Egovernment : Implementing XML

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E-government Implementing XML
Reported by Diane Lewis, OASIS eGov TC
Member, USDOJ February 2004
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Quick View Registry and Repository

• Common Government Need
• Vocabulary usage a structure known as a data
  dictionary.
• Entities code lists, data structures, data
  types, constraints all items necessary to compose
  government documents and forms
• Individual transactional information string
  government transactions into an executable
  process performing a government function.

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International eGov Scene
Click on xml.org eGov Focus Area Examples Hong
Kong Denmark UK
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International eGov Scene

• PoC Proof of Concept
• Develop a Data Dictionary and XML Schema
  Registry/Repository based on the ebXML Registry
  Architecture.
• Trial site for the PoC UK government
• Why?
• Existing data dictionaries/schema repositories
  and so have experience of their use
• Set of requirements prepared

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International eGov Scene

• Sample Requirements
• Possible to identify unused definitions so that
  they can be purged.
• Solution must be scalable to at least 100,000
  data items
• Hold multiple versions of schema components and
  complete schema documents.

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International eGov Scene

• Deliverables Four proposed
• A set of requirements to be met by the PoC
• A description of the PoC
• The products that prove that the concepts can be
  achieved
• A final report on the project

TIMELINE to be Determined