Empowering Egovernment Today

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Empowering E-government Today
The Intelligent Document Platform A Federal
Enterprise Architecture, Service Component
Ed Chase, chase_at_adobe.com, 703-328-3412 Diana
Helander, helander_at_adobe.com Michael Connor,
miconnor_at_adobe.com, 408 536-4236
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Forms Documents DriveThe Government Work
Process
The Challenge
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Government Requirements
An architectural component that facilitates

• Transparent user interaction with multiple
  services and systems
• Automated interchange of information data
  across multiple relationships, processes, systems
  and devices
• On off line document level security, rights
  privacy management
• Global search, tracking, audit capability for
  documents process history
• Common tools for creating loosely coupled
  business processes that can be grown and managed
  organically

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The Active Document
Active Documents Changing How the Enterprise
WorksNovember 2003
"Active documents" change the role of information
and how it interacts with both software
applications and people creating a new
applications category for integrating systems
gathering, presenting, and analyzing information
personalizing content

• These new documents
• Are containers for both information and code, and
  process
• Dynamic, changing as either the information or
  the process changes
• Use business rules to embed processes like
  retrieval, data acquisition, transactions,
  workflow, or archiving in the document
• Interactive with both the user and with a variety
  of underlying applications and/or data and
  content sources
• Enables users to interact with the document
  rather than a myriad of fragmented applications
• IDC believes that active documents to be a
  disruptive technology that will
• Affect all business applications, business
  processes, and workflows
• Make organizations more responsive and adaptive
• Change the way in which organizations are able to
  share, exchange, and integrate information
• Business Case for Active Document Adoption -
  Reduced Cost, Improved Time to Market, Improved
  User Service
• Development United and streamlined extended
  enterprise process integration
• User Reduced time, errors, risks by interfacing
  to Active Documents rather than multiple
  applications

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The Intelligent Documents by Other Names

• Xerox Parc The Networked Document
• Digital rights, standard format, achievable,
  created by and accesses web based services,
  workflow aware, structured content, search,
  extensible object repository, authentication, Dig
  Sig.
• Forrester Research The Networked Document
• XML, Embedded Logic, Active Sourcing of Data
  Information, Process Interactive Adaptive.
• METAGroup Intelligent Content
• Blend structured and unstructured content,
  process information, maintain / manage identity,
  independent of the system by which they were
  created, hybrid channel access, high fidelity,
  multimodal imaging, security, metadata
  (Commissioned by Adobe)

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The Intelligent Document An Electronic Emissary
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AdobesIntelligent Document Platform Architecture
A collaborative standards based platform that
facilitates development and management of,
interoperable, registry centric business
relationships and processes that rely on
intelligent information containers / documents
Business Relationship Process
Federated Registries
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Demo

• Scenario Grants Application
• Intelligent Document / Form
• PDF/XML
• User locates via EPA Website
• Stored in registry / repository
• User Fills, Signs, Submits via Universal Client
• Adobe Reader
• Submit via PDF, PDF/XML, XML to SOA backend
• Using registry as a proxy for other web services
• Overview of form creation from XML schema
• Adobe form Designer 6.0

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The Intelligent Document PlatformAn
Architectural Component
IDP Architecture is a Powerful Extended
Enterprise Relationship / Process enabler

• Suite of Services - enables development of
  interoperable citizen centric business processes
• Provides application support services
• User Interface on / off line, security,
  accessibility
• Security
• Creation / Output
• Records Document Mgt.
• Data Interchange
• Workflow
• Text and Document Search
• Registry facilitates reuse of process
  components
• Enables / facilitates staged transition

IDP Benefits

• Unifying islands of automation
• Consolidating common IT functions
• Simplifying business processes
• Balancing public access with information security
• Identification of duplicative investments, gaps,
  and opportunities for collaboration

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FEA Service Component Reference Model
Where does An Intelligent Document Platform Fit?
Client
Doc Output Management Control Security Forms
Management Collaboration
Document Generation Data Interchange Work
Flow Meta Data Attribution
Intelligent Document Platform
Process Management
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Intelligent Document PlatformEnabling Secure,
Collaborative, Extensible, Interoperable
Information Processes

• What business processes across our extended
  enterprise share common data, documents or
  process components?
• How do I facilitate organic interoperation and
  extension of those processes and reuse of their
  components?

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Tools for the New Work