, 2001 OASIS e-Government Technical Committee John Borras Office of e-Envoy Cabinet Office UK Government May 2003

Copyright OASIS, 2001 OASIS OVERVIEW OF ORGANISATION

Copyright OASIS, 2001 Mission OASIS drives the development, convergence & adoption of e-business standards.

Copyright OASIS, 2001 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

Copyright OASIS, 2001 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

Copyright OASIS, 2001 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

Copyright OASIS, 2001 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

Copyright OASIS, 2001 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

Copyright OASIS, 2001 e-Government Technical Committee Overview & Progress

Copyright OASIS, 2001 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

Copyright OASIS, 2001 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

Copyright OASIS, 2001 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

Copyright OASIS, 2001 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

Copyright OASIS, 2001 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.

Copyright OASIS, 2001 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

Copyright OASIS, 2001 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

Copyright OASIS, 2001 Local Authorities Departmental Systems Other Public sector Systems Channels Infrastructure Citizen & Businesses Government Systems GSI Government Gateway Private Sector Portals Government portal Local Authority Portals Multiple Access Channels DTVMobileCall CentrePC Users e-Government Standards UK Service Delivery Infrastructure

Copyright OASIS, 2001 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

Copyright OASIS, 2001 Committee Organisation (2) Liaisons: OMG – modelling methods UN/CEFACT – requirements UBL TC - vocabularies

Copyright OASIS, 2001 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

Copyright OASIS, 2001 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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