Title: EPR Electronic PRocesses
1EPR ( Electronic PRocesses)
A new METHODOLOGY standard (abstraction
technique) for Integration and coordination of
internal processes and e-business in GOVERNMENTS
21/10-2003 Hans A. Aanesen EPR-Forum
2Focus Areas
- The business objectives of EPR projects include
- Enhanced data capture quality
- Quality in customer service and documentation of
work done - Efficiency and quality in administrative work,
with reuse of information - Effective cooperation and interoperation within
an organization and between organizations - Data support that benefits all employees
- Integration of legacy systems and overall
presentation for the users - Electronic supervision of services and delivery
- (see http//www.unik.no/profor/ for videos of
project examples)
3Goals
- The aim of this standard is to describe how
application solutions can be organized in a
unified way. The standard describes how - information is presented to the users
- tools and supporting materials are implemented
- communication with legacy systems will take place
- roles, processes and routines will be organized
- general functions can be standardized and shared
4The EPR standardization work
www.nts.no www.standardnorge.no EPR Basic
standardization NTS Secretariat of IT-standards
gt CEN /ISO organized by NTS NTS-K 189 committee
in Norwegian Technology standardization The EPR
superstructures Abstraction and Metaphor
fundaments
- www.oasis-open.org
- The realization of the EPR standard based on
common international XML components (www.w3c.org
www.omg.org) - Choice Points for e-Business (Agent Linking
Switching ) - Web Services
(National-UDDI, WSDL, SOAP) - ebXML
(UN/CEFACT , EDI etc) - OASIS Business-Centric Methodology TC
- OASIS e-Government TC
- eprXML EPR - engine
specification ( eGov Freeware) - (The
Superstructure implementation)
5EPR implementation pilots(Sector standardization
organized through EPR-Forum)
www.unik.no/profor ProFor Innovation Program
in Governmental sector ( Blue light program) 2
Pilots - Home based Health Care services
( Integrated planning and reporting inside its
COI) - Digital Building Construction Office
for service handling ( electronic
co-operation inside its COI ) COI Community Of
Interest
6EPR
EPR is the road ahead to Open, Including and
Service organized collaboration in Real time
without introduction of new Technology
The EPR superstructure opens up quite new Methods
in the way to integrate different legacy systems
and construction of generic linked and switched
e-Business processes
7EPR Superstructure organisation
Construction and Integration of Business
processes and logic By help of Folder structure
metaphors NB ! EPR methodology is setting the
specification requirement in how to integrate
Legacy Systems. Done on EPR terms and not on
Legacy System terms EPR is based on FREEWARE !
8eprXML
EPRs Hybrid Portal technology based on a a
Service Oriented Architecture organized by help
of modern XML abstraction technique
9Hybrid Portal technology
- Content Management (competing frameworks)
- Apache SOAPOpen Source
- .NET Microsoft
- ONE Open Net Environment Sun
- WebSphere IBM
- WebLogic BEA
- MySAP SAP
- .MAC Apple etc
LEGACY SYSTEMS
ROLES
10Locked System integration Integrated on
legacy systems terms
11Hybrid SOA integration Open Integration based
on EPR organized mapping
12Breaking up Todays Proprietary Data Systems and
enabling Object Modeling Integration (
Technology Platform independent mapping )
by help of WS
13EPR Portal Server Integration modulee-Governmen
t Co-operation Methodology as driver
WEB Services (XML) UDDI Service Catalog WSDL
Connection SOAP Message exchange
14e-Governments User Rolesin EPR organized Service
Portals
15WS Technology Overview
NB ! WS no New Technology, but a new way to
organize old and well tested technology
16WS technology Stack (layers)
No new Technology, Internet protocols run since
beginning of the 90s. Just a new way to organize
existing XML technology.
Layer
Protocols/Standards
Discovery
Description
Messaging
Transport
Network
Physical
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20Visualization ofEPR Folders
21EPR Folders Core ComponentsObject Models
Organizing and Managing WS
EPR Folder Container
Single Sign-On (PKI) portal (Security Domains)
22EPR Working Folder handling- Documents (also
Drawings and Data collections)- Workflows -
Job instructions
23EPR Styrekort( Her som et Dokumentkort )
24UML folder model
25UML Steering card model
26EPRs Document Card
27UML Document card model
28EPRs Workflow Card
29UML Workflow card model
30EPRs Job Instruction Card
Name on steering card belonging to Folders -
Folder 1 - Folder 2 . . - Folder
n CONTENTS - Group 1 - Instruction 1 . . -
Instruction n - Group n - Instruction
1 . . - Instruction n
Linking Switching to corresponding
WSs(ebXMLs). Function buttons helps to
Administrate and work with Physical Instructions
and reports. Connection to the Legacy server
systems done by WSDL interfacing.
31UML Instruction card model
32Future work items
- Integration of BCM Choice Point technology to
provide flow control and linking and switching
for EPR. - Create BPSS of discrete workflow components
especially intra-enterprise exchanges. - Create BCM contract and CPA templates for EPR
participant roles and agreements. - Look at applicability of CAM templates for
formalizing information quality control and
context rules.
33Open Infrastructure Platform Independence
Thanks to WS, proprietary solutions belongs to
the past !
- Achieve USER controlled and non expensive data
solutions - ( HW SW independence is a must )
- Interoperable solutions makes standardization/digi
talization even more important - INTEGRATORS becomes the users and e-Governments
right hand - Network solutions will by help of WS open up and
create new ways of user applications - ( As EPRs Folder structure )
- Minimize the amount of physical devices with
multifunctional logical (SW gtWS) units
34EPR- Forum
- EPR Forum defines the frames for
- e-Gov SECTOR STANDARDISATION
- Health and Care
- Building and Construction
- Oil Gas
- ..
We must act Not talk !