APLAWS and LGOLnet User Group

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• APLAWS and LGOL-net User Group
• Tuesday 8th March 2005
• Holiday Inn, Bloomsbury (London)

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Suppliers Consultants

• iMPOWER
• Runtime-Collective
• ROL
• CGI
• RedHat

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Workshop Agenda

• LAWs Overview
• Sheila Apicella (eSB)
• Government Connect
• Video - Chris Haynes (ODPM)
• Break
• Workshops
• Introduction to LGOL-net LGOL-net Case Study
  Cumbria Connect APLAWS - Progress Update
• Lunch
• Workshops
• FAME LGOL-net LGOL-net Suppliers Forum
  APLAWS - Accessibility Pilot Experience
• Workshops
• LGOL-net Case Study Cumbria Connect Secure
  Email Case Study APLAWS - User Forum
• Final Presentations
• LGOL-net Information on training
• APLAWS - Roadmap for future development

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Local Authority Websites (LAWs)

• An Overview of the Project
• Sheila Apicella (eSB)

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What we set out to do
Implementable
Sustainable
Used
Organisational change
Vendor community
Performance Framework
Usable Accessible
Content
Transactions
Modules
Generic
High volume
Community
Standards
Content Management System
e-GIF, e-GMS, accessibility, usability
APLAWS Stability, scalability, bug fixing Open
source database XML template kit
Information Architecture
Local Govt Category List
Communication
Between services
LGOL.net message broker
LGOL.hub secure email
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Pilot Authorities

• APLAWS only Pilot Authorities
• Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
• Coventry City Council
• Bristol City Council
• Ashfield District Council
• LGOL-net only Pilot Authorities
• SouthKesteven District Council
• APLAWS and LGOL-net Pilot Authorities
• Greater Manchester e-Partnership (GMeP) - led by
  Bolton
• Watford Borough Council
• Sedgefield Borough Council
• Additional Pilot Authority
• Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council

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LAWs Benefits
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LAWs Benefits
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Integrated Public Sector Vocabulary (IPSV)

• What is IPSV?
• Merging the key vocabularies
• GCL (Government Category List)
• LGCL (Local Government Category List)
• The seamlessUK Taxonomy

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One vocabulary will reduce the confusion for
public sector organisations (1)

• The single vocabulary supports citizens,
  customers and staff by offering easier, more
  efficient access to information by
• consistent indexing, categorisation and retrieval
  
• interoperability across data sets from multiple
  organisations
• the ability to offer the same information across
  a variety of delivery channels

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One vocabulary will reduce the confusion for
public sector organisations (2)

• It will provide the mandatory encoding scheme for
  the eGMSs Subject element.
• It will support the delivery of the Office of the
  Deputy Prime Minister Priority Outcome R3
  Community Information.
• One vocabulary will reduce the overheads, costs
  and workload required to implement a controlled
  vocabulary within content management systems,
  search systems and automatic metadata creation
  systems.
• One vocabulary will offer a strategic advantage
  in linking e-enabled services to the Government's
  Directgov portal (www.direct.gov.uk).

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How should you use / implement the IPSV?

• Not started building in the LGCL or havent got
  very far? You can start to implement IPSV from 4
  April 2005.
• The ODPM has agreed that the IPSV is a recognised
  taxonomy and will meet the requirements of Local
  e-Government Priority Outcome R3.
• Authorities that are currently implementing the
  LGCL as part of R3 should continue to do so.
  (Further guidance and support around
  implementation of metadata and migration to the
  IPSV after December 2005 will follow.)
• Mappings to IPSV will be provided from LGCL and
  LGSL (4 April 2005)
• From Summer 2005, e-GMS will recommend the IPSV
  as the mandatory encoding scheme for subject
  metadata in place of GCL.
• You should be prepared to migrate to the new list
  to enable interoperability across the public
  sector.
• The date for completion of migration has not yet
  been fixed.
• Draft of IPSV (Integrated Public Sector
  Vocabulary) available NOW!

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Integrated Public Sector Vocabulary

• Who is behind it?
• Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) have
  funded the project through LAWs 11
• Local e-Gov Standards Body (eSB) as guardians of
  the LGCL
• e-Government Unit (eGU) as owners of the GCL
• Essex County Council as owners of seamlessUK
• Timescale
• Complete by March 2005
• Getting Involved
• http//www.esd-toolkit.org/integratedforums/
• www.esd.org.uk/standards/ipsv

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Sustainability

• TBC

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Contacts

• National Project Website
• www.localegovnp.org/laws
• Project Office Email
• Mark.Dixon_at_westsussex.gov.uk
• Project Office Phone Number
• 01243 777276

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Introductions Key People

• APLAWS
• Alasdair Mangham Arturo Dell (LB Camden)
• LGOL-net
• Tim Rainey (Tameside MBC)
• Dave Cowan (CGI)
• Dave Maidment (Leeds City Council)