1. IT support and support for NICE
NICE Committee of Experts 22
Geneva
April 27,2012
Patrick Fiévet
Heat of IT Operations and Support Section

2. Agenda IT Operations and Support for NICE NIVILO E-forum : NEF
NICE publication platform: NICEPUB

3. NEF 2012 introduction and highlights
Why NEF needed to be reworked?
Derived from a 10 year old application (IPC-IEF)
Critical Business Application for NIVILO
To address design and IT security issues
To increase its maintainability and robustness
NEF user interface not harmonized with other WIPO systems

4. NEF 2012 Project plan Redo without major functional evolution
Timeframe: March-April 2012
Based on the rework IPC E-forum
Address design and implementation issues (e.g. database, Internationalization,…),
Remove dead parts of the source code,
Comply with WIPO information security policy

5. NEF 2012 Project Status Completed
Reduction of the specific source code: from 60,000 to 12,000 lines,
Just moved into production,
Access to NEF 2012: same URL:

6. NEF 2012 Project Status Some changes User interface (see on-line help)
Additional file formats (XLS, PDF) for annexes
Improved search
Logout without
Possibility to add/remove PDF conversion of a posted annex

7. NEF 2012: IT security

8. NEF 2012 user interface

9. NICE publication platform (NICEPUB)
Project plan
June-August 2011: NICEPUB Specification
August 2011: NICE master files specification
Q4 2011: NICEPUB system implementation
Q1-Q3 2012: NICE publication data

10. NICE publication platform
Project Status
NICEPUB Specification: DONE
NICE master files specification: DONE in draft version
Q4 2011: NICEPUB system implementation: DONE
Q1-Q3 2012: NICE publication data: prototyping in progress for NICE 10

11. NICE publication platform (NICEPUB)
Functional hillights:
Same user interface for all versions
Additional type of information (information files, hierarchy groups,
Search (basic number and term)
Modifications between versions

12. NICE publication platform (NICEPUB)
Hillights:
Content based on 8 NICE master files input (mostly XML)
Possibility to hyperlink to a selected place of the publication e.g.
Reactivity: Largely automated publication preparation process

13. NICE publication platform (NICEPUB)
8 master files as Input with specification:
Taxonomy
General remarks
Class headings and explanatory notes
Hierarchy groups
Goods and services Indications
Information files
Modifications files
Illustration files

14. NICE publication platform (NICEPUB)
NEF
Revision of version N+2 ?
MASTER FILES
Early
access to
Version N+1
NICEPUB
NICE for Download
XML, …
Publication of version N

15. NICE publication platform (NICEPUB)
Perspectives:
Q2 2012: NICE 10+ master files in NICEPUB
Q2 2012: Creation of NICE <10 master files in NICEPUB
Q3-Q4: Test of NICEPUB by Offices
Q4: Decision about production use NICEPUBPREP

16. NICE publication platform (NICEPUB)
Demonstration
(URL currently not available outside WIPO)

17. IT operations and support for NICE
Questions?
Thank you